Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, August 21-23, 2009

Friday August 21, 2009
Twilight at Central Park
Gates open at 6 p.m., movie starts at 8 p.m.
Get your vampire lovin' here! Watch out for fangs during the movie, unless that's your thing...
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, enter the park at Fifth Ave. and 69th Street
Subway: R,W to Fifth Ave.

Apollo 13 Viewing on the Intrepid
8:30 p.m.
Join Tom Hanks as he travels from the Earth to the moon.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Pier 86, 46th St., at Twelfth Ave.
Subway: A,C,E to Times Square/42nd Street

Friday August 20th, and Saturday August 21st, 2009
Sketch in the City Comedy Festival
8 p.m. to midnight
Sketch comedy festival sponsored by SketchInTheCity.com. The festival kicks off tonight with a solo sketch performance from Kevin Allison of
MTV's The State.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: The Creek (10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC)
Subway: 7 to Vernon/Jackson Ave., E,V to 23rd Street/Ely Avenue,

Saturday August 22, 2009
Fifth Annual Fort Greene Park Literary Festival
3 p.m.
Young writers from a summer-long series of writing workshops will read from their works and will be joined by celebrated Brooklyn authors such as Colson Whitehead, Touré, and Staceyann Chin.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Subway: A,C to Lafayette Ave.

Sunset Park Walking Tour
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Discover this diverse neighborhood and its European, Hispanic, Arabic, and Chinese cultures and its Dutch and Huguenot roots.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the N.E. corner of 43rd St. and Fourth Ave. (Brooklyn), by the old courthouse.
Subway: R train to 45th St., Brooklyn

Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour and Book Launch
Walking tour starts at 12 p.m. Book signing in lobby of Algonquin hotel starts at 2:30 p.m.
See the New York City of the 1920's and the worlds of authors such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Edna Ferber, George S. Kaufman, and Harpo Marx. The tour will be led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick co-author of The Lost Algonquin Round Table.
Cheap Chick Info: Walking tour is $20
Location Info: Meet at The Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
Subway: F to 42nd Street/Fifth Avenue, 7 to Fifth Avenue

Hot Jazz/Cool Garden at the Louis Armstrong House
1 p.m.
Tin Pan Blues Band wraps up this outdoor music series at the jazz legend's home and museum. Take the guided tour (well worth it, with plenty of ancedotes, and even recordings of Louis himself) and then dance (or cool off) the afternoon away with a band that describes themselves as "Ray Charles and Tom Waits at a Bourbon Street parade!"
Cheap Chick Info: Music event is free, tours are $6/$8
Location Info: Louis Armstrong House, 34-56 107th Street
Subway: 7 train to 103 St-Corona Plaza

Saturday August 22, 2009 and Sunday August 23rd, 2009
Circa Now Sidewalk Sale
12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Find bargains on vintage clothes, shoes, bags, and furniture!
Cheap Chick Info: Items as low as a $1!
Location Info: 238 E. 6th St., b/t Bowery and Second Ave.
Subway: 6 to Astor Place

Downtown Dance Festival
1 p.m.
Enjoy dances from around the world at this event that's part of the River-to-River Festival!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Battery Park, Manhattan
Subway: 4,5 to Bowling Green, R,W to Whitehall St.

Sunday August 23, 2009
Hudson River Park's Annual Blues BBQ festival
2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Check out blues bands from across the country and feast on BBQ delights from Brother Jimmy's BBQ, Dallas Jones Bar-B-Q, Dinosaur Bar Be Que, and Mara's Homemade.
Cheap Chick Info: Festival is free, food is priced.
Location Info: Hudson River Park
Subway: A,C,E,L to 14th Street

The NYC Japan Street Fair
11 a.m.
Madison Avenue between 42nd and 57th Streets
Say Konnichiwa to 40 booths of Japanese culture!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location: Madison Avenue between 43rd and 44th Street
Subway: 4,5,6,7,S to Grand Central

Dessert Walking Tour
11 a.m.
Sweeten your sweet tooth on the Upper West Side with hand-made French chocolates, cookies, apple tarts, and fresh S & S Cheesecake.
Cheap Chick Info: $5 for walking tour, purchases your own treats
Location Info: Meet at the Magnolia Bakery, 200 Columbus Avenue at 89th Street
Subway: 1 to 66th Street