EVENTS WEDNESDAY 8/22 Around Town Battle Week 2001 celebrates American ...
Around Town
Battle Week 2001 celebrates American Revolution w/reenactment of "Floating the Apple"?rowers needed; Pier 40, W. Houston St. (West Side Hwy), RSVP 212-564-5412; 9 a.m., free [through 8/29].
Summer Restaurant Week Sixty top NY restaurants incl. Cafe des Artistes & Peter Luger offer $20.01 prix fixe lunches through Labor Day; www.nycvisit.com for info.
Wednesday Night Skate Weekly skate around Manhattan. Route varies, be comfortable skating in traffic, wear protective gear, meet on corner of 17th St. (betw. Union Sq. W. & B'way), 212-696-7247; 8, free [through 10/31].
Family
Arthur's World Artist Marc Brown, creator of Arthur series, exhibits at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, 212 W. 83rd St. (betw. Amsterdam & B'way), 212-721-1234; call for times, $5 [repeats daily, through 8/31].
Extreme Choices 3-D Laser show exposes kids to dangers of nicotine & smoking; Liberty Science Center in NJ, 201-200-1000 for info; $3-$3.50 [repeats daily, through 6/02].
Fantasia 2000 A magical spectacle at Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (5th Ave.), 212-621-0636; 11 a.m., free.
Red Riding Hood Puppet show presented by Puppets to Go; Yorkville Branch Public Library, 222 E. 79th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-744-5824; 3, free.
Film/Video
Classic Tearjerkers screen this month, continuing today w/Pinky (1949); NY Public Library's St. Agnes Branch, 444 Amsterdam Ave. (81st St.), 212-221-7676; 2, free.
Keaton Classics Not as cute as Johnny Depp, but more talented. Another Buster retrospective runs at Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (Varick St.), 212-727-8110; call for times, prices & sched. [through 10/1].
Live Nude Girls Unite! Comedy goes after sex-industry stereotypes; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:00, $8 [repeats Thurs.].
Movies Under the Stars Free outdoor screenings in Hoboken continue w/Rugrats in Paris; Erie Lackawana Plaza, Hoboken PATH Station, 201-420-2207; 8:30.
Moviepalooza Seven indie shorts & features?meet w/directors & actors before & after screenings; Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st St. (11th Ave.), 212-462-3064; call for times & prices [through 9/9].
Wednesdays at Void Tonight, The Last Detail (1973), starring Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid & Carol Kane; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8, free.
Lectures
Cinema chat w/Elliot Stein Historian offers insight & anecdotes on The Razor's Edge (1946) following screening; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4111; call for times & prices.
Narmada: A Valley Rises Screening of & discussion on film about Indian activists battling the World Bank; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6.
Readings/Open Mic
JT LeRoy Reading & celebration of esteemed author's new book The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things feat. appearances by singer Rufus Wainwright, actor Matthew Modine, poet Sharon Olds, author Theo Kogan & more; Fez/Time Cafe, 380 Lafayette St. (Great Jones St.), 212-533-7000; 8, free.
On The Wall: Fiction highlights work of writers connected to NYC's MFA programs; Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 6, $6.
THURSDAY 8/23
Family
Clay Creations Workshop challenges kids to create an alien that can survive a specific environment; New York Hall of Science, 47-01 Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-699-0005; 2 & 3:30, $3 [repeats Fri.-Sun., through 9/2].
Hansel & Gretel Puppet show for kids ages 4-8; Ottendorfer Branch Public Library, 135 2nd Ave. (8th St.), 212-674-0947; 3:30, free.
Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors Festival pres. "Canada for Kids" feat. Canadian Consulate General of NY, Maia Dance Theatre & McGarrigle Sisters; Josie Robertson Plaza, 63rd St. (Columbus Ave.), 212-875-5000; 4, free.
Sony Wonder screens Matilda.; Sony Plaza, 550 Madison Ave. (55th St.), 212-883-8100; 2-5, $5.
Film/Video
Open Captioned Films for the deaf & hearing impaired. Today, Pearl Harbor at Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5601; 2:30 & 6, $6.50.
Readings/Open Mic
Erotic Readings Authors Tristan Taormino (yes, the butt sex girl), Rachel Kramer Bussel & Rebecca Rajwasser read from true-life lesbian anthology, Faster Pussycats: Live Girls, After Hours; Meow Mix, 269 E. Houston St. (betw. Aves. A & B), 212-278-7637; 8:30, $10 boys, $5 girls.
Arlene Schulman Author of 23rd Precinct: The Job discusses, sign & reads from her book about policing in Harlem; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-794-1962; 7:30, free.
