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Art @ Wave Hill

1-4pm

Milton Rosa-Ortiz, Christopher Russell, Christian Nguyen, Maria Martinez-Canas, Andrew Cooks In Response:

Summer Projects at Wave Hill,
675 West 252nd Street, Bronx,

Museum Mile is back...

30th Annual Museum Mile Festival

The Annual Museum Mile Festival has taken place for the past 29 years. It offers free access to nine museums, live music, entertainment, and of course, 23 car free blocks on 5th Avenue.
Start: 5:45 PM Tuesday, June 3rd
Location: 5th Ave between 82nd & 105th with an opening ceremony at Cooper Hewitt – 5th Ave at 91st Street
Free!

Winter Festival: Coming in from the Cold

12pm-4:pm

Brooklyn

No TV? No video games? No radio? Ever wonder what folks in the past did during winter?

Come play historic indoor games, help build and repair toys and tools, and view our special winter exhibit of winter tools, historic dolls, and other toys.

Location: Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park
THE ZOO, LEFFERTS HOMESTEAD, CAROUSEL

More Information:
Phone number: (718) 965-8999

Lunar New Year Parade

12:30PM
Lunar New Year Parade; Mott and Hester streets.

July 4th Independence Day

Short list of todays events in the city that defines independence.

10AM to 2PM
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin re-enactors take part in July 4 celebration; New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West.

10:30 AM
Festivities begin before hot dog eating contest; Nathan's Famous, 1310 Surf Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn.

12:40 PM _ Eating contest.

6:30 PM
Midsummer Night Swing celebrates July 4 with Chino Nunez Orchestra; Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza, Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street.

9 PM
Macy's fireworks show; East River between 23rd and 42nd streets and South Street Seaport.

Chess Grandmasters

10AM to 2PM

Chess Grandmasters give lectures, followed by a simultaneous chess play; Central Park, Chess and Checkers House, mid-park at 65th Street.
Noon

Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival

10 AM - 7 PM

The Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival;
Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park & Pier,
Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Take me out to the giant TV screen and grassy knolls...

Forget traffic, plastic folding seats, and the imminent threat of fly balls in the nosebleeds. Take up the chance to lounge in Bryant Park tonight to catch the Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays game as much, if not more, perks and celebrity than you'd find uptown.

- Scheduled appearances and autograph signings by Roger Clemens, Tino Martinez, Dave Winfield, Joe Girardi, and Whitey Ford from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Ballpark cuisine and beer gardens at 6th & 40th and 6th & 42nd
- Limited edition Pinstripes in the Park blankets for the first 3,000 attendees
- Continental Airlines giveaways and service in between innings

FREE! Lawn opens at 5:30pm. Game begins at 7:05pm.
The Lawn - Bryant Park
40th - 42nd Streets between 5th & 6th Avenues
All the info can be found on the Yankees MLB Homepage.

NYC Popfest

1PM

NYC Popfest

nycpopfest.com

FREE, ALL-AGES DAY SHOW
bands start at 1pm sharp! park opens at noon
Astroland Stage, Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY
We advise fest-goers to allow one hour 15 minutes travel time to be on the safe side — and the F train is the fastest way out!

* Bunnygrunt (MO)
* Cars Can Be Blue (GA)
* Best Fwends (TX)
* The Gritty Midi Gang (NYC)
* Surprise guests!

Outdoor Art Exhibit

Noon to 6 p.m.

Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit; University Place from 12th Street to 3rd Street and Washington Place from Washington Square East to Mercer Street.

American Crafts Festival

12 Noon

American Concern for Art and Craftsmanship
31st Annual American Crafts Festival Opening Day

Lincoln Center Plaza

Ninth Avenue Food Festival

11AM-5PM

Ninth Avenue Association of New York
Ninth Avenue Food Festival

Ninth Avenue, from 37th to 57th Street

Checked the blogsphere and some folks have
it sorted with which ones to check out.

