Editor's Note: Apologies for not updating the blog for Valentine's Day etc. I've been in and out of the hospital and rehab since February and haven't felt up to posting to the blog. I will try to continue doing weekend NYC event listings and poss longer-form listings as well.
Friday March 30, 2012
Travel back in time to the Paris of the 1920's at the SonyWonder Technology Lab's screening of Midnight in Paris, 3 p.m., Sony Wonder Technology Lab, 56th Street and Madison, free (Call (212) 833-8100 for reservations.)
Enjoy a night of "hot jazz" with The Cookers, part of BAMcafe Live! BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. 10 p.m., free!
Sample some free wine beffore the Easter and Passover holidays at Drink! Michel Abood, of Vinotas Selections, will be pouring a few select wines from his exclusive portfolio. The tasting is free and most wines are under $20. During the tasting you can take an additional 10 percent off any wines you purchase! Drink, 5 pm. to 8 p.m., 1313 2nd Ave. bet 69th and 70th Streets, free!
Also starting today (thru Thursday April 5, 2012) you can catch special screenings of the newly remastered Monty Python and the Holy Grail at Landmark Sunshine! More info and showtimes here: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/NewYork/NewYork_Frameset.htm, with special midnight screenings on Friday and Saturday. tkts just $13!
Saturday March 31, 2012
Find out why the early bird gets the worm at the Intro to Bird Watching tour! 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., meet at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park, free!
Remember that Phoebe Buffay says, "You never run on a barge!" Think on that as you enjoy "Music in Motion," a neighborhood family concert, which lasts one hour and includes a Q&A w/the musicians! 3 p.m., Bargemusic is at Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge, free!
Sweets for the sweet at Joy the Baker's book signing and cooking demo! Joy Wilson and author of the Joy the Baker Cookbook and The Joy the Baker blog! 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Brooklyn Kitchen, 100 Frost Street, free!
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an Historic walking tour of Park Slope! 12 p.m. Meet under the arch at Grand Army Plaza, free!
Get up close and personal with Dorothy Parker during the Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Walking Tour! The walk be led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York and president of the Dorothy Parker Society. The tour is two hours long and will cover many of Ms. Parker's former haunts. 12 p.m. Meet Meet at Riverside Park, West 72nd Street and Riverside Drive (at Eleanor Roosevelt). Cost of tour is $20 and RSVP to [email protected].
Party like it's 1955 at Union Hall's 50's/60's themed prom of the same name. There will be a prom king and queen as well as 50's themed music by Brooklyn band Los Encantados. Midnight. Union Hall, 702 Union Streer, $5, or free with a ticket to the Los Encantados EP release party that precedes it!
Also the Prospect Park Carousel turns 100 and opens for the season today! Just $2 per ride and $9 for abok of five tkts!
Sunday April 1, 2012
Celebrate the opening of Luna Park with a day of music at The Coney Island Noisefest! Details here: http://www.coneyisland.com/ 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. 1208 Surf Avenue. Cost is Free to $15.
Walk through more than 150 years of Jewish history on the LES with Big Onion Walking Tours. The walk will take you to sites that may include the founding site of the B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Daily Forward building, the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue, and sites associated with Rabbi Jacob Joseph, Abraham Cahan, and Lillian Wald during their pre-Passover Jewish Lowe East Side Walking Tour. 11 a.m., Meet at the SW corner of Essex and Delancey Streets, in front of the American Choice Deli/Chase Bank. Cost of tour is $18!
"Learn all about what makes the Fashion District the fashion capital of the world from a licensed tour guide who has studied and practiced in the business since 1965," during the Fashion Center's free walking tour! 2 p.m., meet at the NE corner of Seventh Avenue at 39th Street between the Fashion Center Information Kiosk and the bronze statue of the garment worker. Free, but call 212.764.9600 to reserve your spot on the tour!
Help the City Reliquary party in honor of their 10th anniversary! The event will include the unveiling of the new gift shop, and two new room-sized dioramas! 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. City Reliquary, 370 Metropolitan Avenue b/w Havemeyer Street/Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn. Free!
Discuss all things literary and blog-worthy at the The International Association of Culinary Professionals' Books and Blogs Festival! 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. 82 Mercer Center, 82 Mercer Street bet. Broome and Spring, tkts are $10 and can be bought here: http://www.iacp.com/attend/more/culinary_expo_book_and_blog_festival
Are you a poet and don't know it? Then take a free Poetry Writing Workshop with Kate Angus! Sposored by Gotham Writers Workshop! 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. McNally Jackson Bookstore, 52 Prince Street, free!
Find out "How American Jews Changed Judaism," a lecture by Dr. Regina Stein. 3 p.m. Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, free! RSVP here: http://www.eldridgestreet.org/index.php/april
Plus today is the last day to skate at Wollman Rink! Check out Qing Ming Festival Family Day at the Museum of the Chines in the Americas (http://www.mocanyc.org/visit/events/qing_ming_festival_family_day! And And Doug Aitken's Sleepwalkers Box, a multimedia artwork, will be projected on the wall of PS1 today!
Also The Macy's Flower Show (http://www.macys.com/campaign/social?campaign_id=297&channel_id=1) is ongoing until April 7, 2012!
