Cheap Chick NYC, Cheap and Free NYC Weekend Event Picks, July 23-25, 2010

Friday July 23, 2010
Carol Channing reads from her new book For Heaven’s Sake at the Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 6 p.m.

Watch the Muppets solve a string of high-profile jewelry thefts in The Great Muppet Caper at Movies for Kids on Hudson River Park's Pier 46. Movie starts around 8:30 p.m.

The Goonies is being screened on the flight deck of the Intrepid and Madgascar is showing at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center. http://www.snug-harbor.org/special.html

Mix and mingle while enjoying summer cocktails and light fare at the Cooper-Hewitt garden, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., free with museum admission, $15.

Will they or won’t they meet at the top of the Empire State Building? Find out at BAM’s screening of An Affair to Remember. http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=2359

Get a kick out of the free Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater program from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield.

Monthly Yoga Dance Party at Abhaya Yoga, $10, at 8 p.m. in Brooklyn. http://abhayayoga.com/

Saturday July 24, 2010
Maybe this is where Bravo got the idea for their show Work of Art…watch artists practice their craft during ArtBattles: King of New York at Le Poisson Rouge, 7 p.m. http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/1370

Big Onion leads walking tours of the Gramercy Park/Union Square area. See where laborers protested and where the other half lived, all on the same day! Stops may include Tammany Hall, the Players Club, and the homes of George Templeton Strong, Stanford White, and Theodore Roosevelt. Meet at The George Washington Statue located on the 14th Street side of Union Square at 5 p.m. Tour is $15.

Slip and slide at the park’s City of Water Day Festival, http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2010/07/24/city-of-water-day1

Field of Dreams outdoor music and art festival at the Prospect Park West Bandshell at 3 p.m.

See Hitchcock in high-definition at Symphony Space (those neighbors never looked so spooky…) Starts today and runs through August. For more info check here: http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/151

Zack+Kelly 4-ever! Party like it's 1990 at The Bell House's Saved by the Bell House Party! Just don't wear your Valley t-shirt! http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php

Free walking tour (with trivia!) of Lower New York Saturday at 2 p.m. led by Chronicles of Old New York author James Roman! Meet at the Hangman's Elm, NW corner of Washington Square Park.

Sunday July 25, 2010
Mad Men’s season four premiere takes over Times Square with a dress-up contest and trivia starting at 7 p.m. and the world premiere on a BIG screen at 9 p.m.! http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/newyorksgonemad/

Open the Muppet vault and learn the truth about Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog at last! Well maybe not, but perhaps you’ll make a “rainbow connection” at this Muppet Vault event with an afternoon of rare footage from the Jim Henson Hour and other shows, a sing-a-long, and Muppet/Jim Henson trivia at the Knitting Factory from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=12903

Learn about "The Central Park You Never Knew" with Discovery Walking Tours. Tour starts at 2 p.m. and is $18 ($5 off if you attend the group's Event Horizon tour earlier in the day). Stops include Strawberry Fields, The Ramble, Literary Walk, The Arsenal, Wagner Cove and Bethesda Fountain. For more info on both tours, reservations, and meeting space, call 212-465-3331!

If you're just dying to see NYC's marble cemeteries, then check out this tour! http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/events/upcoming.htm#evill

Soak up Native American culture all weekend with an authentic Pow-Wow at the Queens County Farm Museum! http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html

Get some sand between your toes and build sand sculptures on Saturday at Coney Island (http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2010/07/24/astella-development-corps-sandsculpting-contest-unity-day) and sandcastles at Far Rockaway on Sunday! (http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2010/07/25/sandcastle-contest)

Don't forget other summer picks here: http://cheapchickinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/07/cheap-chick-summer-guide-2010-part-one.html

http://cheapchickinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/07/2010-nyc-summer-guide-part-two-cheap.html

http://cheapchickinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheap-chick-summer-guide-2009.html