Avoid the professional street fair carts (serving generic kielbasas and funnel cakes and the like) and head to the real 9th ave restos' street stands. Standouts from last year: Amy's Bread (probably the best bakery in HK) had many tasty items for $1, Wondee Siam had their amazing steamed vegetable dumplings (basically garlic and peanut dumplings) for a coupla bucks, and Rice 'n' Beans had some interesting off-the-menu snacks. [via...chowhound]

It's My Park

11AM

Volunteers help clean and celebrate New York City's
parks at annual It's My Park! Day;

for list of sites visit itsmypark.org.

(dang, back in the day it was...Thats my bike! -ed)

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day.
Find a store near you - example ...
Jim Hanley's Universe, 4 West 33rd St.

comic collection,

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Librarian discusses the New York Public Library's comic collection, including rare Spider-Man comics; Trustees Room, 2nd floor, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street.

During the 1940s and 1950's there was serious debate over the moral influence of comic books. It was fueled by the publication of Frederic Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent (New York:Rinehart, 1954) in which Wertham blamed the rise of juvenile delinquency on the "bad influence" of comic books.

Odds and Ends

Noon to 7 p.m.

NYC Domino Tournament; The Latin Quarter, 511 Lexington Ave., between 47th and 48th streets.

1PM

Kids ages 11 to 18 perform stand-up comedy they created; Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd St.

1-5pm

``Sustainable Planet'' Film Festival promotes sustainable development; Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St.. at 11th Avenue.

West Side Spring Festival

11AM-6PM
500+ arts, crafts and antiques exhibitors display wares at West Side Spring Festival; Broadway between 96th and 110th streets.

Rare Seuss Is Loose!

3:30PM
Rare Seuss on Film
@ Symphony Space
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
2537 Broadway at 95th St
212-864-5400
$10

Six short animated Dr. Seuss films, including two forgotten gems by stop motion pioneer George Pal are being screened at Symphony Space as part of the New York International Children's Film Festival. Shorts will include: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Gerald McBoing-Boing, Horton Hatched the Egg, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax and more! (82 minutes)

Martin Ramirez

10:30AM-5:30PM
Martin Ramirez
@ American Folk Art Museum
45 West 53rd Street
212-265-1040
$9, $7 students

Martín Ramírez (1895–1963) created nearly 300 drawings within the confines of DeWitt State Hospital in northern California, where he spent the last 15 years of his life. This retrospective at the American Folk Art Museum promises to explode the concept of Ramirez' work simply being that of the “schizophrenic artist�, introducing viewers to nearly 100 drawings by this self-taught artist.

The Orchid Show

10AM-5PM
The Orchid Show
@ The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham
The Bronx
718-817-8700
$18

Surround yourself with orchids from all over the world - from the delicate to the bizarre. It's the nation's premiere exhibition of the world's most coveted plant. Just don't eat them.

PILLOW FIGHT!

2PM
Pillow Fight NYC
@ Union Square
516-312-0693
Free

A massive pillow fight in Union Square! Feathers fly and teddies soar as the rambuncious of the city gather for a massive urban pillow fight. Ladies, leave your clothes on - this pillow fight is clothed and family-friendly (sorry). Soft pillows only, and remember - feathers are more fun!

Chelsea Piers Sky Rink

1:30-5:20PM
Chelsea Piers Sky Rink
Pier 61
23rd St @ the Hudson River
212-336-6100
Free (not including skate rental)

Skate for free! If you have your own pair of skates. Right. Otherwise cough up $6.50 to get your fat ass off of the couch and onto the ice. It's a small price to pay for mega-fun.

New Years Fireworks Display

7PM
Illuminations: Lunar New Year Fireworks Spectacular
@ Columbus Park
Mulberry St b/w Bayard and Worth
Free

Find a good rooftop, or head over to Chinatown to welcome 4704, the Year of the Pig, with some spectacular Grucci brothers pyrotechnics.

