Cheap Chick Cheap and Free NYC Fourth of July Event Guide, July 2-5, 2010

Friday July 2, 2010
Tonight Rooftop Films is hosting Industriance on the rooftop of the Old American Can Factory. http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/21-industriance!

Saturday July 3, 2010
New Amsterdam Trail Walking Tours (these continue through Oct. 9, 2010) with the Urban Park Rangers
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Learn about the early history of the city with accounts of Peter Minuit’s purchase of the island and the adventures of Henry Hudson. Stops include the sites of Fort Amsterdam, Stuyvesant “White Hall,” Dutch City Hall, New Amsterdam’s first church, and Dutch Wallen on Wall St. The tour features a group guide system with audio clips from Russell Shorto author of The Island at the Center of the World, and national park historian Steve Laise.
Cheap Chick Info: $12
Location Info: Tour meets at Castle Clinton in Battery Park
Subway: 4,5 to Bowling Green

Check out Red, White, and Blue Bingo at Le Poisson Rouge, First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum, and P.S. 1’s summer Warm-up starts today as well!

July 3 and July 4, 2010
Eagle as Icon
12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Prospect Park Alliance is presenting a panel exhibit and a presentation (at 4 p.m.) about the role the eagle has played in American history.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse (just inside Lincoln Road/Ocean Ave.)
Subway: F to Prospect Park

Pre-fireworks Greenwich Village and Gramercy Park Walking Tour
Sat: 2:30 p.m./Sun: 5 p.m.
Discovery Walking Tours leads you on a trek to historic presidential sites associated with Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, Wilson and Washington. Stops include the Washington Square Arch and Theodore Roosevelt’s birthplace. Sunday’s 5 p.m. tour ends at the West Side Highway at 7:30 p.m. in time to secure a spot for fireworks viewing.
Cheap Chick Info: $18
Location Info: Call 212-465-3331 for reservation and meeting place.
Subway: See above.

Sunday July 4, 2010
Washington’s Troops on the Hill
11 a.m.
Learn about the role the Bronx played in the American Revolution.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Subway: 1 or 9 train to the 242nd Street

Roseanne Cash Concert
2 p.m.
Trinity Church is presenting a concert featuring the daughter of music icon Johnny Cash. The native New Yorker’s music style fuses together country, folk, rock, and blues.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Governors Island
Subway: R to Whitehall St., 4,5 to Bowling Green, 1 to South Ferry, then take the ferry (next to the Staten Island ferry terminal to the island (sked here: http://www.govisland.com/visit_the_island/directions.asp)

Barbecue at The Iron Horse
12 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The bar is hosting a block party with a pig roast, hot dogs, hamburgers, and $2 Rolling Rock.
Cheap Chick Info: Free to attend!
Location Info: The Iron Horse, 32 Cliff St. bet. Fulton and John St.
Subway: 2,3 to Fulton St.

Nathan's 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
Noon
How many hot dogs could you eat in one sitting? Let me rephrase that, how many would you want to teat in one sitting? Think about that as these competitors down the classic NYC frank.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Nathan's, Intersection of Surf and Stillwell Avenues, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Subway: D, Q N or F train to Stillwell Avenue

Macy's Fireworks
Around 9:20 p.m.
They’re on the Hudson again this year, so get ready to duke it out for a spot. Here’s hoping they’ll move the location next year!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Viewing points are along 12th Avenue between 23rd and 59th St.
Subway: Depends on location.

Revolutionary New York Walking Tour
2 p.m.
Big Onion leads you on a tour of Lower Manhattan visiting sites related to the Revolutionary War and New York’s role in the early history of America. Stops may include: Fraunces Tavern, the graves of Alexander Hamilton and General Richard Montgomery, Federal Hall, and sites associated with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay and Albert Gallatin.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the intersection of Broadway and Murray Street, at the gated entrance to City Hall Park.
Subway: 2,3 to Park Place, 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge, R/W to City Hall.

Independence Day Celebration at Historic Richmondtown
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Pie-baking demonstration, bring a pie you baked to enter the Pie-baking contest, an exciting competition that pits ordinary citizens of today against expert “colonial” cooks! Contest will be judged by volunteers. Help to churn old-time ice-cream, participate in the Pinwheel Parade, meet patriotic villagers from the 1800s and earlier.
Cheap Chick Info: Adult admission is $5
Location Info: Historic Richmondtown, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island
Subway: Take the R to Whitehall, 1 to South Ferry, or the 4,5 to Bowling Green and take the Staten Island ferry over to the island. Once there, take the S74 bus from the terminal to Richmond Road and St. Patrick's Place.

Sycamore (http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/) is also hosting a barbecue today, the new Water Slide Beach is opening at Coney Island today, The Museum of the City of New York (http://www.mcny.org/) the New York Historical Society (https://www.nyhistory.org/web/) will be open today, and the Jewish Museum is charging just $4 admission today (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejewishmuseum/4750261242/), and there's a jazz party at the Louis Armstrong house in Queens (http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/)!

Monday July 5, 2010
Bryant Park is hosting The French Connection at dusk (http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/filmfestival.html), and The Met is open (http://www.metmuseum.org/) for Holiday Mondays today.

If you’re still looking for things to do this weekend, look at Metromix’s list of holiday eats and bars:
http://newyork.metromix.com/restaurants/roundup/fourth-of-july-meals/2037354/content, http://newyork.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/roundup/new-bars-and-weekend/2040879/content
and head to Housing Works Bookstore (http://www.housingworks.org/social-enterprise/bookstore-cafe/) for their weekend-long 30% off all-store sales on Saturday and Monday!