Cheap Chick New York City, Weekend Picks April 23-25, 2010

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Friday April 23, 2010
Inhabitat Fifth Birthday Party
7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
The green-friendly weblog celebrates in a green space with food, conversation, and cocktails. Who says it’s not easy being green?
Cheap Chick Info: Free
Location Info: Green Spaces NYC, 394 Broadway, 5th Fl.
Subway: N,R,Q,W,J,M,Z,6 to Canal St.

Project Runaway
8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
This 2D/3D “mash-up” features inflatable sculptures, and performances featuring pizza and soccer balls, Batman, and live music. Not to be confused with the Heidi Klum show, though I think it’s included all of the above elements.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave.
Subway: L to Grand St. or Morgan Ave.

Literary Lunchtime with Anchee Min
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
This is the first in a new series at the Asia Society with the first program highlighting a reading and discussion of Anchee Min’s new novel Pearl of China, a novel inspired by the author Pearl Buck. Min will be joined by Emily Parker, a fellow for the Arthur Ross Center on US-China relations.
Cheap Chick Info: Free for Asia Society and AAWW (Asian-American Writer’s Workshop), $8 for students/seniors, and $10 for non-members. Buy tkts by calling 212-517-ASIA, or possibly at the door.
Location Info: Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave.
Subway: 6 to 68th St.

Don’t Touch Me There Comedy
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A “comedy spectacular” that features Matt McCarthy (from the Verizon Fios commercial), live sketches, short film, and an after-party
Cheap Chick Info: free!
Location Info: Karma Downstairs Theater, 51 First Ave. bet 3rd and 4th Streets
Subway: F,V to Second Ave.

Friday April 23, 2010, and Saturday April 24, 2010
EarthFair at Grand Central Station
Friday 12 to 7 p.m. and Saturday 11 to 5p.m.
This green-friendly fair has live music, organic food, and large exhibit areas.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Vanderbilt Ave., Grand Central
Subway: 4,5,6,7,S to 42nd St. to Grand Central Station

Saturday April 24, 2010
Gemini and Scorpio Swing House Second Anniversary
9 p.m.
It isn’t Brenden Fraser in Blast From the Past, but these guys know how to throw a party. Channel the spirit of the Great Gatsby and revisit the Jazz Age, so no flannel shirts here folks!
Cheap Chick Info: $20/$15 with RSVP and theme dress, $10 after midnight
Location Info: The Green Building, 450 Union St. at Bond St., Gowanus, Brooklyn
Subway: F,G to Carroll St.

The Author in the Age of the Internet
7 p.m.
Authors John Lanchester, Andrew O’Hagan, Colm Tobin, Mary-Kay Wilmers, and James Wood weigh in on the future of writing and publishing with that new-fangled Internet thing, and that darn Kindle contraption.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info: NYU, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St. at 6th Ave.
Subway: L,F to 14th St./6th Ave.

NYC Chili Cookout
11 a.m. through 4 p.m.
This family-style event will include chili sampling, judging, cash prizes, amusements, and live entertainment.
Cheap Chick Info: $8
Location Info: Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island
Subway: Take the Staten Island Ferry and then the S74 bus to Richmond Road or St. Patrick's Place

Portals to the Past: Archaeology at New York City’s Historic Homes
1 p.m.
The Professional Archeologists of New York City presents information about the places people have called home in this urban metropolis. The home sweet homes range from mansions to tenement apartments.
Cheap Chick Info: Free with museum admission
Location Info: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave.
Subway: 6 to 103rd St.

Off the Grid 2010: Sustainable Music Festival
3:30 to 8 p.m.
Free outdoor music festival on a recycled stage with educational exhibitions and giveaways.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Solar One, 23rd St. and the East River
Subway: 6 to 23rd St., then take the M23 Bus east to Ave. C

There is a free Bargemusic concert today http://www.bargemusic.org/calendar.html, a free open house at the Taoist Tai Chi Society, http://www.taichinyc.org/, and see the Sikh Day Parade, http://www.sikhnet.com/events/2010/annual-nyc-sikh-day-parade-please-note-changed-route.

Sunday April 25, 2010
Zoe Heller and Robin Black
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Heller, the author of Notes on a Scandal, and Black, whose work had appeared in anthologies such as The Best Nonrequired Reading share from their new works.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St.
Subway: 6 to Astor Place

Antique Auto Show
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See cars on display from the New York Antique Auto Club, and check out historic house tours, hayrides, and food.
Cheap Chick Info: $5 for adults, $2 for children under two.
Location Info: Queens County Farm Museum
Subway: E or F Train to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike Station, Q46 Bus (eastbound on Union Tpk.) to Little Neck Parkway Stop. Cross Union Tpk and walk North on Little Neck Pky 3 blocks to Museum Entrance

Moravian Cemetery Tour: A Who’s Who in Staten Island History
2 p.m.
Join Richard L. Simpson, the “cemetery guy” for a 90-minute tour of this local cemetery. Today the focus will be on the Atlantic Avenue section with looks at resting places of Alice Austen, George Wm. Curtis (Curtis High School), Judge Erastus Brooks (the first person to make use of the telegraph for newspaper reports), historian and philanthropist Dorothy Valentine Smith, Elmer Dundy (owner of Coney Island’s Luna Park), cigar manufacturer Alvaro Garcia (Garcia & Vega), pencil manufacturer Eberhard Faber, Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton (founder-New York Botanical Gardens), and historian/author Charles W. Leng.
Cheap Chick Info: $10, Reservations are recommended since tours are limited to 20 people, RSVP to cemeteryguy@earthlink.net
Location Info: Meet at the Moravian Cemetery, 2205 Richmond Road
Subway: Sorry guys, best I can do is take the ferry and then take the bus to the Grant City stop

Swap away at Swap-a-Palooza at NYU, http://fashionswapandmeet.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/nyu-swap-a-palooza-sunday-april-26/, attend NYC Grows http://www.nyrp.org/Calendar_Programs/Calendar/vw/3/ItemID/75/d/20100425, do some shopping at the Hester Street Fair http://www.hesterstreetfair.com/, which opens this weekend, and find out all the buzz on beekeeping http://rooftopfarms.org/