Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, October 9-11, 2009

Friday October 9, 2009
Honey Lecture and Tasting
Noon
See what all the "buzz" is about honey at this lecture given by C. Marina Marchese, a honeybee scholar.
Cheap Chick Info: $16
Location Info: 92nd Street Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street@Canal
Subway: A,C,E,1 to Canal Street

Star Gazing at Columbia and Dinner at Ollie's Noodle Shop With the Lunch Club
7 p.m.
TMZ is not the only place to see stars. Meet some new people and feed your brain (come on, you know it's hungry after staring at those cubicle walls every day) with a lecture on "The Dark Side of the Universe." Afterward you can look at the night sky through the university's telescope.
Cheap Chick Info: RSVP for dinner. To attend the dinner it's $6 in advance or $10 at the door, and the lecture is free. RSVP only for dinner.
Location Info: Meet at Ollie's Noodle Shop at the corner of 116th and Broadway
Subway: 1,9 to 116th Street

Wine, Jazz, and Photography Exhibit
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Sample Italian wine, listen to some Latin jazz, and check out an Italian photography exhibit...all with 300 of your closest friends. Hey, you have to meet people some way besides Nerve, right?
Cheap Chick Info: Free admission with RSVP, wines and martinis: $8 and special beer: $6
Location Info: Duvet, 45 W. 21st Street
Subway: R,W to 23rd Street

Attack of the 50-foot Reels
7:30 p.m.
Watch films shot on special Super 8 film. A raffle and a party completes the festivities. For more info, check here.
Cheap Chick Info: $7
Location Info: Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue
Subway: R to Union Street

Also from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. you can enjoy the Monk at 92 mini music marathon at the WTC. Details here.

And the Madison Square Mark't debuts today.

Saturday October 10, 2009 and Sunday October 11, 2009
Travel Expo
Daytime (didn't get more info than that. Sorry!)
Oh the places you'll go, or at least get brochures from.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street
Subway: C,E to 34th Street, Take M34 or walk to the convention center

Open House New York
Times varies.
Unlock the hidden secrets of the city at this amazing once-a-year event where you can explore usually closed destinations or enjoy museums and other NYC institutions for free. Sites include Central Park's Arsenal, graveyards, the Teddy Roosevelt birthplace, and the Chrysler Building.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Varies. For a full list of sites visit http://ohny.org
Subway: Varies.

artHARLEM's Fifth Annual Open Artist Studio Tour
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Explore galleries, exhibition spaces, and studios in Harlem.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Check in with the info center at Casa Frela Gallery, 47 W. 119th Street, to sign up for self-guided tours.
Subway: 2,3 to 116th Street

Saturday October 10, 2009
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Can you imagine an elevated eight-lane highway through the heart of Little Italy and the Lower East Side? Walk the proposed route and learn about the highway's demise in this walking tour, which also takes you to historic sites in the area.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the N.E. corner of Grand and Chrystie streets.
Subway: 6 to Spring Street

Powerup NY Rooftop Solar Seminar
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn more than you ever wanted to know about solar energy.
Cheap Chick Info: $12, Register here.
Location Info: Habana Outpost, 757 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Subway: C to Lafayette

Bed-Stuy Alive! Festival
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Celebrate this Brooklyn neighborhood with music and cultural performances.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Fulton Street between Brooklyn and Marcy Avenues
Subway: G to Fulton Street

Brooklyn Skillshare
9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
If you want to learn new skills, but would rather avoid the Learning Annex then check this day full of educational opportunities. Classes range from massage instruction to bag making and bike mechanics. For a full schedule, click here.
Cheap Chick Info: Suggested donation of $10, includes free breakfast and lunch!
Location Info: Gowanus Studio Space
Subway: R to 9th Street/Ave.

Swap in the City
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The swap team is presenting a swap complete with refreshments, and gift bags. Bring clothes, accessories, shoes, and cosmetics to trade with other swappers.
Cheap Chick Info: $10, RSVP here. For each item you swap you earn "swap bucks" to buy other items.
Location Info: Sandra Cameron Dance Studio, 199 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
Subway: 6 to Spring Street

Sunday October 11, 2009
Autumn Tai Chi in Fort Tryon Park
11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This class, taught by instructor Robert Mahoney, is part of an entire program of tai chi classes.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Meet on Linden Terrace. Enter the park from Margaret Corbin Circle at the southern entrance to the park where Cabrini Boulevard and Fort Washington Avenue converge.
Manhattan
Subway: 1 to 191st Street, A to Dyckman

Greenwich Village Walking Tour
11 a.m.
This Big Onion walking tour may visit places such as the Jefferson Market Courthouse, the "hanging elm", the Stonewall Inn, Grove Court, and sites associated with Stanford White, Aaron Burr, Edith Wharton, John Sloan, and Thomas Paine.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue South and Christopher Street, in front of Duplex.
Subway: 1 to Christopher

Don't forget, the free Katherine Hepburn exhibit is on at the Performing Arts Library through Saturday!

The Paley Doc Fest is also going on now!