Summer Wordsmiths Rev. Jen, founder of Collective Unconscious's Anti-Slams, hosts evening of readings; Halcyon, 227 Smith St. (betw. Butler & Douglass Sts.), Bklyn, 718-260-9299; 7:30, free.
FRIDAY 8/24
Around Town
Cyclone Ride Cyclists & skaters ride to Coney Island from Manhattan, sponsored by Time's Up?call for meeting points in Bklyn; Chambers St. (Centre St.), 212-802-8222; 7 p.m., free.
Ramps & Rails Inline skaters, fine tune your grinding skills at this weekly workshop; N. Esplanade Plaza, Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers St. (betw. West Side Hwy & River Ter.), 212-267-9700; 3:30-5:30, free.
Film/Video
Jules & Jim Truffaut's memorable love triangle starring Jeanne Moreau screens all week at Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-677-6309; call for times & prices [through 8/28].
Monterey Pop Called "the forerunner to Woodstock," concert film feat. performances by the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, Otis Redding, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Miller & the Mamas & the Papas; the Screening Room, 54 Varick St. (Canal St.), 212-334-2100; 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15, $6-$9. [through 9/6].
When Korean Cinema Attacks! Eleven new Korean films are screening?today's offerings incl. a "masked wrestling comedy," "lesbian schoolgirl ghost story" & "art house horror flick"; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5110; call for sched. [through 8/26].
Readings/Open Mic
A Sky So Close Iraqi novelist, Betool Khedairi, reads selections & signs copies; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 10th fl. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6-$8.
SATURDAY 8/25
Around Town
History, Mystery, Murder & Money Ride Time's Up sponsors bicycle & skate tour of legendary haunts & world's largest gold vault; Duane St. (B'way), 212-802-8222; 10, free.
The Independent Artist Print Magazine launch party Multimedia event w/film screenings, DJs, live music, performance art & games; Primal Digital, 216 Plymouth St., D.U.M.B.O., 718-237-8640; 8-2 a.m., $10.
Lomographic Sampling Games 2001, A-Z City Challenge Put your Lomo camera to use; meet at Totem Gallery, 83 Grand St. (betw. Wooster & Greene Sts.), 877-312-LOMO or www.lomography.com/s_games for info; 3 [repeats Sun.]
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Auction Donate your old & new junk, celebrity costumes & paraphernalia or just come to bid; Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. B & C), 212-465-3167; 3, free.
Raptor Extravaganza brings birds of prey & live raptor exhibits to Van Cortlandt Park, B'way (W. 246th St.), Bronx, 718-601-1553; 11-3, free.
Family
Arthur Ashe Kid's Day Tennis & music festival feat. Lil' Bow Wow, O-Town, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Martina Hingis, Serena Williams & more?proceeds benefit National Junior Tennis League; USTA National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 1-866-OPENTIX; 9-5, $10-$20.
Be Revolutionary historical storytelling recreates the 18th-century Battle of Long Island; Lefferts Homestead Children's Historic House Museum, Prospect Park, Flatbush Ave. (Empire Blvd.) Bklyn, 718-789-2822, 1, free [repeats Sun.].
Beats of the Trees Capture the rhythm of nature & use it to create your own percussion instrument; Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 110th St. (5th Ave.), 212-860-1370; 1, free.
Family Art Project Watch, draw & celebrate the beauty of butterflies during "Parade of the Butterflies" workshop; Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill, 675 W. 252nd St. (Indep. Ave.), Bronx, 718-549-3200; 1-4, free w/grounds adm. [repeats Sun.].
Kidsmobile It's a library on wheels during "Storybook Reading Program"?kids can get their own library card & borrow books of their choice; Imagination Playground in Prospect Park, Ocean Ave. (Lincoln Rd.), Park Slope, 718-965-6973; 1-5, free [through 10/6].
Nineteenth-Century Woodcrafts Learn how Americans made tools before the industrial revolution w/live demonstration by woodsmith Arthur Kirmiss; King Manor Museum in Kings Park, Jamaica Ave. (153rd St.), 718-206-0545; 12-4, $2, $1 child.
Ohm Land Live Interactive production teaches yoga to kids by associating each movement w/piece of world music; 45 Bleecker Theater, 45 Bleecker St. (Lafayette St.), 212-206-1515, www.ohmland.com; 11 a.m., $15, $7 child [through 9/1].
Urban Renaissance Weekly afternoons in the park w/music, art & storytelling; Imagination Playground in Prospect Park, Ocean Ave. (Lincoln Rd.), Bklyn, 718-965-8954; 5-7, free.
