NYC Cheap and Free Weekend Event Picks, July 30-August 1, 2010

Friday July 30, 2010

Free Champagne and Wine Tasting at Drink, 235 E. 69th St. from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

See the Best of the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival at BAM, http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=2376

Monsters vs. Aliens is screening at the Hudson River Park’s Pier 46 at 8:30 p.m.

Books through Bars: An Evening of Punk Reminiscences with Eric Davidson, talking about his new book We Never Learn, at Freebird Books (Freebird Books, 123 Columbia St, Brooklyn) 7:30 p.m..

92nd Street Y is screening To Kill a Mockingbird at noon today, http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-LC5JB08

I’m not afraid of no ghost! See Ghostbusters at Staten Island’s Coast Guard site (the former Lighthouse Museum site, next to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal) 8:30 p.m.

Draw your thoughts toward animation at Rooftop Film’s Animation Block Party tonight at 7 p.m. http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/32-animation-block-party

See 3D animation Victorian-style at 8 p.m. tonight! $5, http://www.observatoryroom.org

Gary Shteyngart (The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Absurdistan) reads from his new book Super Sad True Love Story at Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m.

Travel to Taiwan with Target Passport Fridays at the Queens Museum of Art, http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2010/07/30/target-passport-fridays-2010-taiwan

Saturday July 31, 2010

Women’s brunch and clothing swap at Galway Hooker, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. $18 inc. cost of brunch+two drinks, tax, and tip, for more info and RSVP, click here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/someofthegirls/

Sonic Youth, Grass Widow, and Talk Normal play a free concert at the Prospect Park Bandshell 7p.m.

Roam the bars of St. Mark’s at the Lunch Club’s Pub Crawl, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2423

Check out Repo Man at the Coney Island Museum with a pre-show at 8:30 p.m. http://www.coneyisland.com/films.shtml

Watch out for that whale at Staten Island OutLoud’s Moby Dick Festival. Events start at 6:30 p.m. at Fort Wadsworth’s Harbor Scenic Overlook and the Staten Island Philharmonic performs. http://statenislandoutloud.org/upcomingevents.aspx

Rick Marz, writer of Star Wars, Green Lantern, and Witchblade comics visits Midtown Comics (200 West 40th Street) from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to sign exclusive Midtown Comics copies of his latest work, Artifacts # 1 from Top Cow.

Gaze at Greenpoint’s stars tonight, http://www.aaa.org/fortgreenepark

Sunday August 1, 2010

BOMB magazine is throwing a summer featuring art and music bash at Glasslands Gallery on the Williamsburg Waterfront at 8 p.m., cost $10.

See the real Five Points with the Museum at Eldridge Street’s walking tour at 2 p.m. http://www.eldridgestreet.org/calendar-newyork-events.html

Eat for a good “claws” at Black Rabbit’s (91 Greenpoint Ave, at Franklin St., http://www.blackrabbit.com) Lobster Roll and Maine Beer Fest from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.! Tkts are $20 in advance ($25 at the door) Call 718-349-1595 to purchase tkts.

Celebrate Jerry Garcia’s b-day at the New York Historical Society with free Cherries Garcia ice cream, raffles, and 2-for-1 admission to their Grateful Dead exhibit, https://www.nyhistory.org/web/.

The Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival (http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/lc-ood-2010), Poet’s House Showcase (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/books/09poets.html?_r=1), and the Latino Cultural Festival (http://www.queenstheatre.org/web/frontends/program/3/13) are happening over the w/e!