Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, April 17-19th, 2009

Friday April 17th
Chess Lessons in Bryant Park
3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn more about chess from the Midtown Backgammon and Chess group. Checkmate!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Bryant Park chess area at 40th Street and Fifth Ave.
Subway: B,D,F,V to 42nd Street, 4,5,6,S,7 to Grand Central, 7 to Fifth Avenue

Friday April 17th, Saturday April 18th, and Sunday April 19th
20th Anniversary of Dances Patrelle
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
This dance performance will feature "Come Rain/Come Shine" and the premiere of "Murder at the Masque: The Casebook of Edgar Allan Poe."
Cheap Chick Info: Tickets are $20, for more info about the show please visit: http://www.dancespatrelle.org, to purchase tickets call (212) 772-4448.
Location Info: The Kaye Playhouse (68th Street btw Park & Lex)
Subway: 6 to 68th Street, 4,5 to 59th and Lexington Ave.

Saturday April 18th
Free Comedy Workshop at Comix
Class starts at 1:45 p.m.
Exercise your funny bone at this free class! Speakers include Seinfeld and Cheers writer Tom Leopold, Comix owner Harlan Halper, founder of The Manhattan Comedy School and the Director of New Talent at Comix Andy Engel, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing finalist Cory Kahaney. The class will also promote longer sessions at the Manhattan Comedy School.
Cheap Chick Info: Free, but space is limited, call (212)462-3200 and register onilne.
Location Info: Comix, 353 West 14th Street, near 8th Ave.
Subway: A,C,E,L to 8th Ave. and 14th Street

Hike the bridges and waterways of Central Park
9 a.m. sharp
Explore areas of the park such as Harlem Meer and Sheep's Meadow with the Shorewalkers. What are you waiting for? The weather's great! Be sure to bring water and a lunch or snack for this five hour hike.
Cheap Chick Info: The group asks for a $3 donation.
Location Info: Meet at the Time Warner Center Towers Atrium at 59th Street and Columbus Circle
Subway: A,C,E,D,1,2,3 to 59th Street/Columbus Circle

Sunday April 19th
Journey Through Time: Fort Greene & Clinton Hill walking tour
11 a.m.
This two-hour tour will cover the park, the nearby area of Clinton Hill, and a special peek inside the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Fort Greene Visitor Center, Fort Greene Park. Enter the park at Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park.
Subway: R,Q,B,M to DeKalb Ave.

Spring Bee Count
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Learn about bees and then participate in a citizen bee count in the park.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Central Park, Belvedere Castle (Mid-Park at 79th Street)
Subway: C to 81st Street