(Via Paper)

Lunar New Year Flower Market

120AM-6PM
Lunar New Year Flower Market
@ Columbus Park
Mulberry St b/w Bayard and Worth
Free

When is a flower market not only a flower market? When it's the annual Lunar New Year Flower Market! Chinese families purchase auspicious flowers to decorate their homes before the new year to ensure that the families' prosperity and fortune will bloom along with the flowers in the Year of the Pig. Joining in the preparations will be performers - magicians, fortune tellers, dancers, pop and opera singers. Don't miss this!

The Gazillion Bubble Show

8PM
The Gazillion Bubble Show
@ New World Stages
340 W 50th St b/w 8th & 9th Ave
$60

You know Fan Yang - he's "the greatest bubble artist in the world!" (David Letterman) Attend The Gazillion Bubble Show through September, and watch this holder of 12 Guinness World Records trap people in bubbles and generally "BLOW you away!!!" YEAH!

PS It is simply UNBUBBLELIEVABLE!

Marx Bros. Double Feature

5:45 & 7PM
Duck Soup & Horse Feathers Double Feature
@ Symphony Space
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway at 95th St
212-864-5400
$10

Nothing makes an incurable hangover feel better like laughing at someone else's idiocy. Catch another Marx Brothers double feature at Symphony Space this afternoon.

The Olympics of the Mind

9AM-5PM
10th Annual USA Memory Championship: The Olympics of the Mind
@ Con Edison Auditorium
4 Irving Place @ 14th St
Spectators Free

At the USA Memory Championship, "Mental Athletes" memorize the following: a string of 1,000 random digits, two decks of shuffled cards, 99 names and faces, 100 spoken words and an unpublished 50 line poem. Not all at once. Although they probably could.

Union Square Street Sessions

3-9PM
Union Square Street Sessions Pro Rail Jam Event
@ Union Square, North Plaza
17th St b/w Park and Union Square West
Free

Can't wait for snow? Bask in the faux at NYC's first pro snowboarding event in Union Square this afternoon. The Union Square Street Sessions, presented by Jeep, feature a rail jam demo with pro boarders, a gear expo and music.

Marx Brothers Double Feature

5:15PM, 7PM
Animal Crackers & Monkey Business Double Feature
@ Symphony Space
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway @ 95th St
212-864-5400
$10

Symphony Space screens two Marx Brothers classics this afternoon as part of their Marx Brothers film festival.

Target First Saturdays

5-11PM
Target First Saturdays
@ Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Um, Brooklyn
718-638-5000
Free with suggested donation

Brooklyn Museum + tons of events - cost of admission = perfect way to start your evening

Design Life Now

12-6PM
Design Life Now: National Design Triennial
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
2 E 91st St
212-849-8400
$12, $9 with student ID

Spend your Sunday afternoon appreciating beautiful objects amongst tourists and dapper design students. Design Life Now, the 2006 Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial, presents experimental projects, emerging ideas, major buildings, and new products and media created by 87 designers and firms between 2003 to 2006.

The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T

11AM, 2PM
Dr. Seuss' The 5000 Fingers Of Dr. T (1953)
@ Symphony Space
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway at 95th St
212-864-5400

Dr. Terwilliker has a mad plan to force 500 young boys to practice his piano for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, and young Bart is the only hope to save them!

Target Free Friday Nights at MoMA

4-8PM
Target Free Friday Nights
@ MoMA
11 West 53 St b/w Fifth and Sixth Ave
212-708-9400

Swing by MoMA this evening for free and catch the Manet exhibit before it closes. On your way out, catch Sleepwalkers projected onto the outside of the building.

Lunar New Year Festival

7:30PM
Annual Lunar New Year Festival
@ New York Chinese Cultural Center
566 LaGuardia Pl at Washington Sq South
212-992-8484
$30

Welcome the Year of the Pig at the 22nd Annual Lunar New Year Festival tonight! Celebrated groups Dance China New York and Hero perform at NYU's New York Chinese Cultural Center tonight and tomorrow at 2PM.

