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
If you can’t make it to Japan this spring, stay in New York for a j-CATION. The Japan Society’s annual 12-hour event revolves around food this year, featuring a traditional tea ceremony, a food-themed game show, a bento box competition and an interview with Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi. You can even take language classes on site, so you’ll be saying oyshi (yum!) by the end of the day!
Sat, 4/10, 1pm-1am; $5 suggested donation
333 E 47th St between First and Second Aves, Manhattan; 212-832-1155; www.japansociety.org
DRINK
Saturday marks the culmination of Tartan’s Week, the NYC celebration of everything Scottish. The morning kicks off with the Tartan Day Parade, featuring bagpipes and kilts galore, but the real party starts at night. Featuring delicious-sounding live bands Enter the Haggis and Barleyjuice, you’ll be sure to get all the Scottish whisky and ale you can drink.
Sat, 4/10, 4:30pm; $50
Stout NYC, 133 West 33rd Street, Manhattan; www.tartanweek.com
SEE
Go back to the ‘80s and visit Falcor and the Empress in a midnight showing of the cult classic, The Neverending Story. A popular choice among NYC hipsters, don’t be alarmed if the person sitting next to you knows all the dialogue by heart.
Sat, 4/10, midnight; $10
Landmark Sunshine Theater, 143 East Houston Street, Manhattan
SHOP
Bookworms unite at the Park Avenue Armory’s Antiquarian Book Fair. This traveling collection from dealers around the country is a treasure trove of first-editions and rare books that you definitely won't find at your local independent bookstore, from the first printing of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Good Earth to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Save your money for the Strand; these will run you a cool $30k.
Sat, 4/10, 12pm-7pm and Sun, 4/11, 12pm-5pm; $20/day
643 Park Ave at 67th St, Manhattan; www.armoryonpark.org
PLAY
How do you properly celebrate the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering flight as the first man in space? With lots of sci-fi nerdiness, of course! Pay tribute to the cosmonaut at Drom, where Yuri’s Night revelry includes a Space Jedi fashion show, a lightsaber competition and a musical presentation by Symphony of Science. Then stay on for an all-night space dance party.
Sat, 4/10, 8pm-4am; $25
Drom, 85 Ave A at 6th St, Manhattan; www.yurisnightny.net
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