Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, November 20-22, 2009

Friday November 20, 2009
Lower East Side Pub Crawl with the Lunch Club
7:30 p.m.
Discover the pubs of the LES, and scarf down some grub at Katz's-do you want what's she's having?
Cheap Chick Info: $7 in advance or $10 at the door, RSVP here.
Location Info: Meet at Max Fish, Ludlow Street between Houston and Stanton
Subway: F to Delancey

Twihards Anonymous: A Meeting of Twilight Addicts
Midnight
For those of you who can't get enough of vampire-werewolf-human love triangles, this is a supportive environment where you can celebrate the release of the latest movie without being judged. Of course there's also a comedy show...
Cheap Chick Info: $5, Make a reservation here.
Location: UCB Club, 307 W. 26th bet. 8th and 9th
Subway: C,E to 23rd Street

Saturday November 21, 2009
Team America Sing-a-long
11 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Watch the 2004 movie, and well, sing! Sorry folks, I got nuthin' on this one...Pls feel free to share your more clever comments below.
Cheap Chick Info: $13, includes a free drink
Location Info: 92nd Street Y, Tribeca, 200 Hudson St.
Subway: E to Canal

Turkey Count Hike
10 a.m.
Be sure to check out this event if you want to see a turkey in the wild before it ends up on your table next week.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Pelham Bay Park, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (895 Shore Road)
Subway: 6 to Pelham Bay Park, then transfer to the Bee-line Bus System #45 bus

Baroque Ball
8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Like they said in Beauty and the Beast, "If it isn't Baroque, don't fix it," so hopefully there won't be anything you want to fix at this night of 18th century music and dancing. Costumes are encouraged, so you know what that means...
Cheap Chick Info: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Location Info: 92nd Street Y (the original) at 92nd and Lexington Ave.
Subway: 6 to 96th street

Downtown's Lost Neighborhood Walking Tour
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pay a visit to this long-along world, which was once home to Irish, Arabic and Slavic immigrants.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Meet on the steps of the U.S. Custom House (Museum of the American Indian), One Bowling Green
Subway: 4,5 to Bowling, R to Whitehall

Gangs of New York Walking Tour
11 a.m.
You may have to look hard for signs of Leonardo DiCaprio or Daniel Day-Lewis on this walking tour, but you'll definitely see the real-life sites that inspired the recent movie such as Paradise Square, and Murderers Alley.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, at City Hall Park
Subway: 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge, 1,2,3,A,C,E to Chambers Street, R,W to City Hall

Saturday and Sunday November 21st and 22nd
Goodard Riverside Community Book Fair
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Start shopping for the bookworm in your life at this Mecca for book-lovers. All books and gifts are marked down up to 50 percent off, and all profits go to the center.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Goddard Riverside Community Center, 593 Columbus Ave.
Subway: C to 86th Street

Sunday November 22, 2009
Chili Takedown
4 p.m.
My 12-year-old self thinks "beans, beans, the magical fruit" will be involved in this chili contest, but you'll have to see for yourself. Come sample every type of chili you can possibly think of...and make up your own rhyme.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: The Bell House
Subway: F,G,R to 9^th St./4^th Ave.

UrbanGlass Open House
Tours on the hour 12-4 p.m.
I'm thinking it wouldn't be a good idea to throw stones while you're touring a glass-blowing facility. You can take a free tour, watch demonstrations, and maybe even participate in a half-hour workshop. Today's open-house is holiday-inspired...starting the shopping soon, anyone?
Cheap Chick Info: Free, though tours are first-com, first-served, and the workshops have a fee.
Location Info: UrbanGlass, (at Rockwell Place) 3rd floor
Subway: B, M, Q, or R to DeKalb Avenue, C to Lafayette, and G to Fulton Street

Rooftop Farms Sale
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pick up some tasty Thanksgiving treats (see how I used alliteration here? Isn't that cool?) at this urban farm, which is usually just open to professional chefs.
Cheap Chick Info: Depends on purchase
Location Info: 44 Eagle St. between Franklin and West Sts., Brooklyn, Greenpoint
Subway: G to Metropolitan/Lorimer

Dumpling Making Workshop
1 p.m.
Learn to make those yummy snacks! Dumpling is not just a pet name anymore.
Cheap Chick Info: $10, you may need to RSVP (valyn@chinesedance.org), and there was a Nov. 15 deadline given, but it's been listed a few places since then, so I would try to check it out!
Location Info: NY Chinese Cultural Center, 390 Broadway (between Walker and White sts) 2nd fl.
Subway: 6,N,R,Q,W to Canal St.

Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off Benefit
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Hopefully these competitors will find the contest as easy as pie! All proceeds will benefit Bags of the People. Course when you leave you can say, "Bye bye, Miss American Pie."
Cheap Chick Info: $10 and includes free drinks, ice cream, and two pie slice tickets.
Location Info: SPACECRAFT, 355 Bedford, Brooklyn
Subway: L to Bedford

Free screening of American Splendor
2 p.m.
Help fill the void between Comic-cons, by watching the 2003 pic about the life of Harvey Pekar. It stars Paul Giamatti, who incidentally, I loved in Sideways.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Mid-Manhattan Library
Subway: D,F to 42nd Street, 7 to Fifth Ave.

Also a Norwegian craft fair is going on at a local church, watch flicks at the New York Horror Film Festival, ride the smArt shuttle in Brooklyn, and there's a Cupcake Crawl on Sunday.