Film/Video
Renoir in Hollywood YWCA Cine-Club pres. Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) at YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Vampyr 1932 "atmospheric classic" w/live accompaniment; Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-677-6309; 12 a.m., $12.
Readings/Open Mic
Our Band Could Be Your Life The newest offering by Michael Azerrad, author of the incomparable Nirvana biography Come As You Are, documents indie rock of the 80s?book party feat. Skeleton Key's Erik Sanko & local band, the Sharp Things; CB's 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery (Bleecker St.), 212-677-0455; 8, free.
SUNDAY 8/26
Family
Playoff Festival Watch talented children put on a show & then get on-stage to express your own hidden talents; Rumsey Playfield at Central Park, 72nd St. (midpark), 212-213-7059; 12-5, free.
Legends in the Park Meet Martina Navratilova & other tennis greats to benefit City Parks Foundation, which will be accepting tennis racket donations for its Youth Tennis Program; Central Park Tennis Center, W. 96th St. (Central Park W.), 718-699-4200; 2-4, free.
Film/Video
The Senator Was Indiscreet Sounds familiar...dimwitted politico is blackmailed over scandal-filled diary; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; 4, call for price.
Parades/Street Fairs
Gramercy Park Neighborhood Festival/3rd Ave. Merchandise Fair Smell those lipids from here! 3rd Ave. (betw. 14th & 34th Sts.), 212-809-4900; 11-6, free.
Readings/Open Mic
Our Unorganized Reading (O.U.R.) J.D. Rage, Bob Hart, Carl Herr, Bruce Weber & Peter Kerns host series?all-spoken words welcome, no time limit, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 212-638-2927; 3, contrib.
MONDAY 8/27
Family
Backgammon After-school sessions of a game that you probably never wanted to learn, but wouldn't mind learning; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (Liberty St.), RSVP 212-267-9700; 3:30-5:30, free [through 8/27].
Journey to Where the Wild Things Are After reading through a collection of monster books, children use art materials to create new wild things; New Amsterdam Branch Library, 9 Murray St. (betw. Church St. & B'way), 212-732-8186; 4, free.
Film/Video
Den of Banned Films pres. Alexander Nevsky (1938), heroic depiction of medieval Russian resistance against German invasion which was originally banned by Stalin because of commie pact w/the krauts; Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-254-1919; 8, $5 incl. one drink.
Readings/Open Mic
Friendly French Conversation Group Weekly readings of 18th-century French literature; 54 Carmine St. (betw. Bleecker & Bedford Sts.), 914-803-0654; 7:30, free.
TUESDAY 8/28
Around Town
Sunset Series: Words, Music & Movement on the Hudson feat. Haitian performer Racin Okan, hiphop duo Herbal Embassy, comedian Jack Silbert; Hudson River Park, Pier 25, N. Moore St. (West St.), 212-477-8161; 6:30, free.
Family
Gardening Second- through fifth-graders learn to help mom & dad plant a garden; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (Liberty St.), RSVP 212-267-9700; 3:45, free [through 10/1].
Opening Gambits Teens & adv. chess players, test your minds & concentration w/help of Yugoslavian chess master Aleksander Rasic; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park at Battery City Park, Chambers St. (Vesey St.), 212-267-9700; 10 a.m.-1 p.m., free.
Teen Art Drawing, painting, sculpture & pin-hole photography instruction keep teens' portfolio skills up; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (Liberty St.), RSVP 212-267-9700; 3:30-5:30, free [through 8/28].
Film/Video
Drugstore Cowboy Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch & Heather Graham on a junkie road trip; 60 Berry St. (N. 10th St.) # 2F, Williamsburg, 718-599-6111; 9, free.
Lectures
How to Reinvent Yourself WorkTalk lecture on "personality types for success at work"; St. Jean Baptiste H.S., 173 E. 75th St. (Lexington Ave.), 212-949-9300; 6, $10.
Readings/Open Mic
Brian Brown Learn what goes on behind the camera as Brown reads from his new book, TV: A Novel of Media, Madness & Redemption; Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble, 1972 B'way (66th St.), 212-595-6859; 7, free.
Harry Ellison's Poets Circle Ellison gives 45-minute lecture, then attendees read from their own works; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30-9:30, $7.
Women's Poetry Jam & Women's Open Mike Revel in sharing eight minutes of your own poetry, prose & songs w/guests Jane Van Ingen & Lisa Davis & host Victoria Repet; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7-9, contrib.