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Anita's Underground Game Show! @ Under St. Marks

A fully-interactive, drinking GAME SHOW, live on stage! This monthly production mixes up a classic television game show with a bit of burlesque and a lot of beer drinking. Hosted by New York City-based burlesque performer and producer, Anita Cookie, Anita's Underground Game Show is chock full of fun, drinking, pricing games and more! Contestants are randomly selected so each audience member has a chance to play and win! Prizes include a bunch of burlesque baked goods, decorative drinking glasses, pretty pasties, free booze, a horse-drawn carriage ride in Central Park, or even tickets to another show! Always accompanied by her live band, "The Kindergarteners" , the dazzling drunk will be joined every month by a different Drinking Buddy, a recognizable New York performer/artist/personality, who will perform a secret special talent. You'll have to come each month to see who it could be and what they can do!

@Under St. Marks
Location: 94 St. Marks Place (map)
Starts: 10:30
Cost: $15

Come and watch the Games..

The US Open Live @ Rockefeller Center

Fresh sod in the Plaza street and the oversized screen will give visitors to Rockefeller Center, and tennis lovers unable to attend the US Open, a venue to watch the world’s toughest tennis. The broadcast will continue each day until the conclusion of scheduled US Open programming. Come and check it out!

@ Rockefeller Center
Location: Rockafeller Park (Directions )
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: Free

Come and watch the Games..

The US Open Live @ Rockefeller Center

Fresh sod in the Plaza street and the oversized screen will give visitors to Rockefeller Center, and tennis lovers unable to attend the US Open, a venue to watch the world’s toughest tennis. The broadcast will continue each day until the conclusion of scheduled US Open programming. Come and check it out!

@ Rockefeller Center
Location: Rockafeller Park (Directions )
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: Free

Tug Boats!!

16th Annual Tug Boat Race & Competition @ Pier 84

Would wants to gamble on some tug boat competitions? It would definitely add to this great labor day event!
* 10 a.m. Parade of Tugboats starts at Pier 84
* 10:30 a.m. Race begins near W.79th Street & Hudson River
* 11 a.m. to Noon - Nose to nose pushing contests and line toss competition
* Noon to 1 p.m. - public line toss & knot tying
* 1 p.m. Awards

Should be interesting

@Pier 84
Location: West 44th St. & Hudson River (map)
Starts: 10 am
Cost: Free

Ridin' to the Flick...

Bike To The Movie- The Shining @ Union Square to Brooklyn Square Park

What better way to get to the screening with a view than riding your own bike there! So meet up with the Times Up crew at Union Square and make the trek across the bridge for the classic Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining. Sounds like an awesome night!

@ Union Square South (map)
Meet: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Games and Booze!!

Anita's Underground Game Show! @ Under St. Marks

A fully-interactive, drinking GAME SHOW, live on stage! This monthly production mixes up a classic television game show with a bit of burlesque and a lot of beer drinking. Hosted by New York City-based burlesque performer and producer, Anita Cookie, Anita's Underground Game Show is chock full of fun, drinking, pricing games and more! Contestants are randomly selected so each audience member has a chance to play and win! Prizes include a bunch of burlesque baked goods, decorative drinking glasses, pretty pasties, free booze, a horse-drawn carriage ride in Central Park, or even tickets to another show! Always accompanied by her live band, "The Kindergarteners" , the dazzling drunk will be joined every month by a different Drinking Buddy, a recognizable New York performer/artist/personality, who will perform a secret special talent. You'll have to come each month to see who it could be and what they can do!

@Under St. Marks
Location: 94 St. Marks Place (map)
Starts: 10:30
Cost: $15

Show off those Arm Muscles..

Brooklyn's Strong Arm Competition @ Coney Island

When do you get when you bring together over 150 men & women come to grips for Brooklyn's strongest arm? You get an epic face off beyond that sylvester stallone movie about arm wrestling! Be sure to check it out!

