Every weekend, we're bringing you five of our top events picks from around NYC. Check back next week for more ways you can eat, drink, see, shop and play around the city!
EAT
Head to Midtown to welcome the beginning of Easter, Greek style. Molyvos offers a prix fixe feast to celebrate the end of the Lenten fast, featuring the traditional Greek Easter dish: roasted lamb. And if you can’t get enough, the feast continues on Sunday with even more lamb and a smaller price tag.
Sat, April 3 and Sun, April 4; $55-$65
871 Seventh Ave between 55th and 56th Sts, Manhattan
DRINK
You’ve probably heard of Easter, but celebrants and non-observers alike might prefer a lesser-known holiday: Starkbierzeit. A Bavarian tradition, the celebration involves drinking beer to deal with the gloomy Lenten season. German beer garden Zum Schneider is offering specials all day for the occasion. Prost!
Sun, April 4, 1pm-1am; $8(half-liter) - $16 (liter)
109 Ave C at 7th St, Manhattan
SEE
Skip the egg hunts and stop by NYC’s biggest Easter Parade, where you’ll find marchers in their springtime best. Competitions for the best flower decorations and most creative Easter bonnet design will be sure to inspire some ridiculous headgear. Savor the spectacle while chowing down on your chocolate bunnies.
Sun, April 4 , 10 am-4pm; free
5th Ave from 49th to 57th St, Manhattan
SHOP
Stay local and get great deals at the Brooklyn Indie Market, which opens this weekend from its winter hiatus. With nearly all the vendors hailing from Brooklyn and all the wares handmade, this is the place to find the trendy, unusual, wacky and cool. From jewelry to housewares to DIY crafts, if you can make it, you can find it here.
Sat, April 3, 11am–7pm and Sun, April 4, 11am–6pm
Smith St at Union St, Brooklyn; brooklynindiemarket.com
PLAY
It’s every man for himself at the Union Square Pillow Fight, NYC’s contribution to World Pillow Fight Day (it exists!). Bring a non-feather pillow and join the attack. As an added bonus, leftover pillows will be recycled to make bedding for animals in local shelters. Aw!
Sat, April 3, 3pm. Free.
Union Square, Manhattan; http://www.newmindspace.com/pillowfightnyc2010.php
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