Cheap Chick NYC, Cheap and Free (Labor Day) Weekend Event Picks, Sept. 3-6, 2010

Friday September 3, 2010

Here’s hoping that y’all have a spare body floating around somewhere if you attend the Rubin Museum’s screening of the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Film runs 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is free with a $7 bar tab. http://www.rmanyc.org/

Attention Science Geeks! Columbia University is hosting “Missing Matter, Where’s Your Other Half?” A look at dark matter by Dr. Frits Paerels, with guided stargazing afterward. Held at Columbia’s Pupin Hall (Broadway at 116^th), runs from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Julia Wertz and Aaron Renier are hosting a free double book-launch party for Julia's Drinking at the Movies and Aaron's The Unsinkable Walker Bean at Desert Island, 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

Also it’s the last Friday night fireworks at Coney Island, 9 p.m.

Saturday September 4, 2010

Get your art on with the free Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., University Place bet. E. 12^th St. and Washington Place.

Have a down-home country day on Staten Island with the Richmond County Fair (starts today and runs all weekend), http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/

Art and live music converge at the free Monster Island Block Party in Williamsburg, 2 p.m. to midnight, 128 River St. @ Metropolitan Ave.

“Pig out” at the this foodie party, “Snout N’ Stout,” with food from Woody’s Pig Roast with plenty of sauces and sides, music by DJ Cowboy Mark of Kill Devil Hill, and craft beers. Event begins at 6 p.m. and it’s $10-$15 to reserve your food in advance.

Prove once and for all that Bingo is not just for little old church ladies, it’s for New Yorkers on a Saturday night! Drag queen Linda Simpson hosts bingo tonight at Le Poisson Rouge wth special guests DJ Erin Markey and Spokesmodel Sylvia London. Bingo is free and the event runs form 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday September 4 and Sunday September 5, 2010

Have your cake and eat it too, or in this case is “let them eat cake,” more appropriate? Find out at Discovery Walking Tour’s Greenwich Village Labor History and Dessert Tour. “A tour of sites associated with the rise of labor and Greenwich Village, with stops associated with Emma Goldman, John Reed, the IWW, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which sparked the union movement. Along the way, we will celebrate the fruits and advancements of labor, with a dessert sampling, from chocolate covered strawberries and candy, to saviodi cookies.” Tour starts at 2 p.m. each day, and is $23 (includes treats!) Call 212-465-3331 for meeting place and to RSVP.

Sunday September 5, 2010

Sixth Ave. bet 43^rd and 57^th goes Carnival with Brazilian Day! Check out more than 400 street vendors at this fest! 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

I guess these trucks don’t have to worry about being chased by dogs, since they’ll be immobile on Governors Island for the Parked Food Festival, where you’ll have a whole range of gastronomic delights to choose from! 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. http://www.govisland.com/html/visit/directions.shtml

Calling all Jewish singles, Let My People Go is hosting a big Labor Day bash tonight at Covet, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., $20 in advance, $25 at the door w/o RSVP. More info and tkts here: http://nyc.letmypeoplego.com/events

Find out if farm livin’ is the place for you with Eagle Street Rooftop Farm's Open Farm Day event featuring a reading and demo by author/blogger Cathy Erhway. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the reading at 2 p.m. Eagle St. Rooftop Farm, 44 Eagle St. bet. West and Franklin), rooftopfarms.org

Don’t look down if you’re in the balcony at Symphony Space’s screening of Vertigo today! Tkts are $11, buy here: http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6421-vertigo?source=calendar, and the show starts at 8 p.m.

Monday September 6, 2010

The pyramids await, with the Met open for holiday Mondays! Remember it’s pay-what-you-wish, so go as low as you dare! (I once went down to 40-something cents.)

Everyone loves a parade! Today’s it’s the West-Indian Day Parade in Bklyn. Easter Parkway to Grand Army Plaza, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., http://www.wicada.org

Big Onion hosts its classic Labor Day tour, “We Built New York: A Labor History Tour” with stops including the site of “the first Labor Day Parade (1882), the founding site of the ILGWU, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the Catholic Worker, and sites associated with Emma Goldman, Clara Lemlich, and Samuel Gompers.” Tour is $15, meet at the NE corner of Fifth Ave. and Washington Square North, 6 to Astor Place, R,W to 8th St., the A,B,C,E,F West 4th St., and the 1 to Christopher.

Linda Hill and perennial sidekick Murray Hill are hosting bingo tonight for free at the Bowery Poetry Club, (308 Bowery between Bleecker and Houston), 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Swap your clothes away for some new duds at the Frugal Fashionista Clothing Swap! This free event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., but there are only 25 slots available! RSVP here: http://sandycolette.eventbrite.com/

All Weekend Long!

The Cooper-Hewitt is free (http://cooperhewitt.org/visit/), Housing Works Bookstore is hosting a 30% off sale (http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/monthly-30-off-sale-all-day-september-4th-5th-and-6th/), Scavenge New York City’s film history with the Underground Film Festival (be quick to register, the hunt starts on the 4^th, plus you can always just watch new NYC films at the Festival (http://beneathearth.com/scavenger_hunt.html), embrace all things unicycle at the New York City Unicycle Festival (http://www.nycunifest.com), and Cockabilly Records is hosting the 50's jammin' Coney Island Rockabilly Festival (http://www.cockabillyrecords.com)!