@Coney Island Beach boardwalk
Location: between 10th and 12th Streets in front of Astroland (map) Amusement Park
Starts: 12:30 Pm
Cost: Free

Are You A Music Brainiac??....

Music Trivia Tuesday w/ Mitch @ Soundfix Records

Come and put your music trivia knowledge to the test tonight at Soundfix records! Battle other teams in your musical knowledge for bar tabs and many other great prizes. Should be a blast in a half! Some day I hope to venture there and conquer my opponents and rise to the victorious thrown of Soundfix music trivia champion. I feel you all should feel this way.

@Soundfix Records
Location: 110 Bedford Avenue (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: Free

Ride On Ride On....

PROSPECT PARK MOONLIGHT RIDE @ Prospect Park

What better way to celebrate it getting warm than a totally safe :: moonlight ride through Prospect Park. Hopefully it will be a beautiful night that isn't too cold.

@Prospect Park
Location: Grand Army Plaza, the northern entrance of Prospect Park where Flatbush Ave., Eastern Pkwy, Union St. and Prospect Park West intersect (map)
Starts: 9 pm
Cost: Free

Play Play HA HA....

GAME NIGHT! AT MOONIE AND DIANE''S PLAYGROUND! @ The Bowery Poetry Club

Here is the ultimate game night on the Bowery! For only $3, you can win cash prizes, play games, eat popcorn and shake your booty all night long! I would say that is worth the money! So get your game on and your dance on and rock out!

@ Bowery Poetry Club
Location: 308 Bowery (map)
Starts: 10 PM
Cost: $3

Riding for Peace......

PEACE RIDE @ Union Square

Come and join in on this leisurely "peaceful" ride to some of downtown Manhattan's peace sites, including Point Thank You, Robert Wagner Park, The Labyrinth for Contemplation, Fritz Koenig's "The Sphere", Vietnam Vet Memorial and the site of the Mother AME Zion Church (first church in NYC built and led by Afro-Americans).

@ Downtown Manhatten
Location: Meet at Gandhi Statue, SW corner of Union Square (map)
Starts: 12 PM
Cost: Free

Ride On Ride On....

PROSPECT PARK MOONLIGHT RIDE @ Prospect Park

What better way to celebrate it getting warm than a totally safe :: moonlight ride through Prospect Park. Hopefully it will be a beautiful night that isn't too cold.

@Prospect Park
Location: Grand Army Plaza, the northern entrance of Prospect Park where Flatbush Ave., Eastern Pkwy, Union St. and Prospect Park West intersect (map)
Starts: 9 pm
Cost: Free

Ride On Ride On....

RIVERSIDE RIDE @ COLUMBUS CIRCLE

Spring has sprung (kind of) meaning it is time for extremely pleasant riding conditions when the sun goes down! Tonights ride is along the river and it should be peaceful as hell being that our are in the biggest city in the US of A. So bring out your bike and take the ride of a lifetime!

@Columbus Circle
Location: SW corner of Central Park (map)
Starts: 10 PM
Cost: Free

Classic Game show reimagined...

What's My Line? Live In NYC!@ Lucky Cheng's

Come and check out this classic game show re-imagined with a East Village twist with your host Jonny Porkpie and the panel featuring Miss Clams Casino, Bastard Keith, Garth Wingfield, Neil O'Fortune and special guest blogger Lindsay Robertson. Watch as special celebrity guests don blindfolds and try to guess the contestants claim to fame. Should be exciting!

@Lucky Cheng's
Location: 24 1st Ave (map)
Starts:8 PM
Cost: $5

Snow Day

Noon to 8 p.m.

Eighty-foot long ski slope debuts at Central Park's Winter Jam 2008; Naumburg Bandshell, Mid-Park, at 72nd Street.

Snowboarding in NYC...

