So...all sorts of fun and interesting things happening this weekend...what better way to unwind from the stress of the recent Presidential election?
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NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated, all events take place in and around the NYC area.)
FRIDAY:
Sir Roger Moore (pictured) will be at
Barnes and Noble (555 Fifth Avenue @ 46th Street) signing copies of his new book,
My Word is My Bond (go, obvious literary puns!) If baseball, rather than books, is your thing, swing by the
Chelsea Piers to see
Jon Bon Jovi, Don Mattingly, and Lorraine Bracco pay homage to the
New York Yankees (this embarrassing year notwithstanding -- I blame
Madonna, personally -- they're still the greatest team in New York City!). Can't do these things 'cuz your dear ol'grandma is in town? Why not enter your Nana into the
Seventh Annual Your Highness Grandma Beauty Pageant? (This year's competition is at
National in Brooklyn) Or, maybe she'd like a bit of
Engelbert Humperdinck...you can catch him live at the
Capitol One Bank Theatre in the Round in Westbury, Long Island (don't worry, tickets are still available).
SATURDAY: This is a great day to be a kid, as there's way too much to do (don't worry, parents -- like all kids, they'll find a way to complain of boredom). The
Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum (pictured) makes its grand re-opening after over a year of repairs and refreshes, which included new exhibit installations, restored aircraft, a new public park-like pier, new interactive exhibits, dry-docking and a new paint job for the former USS
Intrepid. Afterwards, head on uptown to the
NY Public Library (111 Amsterdam Avenue, @ 65th Street) to see programs on the newly acquired
Uta Hagen papers. Or, you can catch a plane to
Miami (hey, airlines, including
Delta and
JetBlue are having firehouse sales on flights...better enjoy them while they last!) and join the
Honey Shine Mentoring Program on Miami Beach as they turn seven beach blocks of Miami's coast into a cleaner, greener environment! Of course, feel free to leave your surly teenagers behind in New York City to hear master of gore
Neil Gaiman read excerpts from his classic book
The Sandman; this event, presented by the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, is sure to bring out the
D&D geeks (i.e., me) in droves. (Find us at the Helen Mills Theatre on West 26th Street, and bring Pez and Diet Cokes!)
SUNDAY: Catch
ubermensch James Franco (pictured, *fans self*) compete against
Salma Hayek, Kim Raver, Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Jessica Alba, Molly Sims, and Jeremy Piven in the
Hollywood Domino Tournament (yes, watching people play dominoes is about as fun as watching grass grow and/or paint dry, but the opportunity to ogle the hotness of my future ex-husband -- I mean, James Franco -- is all worth it. Plus, they're playing to benefit the art of the
Elysium, so we can all suffer a little for a good cause...). They'll be at the Edison Ballroom on West 47th Street (appropriately, the
Hell's Kitchen area...though gentrification often finds it being referred to as "Midtown West"...
puh-leeze). Of course, if you can't get enough of brain-eating zombies (nice segue...), head uptown to the 92nd Street YMCA to find
Neil Gaiman reading more excerpts from
The Sandman. In fairness,
The Sandman is the only graphic novel (comic book?) to land on
The New York Times' best-seller list, so the weekend-long publicity blitz is justified.
Aaaaaaaannnnnndddd...what are YOU up to this weekend? Share here!
