Cheap Chick Weekend Picks

Welcome to my inaugural Cheap Chick Weekend Pick list!
Friday January 30, 2009
Star-gazing at Columbia University
“Eavesdropping on Black Holes” by Taka Tanaka
7 p.m.
I attended one of these lectures before, and tho I tuned out a bit when equations were drawn on the blackboard, the view from the telescopes on the roof is so amazing it looks fake.
Cheap Chick Info: Free! Includes lecture and star viewing.
Location: Columbia University, Pupin Physics Laboratory
Subway: 1.9 116th Street

Saturday January 31st, 2009
Gotham City Improv
Off the Top our Heads Comedy Show
7 p.m.
Come heckle (suggest) ideas for this comedy show!
Cheap Chick Info: $7
Location: Gotham City Improv, 48 W. 21st St, between Fifth and Sixth Aves.
Subway: F, V to 23rd Street

Sunday February 1, 2009
Harlem Walking Tour
Big Onion Historic Harlem Walking Tour
1 p.m.
This tour may cover sites such as Abyssinian Baptist Church, Striver's Row, the Big Apple Night Club, and sites associated with the Harlem Renaissance, W.E.B. Du Bois, Madame C.J. Walker, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X.
Cheap Chick Info: $15, no reservations needed, just show up!
Location: Northwest corner of 135th Street & Lenox (Malcolm X) Avenue in front of the Schomburg Center.
Subway: 2,3 to 135th Street
(source: Big Onion website.)

Bonus Housing Works Shout-out:
Saturday Jan. 31, 2009
Spelling Bee
8 p.m.
Come show off those vocabulary skills or just watch others try and spell words like sarsparilla.
Cheap Chick Info: $10, includes popcorn, cash bar
Location: Housing Works Bookstore, 126 Crosby Street near Lafayette
Subway: B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette, Downtown 6 to Bleecker

Saturday Jan. 31, 2009 to February 1, 2009
Geektacular Basement Sale
12 p.m. to 7 p.m. each day
Take a break from watching Battlestar Galatica or Dr. Who this weekend and check out this sale of records, comics, and vintage paperbacks.
Cheap Chick Info: Five for $1
Location and Subway Info: Same as above!