Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, May 8-10, 2009

Friday May 8, 2009
Petanque lessons
11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Learn how to play this ball game from La Boule New Yorkaise.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Bryant Park, 42nd Street and Fifth Ave.
Subway: F,V,B,D to 42nd Street, 7 to Fifth Avenue, 4,5,6,S,7 to Grand Central

Bingo with the Lunch Club
7 p.m.
No balls here, but plenty of B-I-N-G-O and pub grub.
Cheap Chick Info: $10 in advance or $15 at the event, can register here: http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2182
Location Info: Playwright Tavern, 202 W. 49th St between Broadway & 7th Ave
Subway: N,R,W to 49th Street

Found magazine party
7 p.m.
Come celebrate the launch of the magazine's newest anthology. It's also a benefit for the Institute of Collaborative Education.
Cheap Chick Info: $10
Location Info: ICE Theater, 345 East 15th Street
Subway: 4,5,6,L,N,R,W,Q to 14th Street Union Square

Saturday May 9th, 2009
Things That Go Bump in the Night Tour
7 p.m.
Find all those creepy, crawly, nocturnal critters that live in the park.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Prospect Park, Meet in front of the Picnic House
Subway: F train at 7th Ave. station, 15th St./Prospect Park station and Fort Hamilton Parkway station, 2 or 3 train at Grand Army Plaza station, Q train at Parkside Ave. station and Prospect Park station, and the S train to Prospect Park station.

Earth Celebrations: Hudson River Pageant
1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The main parade features giant 15-foot river species puppets, costumes representing oysters, seahorses, blue crabs, wetlands, river grasses, and over 70 species of local fish. The parade will be led by the local Hungry March Band, the Afro-Dominica Kalunga Neg Mawon Band, and a conch shell chorus. Music, dance, performances, songs, and poetry, including an Oyster Garden Planting Ceremony, Live Fish Release, River Cleansing Ceremony, and a Water Dance of Boats, highlighting the river, and its species, habitats, and issues, will be presented at the various piers and sites from Manhattan Youth on Warren Street to Gansevoort Street, in the downtown section of the Hudson River Park. (source: http://earthcelebrations.com/)
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Downtown areas of Hudson River Park
Subway: 1 to Houston Street, A,C,E to 14th Street, and 23rd Street

Friday and Saturday Night Movie
Screening of Some Like it Hot
Midnight
Some Like it Hot or not, "drag" yourself to one of these midnight screenings on either night.
Cheap Chick Info: $9.99 (or a penny less than $10.)
Location Info: Landmark Sunshine Cinemas, 143 E Houston St.
Subway: F to Delancey

Sunday May 10th, 2009
Tofu Takedown
4:30 p.m.
Calling all the veggies out there who missed the Chili Takedown, here's your chance to sample everything you could possibly want in tofu!
Cheap Chick Info: $10 to taste everything
Location Info: Highline Ballroom, 436 West 16th between Ninth and Tenth Avenues
Subway: A,C,E,L to 14th Street

Basic Canoeing Lesson
1 p.m.
Learn the basics of canoeing at this lesson.
Cheap Chick Info: Free, but first-come-first served, bring bottle of water, snack, and sunblock.
Location Info: Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Van Cortlandt Park. Enter the park at West 246th Street and Broadway.
Subway: 1/9 at West 242nd Street