THE 2008 JEEP UNION SQUARE STREET SESSIONS IN NYC @ Union Square

Snowboarding in NYC? That's right! Come and check the the 2008 Jeep Union Square street session professional snowboarding rail jam competition. Last year over 10,000 people piled in to Union Square to witness some of the rail sliders in the business. Reigning champion Eddie Wall will be back to take on the motley crew of snowboarders out to take his place and the $30,000 grand prize. Be sure to check out the awesomeness that will ensue!

@Union Square
Location: 17th St. @ Union Square East (map)
Starts: 5 PM
Cost: Free

The Best of the Best...

SNY Invitational @ Cole Sports Center at NYU

SNY will extend its reach into the high school sports arena by producing and televising the inaugural SNY Invitational presented by Time Warner Cable. This premier high school basketball tournament, the "SNY Invitational" will feature four boys varsity basketball teams from the NYC landscape, including the Abraham Lincoln Railsplitters, Benjamin N. Cardozo Judges, John F. Kennedy Knights and the Frederick Douglass Lions. One of the represented teams -- Abraham Lincoln High School -- boasts NYC basketball phenom Lance Stephenson, dubbed “the king of high school basketball in New York City”. Come and check out the games!

FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 2008
Game 1: 6:00 pm ET
Lincoln High School vs. Cardozo High School

Game 2: 8:00 pm ET
Kennedy High School vs. Fredrick Douglass Academy

www.snyinvitational.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsA9uX7KJSM

@ Cole Sports Center at NYU
Location: 181 Mercer St (map)
Starts: 6 Pm
Cost: $10 (Each ticket you get a NJ Nets ticket voucher with at the game!

The Best of the Best...

SNY Invitational @ Cole Sports Center at NYU

SNY will extend its reach into the high school sports arena by producing and televising the inaugural SNY Invitational presented by Time Warner Cable. This premier high school basketball tournament, the "SNY Invitational" will feature four boys varsity basketball teams from the NYC landscape, including the Abraham Lincoln Railsplitters, Benjamin N. Cardozo Judges, John F. Kennedy Knights and the Frederick Douglass Lions. One of the represented teams -- Abraham Lincoln High School -- boasts NYC basketball phenom Lance Stephenson, dubbed “the king of high school basketball in New York City”. Come and check out the games!

FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 2008
Game 1: 6:00 pm ET
Lincoln High School vs. Cardozo High School

Game 2: 8:00 pm ET
Kennedy High School vs. Fredrick Douglass Academy

www.snyinvitational.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsA9uX7KJSM

@ Cole Sports Center at NYU
Location: 181 Mercer St (map)
Starts: 6 Pm
Cost: $10 (Each ticket you get a NJ Nets ticket voucher with at the game!

Games and Booze!!

Anita's Underground Game Show! @ Under St. Marks

A fully-interactive, drinking GAME SHOW, live on stage! This monthly production mixes up a classic television game show with a bit of burlesque and a lot of beer drinking. Hosted by New York City-based burlesque performer and producer, Anita Cookie, Anita's Underground Game Show is chock full of fun, drinking, pricing games and more! Contestants are randomly selected so each audience member has a chance to play and win! Prizes include a bunch of burlesque baked goods, decorative drinking glasses, pretty pasties, free booze, a horse-drawn carriage ride in Central Park, or even tickets to another show! Always accompanied by her live band, "The Kindergarteners" , the dazzling drunk will be joined every month by a different Drinking Buddy, a recognizable New York performer/artist/personality, who will perform a secret special talent. You'll have to come each month to see who it could be and what they can do!

@Under St. Marks
Location: 94 St. Marks Place (map)
Starts: 10:30
Cost: $15

Holiday Biking Spectacular!!!...

LIGHTS IN THE CITY @ Manhatten

If the weather isn't too frigid, here is a leisurely bike ride through Manhattan to take in the brilliance of the cities Christmas lights. The ride includes some that are off the beaten path and not well known but nonetheless spectacular. Approximately 20-25 miles round trip.Should be an excellent ride to bring in the holidays!

