Cheap Chick NYC Weekend Picks, Saturday Jauary 16, 2010 (With one Sunday Pick)

Editor's Note: Still am having issues with the Internet at home, so look for Sunday picks (and some poss. additions to these listings) tomorrow afternoon! Thanks for your patience!

Saturday January 16, 2010
Cassoulet Cook-off
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Five cassoulets from amateur and pro chefs can be sampled and paired with beer. Nick Suarez and Theodore Peck are among the celeb cheftestants participating, and Chef Matt Weingarten is one of the judges.
Cheap Chick Info: $20
Location Info: Jimmy's No. 43, 43 E. 7th St. bet 2nd and 3rd Aves.
Subway: 6 to Astor Place, N,R,W to 8th St.

Bananarama in the Basement
3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
If you're tired of plain old Scrabble or Scattergories, then you might want to start playing Bananagrams! WORD bookstore is hosting game time with tournament groups and banana cream pie for children and adults! Feel free to bring a banana-themed treat to share!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: WORD Bookstore, 126 Franklin St., Brooklyn
Subway: G to Greenpoint

Peter and the Wolf Concert narrated by Neil Gaiman
7 p.m.
Boy, what a weekend for geeks, first Nerd Nite, and now Neil Gaiman--hold onto your pocket protectors! The concert also includes the world-premiere of Bold To Fall Withal – Henry Hudson In The New World composed by Gary S. Fagin, and a performance by Broadway's Jason Danieley.
Cheap Cheap Info: Free! I'm told you should get there early, so don't stop to talk to any wolves on the way there-no matter how much like your grandmother they look like!
Location Info: World Financial Center, Winter Garden
Subway: A, C, J, M, Z, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau

Saturday Jan. 16, 2010 and Sunday January 17, 2010
Coney Island-Then, Now, and Forever
Performances at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Catch a multimedia show incorporating music, Victorian mermaids, hand-carved marionettes, and storytelling based on the history of Coney Island and its famous figures. Coney Island memorabilia will also be on display.
Cheap Chick Info: $15, includes hot chocolate and tea! Buy tkts here.
Location Info: The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery
Subway: Take the R train to 25th Street Station. Walk east one block to Green-Wood at 5th Avenue and 25th Street.

Tonight you have two chances to catch movies at 92ndY Tribeca! At 8 p.m. the venue is screening The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and at 11 p.m. you can sing-along with an the classic The Muppets Take Manhattan! Tkts for the 8 p.m. show are $12 and tkts for the 11 p.m. show are $13.

Don't forget Showgirls, with Jessie from Saved by the Bell, is playing at IFC this weekend!