October 22, 2004

Spare Times

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New York City

BICYCLE TOUR OF BROOKLYN'S CARNEGIE LIBRARIES, a 10-mile ride to three branches of the Brooklyn Public Libraries that were created with funds from Andrew Carnegie: the Pacific, Williamsburgh and Bedford branches. Meets tomorrow at 11 a.m., rain or shine, in front of the Central Library at Grand Army Plaza. Sponsored by the Brooklyn Public Library Foundation. Fee, $12, members, $8. Information: (718) 230-2780.

BIKE THE BIG APPLE. Two rides on Sunday. At 10 a.m, "The Sensational Park, Parade and Soul Bike Tour," through Central Park and Harlem, stopping for a gospel service; fee, $69. At 4 p.m., "Brooklyn Bridge and Skyline at Twilight Bike Tour," a ride in Manhattan along the Greenway and Wall Street to the bridge; fee, $59. All equipment provided for both. Reservations and meeting places: (201) 837-1133.

Attractions

Museums and Sites

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, 36-01 35th Avenue, at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens. One of the largest collections of moving-image artifacts. Through Oct. 31, a retrospective devoted to the British director Ken Russell. Screenings tomorrow: at 2 p.m., "The Boy Friend" (1971); at 4:30 p.m., "Savage Messiah" (1972); at 6:30 p.m., "Tommy" (1975), also on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday: at 2 p.m., "Mahler" (1974); at 4:15 p.m., "Liztomania" (1975). Through Jan. 23, "Tim Burton Drawings," an exhibition of more than 24 drawings, watercolors and sketches related to his films. Museum hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, noon to 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and by appointment. Film and video showings are free with admission unless otherwise noted. Museum admission: $10; 65+ and students, $7.50; ages 5 to 18, $5; free for members and children 4 and younger and for everyone on Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m.; Friday-night screenings are extra. Information: www.

movingimage.us or (718) 784-0077.

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Central Park West and 79th Street. Through May 30, "The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter," a walk-in display of hundreds of live specimens. On display through March 13, "Fall Colors Across North America," an exhibition of photographs by Anthony Eaton Cook. Through Jan. 9, "Frogs: A Chorus of Colors," an exhibition of 200 specimens; timed tickets to "Frogs" are $19; students and 60+, $14; children under 12, $11. "Vital Variety: A Visual Celebration of Invertebrate Biodiversity," an exhibition of 24 large-format color photographs by the entomologist Piotr Naskrecki, in the gallery adjacent to the Imax Theater. Free with museum admission. The Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites displays the 34-ton Ahnighito meteorite, the world's largest. Beginning tomorrow in the Imax Theater, "Vikings: Journey to New Worlds," which will join the films "Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West," a re-creation of the historic journey, and "Bugs," a film about insect life in the Borneo rain forest. Tickets to one Imax feature, including museum admission, are $19; students and 60+, $14; children under 12, $11. General museum suggested admission: $12; students and 60+, $9; 12 and younger, $7; under 2, free. Combination tickets are available, including museum and Rose Center admission and the Hayden Planetarium space show: $22; students and 60+, $16.50; 12 and younger, $13; under 2, free. Museum hours: daily, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., except the first Friday of most months, when the Rose Center is open until 8:45 p.m. for "Starry Nights." Information:

amnh.org; (212) 769-5100 or (212) 769-5200.

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street. Tomorrow at 2 p.m., Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York, will discuss development in Harlem and other upper Manhattan neighborhoods. Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Suggested admission: $7; 62+, students and children, $4; families, $12. Information: (212) 534-1672.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. Through Jan. 8, "Mirrors to the Past: Ancient Greece and Avant-Garde America," a multimedia exhibition on Hellenic culture that includes photographs, drawings, scripts, costumes and scores. Free. Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m.; Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m. Information: (212) 870-1630 or (212) 642-0142.

Walking Tours

New York City

I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN TOURS. "SoHo: Yesterday and Today," a look at the cast-iron buildings, galleries and boutiques of the area, meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. on the southeast corner of Broadway and Houston Street. Fee: $12. Information: (732) 270-5559.

JOYCE GOLD HISTORY TOURS OF NEW YORK. Sunday at 1 p.m., "Wall Street: A Colonial Melting Pot With Hearty Dutch Influence," with stops at Federal Hall, Battery Park, Fraunces Tavern and other sites, meeting at Trinity Church, Broadway and Wall Street. Fee, $12. Information: (212) 242-5762.

`RADICAL HARLEM TOUR' includes sites associated with the Black Panther Party, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey and Langston Hughes and other sites, meeting Sunday at 1 p.m. in front of Starbucks, Lenox Avenue and 125th Street. Sponsored by Radical Walking Tours. Fee, $10. Information: (718) 492-0069.