Meeting Times and Places:

Plaza Fountain, Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets

@ Manhatten
Location: Plaza Fountain (58th and 59th) (map)
Starts: 4 p.m

It's Ice Skating Season!!!..

Wollman Rink @ Prospect Park

The weather has dropped, the snow has come and Christmas is near! You know what that means? It's ice skating season! I am huge fan of busting my ass on cold hard ice and feel that you are too! So come on out and have a blast and hopefully you wont bust your ass!(didn't mean to rhyme)

@Prospect Park
Location: 95 Prospect Park W (map)
Starts: 9 Am
Cost: Free, Skate rentals- $7

Ready Fight!!....

STREET FIGHT: The Street Fighter II Video Game Tournament @ Rope Bar

There was a time when "down, forward, A" meant something; when those who whiffed with the baseball bat rained fire with the joystick; when getting to first base with a girl seemed as improbable as beating M. Bison in two rounds. Before the PlayStation replaced the arcade, Street Fighter II dominated the competitive-gaming arena. Kids practiced for hours at home, hit the local mall to load up on greasy pizza, and then pitted Chun-Li against Guile, Blanka against Dhalsim, and Ken against Ryu — again and again. On the last Sunday of each month, low-key Pratt U watering hole Rope lets you relive the days when quarters went to a nobler cause than laundry.

@ Rope
Location: 415 Myrtle Ave (map)
Starts: 9 PM
Cost: $2

It's Ice Skating Season!!!..

ICE SKATING @ Wollman Rink

The cold weather is here and that means it is time bundle up in your winter coat, hats and glove, strap on the old skates and hit the rink!

@Wollman Rink at Bryant Park
Location: Fifth Ave. and 40th St. (map)
Starts: all day
Cost: TBA

Run Run Run

NYC Marathon @ Staten Island to Central Park

Run NYC Run and come out to cheer them all on! The best area is Central park so get out the lawn chairs and watch as the brave ones battle the 26 mile run.

Street Fighter Halloween Style..

STREET FIGHT: Halloween Edition (The Street Fighter II Video Game Tournament)@ Rope Bar

This game still gives me a lot of joy and nostalgic goose bumps when I play it, especially on a big screen in a lively, one-of-a-kind tournament in Brooklyn with authentic arcade-style joysticks. Once again this month join Rope bar as they host the one and only Street Fighter II video game tournament in the “Borough of Kings.” This month will be especially festive with a best Street Fighter 2 costume contest for our very own “Halloween Edition.” So, come play dress-up or beat-up or all of the above. It will be loads of fun for all ages.

@ Rope Bar
Location: 415 Myrtle Ave (map)
Starts: 8 pm
Cost: $2 (Winner takes all)

Face off of the Century!!!

GOTHAM GIRLS vs. ROSE CITY ROLLERS! @ CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK - NAT HOLMAN GYM

See skaters from all four GGRD home teams line up against the All-Stars from one of Gotham's sister leagues out West when the nationally ranked "Wheels of Justice" all-star team from the Rose City Rollers (Portland, OR - rosecityrollers.com/index.php) land on our home soil on October 13th at City College of New York's Nat Holman
Gym.

@City College of New York's Nat Holman Gym
Location: 138 St. & Convent Ave (map)
Starts: 6:30
Cost: $19.75 adv, $23 @ door
VIP: $29.75 (adv only - includes reserved front row seat, goodie bag & more! BUY HERE

Umm yeah horray for jello wrestling..

Amateur Female Jello Wrestling @ Arlene's Grocery

Come and celebrate Chief Magazines very first birthday,at Arlene's Grocery with live music featuring Semi Precious Weapons, White Widow, and DJ Xerox. But that is not all! How about some Semi-naked girls rolling in semi-solid food products. Did I get your attention? I mean what's not to love?

