Friday May 4, 2012
Get your geek on w/ Nerd Nite! Tonight’s topics inc. The Construction of Alien Worlds, The Internet is Totally Screwed, Let Me Show You How, and Atlantic Yards: Why Brooklyn’s Biggest Controversy is as Noir as Chinatown! Come early to compete with fellow trivia dorks! Trivia: Doors at 6:30 p.m. and begins at 7 p.m. sharp, Presentations-only – doors at 8:45pm, lectures begin at 9 p.m., cost: trivia+lectures: $14, just lectures: $10! Buy tkts here!
Judges including Johnny Iuzzini (Top Chef: Just Desserts) and Michael Cirino (A Razor, a Shiny Knife) will preside over local culinary students creating food/art combos as part of the Umami Food & Art Festival! 6:30 p.m., The Brooklyn Kitchen, 100 Frost St., at Meeker Ave., cost: ($15) online here! thebrooklynkitchen.com!
See some real-life bunheads as they enter the Youth America Grand Prix competition in the doc First Position, which debuts today at the IFC Center! The filmmakers will be at the Sat 7:25 p.m. and 9:35 p.m., and the Sun 3 p.m. and 5:10 shows! IFC Center, 323 Avenue of the Americas, Cost: $13! Buy tkts here!
Have a “berry good” time at NYU’s Strawberry Festival! Enjoy the world’s largest strawberry shortcake, plus music by the Music Industry! Laura Stevenson and the Cans, Kite Party, and Big Ups! 12:30 p.m. Laguardia Place bet. Washington Square South and W 3rd St, free!
Mix and mingle w/fellow film buffs at the regular Filmmakers Happy Hour Friday! This event features raffle prizes as well! 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Nitehawk Cinema, 136 Metropolitan Avenue b/w Wythe Ave/Berry St, cost: free!
Starbucks' half-price Frappucino Hour begins today and runs thru May13! 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Starbucks everywhere!
Plus Mad Sq Eats starts today,both the exhibit Pura GeometrÃa - Pure Geometry at the Mid-Manhattan Library, and the Activist New York exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York open today, and the Columbia University Film Festival runs today through May 10, 2012 and the Museum of the Moving Image’s Fashion in Film Festival: If Looks Could Kill also begins today and runs thru Sun, May 13, and last, but not least, the New York Polish Film Festival starts today!
Saturday May 5, 2012
Cannonball into fun at the a music and performance festival at the Astoria Park Pool! Today’s events include live music by Queens rock bands Iskandar and Dr. Jin, Shakespearean Sonnets & Soliloquies from the Hip to Hip Theatre Company, Performances from members of the Astoria Performing Arts Center, Facepainting & Storytelling, arts and crafts, and Inflatable Kids Activities. Local council member Peter Vallone Jr. will also be making an appearance! 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Asroria Park Pool, free!
Still trying to figure out how to get to Carnegie Hall? Go there for $5 tonight w/ The National Festival Chorus (2 p.m.) and the New York City Chamber Orchestra w/The Masterworks Festival Chorus (8 p.m.)! Just enter code may13645' for discount!
Take a taste of tequila at the Cinco de Mayo Tequila and Mezcal tasting with Kelly Levison! 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Appellation Wine & Spirits, 156 10th Avenue, free!
Sponsored by iAdventure, Mex Fest gives you the opp to sample Mexican twists on familiar favorites from some of the city’s famous food trucks! 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., South Street Seaport, cost: vouchers are $8 on-site and can be redeemed for drinks and activities, food is extra, and you can buy a pass worth two vouchers, admission, a sombrero, and mustache for $22 here!
Drink up Agave tequilas USQ's Cinco de Mayo Agave Party! “Featured tequila producers include Siete Leguas, Siembre Azul, and Don Julio. Mezcal heads may look forward to entries from Del Maguey, Fidencio, El Buho, and Mezcales de Leyenda.” 2:00-5:00 p.m. Union Square Wines and Spirits, 140 Fourth Avenue , free!