`THE I'S HAVE IT: IRISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANT HIGHLIGHTS' visits neighborhoods in and around City Hall and Little Italy.Tomorrow and Sunday at 2:15 p.m. Sponsored by Gotham Walk. Fee: $10. Information and meeting place: (212) 629-1886.

ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING. Sunday at 4:30 p.m., "Grand George Washington Bridge," with a two-way stroll across the bridge to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of its construction, meeting on the northwest corner of 177th Street and Fort Washington Avenue. Fee, $5. Information: (212) 265-2663.

BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., "The Yiddish Rialto," visits Lower Manhattan sites associated with the Yiddish theater, meeting in front of the Sunshine Theater, 143 East Houston Street. Sunday at noon, "Rediscovering Sunset Park's Waterfront," covers the changes in the Brooklyn industrial park, meeting at the Smith-Ninth Street stop on the F or G train. Fee for each, $11, $9 for members, $8 for students. Information: (718) 788-8500, Ext. 208.

METRO TOUR SERVICE. Brooklyn tours, featuring Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, today through Sunday at 2 p.m. Also, Downtown Brooklyn, with a stop for gospel music, Sunday at 10 a.m. Both meet in front of the Marriott, Adams and Tillary Streets, Downtown Brooklyn. Fee for each: $25. Information: (718) 789-0430.

SHOREWALKERS. Sunday at 11 a.m., "East River Saunter," beginning on John Finley Walk at Carl Schurz Park, the East River and 86th Street and continuing to the South Street Seaport. Fee, $3. Information; (212) 286-0039.

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY, Brooklyn. Sunday at 1 p.m., a general tour of the cemetery, led by John Cashman, meeting at the main entrance, Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. Fee, $6. Information: (718) 469-5277.

MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY. Tomorrow at 10 a.m., "Bronx Past and Bronx Present," stops at such sites as Poe Cottage, Fordham University, the Gould Library and the Belmont section, meeting on the northeast corner of Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse. Sunday at 11 a.m., "Fort Washington" visits an upper Manhattan area that was once filled with country estates, meeting at the entrance to Fort Tryon Park, Fort Washington Avenue and West 191st Street. Fee for each: $15, members, $12. Information: (212) 935-3960.

Events

New York City

INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE POSTER FAIR, Park Central Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 870 Seventh Avenue, at 56th Street, Manhattan. Featuring 30 exhibitors from the United States and Europe. Today, 5 to 9 p.m.; tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission, $12 each day, $20 for two days. Sponsored by Wine Spectator. Information: (800) 856-8069.

READING, New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, Manhattan. To celebrate the publication of "Voices of a People's History of the United States," by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove, which include writings associated with Cesar Chavez, Bob Dylan, George Jackson, Helen Keller and others. Readers include Mr. Zinn, John Sayles, Wallace Shawn and Lili Taylor. Tonight at 7. Tickets, $10. Sponsored by Seven Stories Press. Information: (212) 226-8760.

GRAMERCY PARK ANTIQUES SHOW, 69th Regiment Armory, Lexington Avenue at 26th Street. Today and tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily admission, $12. Information: (212) 255-0020; www.stellashows.com.

`URBAN PUMPKIN FIELD,' at two Greenwich Village locations: Jefferson Market Garden, Greenwich Avenue at West Ninth Street, and the Ruth Wittenberg Triangle, at Avenue of the Americas and Greenwich Avenue. Free pumpkins and decorating workshops, tomorrow, noon to 3 p.m.; raindate, Sunday. Sponsored by the Village Alliance Business Improvement District, the Jefferson Market Garden, the New York Public Library and North Fork Bank.

STREET FAIR, Washington Place, from Macdougal to Grove Streets, Greenwich Village. Tomorrow, 11 a.m.to 6 p.m. Sponsored by St. Joseph's Church.

WASHINGTON SQUARE FESTIVAL, Waverly Place, from Broadway to Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village. Tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Greenwich Village Community Republican Club.

SATURDAY EVENING AT THE MET, a tour through the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Peri Schwartz, an artist. Tomorrow night at 6. Fee, $45. Sponsored by the 92nd Street Y. Meeting place and other information: (212) 415-5500.

ANNUAL UPPER BROADWAY HARVEST FESTIVAL, from 96th to 110th Streets. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by One Stop Senior Services and the Bloomingdale Area Coalition

THE GREAT THIRD AVENUE FAIR, from 23rd to 34th Streets, Manhattan. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Our Lady of the Scapular and St. Stephen's Church.

OPEN STUDIOS 2004, visits to workshops in the fashion district, including those at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center, 323 West 39th Street, and other locations. Tomorrow and Sunday, 2 to 6 p.m. Free. Information: (212) 764-9600.

`FAMILY DAY,' Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, at 70th Street. With the playing of games with Asian roots, like parchesi, chess, and snakes and ladders, and other activities. Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Admission, $10, students, $5, free for members and those under 16. Part of "Asian Games: The Art of Contest," on view through Jan. 16. Information: (212) 288-6400.