Admission:

Girls who wrestle: free (come at 6:30 for a free, mandatory wrestling
lesson)

Girls who don't: $5

Boys who bring girls: $10

Single boys: $20 (so bring some girls, damn it)

For $2 off admission, RSVP here:

http://www.going.com/jellowrestle

@ Arlene's Grocery
Location: 95 Stanton Street (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: Stated above

Oh what a classic video game....

Street Fighter II Challenge @ Rope

There was a time when "down, forward, A" meant something; when those who whiffed with the baseball bat rained fire with the joystick; when getting to first base with a girl seemed as improbable as beating M. Bison in two rounds. Before the PlayStation replaced the arcade, Street Fighter II dominated the competitive-gaming arena. Kids practiced for hours at home, hit the local mall to load up on greasy pizza, and then pitted Chun-Li against Guile, Blanka against Dhalsim, and Ken against Ryu — again and again. On the last Sunday of each month, low-key Pratt U watering hole Rope lets you relive the days when quarters went to a nobler cause than laundry.

@ Rope
Location: 415 Myrtle Ave (map)
Starts: 9 PM
Cost: $2

Sick Manuals bro!..

Red Bull Manny Mania @ Coleman Skatepark

A "manuel" for all the non-skater out there, is when a skateboard popped up, while a sick guitar shred wails in the background. Well that is how I envision it. Check out the manual extraordinaire Joey Brezinski and other CA pros, taking the East Coast's finest, including Nick Dompierre, Kerry Getz and Zered Bassett, at the Red Bul Manny Mania today. The winner takes the manny title, and everyone scores endless amounts of Red Bull.

@Coleman Skatepark
Location: Pike and Monroe (map)
Starts: 3 PM
Cost: FREE!!!

The face off the century..................

Gotham Girls Roller Derby Presents Queens of Pain vs. Manhatten Mayhem @ Nat Holman Gym

Get ready for the ultimate grudge match as the Manhattan Mayhem take on the Queens of Pain, August 11th at Nat Holman Gym at City College of New York (near 138th and Amsterdam in Harlem). The last time Queens and Manhattan met on the track, Queens heartily spanked the cell block sweeties and were crowned the 2007 Season Champs. But what a difference a season can make - the Mayhem ladies are under new management and are ready to dish out some red-hot, inmate orange revenge. They've sharpened their toothbrushes on Bronx and Brooklyn so far this season - can they de-throne the Queens ladies or will they get disciplined by the 'Pain again? Come see the action and find out!

@Nat Holman Gym at City College of New York
Location: 138th and Amsterdam in Harlem (map)
Start: 6 Pm
Cost: $19.75 advance, $23 @ door

Street Fighter Show down!.....

Street Fighter II Challenge @ Rope

If you grew up playing Street Fighter II at your local bodega, pizzeria, or arcade then you remember the intense arguments and fist fights over this game. Relive those days during the Street Fighter II Challenge. It’s not the Turbo edition, so be sure to dust off those ’91 moves before you come through. Winner gets the cash from the entry fees plus a kick-ass trophy!

@Rope
415 Myrtle Avenue (map)
Starts: 9:30
Cost: $2

Test your Simpsons Knowledge...

The Big Quiz Thing: The Simpsons Edition @ Prey Lounge

Do you think you have what it takes to be the reigning champion of Simpson's trivia? Then come on out to this special Big Quiz Thing Simpson's edition and test out your knowledge. There will be prizes and it's FREE admission, should be a blast! It will be the perfect addition to the opening of their first feature film!

@Prey Lounge
Address: 4 W 22nd st (map)
Time: 7-9
Cost: FREE!

Bike Ride to the Brooklyn Museum..

RIDE TO FIRST SATURDAY

Come on New Yorkers get your bikes and take this group ride to First Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum's monthly free night. The museum stays open until 11:00 with exhibitions, music, dancing, and more. Lots of bike parking makes this a great destination for Saturday night!

