Happy Memorial Day weekend! 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
New York’s annual celebration of Taiwanese culture, Passport to Taiwan, has a lot of things going for it: multiple musical performances, traditional dance, costume making and more. But we think it will be difficult to pull ourselves away from the food! Enjoy traditional specialties like bamboo tamales, kumquat juice, fish cakes, with some shave ice for a refreshing dessert.
Sun, May 30, noon-5pm; free
Union Sq West and E 17th St, Manhattan; www.p2tw.org
DRINK
A prohibition-era party doesn’t seem like the place to knock back a few drinks, but the Roaring ‘20s are known for getting creative with drink recipes. Sample some period-appropriate cocktails at the First Annual Dreamland Beach Party, which also features live music from Michael Aranella’s Dreamland Orchestra and a scenic outdoor bar setting. We hope bathtub gin makes an appearance on the menu.
Sun, May 30, noon-5pm; $18 in advance, $25 at the door
2-03 Borden Ave, Queens; dreamlandorchestra.com
SEE
What could be a better way to spend the long weekend by a relaxing evening at the park? Getting free music to accompany your lounging! Enjoy New York Philharmonic’s free Memorial Day concert in Morningside Heights, with selections from Copland, Haydn and Schubert. Get updown early, though, because seats on the lawn can be hard to come by!
Mon, May 31; 8pm; free
Cathedral of St. John the Devine; 1047 Amsterdam Ave, Manhattan; stjohndivine.org
SHOP
You’ve done your spring cleaning by now, right? Take all those old clothes to BKLYN Yard for their Score! Pop-Up Swap this Saturday. It costs only $3-5 with your clothing donation to enter a world of gently-used clothes and accessories. Plus, a full bar will be open while you swap.
Sat, noon-6pm; $3 in advance, $5 at the door
400 Carroll St, Brooklyn; bklynyard.com
PLAY
Whether you love the old Day of the Dead films or prefer the newer Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, you’ll feel right at home in this weekend’s NYC Zombie Crawl. Get your best tattered clothing and fake blood to join hundreds of other zombie fans for events around Brooklyn, including a dance party featuring any zombie’s favorite jam, “Thriller.”
Sun, May 30, 3pm; free
Meet at the Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn; www.nyczombiecrawl.com
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