Cheap Chick NYC, Cheap and Free Weekend Event Picks, August 27-29, 2010

Friday August 27, 2010

Take a sip of the bubbly at the Prestigious Wine and Champagne Tasting tonight at Drink (235 E. 69^th St.) 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

See Ironman (mmm, Robert Downey Jr...) for free tonight on the deck of the Intrepid at 7:30 p.m. http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/Summer-Movie-Series.aspx

Keep watch for a damn, dirty ape (wait I think that’s another movie…) on the Empire State Building during the Central Park Conservancy’s screening of King Kong tonight at 8 p.m. north of Sheep Meadow.

Will you want kids after seeing Rosemary’s Baby? You decide after catching the flick at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center (http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/M103 ) tonight at 8 p.m.

Viva Mexico! at the Queens Museum of Art’s free Passport Friday event! 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. http://www.queensmuseum.org/target-passport-fridays-mexico

Rock around the clock tonight by swing dancing to 50’s hits provided by Nick Palumbo! Get there at 7 p.m. for a free swing dancing lesson. At 8 p.m. it’s three sets of music! BAR NINE, 807 Ninth Ave. (bet. 53rd and 54th Streets), $15.

Saturday August 28, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I’d let Johnny Depp cut my hair any day, even with scissors for hands! Edward Scissorhands is playing at Symphony Space for $5, 5 p.m. http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/150?source=homepage

It’s not only a borough, it’s also a movie! See Manhattan in Central Park north of Sheep’s Meadow at 8 p.m.

It’s curtains for this season of New York Classical Theater, help them celebrate with an end-of-season party at Dive Bar, Amsterdam Ave (between 95^th and 96^th), starts at 9:30 p.m. and a $10 donation benefits New York Classical Theater.

Moonwalk your way over to Le Poisson Rouge’s (158 Bleecker) free Michael Jackson Birthday tribute, hosted by Michael T & Deryck Todd. Festivities start at 11 p.m.

Have a ‘wet, hot, American summer’ with a water balloon fight to support Greenpoint Open Studios! 3 p.m. India St. Mural (West St. and The East River), $10.

Saturday August 28, 2010 and Sunday August 29, 2010

Sail around the harbor with free tugboat rides as part of Tug and Barge Week (through Monday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.) Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 6 at the foot of Atlantic Avenue (past Furman Street)

Get those jazz hands ready, Governors Island is playing host to the Jazz Age Lawn party this weekend, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Directions to the island here: http://www.govisland.com/html/visit/directions.shtml

This weekend “the bird is the word” with the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park on Saturday and at Tompkins Square Park on Sunday-the event is free and runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

Wave Hill Honey Weekend! Hopefully it tastes like the “bee’s knees,” but you’ll have to find out for yourself at Wave Hill’s Natural Sweets: Cooking with Honey Demo and Tasting on Saturday. Learn all about honey from Assistant Director of Public Programs Laurel Rimmer, and sample recipes that incorporate the sweet treat! (http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2010/08/28/cooking-with-honey-at-wave-hill) The program is free with admission to Wave Hill ($8) and starts at 2 p.m. On Sunday make a beeswax candle ($15 for supplies as they last) 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. http://www.wavehill.org/calendar/event_2383.html

Old and New Money: Victorian Fifth Avenue and Central Park West Walking Tour, “A tour of the two great boulevards of wealth—CPW and 5th Ave--and how their architecture reflects the social aspects of the Victorian communities that lived there. Stops include the Dakota, the Prasada, and the Payne Whitney and Henry Clay Frick mansions.” 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, $18, Call 212-465-3331 for reservation and meeting place.

Sunday August 29, 2010

Makes you wonder what your neighbors are really up to…watch Rear Window at Symphony Space for $12, http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6383-rear-window

Find romance on the LES with the Museum at Eldridge Street’s Love and Courtship Tour, 2 p.m., $15, RSVP here: http://www.eldridgestreet.org/calendar-newyork-events.html

Relive the Battle of Brooklyn (that’s the Revolutionary War, folks!) with a trolley ride through Green-Wood Cemetery. Tkts are going fast (it’s $20, make reservations here: http://www.green-wood.com/store.php/store/category/2/tour/124) There will also be free events including a re-enactment and parade! http://www.green-wood.com/store.php/store/category/2/event/6/detail

Look out for zombies at Prospect Park’s Second Annual Michael Jackson Brooklyn Birthday Extravaganza, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nethermead.

Lincoln Center is hosting free outdoor HD opera screenings at Lincoln Center Plaza and tonight is Roméo et Juliette at 7:30 p.m.