Cheap Chick NYC Weekend Events, March 26, 2010

Friday March 26, 2010
Race to Freedom and After 1968
6:30 p.m.
This panel is sponsored by the Bronx Museum in honor of two new Civil Rights exhibits. Panelists include High Museum of Art curator Julian Cox; Bronx-born photographer Doris Derby; photo-journalist Eric Etheridge; photographer LeRoy Henderson; After 1968 artist and Bronx Museum AIM alumni Nadine Robinson; and gallery owner, writer, and curator Steven Kasher. The event will be moderated by Deb Willis, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Eugene Lang College Building, Wollman Hall, 66 W. 12 Street, 5th Floor
Subway: F,L,V to 14th St./Sixth Ave.

Teen Witch Sing-a-Long
11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
This screening of a pre-Mean Girls flick Teen Witch will be hosted by brother/sister comedy duo Eliot and Ilana Glazer.
Cheap Chick Info: $13 includes movie and one beer
Location Info: 92ndY Tribeca, 200 Hudson
Subway: 1,A,C,E to Canal

Also be sure to check out the Cure Thrift Shop launch party tonight from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and see a rehearsal of The Fairy Queen with commentary at BAM at 5:15 p.m. tonight! Also another thrift store, Guvnors, is also having a grand opening tonight!

Saturday March 27, 2010
Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour
12 p.m.
Learn about 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 a 2-hour tour led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York and co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Round Table.
Cheap Chick Info: $20
Location Info: Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street (between Fifth and Sixth avenues)
Subway: F,D to 42nd St./Bryant Park

Lunch Club Scavenger Hunt at the Museum of Natural History
1:30 p.m.
Make no "bones about it," you can't be a "space case" to win this competition!
Cheap Chick Info: $10 in advance, $15 at event, Come with your own team of five or get put into one at the event.
Location Info: Meet on the steps of the main entrance of the museum, on the north side
Subway: C to 81st St./Museum of Natural History

If Walls Could Talk: A Workshop on the Genealogy of Your Home
2 p.m.
Be an architectural detective and discover the skeletons your home might be hiding by using special documents like images, records, and documents to trace the history of your building.
Cheap Chick Info: $10, To confirm attendance please call 718-222-4111 x250 or email vservice@brooklynhistory.org
Location Info: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street at Clinton Street
Subway: M,R to Court St./Borough Hall

Shop W Style today too, with specials and other goodies in the meat-packing district! http://www.wdesires.com/shopwstyle/index.php

Saturday March 27th and Sunday March 28th, 2010
Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill History and Tasting Tour
2 p.m.
From Discovery Walking Tours, "A tour through the two historic districts, addressing the transition of the neighborhoods from wealthy and working class Victorian suburbs to 20th century literary havens. Stops include Plymouth Church, where abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher preached and Lincoln and Walt Whitman worshiped; Borough Hall, once the City Hall of Brooklyn; the Promenade and its magnificent view of Manhattan island; the birthplace of Winston Churchill’s mother; the Truman Capote residence where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany’s; and the home of Arthur Miller, where he courted Marilyn Monroe. Along the way, taste the area’s classic and contemporary foods, from Brooklyn egg creams to spinach pie and baklava.
Cheap Chick Info: $22 (includes food)
Location Info: Call 212-465-3331 for meeting place and reservation.
Subway: See above.

Sunday March 28, 2010
Grand Opening of the Cyclone for the Season
Noon
First 100 people ride free and borough president Marty Markowitz will be christening the ride with a bottle of egg cream.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Coney Island, Cyclone
Subway: F,D,N,Q to Coney Island/Stillwell Ave.

New York City Coyotes: Return of Native Wildlife, Balancing Urban Ecology or Conflict in the Concrete Jungle
2 p.m.
From the parks, "The wild coyote has a long history intertwined with man, present in Native American folklore through to today's modern newsclippings. Please join Frank Vincenti of the Wild Dog Foundation, Bob and Cathy Horvath of Wildlife In Need of Rescue and the Urban Park Rangers, to further explore their fascinating ecology and potential in New York City."
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: North Meadow Recreation Center, mid-Central Park (enter at 97 and Central Park West)
Subway: C to 96th St.

Campy Movie With Michael J. Fox-The Hard Way
2 p.m.
No Doc Brown, or excessive body hair, but should be fun either way!
Cheap Chick Info: Free! Proceeds from drinks go to help MJ Fox’s Parkinson’s Research, plus get a $1 off drinks.
Location Info: Pacific Standard, 82 4th Ave. bet St. Mark’s and Bergen St., Park Slope
Subway: 2,3,4,5,D,N,Q,R to Atlantic/Pacific St.

Saturday and Sunday is Art Expo New York, http://artexponewyork.com/ and the Macy's Flower Show opens this Sunday. http://www.macys.com/campaign/flowershow/index.jsp. You can also catch Persepolis at the BAM Muslim Voices: The Female Perspective. http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1992.