Attractions

Museums

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY'S ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE, Central Park West at 81st Street. Sunday at 2 p.m., "Hayden Planetarium's 70th Anniversary," in Cullman Hall, with a presentation by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the planetarium's director, and birthday cake; free with admission. Hours: daily, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. The Rose Center is open on Friday nights until 8:45. Space shows run every half-hour all day. Suggested admission to the museum, which includes the Rose Center: $14; students and 60+, $10.50; 2 to 12, $8; under 2, free. Combined admission to the museum, the Rose Center and the Hayden Planetarium space show: $22 students and 60+, $16.50; 2 to 12, $13; under 2, free. Information: (212) 769-5100.

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street. Sunday at 3 p.m., "Concert of Classical Puerto Rican Music," features songs of Sylvia Rexach, performed by Stephanie Garay and Carmen D. Lucca, singers; Awilda Villarini, a pianist; and Premier Solis, a poetry reciter. Presented in collaboration with the Association for Puerto Rican-Hispanic Culture. Through Sunday, "Tolerance and Identity: Jews in Early New York, 1654-1825," featuring engravings, records, prayer books and other items. Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Suggested admission: $7; 62+, students and children, $5; families, $15. Information: (212) 534-1672.

Garden

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, 1000 Washington Avenue, Crown Heights. Tomorrow at 1 p.m., a "Buongiorno Brooklyn" tour looks at Italian influences on the culture, history and landscape of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Sunday, noon to 6 p.m., the "Chile Pepper Fiesta," with performances, gardening workshops and tastings. Both are free with admission. Garden hours: Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: $5; students and 65+, $3; under 16, free; free for everyone all day Tuesdays and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Information: (718) 623-7200; www.bbg.org.

Walking Tours

New York City

BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., "Flushing Avenue: Kings to Queens" looks at the Brooklyn-Queens boundary, meeting at Union Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Fee: $11; members, $9; students, $8 Information: (718) 788-8500, Ext. 208.

HARLEM, YOUR WAY! Today at 10 a.m. and tomorrow at noon, the "Sights and Sounds Heritage Walking Tour of Harlem," meeting at 129 West 130th Street. Fee: $25, reservations required: (212) 690-1687.

DAY-TRIPPIN' ROCK 'n' ROLL TOURS Sunday at 1:30 p.m., the Bob Dylan Walking Tour visits Greenwich Village cafes and landmarks. Fee: $20. Reservations and meeting place: (877) 346-2133.

OUTDOORS CLUB Sunday, a Bronx tour of City Island and the Siwanoy Trail, meeting for lunch at 11 a.m. at the token booth of the Pelham Bay Park subway station of the No. 6 line, or at 1 p.m. for the tour in front of the Lobster Box, 34 City Island Avenue, near Belden Street. Fee: $3, does not include bus fare or lunch. Information: (718) 998-3793.

STREET SMARTS N.Y. Tomorrow at 2 p.m., "Dandies, Dudes and Shady Ladies" visits lowlife haunts of old New York, for adults; meeting at the subway kiosk at Astor Place in the East Village. Fee: $10. Information: (212) 969-8262.

'COURTSHIP, LOVE AND MARRIAGE: LOWER EAST SIDE WALKING TOUR' Sunday at 2 p.m., visits romantic meeting places for turn-of-the-century Eastern European immigrants and their children; meeting at the Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street, Lower East Side. Sponsored by the Eldridge Street Project. Fee: $12; students and 65+, $10; reservations required: (212) 219-0888, Ext. 302.

ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., "Literary Luminaries of Greenwich Village," meeting tomorrow at the southwest corner of Eighth Street and Fifth Avenue. Fee: $5. Information: (212) 265-2663.

BIG ONION WALKING TOURS Tomorrow at 1 p.m., "Immigrant New York" tours the Jewish East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy and Five Points, meeting on the southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, at City Hall Park. Fee: $15; 63+, $12; students, $10. Information: (212) 439-1090.

CENTURY WALKING TOURS Sunday at 11 a.m., "Ayn Rand's Fifth Avenue," meeting on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. Fee: $15. Information: (917) 607-9019.

METRO TOUR SERVICE visits Brooklyn with stops in Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, today through Sunday at 2 p.m.; meeting in front of the Marriott, at Adams and Tillary Streets, Downtown Brooklyn. Fee: $25. Information: (718) 789-0430.

NYC DISCOVERY TOURS Tomorrow at 7 p.m., the "Annual Oktoberfest Historic Pubs and Taverns" tour in Greenwich Village. Fee: $13, not including drinks. Reservations and meeting places: (212) 465-3331.

CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY Free weekend tours of Central Park. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., "Manhattan Adirondacks," a visit to the Central Park designers Olmsted and Vaux's vision of the Adirondack Mountains; meeting at the Dana Discovery Center, inside the park at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street. Sunday at noon, "Cross-Park Promenade"; meeting at the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street. Information: (212) 360-2726.

Events

New York City

'THE GREAT READ IN THE PARK,' Bryant Park, Avenue of the Americas, from 40th to 42nd Streets. A daylong book festival in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the New York Times best-seller list, with readings, panel discussions, book signings, performances, children's activities and book sales. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine. Created by The New York Times; sponsored by Independence Community Bank, JetBlue Airways, Liberty Travel and Palm Treo; with the participation of Barnes & Noble and the Times's media partner, WQXR-FM (96.3) and Fox WNYW; and presented by Target. Free. Festival information: www.nytimes.com/greatread.

