Housing Works Bookstore (126 Crosby St.) is playing host to a reading sponsored by the online literary journal “Open Letters Monthly” to celebrate its new print edition. The free reading runs from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
I don’t know if Olivia Newton-John will “get physical” at this screening of Xanadu, but you can find out at 92ndY Tribeca’s screening tonight at 10 p.m. Tkts are $13, buy them here: http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?category=92Tri+92YTribeca+Film888&productid=T-MM5FA40
“Yo!” Watch Rocky for free on the flight deck of the Intrepid at dusk (around 8:30 p.m.) http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
Eat all the crayfish you could want (I wonder how many that could actually be…) at the IKEA Brooklyn for $10, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Grand Central’s Dining Week starts today and runs through the 29th. Check out the food specials here: http://www.grandcentralterminal.com/info/diningWeek2010.cfm
Say au revoir to Rooftop Films’ summer season with a series of films focused on farewells. Tonight’s venue is the Old American Can Factory-tkts are sold-out for the rooftop, but you can still purchase courtyard seats: http://www.rooftopfilms.com/
Saturday August 21, 2010
For all the undead fun you could want, catch Night of the Living Dead for free on the rooftop of the LES Tony Dapolito Recreation Center at 8:30 p.m. http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/M103
My third grad self sooo had a crush on Fred Savage! He can be found today at the Symphony Space’s 5 p.m. screening of The Princess Bride. $5, https://tickets.symphonyspace.org/public/loader.asp?target=hall.asp?event=79
Pick up some new duds and trade off your own at the Park Slope Co-op’s clothing swap. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. http://www.foodcoop.com
Walk, not wok, at the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas (MOCA) Experience Chinatown walking tour. The tour is led by trained MOCA guides and includes stops such as “the oldest row house in Manhattan, a Catholic church, the oldest general store in Chinatown, and a Chinese eatery that catered to the needs of Chinatown’s turn-of-the-century “bachelor society.” The tour runs from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and costs $15. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 212-619-4785 or emailing education@mocanyc.org with your name, contact information, and number of people in your group. Meet in the lobby at 215 Centre Street.
If you have the midnight munchies, head to Queens where food blogger Jeff Orlick is leading a free (pay-for-food-as-you-go) from Woodside to Jackson Heights covering 25 blocks of Queens foodie goodness. Meet at Terraza 7 Train Café, 40-19 Gleane St. at 10 p.m. The tour runs until 3 a.m. (you’ll get a map and language guide to translate the local food language) and you’ll end up at the beer garden at Starting Gate Bar, 59-10 Woodside Ave.
Sunday August 22, 2010
Did you know that Red Hook has a Norweigian past? I didn’t! Find out more on this free walking tour! Even though the tour is free, reservations are strongly recommended. http://walkingtourlarsnilsen.eventbrite.com/
Try to keep a smile on your face as you pig out on pork and ribs and other lip-smackin’ treats at the 11th Annual Hudson River Park Blues BBQ Festival. Free, pay-for-what-you-eat, Hudson River Park, Pier 54, at 14th St. and West St.
Find out if tomatoes and ice cream go together at the New Amsterdam Market, which is presenting samples of both foods. Tickets are $20 for ice cream or tomatoes, and $35 for tastings of ice cream and tomatoes together. Buy tkts here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122747
Fall in love with your own “Love Bug” at Governors Island VW Car Show. Event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free. Take the ferry to Governors Island, the sked is here: http://www.govisland.com/html/visit/directions.shtml
Music and food come together at the Farm to Folk Fest Benefit concert and Artisanal Food Fair. Union Pool, a $12 suggested donation benefits the Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA. http://greenpoint-williamsburgcsa.blogspot.com/2010/08/farm-to-folk-fest-sunday-august-22nd.html
It’s not Far and Away, but Habana Outpost is hosting a free screening of Cocktail tonight at sundown (around 8:30 p.m.) http://cafehabanablog.wordpress.com/events/
Spring cleaning? Why not summer cleaning? Trade up your clothes for new ones at Stop & Swap, A Swap-o-Rama-Rama event. $10 plus a bag of clothing, shoes, and other items to swap. You can also get in touch with your crafty side with workshops on embellishment and adornment. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nuryoican Poets Café, 236 E. 3rd St. bet B and C.
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