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.

Pay Less for Plays in NYC, Part Three

Editor's Note: This is the third part of a multi-part series on saving money on Broadway and off-Broadway theater tkts. Part One is here, and Part Two is here.

Websites:

Another “ticket” to saving money on theater tkts is the Internet. These sites are great sources of discount and even free tkts!

Goldstar, http://www.goldstar.com/events/browse/10112 (New York City)

Playbill, http://www.playbill.com/

Theatermania, http://www.theatermania.com/

http://www.Nytix.com

Stubhub, http://www.stubhub.com/#theater

http://www.Broadwaybox.com

http://www.Lunchtix.com

http://www.Hitshowclub.com

http://www.Hiptix.com

http://www.High5tix.com

http://www.Schooltix.com

http://www.Studentrush.org

http://www.Broadway.com

http://www.livebroadway.com

Applause, http://www.applause-tickets.com/

Audience Extras, http://www.audienceextras.com

Play by Play, http://www.play-by-play.com

Theater Extras, http://www.theaterextras.com

Save with Social Media: Make “friends” and stalk, I mean “follow” your favorite venues online via Facebook and Twitter for news on their latest deals and discounts.

Cheap Chick NYC Cheap and Free Weekend Event Picks, August 20-22, 2010

Friday August 20, 2010

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 29^th. 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.

Pay Less for Plays in NYC, Part Two

Editor's Note: This is the second part in a multi-part series on saving money at the theater.

Read on for more ways to save on and off-Broadway! Part One is here.
Ushering-If you don’t mind donning black and white, then you may consider ushering to see shows for free. Here is a list of off-Broadway theaters that often use ushers (if a theater you want to usher at isn’t on the list, just go to the box office and ask!):


Manhattan Theater Club at the Biltmore Theater, http://www.manhattantheatreclub.com
The Roundabout Theater Company and Studio 54, http://www.roundabouttheatre.org
Atlantic Theater Company, http://www.atlantictheatre.org
Blue Man Group, http://www.blueman.com
Cherry Lane Theatre, http://www.cherrylanetheatre.com
Classic Stage Company, http://www.classicstage.org
The Culture Project, http://www.cultureproject.org
Drama Department, http://www.dramadept.org
Encores, City Center, http://www.citycenter.org
Here Performance Art Café, http://www.here.org
Irish Arts Center, http://www.irishartscenter.org
Irish Repertory Theater, http://www.irishrepertorytheatre.com
The Joyce Theatre, http://www.joyce.org
The Lamb’s Theatre, http://www.lambstheatre.org
The Laura Pells Theatre, http://www.roundabouttheatre.org
Lucille Lortel Theatre, http://www.lortel.org
Manhattan Theatre Club, http://www.manhattantheatreclub.com
MCC Theater, http://www.mcctheater.org
Mint Theater Company, http://www.minttheater.org
The New Group Theater, http://www.thenewgroup.org
New World Stages, http://www.newworldstages.com
New York Theater Workshop, http://nytw.org
The Pearl Theater Company, http://www.pearltheater.org
Performance Space 122, http://www.ps122.org
Playwrights Horizons, http://www.playwrightshorizons.org
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, http://www.rattlestick.org
Second Stage Theater, http://www.2st.com
Signature Theatre Company, http://www.signaturetheatre.org
Soho Playhouse, http://www.sohoplayhouse.com
Theatre Row, http://www.theatrerow.org
Vineyard Theatre, http://www.vineyardtheatre.org
Women’s Project Theatre, http://www.womensproject.org
The Wooster Group, http://www.thewoostergroup.org

Summer Savings-Summertime is a great time to save on plays, I know Summer 2010 is drawing to a close, but keep these in mind for the end of the summer and next year!:

Shakespeare in the Park (CP), as long as you’re willing to wait in line or want to try your luck with the virtual lottery, then the celeb stars of these products are worth the effort for tkts. http://www.publictheater.org/

NY Classical Theater, If you don’t mind a little exercise, follow the actors in this company around city parks to catch up on all those plays you didn’t read in high school! http://www.newyorkclassical.org

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, this is safe enough since I presume the cars have all been moved out! http://www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.org/

Cheap Chick Bargain Bulletin, For Tuesday August 17, 2010, Le Soiree Rouge is back!

My friends over at Red Productions are bringing back the salon/party known as Le Soiree Rouge tomorrow (Tuesday) night!