Watch the Kentucky Derby at the Brickyard and enjoy $5 Mint Juleps all day as well as Kentucky Derby-themed appetizers and dessert such as the “Mini Hot Brown – A mini version of the original Kentucky Hot Brown (the name stems from the Brown Hotel in Louisville, KY where it was created) - hot turkey, mushroom and sliced tomato on a toasted brioche slider bun topped with thick creamy Parmesan sauce baked to golden brown. Prizes are given out for best racetrack attire. The race is shown on all nine of the venue’s large flat screens.” Races from Churchill Downs will be shown all day. Large crowds are expected so call 212-767-0077 to make your table reservation today! The Brickyard, 785 9th Ave Bet 52nd & 53rd, free!
Studio Square is combining its Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby festivities w/specials on mint juleps and margaritas as well as contests for the best hat and sombrero! You can also rock out to music provided by a DJ all day! Doors open at Noon, Studio Square, 35-33 36th Street, cost: free! (except for drinks/food you buy)
For more Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby deals/events, Check out Brokelyn’s Guide to the festivities! (http://brokelyn.com/the-best-cinco-de-mayo-kentucky-derby-deals-in-brooklyn)
Travel back in time to Gertrude Stein’s Paris through music at the Wall to Wall: Gertrude's Paris with a music marathon at Symphony Space! 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, free!
Today is also Free Comic Book Day, you can celebrate International Migratory Bird Day events in Prospect Park, there is a free Snug Harbor Spring Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and don’t forget that it’s Free First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum today!
Saturday and Sunday May 5 and 6, 2012
Taste your way through Little Italy and Chinatown with Discovery Walking Tours! “A walk through these ethnic enclaves exploring the trials and triumphs of the American immigrant. Along the way, we will sample ethnic specialties from pizza and cannolli to spring rolls and dumpling.Stops include the Church of the Transfiguration; Mulberry Street; the site of Five Points, made famous in Gangs of New York; Banca Stabile, Confucius Plaza, and the residence of Dr. Sun-Yat-sen.” 2 p.m., Call 212-465-3331 for meeting place and reservations, cost: $26 (inc food)
Celebrate The World’s Fair (ca 1939, 1964) in 2012 w/the Rocket Thrower Festival in Flushing Meadows Corona Park! Activities both days feature games, crafts, World's Fair history tours, music, and face painting! “On Saturday, the Queens Museum of Art is sponsoring a community art-making project and on Sunday at 12 noon, the Municipal Art Society is sponsoring a tour led by John Kriskiewicz to explore the Rocket Thrower and World's Fair remnants.” 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, free!
Save 30% off on books, CD’s, DVD’s, and more at Housing Works Bookstore!
All Bank of America cardholders get free museum admission at seven spots including the Met, Whitney and New-York Historical Society, plus see many famous NYC landmarks during a citywide open house sponsored by Partners in Preservation!
Sunday May 6, 2012
Flex those creative fiction writing muscles w/a free writing workshop by Gotham Writers Workshop! 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street, free!
Grab some nachos for more than 20 kinds of guacamole at NachosNYC fourth annual Guactacular! Plus sip $3 Brooklyn lagers all day, and the Coolhaus ice cream truck will be outside! 4 pm. to 7 p.m. Bell House, 149 7th Street, cost: $15 adv, $18 at the door!
Be a good badass (sounds like an oxymoron, right?) and support the Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue at their first Badass Bar-B-Q! 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Canal Bar (270 3rd Avenue) cost: $25 gets you all-you-can-eat BBQ and a free drink, $10 gets you a free drink! Buy tkts here!
The jig is up! Or going on as the case may be at the Irish Atrs Center's New York City Irish Dance Festival! Featured activities include live music, workshops in traditional dance for all skill levels, a singer's circle, Irish language classes,face painting, and a children's craft table! 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Riverside Park South, Pier 1 @ 70th Street, free!
Michael Cunningham, Deborah Eisenberg. Daniel Kehlman, and Edmund White will discussing the book Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, (part of the Bukovina Trilogy by Gregor von Rezzori as part of the PEN World Voices Festival Festivities, 1 p.m., Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, cost: $15! Buy tkts here!
And the NY Food Book Festival is all w/e long!
Looking Ahead…
Bronx Week is May 10-20, 2012
And the NY Photo Festival is May 16–20
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