Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, July 31st-August 2nd, 2009

Friday July 31st, 2009
Grand Opening of JC Penney

9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Yea, now we can go buy sheets and towels! Or see if the Arizona Jean Company is still going strong...there will also be fashion shows, and giveaways.

Cheap Chick Info: Free!

Location Info: JC Penney, 33rd Street and Sixth Ave.
Subway: N,R,Q,W,B,D,F,V to 34th Street Herald Square

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Theatrical Performance

7 p.m.
Bring a blanket and enjoy this free performance of the children's classic.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Alley Pond Park, 76th Avenue off Springfield Boulevard
Subway: E, F to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike

Metropolitan Opera Recital Series
7 p.m.
Enjoy an outdoor performance featuring Joyce El-Khoury, soprano, Keith Miller, bass, and Vlad Iftinca, pianist.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: East River Park
Subway: J,M,Z to Essex, V to Second Ave.

Notorious Screening
9:30 p.m.
If you haven't got your fill of Hitchcock this summer, here's your chance to catch up! The Rubin Museum is showing this Ingrid Bergman classic.
Cheap Chick Info: Free with $7 bar minimum
Location Info: Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street
Subway: A,C,E to 14th Street, L to 8th Avenue

God'll Getcha for That: Bea Arthur Tribute
8:30 p.m.
Thank her for being your friend all those years on Rhoda and Golden Girls as Bea Arthur is honored with sing-alongs, screenings, and Broadway tunes.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Dixon Place, 161 Christie Street
Subway: F,V to 2nd Ave.

Saturday August 1, 2009
Remembering Mr. Wright
10 a.m.
During this walking tour you visit sites relating to Frank Lloyd Wright including the Museum of Modern Art, the Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century Gallery, and a rare, commercial interior from 1955.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the statue of Atlas, 5th Ave, between 50th and 51st streets.
Subway: D,F to 47-50th Street

Burning Ice
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Cool your butt off as you sit on some 21,ooo pounds of ice as part of an interactive art exhibit by Chin Chih. Don't let the flashing emergency lights scare you...
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Union Square
Subway: N,R,Q,W,L,4,5,6 to Union Square

Trust Art Perfume Workshop
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn how to "compose notes" or make perfume with Fragrance buff Anne McClain who teaches the class on her rooftop garden.
Cheap Chick Info: $10 donation to aid Mexican charity
Location Info: RSVP to annemcclain@mac.com to get the address
Subway: With address info.

Saturday August 1st and Sunday August 2nd, 2009
Opening Weekend for Theater for the New City!
The weekend marks the opening performance of the musical TALLY HO! or NAVIGATING THE FUTURE as part of this free cultural series. The show will be put on at different outdoor areas throughout the city.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Sat: 2 p.m. at 10th Street at First Ave., Sun: 2 p.m. at Morningside Park, West 113th Street at Manhattan Ave.

Sunday August 3rd, 2009
Polestar Poetry Series

5 p.m.

Are you a poet and didn't know it? Or do you want to decide if others are true poets? Figure it all out at this monthly poetry event.

Cheap Chick Info: Free!

Location Info: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow, near Stanton

Subway: F,V to 2nd Ave.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, River to River Festival

6 p.m.
Check out this site-specific dance event that blends new and old techniques.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Nelson Rockefeller Playground, Rockefeller Park
Subway: 1,2,3 to Chambers Street

Watch out for cars as you catch Measure for Measure as part of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, running Thursdays-Fridays through August 15, 2009 http://drillingcompany.org/shakespeareparkinglot.html.

Don't forget that you can take 30% off at Housing Works bookstore on Saturday and Sunday. http://www.housingworks.org/social-enterprise/bookstore-cafe/.

And on Saturday the Brooklyn Museum is free! http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php