This (free!) party starts at 8 p.m. and runs to 1 a.m. and "beyond!" at People Lounge on the LES (163 Allen St. bet Stanton and Rivington)

In-between mingling, eating, and drinking (don't forget to don your nightclub black with a touch of rouge-red for those of you who missed out on high school French) the night's entertainment features:

SWING DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF MISS SARAH HAYES AND THE PROHIBITION PLAYBOYs AND THE VIRGINIA MARCS SWING ENSEMBLE

SELECT OPERA ARIAS WITH MISS BROOKE EDWARDS AND MISS VIRGINIA MARCS

A Reading of Scenes from a New Play By Gordon Farrell “Threshold: Stories From Girls Who Broke the Rules”

And The Featured Event Of The Evening: THE WORLD PREMIER SCREENING OF A NEW SHORT FILM BY JON CAZARES “THE IMPOSSIBLE DEMONSTRATION” An account of the meeting between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Cheap Chick NYC, Cheap and Free Weekend Event Picks, August 13-15, 2010

Friday August 13, 2010

The multi-arts Fringe Festival starts today and runs through the 29^th, http://www.fringenyc.org/

If you thought it’s been hot this summer, wait until you see Al Pacino’s Dog Day Afternoon at Freebird Books. The movie begins at sunset, http://freebirdbooks.blogspot.com/

Rooftop Films is screening Last Train Home (a documentary of Chinese migration from the cities to the countryside during the new year) at the Old American Can Factory. Doors open at 8 p.m., tkts are $10, buy here: http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/39-last-train-home

Could Deep Impact really happen? Find out tonight at 7p.m. during this screening and lecture given by Columbia’s Astronomy Program! This free event is being held at Columbia’s Pupin Hall (Subway: 1 to 116^th St.) and includes stargazing on the roof.

Practice your Portuguese for the Queens Museum of Art’s Passport Fridays! Tonight you're traveling to Brazil! 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. http://www.queensmuseum.org

Saturday August 14, 2010

Couples are invited to relive that famous 1945 kiss today in Times Square, with events honoring World War II veterans, makeup for the big smooch by Maybelline, and a “re-enactment of the legendary lip-lock” at noon. There will be free sailor hats or roses for the first 200 participants and prizes will be awarded for the best-themed couples. Admission is free and the event is running from 10 (doors open) to 12 p.m. at the Military Island, at the Broadway and 7th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets. For more info and to register, click here: http://timessquarenyc.org/about_us/events_vjday.html

Don’t you wish you could dress up as a shower for Halloween? If so, be sure to catch Symphony Space’s screening of (the original) Karate Kid. Did you do any waxing before the movie? Just checking! 5 p.m., http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6415-the-karate-kid-the-original-?source=calendar

Take a walking tour of Harlem “from the beautiful homes of Hamilton Heights to the row houses of Strivers’ Row, from the night clubs and speakeasies of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance to the famous Apollo Music Hall, Sugar Hill, and The Schomburg Center. Walk the streets where Langston Hughes, Madame C.J. Walker, A’Leila Walker, Florence Mills, Countee Cullen, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and other luminaries once lived.” Meet at the NE corner of 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. $15

See Paul Simon’s Capeman, a musical based on the life of Salvador Agrón for free at the Delacorte Theater (through August 16^th.) Tkts available via distribution at the theater and online virtual ticketing, more info here: http://shakespeareinthepark.org/?nav=specialEvent

Break out that can of spinach for 92YTribeca’s Popeye screening (surely Robin Williams' pivotal role, no?) during the Nilsson Schmilsson: A Tribute to Harry Nilsson event. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tkts are $12, $18 for screening and musical show. Buy them here: http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?category=92TRI+92YTribeca+Harry+Nilsson888&productid=T-MM5FA38

Get down and dirty with The Waste Land, a documentary detailing artist’s Vic Muniz’s experiences in Rio’s biggest landfill, which is being screened on the rooftop of El Museo del Barrio tonight at 8 p.m. Tkts are $10, and reservations are strongly recommended: http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/waste-land

Dance the day away with Battery Dance Company’s free dance festival, http://www.batterydanceco.com/

When you attend Wave Hill’s cooking demonstration (A Salute to Plant Families), you’ll definitely want to eat all your vegetables! You’ll learn how certain plant families are related (this week, beans and peas), can enjoy food prepared by chefs from Great Performances, and take a tour of the garden with Horticultural Interpreter Charles Day. Event is free and starts at 2 p.m. http://www.wavehill.org/calendar/event_2380.html

Sweeten your Saturday with a free Crumbs cupcake! The new Brooklyn location is giving away 1,000 today at their new Brooklyn location, http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/21135

If you’re feeling nostalgic for those childhood summers then head to Governors Island to play Capture the Flag this afternoon! http://levysuniqueny.com/events/zombies-vs-commandos-governors-island/

Saturday and Sunday August 14 and 15, 2010

The Brooklyn Inked Tattoo and Arts Convention is being held at the Shangri-La Studio at 100 Sutton Street (I just hope that no one named Rusty Needles is leading a session!), brooklyninked.com, cost is $15 for a day and $25 for a weekend pass.

Sunday August 15, 2010

The Urban Park Rangers are sudsing it up today with a free tour of Brewer’s Row in Brooklyn, once the home of a number of brewing companies. Tour begins at 11 a.m., meet at Bushwick and Montrose Avenues, take the L to Montrose.

You may think it’s easy as pie to pick the winners at Prospect Park’s Pie in the Park competition, but it sounds like a tough decision to me! Tasting ($10) begins at 2 p.m. and the contest will be held across from the tennis house at the south end of Long Meadow.