Saturday, July 7
Meet @ 7 p.m. Union Square or 7:30 base of Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn Side

Where's Waldo for adults

Missing Waldo

If you've got nothing to do on this beautiful Friday and feel the need to revert back to the strange phenomena that was the Where's Waldo book collection then this is the game for you. All you have to do is go to MissingWaldo.com and look for general location clues. (Tip: There are two currently hiding in Union Square Park and at the C train’s Clinton-Washington station.) Find the missing geek and win T-shirts, gift certificates, and other goodies.

It's free and you can feel like you are literally in the jumbled crowds that you used to search through for hours on end looking for Waldo,which was a childhood dream of mine... kind of

Party Going on at the Ping Pong Table..

BYOB Ping Pong

The Grand Opening storefront, which is currently a table tennis parlor called Pong, says it’s cool to BYOB to Ping-Pong today. Owned by brothers Ben and Hall Smyth, the space has a rotating, tri-monthly theme which apparently improves with time—December through March featured salvaged barn pieces from upstate farms, but a movie theater is rumored to be next. Get in on a pickup game, compete in the upcoming L.E.S. Cup to see who the ultimate paddle master south of Delancey is, or rent the space for an hour (it’s only BYOB if you do). There’s only one table, so check their webcam at 139norfolk.com for availability.

Times:12-8, Wednesday-Sunday
Where: Grand Opening
139 Norfolk Street
New York , NY 10002
Lower East Side
(064) 478-7689
Cost: $50 for an hour ($6 for 20 minutes)

Chicks on skates getting rough and tough...

Gotham Girls Roller Derby: Manhatten Mayhem vs. Bronx Gridlock

Come check out the insanity as the Manhatten Mayhem take on the Bronx Gridlock which is bound to be a match up of the century!

Locations: Manhatten City College
Cost: $19.50
More info: Click Here

Put your music knowledge to the test..

Sound Fix Records Presents Music Trivia night

Come on over to Sound Fix Lounge to put your pop knowledge to the test afor a chance to win free tickets, a gift certificate, free drinks and lots of other goodies. Five rounds and 50 questions and a B-side slide of hits, quotes and gold sounds.

Sound Fix Records

110 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn NY 11211
(718) 388-8090

Calling on all Wiz Kids...

The Big Quiz Thing

Got a case of the Mondays? Feel like an excellent night of drinking brews with your friends and putting all that useless entertainment knowledge that you accumulated over your four years of college to use? Come on out to Crash Mansion for The Big Quiz thing, hosted by quizmaster himself, Mr. Noah Tarnow. The biggest trivia night includes features such as the "Bipolar Movie Challenge" video round and the "Really Really Slow Songs" audio round. It's a $200 grand prize and there are random prizes given out through out the night. Best of all, even if you aren't the sharpest tool in the shed, smart ass points are rewarded for answers that crack Tarnow up!

For more information: www.bigquizthing.com
Start at: 7:30

Crash Mansion
199 Bowery
Manhattan, NY

NY Golden Arm Series

12:30 p.m.

New York Arm Wrestling Association holds first NY Golden Arm Series event of the year; Mosholu Parkway South & Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx.

Brooklyn Cyclones

5PM

Former Brooklyn Dodgers Danny McDevitt and Joe Pignatano throw out first pitch as Brooklyn Cyclones celebrate the year 1957 and commemorate final game ever played at Ebbets Field; KeySpan Park, 1904 Surf Avenue, at 17th Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn.

National Stickball Tournament;

10AM

National Stickball Tournament; Stickball Boulevard,
near White Plains Road and Randall Avenue, Bronx.

Hey Thats My Bike!

A couple of bike events today start by getting some belling love
for your two wheeled friend

9:30 a.m.