Comic Con/Zombie Survival Guide

10am-7pm
@ Penn Plaza Pavilion
401 Seventh Ave at 33rd St
201-861-1414
Fr-ree

Tell me you don't want to go see angsty kids dressed up like Wonder Woman, Soupy Sales, Cochise from The Warriors - honestly, this list is ridiculous. If you want to have an entire high school experience in one day, hop across the street for the New York Titans LAX game when you're done here.

Free Music Fridays

5:30-7:30PM
Free Music Fridays, Danny & Jonathan Kalb
@ American Folk Art Museum
45 West 53rd Street
212-265-1040

The American Folk Art Museum allows the public to explore its galleries and enjoy some live music and refreshments each Friday. This week be treated to the music of Danny Kalb, founder of the fundamental Blues Project, and Jonathan Kalb.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade

1PM
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade
@ Fifth Avenue
61st St to 86th St
Free

Commemorate the continued legacy and inspiration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the annual parade up Fifth Avenue held in his honor today.

Dr. King Tribute Performance

6:30PM
A Communal Celebration in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
@ Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
Free

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s enduring legacy and his vision for justice, peace and civil rights with an evening of performances at Symphony Space. This year's special tribute to the late Coretta Scott King hosts outstanding women performers, including the incredible award-winning dance company Urban Bush Women.

New York Divided

12PM
New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
@ New York Historical Society
$5-$10

The New York Historical Society remains open on MLK day to allow visitors to view their exhibit on slavery and the Civil War. Last in the society's examination of slavery's impact on New York's landscape, economy, population and institutions, this exhibit displays artifacts and interactive multimedia. Arrive at noon for a family-oriented program with inspirational songs and a paper-quilt-making workshop.

Family Music Festival

1-6PM
Harmony on the Hudson: Family Music Festival
@ Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park
Battery Park City
Free

Martin Short

11:30AM
Martin Short hosts Broadway on Broadway
@ Times Square between 44th and 46th St and Broadway and 7th Ave
Free

Target 1st Saturdays

5PM
Target First Saturdays
@ Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
718-638-5000
Free

A kid friendly event where the entire family can find something they like. Check out the full schedule.

Kids in Candyland

4:30-7:30PM
Kids in Candyland
@ Dylan's Candy Bar
1011 3rd Avenue and corner of 60th St
212-744-5022 ext 1355
Kids $75; Adults $125

A festive party for adults and children with a magician, face painting, music groups, and lots and lots of sweets.

The Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair

10AM-6PM.
This fun-filled, family-friendly experience will unfold along Greenwich Street, where there will be food, entertainment, and family activities all day long. Dozens of neighborhood restaurants and merchants will participate, along with schools and other organizations from the Tribeca community.

There will be entertainment and special performances throughout the day on the street and on Street Fair stages, along with crafts, games, storytelling, and appearance by popular characters from children’s books and programs.

Free Comic Book Day 2006

Comic book stores give out free comic books as part of Free Comic Book Day 2006.

Stop by and get yours at
Midtown Comics Times Square @ 200 West 40th St
Midtown Comics Grand Central @ 459 Lexington Ave
Jim Hanley's Universe @ 4 West 33rd St

Polar Express on Ice

7PM
Bryant Park
@ 42nd Street and 6th Ave
Free

Presented by the Ice Theater of New York.

Light It Up

5:30PM
Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
@ Lincoln Center

As part of the tree lighting ceremony there will be music, dance, circus performers and more.

Intrepid Museum Halloween Festival

10AM-4PM
he Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum is
hosting its first ever Halloween Festival
Includes on board trick or treating, pick
and decorate your own pumpkin from their
“Great Pumpkin Patch,� and take home
hair-raising arts and crafts from our
Creepy Kid’s Zone.

