Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, February 19-21, 2010

Friday February 19, 2010
Kevin Geeks Out About Monkeys
8 p.m.
Don't go ape, go monkeys (hopefully not a barrelful), and attend this live show hosted by writer-comedian Kevin Maher. Tonight features monkey trivia presented by The Big Quiz Thing's Noah Tarnow, comics, poetry, and video clips. Hopefully this event will help you get that monkey off your back, but don't worry, if a simean gets fresh with you, just tell them to "Get your hands off me, you damn, dirty ape," but be careful not to go bananas!
Cheap Chick Info: $10
Location Info: 92ndY Tribeca, 200 Hudson St.
Subway: 1,A,C,E to Canal St.

The Best of Harvard Sailing Team
11:59 p.m.
Live sketch comedy show with special guests The Chris and Paul Show. Hopefully no one will be "crimson" by the end...
Cheap Chick Info: $12
Location Info: Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette bet. E4th and Astor Place
Subway: 6 to Astor Place

Winter Break Film Festival, Planet Earth
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Commune with your wild side as you watch the Discovery Channel special.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Prospect Park, Audobon Center (Enter the Park at Lincoln Road & Ocean Avenue or Flatbush Avenue & Empire Boulevard (Willink entrance) and follow the directional signs.)
Subway: F to Prospect Park

Colum McCann Reading
7 p.m.
Hear the author speak about his latest book, which unites characters to the 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: powerhouse (yes the p is not supposed to be capitalized) Arena, 37 Main St.
Subway: F to York, A,C to High St.

Tumblr Reading
6:30 p.m.
Bloggers from the Internet site including Julie Klausner, Choire Sicha, Meaghan O’Connell, Will Leitch, Emily Gould, Matthew Gallaway, Edith Zimmerman, Bailey Kennedy, Halle Kiefer, Melissa Gira Grant, Foster Kamer, and Diana Viliber read at this reception.
Cheap Chick Info: Free plus open bar!
Location Info: Housing Works Bookstore, 126 Crosby St.
Subway: B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette, Downtown 6 to Bleecker St.

Tonight is a Free Friday at the South Street Seaport Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and you catch some Olympics ice hockey action at the Bohemian Beer Garden in Queens on the big screen (through Feb. 21.)

Saturday February 20, 2010
American Tail Sing-a-long
11 p.m.
Was there ever a cuter, little immigrant mouse? I think not...
Cheap Chick Info: $13 ticket includes one beer, buy tkts here.
Location Info: 92ndY Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street
Subway: A,C,E,1 to Canal St.

Jersey Shore Costume Party
Midnight (11:59 p.m.)
Don't forget the spray tan (or the hairspray I'm betting...) at this shindig. Show off the best the Garden State has to offer *raises eyebrows* and flex those muscles, there are prizes for the best costumes.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Union Hall, 702 Union St. at Fifth Ave., Brooklyn
Subway: R to Union St.

Celebrate Black History Month in Historic Harlem
1 p.m.
Take a special Big Onion walking tour and find out more about this historic area of the city. Stops may include the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Striver's Row, the Big Apple Night Club, and sites associated with the Harlem Renaissance, W.E.B. Du Bois, Madame C.J. Walker, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the northwest corner of 135th Street & Lenox (Malcolm X) Avenue D in front of the Schomburg Center
Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street

Free Bargemusic Concert
1 p.m.
This free chamber music performance on a "floating concert hall" is part of a monthly series of free concerts through May.
Cheap Chick Info: Free, but there is no reserved seating, and I'm guessing it fills up fast, so I'd recommend getting there early if you can!
Location Info: Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge (DUMBO)
Subway: A,C to High St., F to York

Celebrate the Lunar New Year in Flushing and let your inner tiger roar, and say Hola to el Museo Del Barrio with their free Third Saturday Super Sabado special events!

Saturday and Sunday February 20th and 21st, 2010
Park Slope Book Sale
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (both days)
Scavenge through piles of books, DVD's, CD's, and even VHS tapes-yes they still exist!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: United Methodist Church, 6th Ave at 8th Street, Brooklyn
Subway: F to Seventh Ave.

Noho and the East Village History and Dessert Tour
2 p.m.
From Discovery Walking Tours: "A historical tour of the two neighborhoods, which served as home to both immigrants and the some of the most exclusive New Yorkers of the 1800s. Stops include Cooper Union, the site of the Astor Place riots, Colonnade Row, and Grace Church."
Cheap Chick Info: $22 includes sweets
Location Info: Call 212-465-3331 for location details.
Subway: See above.

The Coffee and Tea Festival is being held Saturday and Sunday too!

Sunday February 21, 2010
Carmen Live in HD
See this performance from at Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, Italy on the big screen.
Cheap Chick Info: $21, buy tickets here.
Location Info: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
Subway: 1,2,3,C to 96th Street

Brunch With The Lunch Club
1 p.m.
Meet some new people as you nosh on Greek specialties.
Cheap Chick Info: Free to go, just pay for your own food. RSVP here.
Location Info: Cafe Brama, 157 2nd Ave, (between 9th and 10th)
Subway: 6 to Astor Place

Discover Tours: Prospect Park
3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn more about the flora and fauna of the park!
Cheap Chick Info: Free! Call (718) 287-3400 for more information.
Location Info: Prospect Park Audubon Center (Enter the Park at Lincoln Road & Ocean Avenue or Flatbush Avenue & Empire Boulevard)
Subway: F to Prospect Park

Burton Greene and Perry Robinson Jazz Concert
3 p.m.
Bring those jazz hands along with you at this Jewish-themed jazz concert!
Cheap Chick Info: $20, $12 students and seniors
Location Info: Museum at Eldridge St., 12 Eldridge St. bet. Canal and Division
Subway: F to E. Broadway, D to Grand

Colonial Chocolate Days
1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Check out a presentation on "Social Drinking in 18th & 19th Century France & America," and then watch how chocolate was made 200 years ago.
Cheap Chick Info: $20 per person, $15 for members and $10 for childrenAdvanced registration is required. Call (212) 923-8008 to register.
Location Info: Morris-Jumel Mansion, (between 160th and 162nd Streets just east of St. Nicholas Avenue)
Subway: C to 163rd

On Sunday you can celebrate Washington's birthday with a ball, and all weekend long you can check out the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn, and don't forget the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend!

To celebrate Black History Month, the New York Transit Museum is offering special guided tours on Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. that highlight the contributions of African-Americans to the city's subway!