Kicking off the season, the blessing of the bicycles includes sprinkling of holy water and a bagpiper playing while a riderless bike is brought forward during a moment of silence in remembrance of those who died in cycling accidents in the past year; Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, Manhattan.

Then head over to the .....

Times Up! Small-Wheeled Bike Race;
Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, 72nd Street Transverse.

2PM Folding Bike Ride; West 23rd Street
on the Hudson River Greenway.

4PM Folding Bike Festival; Stuyvesant Cove Park,
East 23rd Street at the East River.

SELF Magazine's Workout In The Park

11:00AM-3:00PM
SELF Magazine's 14th Annual Workout In The Park
Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - Entrance at 72nd Street & 5th Avenue
$20

Card Collectors - MLB + Mom

8AM

Major League Baseball distributes 20,000 Mother's Day greeting cards

Grand Central Terminal, 45th Street between Vanderbilt and Lexington avenues; Penn Station, 34th Street and Seventh Avenue; PA Bus Terminal, Eighth Avenue and 40th Street; Times Square, 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway.

Kick Ass Kickball

6-8PM
NY Empire
@ Prospect Park Parade, Brooklyn
Ground 7

Starting May 7th. Sign up today! Got questions? Kickball has the answers.

Lawn Bowling

12:30 p.m.

Opening day of lawn bowling in Central Park; Bowling Greens in Central Park at West 69th Street, north of Sheep Meadow.

Golf Fest at Chelsea Piers

Noon to 6 p.m.

2007 Golf Fest at Chelsea Piers; Golf Club at Pier 59, 18th Street and Hudson River.

Virtual Sking?

Noon

Professional snowboard/skateboarder Shaun White competes and signs autographs at the American Express virtual ski slop at the Tribeca ESPN Sports Film Festival's Sports Saturday; West end of North Moore Street, between Greenwich and West streets.

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.

East Side Bike Polo Invitational

10AM
East Side Bike Polo Invitational
@ Chrystie/Broome St Courts

Bicycle polo today & tomorrow, hurray:

8PM
THREE SPARKS NIGHT
@ Chrystie/Broome St Courts

these kids get dressed up and trashed and do it all over again.

love

it.

Friday Night Fights

7:30 doors
Friday Night Fights NYC
@ The Church of St Paul the Apostle
450 Columbus Ave & 60th St
Rush tickets available

Kick Ass Kickball

6-8:30PM
NY Big Apple
@ DeWitt Clinton Park
11th Ave - 12th Ave and West 52nd - 54th St

Starting April 23. You must pre-register so sign up today! Got questions? Rebecca has the answers.

or 5:30-8:30PM
NY Liberty
@ Riverside Park West
75th of Riverside Drive at 77th

Slam Dunk

7:30- 9:30 PM.

2007 Boost Mobile Jordan Brand Celebrity Challenge slam dunk contest and three-point competition; Gauchos Gymnasium, 478 Gerard Ave., Bronx.

Play Ball

BallfieldsOpen Around The City
More than 800 ballfields open today another sign of spring.
Now if the big weather man in the sky would just play ball.

Wanna play ...

apply online for a ballfield permit at www.nyc.gov/parks. Fields cost $16 for a two-hour session and $32 for lighted games. As always, children under the age of 18 play free and New Yorkers are invited to play a game of pick-up when the fields are not being used.

Kick Ass Kickball

7-8:30PM
NY Freedom
@ Heckscher Softball Fields
Fifth Ave - Central Park West

Starting April 12. Sign up today! Got questions? Rebecca has the answers.

***Only open to those who are a small group (three or less) or an independent. It is full due to returning teams. ***

Gene Simmons Meets Guitar Hero

12:30-2:30PM
Guitar Hero II XBox 360 Launch
@ Virgin Megastore
1540 Broadway b/w 45th & 46th
212-921-1020

Five of the country's best Guitar Hero players - three guys, two gals - compete for the opportunity to play Strutter on guitar hero with Gene Simmons.