'PRELUDE '05,' the Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theater Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street, Manhattan. A theater festival with short performances, readings and open rehearsals. Through tomorrow, noon to 8 p.m. Tickets: free, first-come first-served, or $20 for a guaranteed seat for several performances. Tickets: (212) 352-3101 or (866) 811-4111; www.theatermania.com.

DOWNTOWN VISITING NEIGHBORS/MAIDEN LANE FRIDAY FESTIVAL, Wall Street between Water and South Streets, Lower Manhattan. Today, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

FALL CRAFTS PARK AVENUE, Seventh Regiment Armory, at 67th Street, Manhattan. Today, 3 to 8 p.m.; tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission for all days, $10; under 16, free. Photo ID required for admission. Information: (800) 649-0279; www.artrider.com.

'MY DOG LOVES CENTRAL PARK COUNTRY FAIR,' tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; midpark, at 72nd Street between the Bandshell and the Sheep Meadow. Admission per event: free to $25. Information: www.centralparkpaws.org.

KOREAN DAY PARADE, on Broadway, from 41st Street to 25th Street. Tomorrow at noon, followed by a street fair on 32nd Street.

PULASKI DAY PARADE, on Fifth Avenue, from 26th Street to 52nd Street. Sunday, starting at 12:30 p.m.

'BE CREATIVE! NEW YORK' OUTDOOR FESTIVAL, Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, at East 72nd Street. Includes a performance by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Organized by Country Home Magazine. Admission: $10. Information: www.countryhome.com.

AUTUMN CRAFTS ON COLUMBUS, from 77th Street to 81st Street, and on 81st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Today and tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Also Oct. 8 and 9 and Oct. 15 and 16, same hours. Sponsored by the American Arts and Crafts Alliance. Information: (212) 866-2239.

UNIVERSITY PLACE-CORE FESTIVAL, from Waverly Place to 14th Street, Greenwich Village. Tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality.

KNIT-OUT AND CROCHET 2005 Union Square Park at 17th Street, Manhattan. With free lessons and demonstrations, a fashion show, and children's activities. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Sponsored by the Craft Yarn Council of America.

NYC OKTOBERFEST, Lexington Avenue from 42nd to 57th Streets. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Cathedral High School.

CARING COMMUNITY FAIR, Washington Square North, between University Place and Avenue of the Americas, Greenwich Village. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, at 112th Street, Morningside Heights. Sunday, a pet-blessing service at 11 a.m. featuring performances by Paul Winter and his Consort and the Omega and Forces of Nature dance troupes, followed by a an outdoor fair, 1 to 5 p.m.; free tickets to the service are available beginning at 9 a.m. Information: (212) 316-7490.

NEW YORK TELEVISION FESTIVAL, at two Greenwich Village locations: Milk Studios and Phillips Theater, 450 West 15th Street, and the SoHo House, 2935 Ninth Avenue, at West 13th Street. With screenings, open casting calls and panel discussions. Today, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; tomorrow, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Admission per event: $15 to $35; multiple-event passes: $100 and $200. Tickets and information: (866) 698-8389 or (212) 404-2860; www.newyorktelevisionfestival.com.

FIFTH ANNUAL NYC INTERNATIONAL PICKLE DAY FESTIVAL, Orchard Street, between Houston and Stanton Streets, Lower East Side. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Lower East Side Business Improvement District and the New York Food Museum. Free. Information: (212) 226-9010; www.lowereastsideny.com.

'CITYSOL,' Stuyvesant Cove Park, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive at 23rd Street, Manhattan. With a market, music and a clean-electricity signup drive. Tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Organized by Solar One and O2NYC, an ecological-design association. Information: (212) 505-6050.

'FOR THE CITY' LIGHT PROJECTIONS AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER,' 30 Rockefeller Plaza. A piece by Jenny Holzer featuring light projections of poetry onto the building facade. Through Sunday, dusk to midnight. Organized by Creative Time and presented by Tishman Speyer. Free. Information: www.rockefellercenter.com.

Recreation

New York City

NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS will sponsor several races on Sunday. In Central Park, a Norwegian Festival: at 8 a.m., the 1.7-mile Norway Run starts on Central Park West at 67th Street; at 8:15 a.m., the 13.1-mile Grete's Great Gallop, for ages 12 and up, starts on Central Park East at 70th Street; at 9 a.m., the Troll Stroll, for ages 2-10, begins at Bethesda Terrace at 72nd Street. Advance registration fees: $20; members, $14; ages 18 and younger and 62+, $10. Race-day registration: $30, $20 and $12. In Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx: at 11:30 a.m., the five-kilometer Harry Murphy Cross-Country Race; at 12:30 p.m., the 1.5-mile Youth Run. Race-day registration only: $7; 14 and under, $5. Information: (212) 860-4455; www.nyrrc.org.

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF GREATER NEW YORK ANNUAL KIDNEY WALK, Riverside Park at 72nd Street, Manhattan. A three-mile noncompetitive walk to raise money for kidney disease. Sunday at 10:30 a.m.; registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Free. Registration and information: www.kidneywalk.kintera.org.