There will be a costume contest for all
with amazing prizes and a ragamuffin
parade through out the museum.

46th Street(Hudson River Park) $16.50

Wicked

11AM-2PM
outside the Gershwin Theatre,
222 W. 51st St.

Broadway musical Wicked celebrates
its second anniversary with games,
refreshments and the finals of the
Be Wicked singing contest judged by
stars Shoshana Bean, Megan Hilty
and Miss U.S.A. Chelsea Cooley;

11:30 AM
Books of Wonder, 16 18 West 18th St
Gregory McGuire signing Wicked:
The Life And Times Of The Wicked
With Of The West
(based on the play Wicked)

Halloween Fests

10AM-6PM
Times Square Halloween Carnival
7th Avenue Between 47th and 57th

12:45 - 4:45PM

Everyone is invited to wear a costume
and join the fun at The Pond in Bryant Park,
with costume judging at 1:30 p.m.;
Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

1-3PM

The Doggie Halloween Costume Party and Contest
offers refreshments and gifts organized by
friends of Riverside Park; W72nd St Dog Run,
Riverside Park at 72nd Street.

Pier of Fear

Noon
Hudson River Park's 6th Annual
Pier of Fear Halloween event;
Pier 54, 14th Street and the West Side Highway.

Halloween Costume Parade

11:45AM

Battery Park City
Halloween Costume Parade;
World Financial Center
at the Hudson River
between Vesey and Liberty streets.

Haunted Pier

2PM-6PM
William Shakespeare's Haunted Pier $5

Features the ghost of William Shakespeare
himself along with the spirits of his most
famous characters. Shakespeare rules his
creations with an iron fist, but here they
rebel and break out of their scripted destinies.

This interactive performances features a cast
of 20 performers, leading audiences on a walking
tour around Pier 25 and onto the decks of the
historic Yankee Ferry.

Tickets

Be Part of Your Park

10AM-4PM
Central Park Conservancy hosts
Be Part of Your Park celebration;
Central Park bandshell,
mid-park at 72nd Street.

The Book That Changed My Life Marathon

11AM-11PM
The Book That Changed My Life Marathon
Twelve-hour marathon featuring celebrities
discussing books that greatly influenced them;

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space,
2537 Broadway. [Schedule]
Tickets: $10 per 2.25-hour segment;

WUNY Time Slot Picks

11AM
Sandra Boynton - Children's Book Author and Illustrator
Cynthia Nixon, reader; Doshi Luther, singer

John Lithgow

8PM
Amy Sedaris - Writer and Actor
Kathleen Chalfant, reader

NYT GREAT READ

10AM

The New York Times Great Read in Bryant Park offers live, family-focused entertainment including children's authors, costumed characters and music. The centerpiece is the five-foot-wide Big Red Chair; Bryant Park, at the New York Public Library, between 40th and 42nd streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues. Details Also check out the Great Tea in the park ...related event.

East Village Block Fair + Other Street Closing Nightmares

EAST VILLAGE BLOCK FAIR:
10AM -6PM on 10th Street between Second and Third avenues;

Battery Park City Neighbors' Association holds its annual block party; Vesey Street, from north end to West Street. 12-5pm

GREAT IRISH FEST:
11AM-6PM on Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 56th St

BLOCK PARTY:
noon to 6pm on 19th Street between 10th and 11th avenues

Big Apple Circus Day

Big Apple Circus Day; Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum, West 46th Street at Hudson River Park. 1-3PM

Holloween Family Fun

2PM NY Botanical Garden hosts Halloween on Haunted Walk;
@ The Botanical Garden, the Bronx.

215PM Best Halloween costume contest at the Central Park Zoo, Go to see the Sea Lions judge winnters 64th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Open Kitchen

Open Kitchen festival features brass band, musical puppets, storytellers, and performers.
Sat. Sept. 18
19 th St. b/t 10th and 11th ave
212.255.5793 ext. 10 free
2-5 pm