Panorama Challenge

6-8PM
Panorama Challenge
@ Queens Museum of Art
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
718-RU-CIVIC
$25 includes two drinks
5:30–8:30PM free trolley b/w Shea Stadium 7 train and QMA

Think you're the most obnoxious NYC-trivia-head around? Prove. It. Grab your laser light game controller and bring or join a team of 10 in identifying items from the panorama's million-plus structures in the Panorama Challenge at the Queens Museum of Art tonight, or just show up to take a trolley and gawk.

Guitar Hero

10PM
Guitar Hero
@ Pianos
Ludlow & Stanton
Free

CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON!!!

LV HRD

8PM
LV HRD
@ Location TBA
$22, $11 for members
Complimentary beverages from Brooklyn Brewery and Absolut

It's time for a fresh approach to dating - the LVHRD way. As with all LVHRD events, you buy tickets in advance, and will be text messaged the location prior to the event. Tonight you have to bring your own light source (?) and to wear white if you are available, and black if you are taken.

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.

Central Park Winter Jam

12-4PM
Central Park Winter Jam
@ Central Park
72nd Street Naumberg Bandshell
Enter Park at East or West 72nd Street
212-360-1319
Free

Snow or no snow, Central Park's 2nd Annual Rail Jam with NYC local snowboarders will go on! Get out of the house and check out live performances by Matt White, DJ Mark Ronson and Jibbs, free hot chocolate from Dunkin Donuts, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, trampoline shows, ice sculpting, prizes and so so so much more!

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.

Glenlivet City Links

11AM – 2:30PM
The Glenlivet City Links
1 State St Plaza
State and Whitehall St
Whitehall/South Ferry Station
Free club rentals
Pay-as-you-will to Make-A-Wish Foundation

Hit the turf while sipping Glenlivet and enjoying the view of the New York City Harbor! Enjoy an indoor, urban-scaled course features nine holes sloped with water hazards, bridges and sand traps. Donations you make - small or large - go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York.

Superbowl Party

5-10PM
Superbowl Party
@ MonkeyTown
58 N. 3rd St
Williamsburg, BK
718-384-1369
$25 minimum
Reservations recommended

Watch the big game and all the new commercials and wardrobe malfunctions on four screens while dining on a tailgating prix-fixe menu at the wonderful MonkeyTown. Watch the Bears and the Colts battle it out while you sit on your ass stuffing your face with nachos, chicken wings and Miller light - this may be Williamsburg, but you're still an American, god dammit!

Real Superbowl Party

Katwalk Superbowl XLI Party
@ Katwalk
2 West 35th St
212-594-9343
Free but RSVP
$30 all you can consume bottles & drafts of Bud, Coors, Yuengling & Wings

Maybe you don't want to watch the superbowl over some fancy nachos and gumbo in Williamsburg. Maybe what you would like to do is to head dangerously near Times Square to mingle with the suits and the tourists while watching the game on two 12' x 12' HDTV movie-size projection screens and three HDTV LCD screens with dolby surround sound. Just be warned - there is nothing ironic about Midtown.

Kareem Abdul-Jabaar!

5:30PM
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
@ Borders
2 Penn Plaza, 7th Ave and W 33rd St
212-244-1814

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, reads from his autobiography On the Shoulders of Giants: My Personal Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance this afternoon at Borders. Worth the trek to Midtown.

Drink & Draw

7-10PM
Drink & Draw
@ 3rd Ward
195 Morgan Ave b/w Stagg and Meadow
E Williamsburg, BK
$15

East Williamsburg is like one sprawling arts and crafts hut with alcohol instead of those teeny tiny paper cups of orange drink. Tonight's deal? For $15 you get all the PBR you can possibly slam in three hours. Caveat - you must draw.

Square Dancing @ Galapagos

7-9:30PM
Square Dancing
@ Galapagos Backroom
70 N8th St
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$7

Join Andy Mullen and his b