Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, September 25-27, 2009

Friday September 25, 2009
Housewarming Party for Poets House
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Feel free to rhyme your own poems (or just use free verse) as you sample food from Zucker's Bagels and the Pan Latin Cafe (served from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and check out a reading (this would be when you keep your poems in your head) by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, and tours of the new space. More festivities are on Saturday (scroll down)
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: 10 River Terrace
Subway: 1,2,3,A,C to Chambers Street

Labyrinth Sing-along
11 p.m.
It's not the Muppets Take Manhattan, but it should be fun...there's David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. and singing.
Cheap Chick Info: $13, includes a beer
Location Info: 92nd Street Y
Subway: E to Canal Street

New York Film Festival (Starts today-Friday-but runs until Oct. 11, 2009)
Various times
If your dream job is to be the next Roger Ebert then you should check out the screenings, panel discussions, and special events. Here's a complete list of programs.
Cheap Chick Info: Tickets range from $11 to $40 (don't worry, lots of in-between prices) but 50 $10 rush tickets will be distributed before every Main Slate film 1-hr. before show time.
Location Info: Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater: 165 West 65th Street, upper level between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave., Alice Tully Hall: Broadway at 65th Street, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse: West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue
Subway: 1 to 66th Street

Friday September 25, 2009 through Sunday September 27, 2009
Art Under the Bridge Festival
Open Studios: Sat.: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun.: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Don't forget your beret and bongos as you tour open studios. Here's a link to the general press release.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Various DUMBO venues
Subway: A to High Street, F to York

Saturday September 26, 2009
Open Air Street Fair
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Find all the books, CDs, and records you could ever possibly cram into a studio apartment (not that I would know...) at this Housing Works event. You can also stuff bags of clothes for $20, listen to music, and sample local food.
Cheap Chick Info: Depends on what you buy
Location Info: Crosby Street will be shut down near the store's 126 Crosby St. location
Subway: D,F, Downtown 6 to Bleecker, R,W to Prince Street, 6 to Spring

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
All day
Consider it a warm-up for Open House New York in October, with a variety of museums around the city open for free! For a complete list, click here.
Cheap Chick Info: Free! Looks like you may need to download an admission card from the site.
Location Info: Varies.
Subway: Varies.

Harry and the Potters Concert
3:30 p.m.
This is a Ministry of Magic-approved event, so don't worry about being thrown into Azkaban. Be warned that there is no portkey service or broom valet-parking at this event.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Outdoor Plaza at the Central Library, Grand Army Plaza
Subway: 2,3 to Grand Army Plaza

Last Supper Festival
5 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Enjoy movies, food, writings, and edible art. Event benefits Food Bank of New York City.
Cheap Chick Info: $15 or $10 with three cans of food
Location Info: 3rd Ward, 35 Morgan Ave.
Subway: L to Morgan Ave.

Don't forget that today Citibank is giving away free NFT (Not For Tourists) guides throughout Manhattan from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Complete listings here.

Sunday September 27, 2009
Jazz Age Lawn Picnic and Party
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
You'll feel like you've stepped into the pages of The Great Gatsby with all the beads, feathers, and hats at this outdoor dancing event. Festivities include free basic Charleston lessons, 1920's cars, vintage clothing vendors, literary readings by the Dorothy Parker Society and F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, and a male and female bathing beauties’ promenade of vintage swimsuits.
Cheap Chick Info: $5
Location Info: Governors Island
Subway: Take the 1 to South Ferry, the 4,5 to Bowling Green, or the R,W to Whitehall, then take the ferry (terminal is right next to the Staten Island ferry) over to the island, the schedule is here.

Battery Park City: A New Neighborhood Rises Walking Tour
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn more about Battery Park City!
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the SW corner of West and Vesey streets
Subway: E to World Trade Center

Wave Hill Garden Tour
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Discover the garden's seasonal highlights.
Cheap Chick Info: Free with admission to the grounds ($6)
Location Info: Wave Hill, Perkins Visitor Center (West 249 Street and Independence Avenue)
Subway: 1 to 242nd St. and the catch the free shuttle to Wave Hill, hourly at 10 minutes past the hour, from 9:10am to 3:10pm; returns visitors to the 1 train departing Wave Hill’s front gate on the hour, from noon until 4pm. Passenger pick-up and drop-off are on the west side of Broadway directly in front of Burger King.

Bike Shorts Film Festival
8 p.m.
The most fun on two wheels without actually getting on two wheels can be found at this amateur film festival with a bike theme.
Cheap Chick Info: $5
Location Info: Public Assembly, 70 North 6th St., Brooklyn
Subway: L to Bedford Ave.

Fire, Wine, and Dancing With the Stars
5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Looks like it's not a reference to the reality show, but dance the night away on the rooftop of this bar.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: 44 W. 63rd St. and Broadway
Subway: 1 to 66th Street

Also free food at the Sunburned Cow on Sunday!

If you have some extra $ to spend then you should check out this foodie event!