Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, August 28-30, 2009

Friday August 28, 2009
Hapa Kitchen Luau and Pig Roast
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Listen to DJ music while "pigging out" on roast pork and macaroni salad with a local twist, plus other luau staples.
Cheap Chick Info: Entrance is free, $10 for a plate of food
Location Info: BKLYN Yard, 388-400 Carroll Street
Subway: F,G to Carroll Street, R to Union

Michael Jackson Birthday Sing-a-Long
9 p.m.
Break dance and then break out the white gloves and red jackets to compete in the costume contest and then sing-along to "Thriller" and other MJ favorites.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Legion, 790 Metropolitan Avenue bet. Graham Ave. and Humboldt Street
Subway: L to Graham Avenue, G, L to Metropolitan Avenue

Friday and Saturday August 28th and 29th, 2009
Midnight screening of The Graduate
Find out the answer to that age-old question, "Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Robinson?"
Cheap Chick Info: $9.99
Location Info: Landmark Sunshine, 143 East Houston Street
Subway:F,V to 2nd Avenue

Saturday August 29, 2009
Monastic Art and Architecture Lecture at The Cloisters
12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Check out this talk about monastic art and architecture given by Nancy Wu, museum educator.
Cheap Chick Info: Free with admission, admission is suggested at $20
Location Info: The Cloisters, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park
Subway: A to 190th Street

LES Walking Tour
1 p.m.
Tour historical sites and eateries and learn about the history of the area during this walking tour.
Cheap Chick Info: $20
Location Info: Meets outside of Information Center for the Tenement Museum on Orchard Street, Museum is at 108 Orchard Street
Subway: F to Delancey Street

Adventures NYC
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Hooray for the parks! This event encompasses everything I love about NY! I can't even begin to list all the activities offered at this event, so I'll leave you with a link here. I will say that you might catch me getting my Top Chef on at the outdoor cooking competition.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Central Park Bandshell, enter park near Fifth Ave. and 72nd Street
Subway: 6 to 68th Street

Rumblers NYC 9th Annual Kustom Kills & Hot Rod Thrills Show
10 a.m.
Check out classic cars, get a 50's style haircut, and grab some BBQ at this event. Rockabilly music starts at 3:30 p.m.
Cheap Chick Info: $10
Location Info: Union Pool, 484 Union Avenue
Subway: G,L to Metropolitan Avenue

Grand Central Scavenger Hunt With The Lunch Club
2 p.m.
Discover the Whispering Corners, the Campbell apartment, and more restaurants and stores than you ever imagined were lurking in this subway stop.
Cheap Chick Info: $10 in advance or $15 at the door, RSVP here.
Location Info: Grand Central, in front of Track 40
Subway: 4,5,6,7,S to Grand Central

Saturday and Sunday August 29th and 30th
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
3 p.m.
A variety of free concerts honors the neighborhoods where the musician lived.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Sat: Marcus Garvey Park (124th Street and Mt. Morris Park) Sun.: Tompkins Square Park (East 8th Street between Avenues A and B)
Subway: MG Park: 2,3,4,5,6 to 125th Street, Tompkins: 6 to Astor Place, F to 2nd Avenue

Sunday August 30, 2009
Sabra Mediterranean Village
11 a.m.
Sample tons of free hummus with fresh toppings and watch chefs demonstrate Mediterranean cooking techniques in a Mediterranean village complete with Mediterranean music. Are you sensing a theme here?
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Union Square, 14th Street to 17th Street bet. B'way and Park Ave.
Subway: N,R,W,Q,4,5,6,L to 14th Street Union Square

The Truth About Central Park
2 p.m.
Explore the man-made side of Central Park and learn its secrets from guide Tony Robins (not the self-help guy, that's two b's!)
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet by the equestrian statue of General Sherman, west side of Fifth Ave., between 59th bet. 60th Streets
Subway: R,W to Fifth Ave.

Science Farmers' Market
1o a.m. to 4 p.m.
This open-air market will have local produce, demonstrations, and handouts.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Flushing Meadows Corona Park near the New York Hall of Science (47-01 111th Street)
Subway: 7 to Willets Point, Shea Stadium

Tickling Leo Screening
2:30 p.m.
This 2009 movie deals with a family's WWII secret and is followed by a Q&A with writer/director Jeremy Davidson and producer Mary Stuart Masterson. Don't forget to see the Irène Némirovsky (author of Suite Francaise) exhibit, it ends after today.
Cheap Chick Info: Free with suggested donation of $12 (Cheap Chick Tip: Visit the website to print out a coupon for $2 off!)
Location Info: Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place
Subway: 4,5 to Bowling Green

Also don't forget that the Metropolitan Opera's free HD screenings festival starts on Saturday! All the details are here: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/template.aspx?id=8586

There are only two weekends left of summer. How many items have you checked off from my summer guide??? http://cheapchickinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheap-chick-summer-guide-2009.html