Cheap Chick Weekend Picks, Feb. 26-28, 2010

Friday February 26, 2010
Tim Burton Wonderland Ball
10 p.m.
Be sure you’re not late for this very important date (or follow any white rabbits on the way) when attending this event organized by Swing Goth, which features music from the Seattle-based group Abney Park, and a free dance lesson. Hopefully you’ll leave grinning like the Cheshire Cat!
Cheap Chick Info: $20 and up
Location Info: Don Hill’s, 511 Greenwich St.
Subway: C,E to Spring St.

Bruce in the USA
Doors open at 8 p.m., Concert starts at 9 p.m.
A musical tribute to Springsteen that recreates a classic show of the legend and his band.
Cheap Chick Info: $15 in advance, $17 at the door/day of show, buy tkts here: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Bruce-In-the-USA-tickets/artist/968624
Location Info: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th Street
Subway: L to Bedford

Brooklyn in Prints Reception and Gallery Talk
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
This celebration highlights a new exhibit depicting the history of Brooklyn Heights with photos, paintings, and other mediums.
Cheap Chick Info: $15, $10 for members
Location Info: Brooklyn Historic Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton St.
Subway: A,C,F to Jay Street-Borough Hall

Friday and Saturday February 26 and 27, 2010
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Showing
Midnight
Better check to see if one of your tickets is golden, but this is one time it’s OK to see little orange men...or is it?
Cheap Chick Info: $9.99
Location Info: Landmark Sunshine, 143 East Houston
Subway: F,V to Second Ave.

Saturday February 27, 2010
Shorts! The 2009 Animated and Live Action Short Film Nominees Screening
Noon, with an encore at 4 p.m.
Watch the short films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards.
Cheap Chick Info: General admission is $3-$5, gets tkts here.
Location Info: Academy Theater at Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street
Subway: N,R,W,4,5,6 to 59th Street/Lex

Central Park Walking Tour
1 p.m.
Learn about Seneca Village, Manhattan's first-known community of African-American property owners. Tour covers the history of the village, the property owners, and what New York City was like at the time.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Meet inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West.
Subway: C to 86th St.

The Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour
Noon (tours last two hours, and our held rain or shine.)
Become acquainted with famous figures like Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S Kaufman, Harpo Marx, Edna Ferber, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Harold Ross, Robert Sherwood, Marc Connelly and the rest of the Vicious Circle on this walking tour led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York and co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Round Table.
Cheap Chick Info: $20, the tour ends with lunch at the round table, but is not mandatory to eat with the group if you are trying to maintain your cheap chick lifestyle.
Location Info: Lobby of the Algonquin Hotel, West 44th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
Subway: D,F to 42nd St.

PathMark Gospel Choir Competition
10 to 5 p.m.
Watch as choirs from around the globe compete for more than $10,000 in prizes in an event hosted by Tony Award-winning star Ben Vereen.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St
Subway: E to World Trade Center

CastleBraid Artillery Grand Opening-Lit NY
2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Part grand-opening and part Purim party, this new Bushwick artists' enclave is free all day with activities spanning games, movies, comedy, dance, fashion, and music, culminating in a Purim bash with drinks, DJ's, and costumes!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: 114 Troutman St., b/t Central & Evergreen Aves., Bushwick
Subway: M to Central Ave.

HEEB Magazine Pour-em Party
9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Dress in costume to celebrate Purim with DJ music free Colt45 from 9-10 p.m. and music from other bands.
Cheap Chick Info: $15, $10 in advance
Location Info: 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave
Subway: L to Grand St.

New York Comic Book Marketplace
10:30 a.m. 7 p.m.
Comic book geeks may think they’ve died and gone to heaven with more than 100 comic vendors at this event.
Cheap Chick Info: $10
Location Info: Penn Plaza Pavilion, 401 Seventh Ave. at 33rd St.
Subway: A,C,E,1,2,3 to Penn Station

Unprotected Film Festival
8 p.m.
The Filmshop, a local movie collective, is hosting a night of films relating to this ambiguously interesting topic with music by Hank and Cupcakes, and Emanuel and the Fear.
Cheap Chick Info: $7 in advance, $10 at the door
Location Info: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th Street
Subway: L to Bedford St.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Dance, yoga, sports clinics, workshops, arts and crafts, prizes, and performances are available for women and girls of all ages!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Chelsea Recreation Center (430 West 25th Street)
Subway: C,E to 23rd St.

There’s also Bingo at La Poisson Rouge tonight (http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/980) with Murray Hill and Linda Simpson, you can regress back to childhood with an awesomely-sized blanket fort, (http://www.newmindspace.com/forts), and there's a Burlesque tribute to Pulp Fiction (http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4999)!

Sunday February 28, 2010
Medieval Costume Demonstration
1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
See costume historian Desirée Koslin and 30 citizens of Nijmegen in The Netherlands wearing medieval clothing,
Cheap Chick Info: Free with admission ($20 suggested donation)
Location Info: The Cloisters, 1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St.
Subway: Take the A train to 190th Street, exit by elevator and walk through the park or take No. 4 bus (Fort Tryon Park—The Cloisters)

Only in New York Book Talk
2 p.m.
The New York Times' Urban Affairs Correspondent Sam Robertsas, author of Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating and Irrepressible City, will answer all your burning questions like “Why do we have doormen? Is it noisier in the city or in the country? Are New Yorkers really as liberal as the rest of the country thinks they are? Why wasn’t Manhattan's street grid oriented by the points of the compass?”
Cheap Chick Info: Free with admission ($10 suggested donation)
Location Info: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave.
Subway: 6 to 103rd St.

Cheap Chick Book Swap
5 p.m.
Come swap the books you have stored in your oven and your bathtub with other bookworms!
Cheap Chick Info: Free! Please RSVP to cheapchickinthecity@hotmail.com
Location Info: Art Bar, 52 8th Ave.
Subway: L,A,C,E to 14th St.

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Tour
11 a.m., 1:15 p.m.
I don’t know if you’ll encounter any mole people, but you’ll learn all about the oldest subway tunnel in the city on this half-mile tour.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: Meet at the southwest corner of Court Street and Atlantic Avenue
Subway: F,G to Bergen St., R to Court St.

Raptors: Masters of the Sky
12 p.m.
Learn about these birds of prey with a lecture and hawk walk, and find out their connections with legends, spirituality, religion, folklore, art, music, dance, photography, sport mascots, falconry, and national symbols.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Belvedere Castle, Central Park (79th Street mid-park)
Subway: C to 81St St.

Trolley Ride through Green-Wood Cemetery
1 p.m.
Take a 2-hour trolley ride through the cemetery and find out about its most famous living and non-living residents, and enjoy views of the Manhattan skyline. I know you're just dying to go!
Cheap Chick Info: $15, get tkts here: http://www.green-wood.com/store.php/store/category/2/tour/93
Location Info: Meet inside Main Entrance at 25th Street and 5th Avenue
Subway: R to 25th St.

Today is also the last day to ride the Roosevelt Island Tram before it closes for renovations through August 31, 2010, and you can go on a dumpling crawl!

Also don’t forget that over the weekend the New York Times Travel Expo is at the Javits Center this weekend, Housing Works is having a sale on all children’s books, and you can also pick up a record at Record Riot this weekend.