Attractions

Museums

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Central Park West and 79th Street. Tomorrow, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., "Global Weekend: Yunnan Revealed," with performances and lectures about the Yunnan Province in southern China. Sunday at 2 p.m., "New Discoveries: Fossil Vertebrates From Liaoning, China," a discussion in Mandarin, with Dr. Jin Meng, of the museum's division of paleontology; and Dr. Xing Xu, of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. Free with admission and for members of the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, a co-sponsor of the event. Reservations: (212) 619-4785. In the Imax theater through Sunday, "The Living Sea," a 40-minute feature about life above and below the surface. Through May 29, "The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter," the annual walk-in display of hundreds of butterflies in a natural environment. Through March 12, "Voices From South of the Clouds," a display of photographs of life in the Yunnan Province of China, taken by its villagers. Through Jan. 8. "Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries" examines modern paleontology and new theories about dinosaurs and the world in which they lived. Also on view, "Vital Variety: A Visual Celebration of Invertebrate Biodiversity," an exhibition of 24 large-format color photographs by the entomologist Piotr Naskrecki. Timed tickets to the "Butterfly Conservatory," which include museum admission, are $21; $16 for students and 60+; and $12 for those 12 and younger. Imax tickets, which include museum admission, are $21; students and 60+, $16; children under 12, $12. Suggested museum admission, $14; students and 60+, $10.50; children, $8. 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. (Rose Center open till 8:45 p.m. Fridays). Information: amnh.org; (212) 769-5100 or (212) 769-5200.

MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN THE AMERICAS, 70 Mulberry Street, Chinatown. Tomorrow at 1 p.m., the "Experience Chinatown Walking Tour" looks at the history and culture of the neighborhood. Fee: $12; 65+ and students, $6; members, $8; 5 and under, free. Through Dec. 31, "Archivist of the Yellow Peril: Yoshio Kishi Collecting for a New America," an exhibition of books, movie posters, cartoons and other items that document Asian stereotypes. Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, noon to 6 p.m.; Fridays, noon to 7 p.m. Admission: $3; 65+ and students, $1; 12 and under and museum members, free; admission is free for everyone all day on Fridays. Information: (212) 619-4785; www.moca-nyc.org.

MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO, 25 West 52nd Street, Manhattan. Through Nov. 6, "Good Night, and Good Luck: Murrow From McCarthy to Monroe," original television programs that inspired the recent film about William Murrow, the broadcaster. Screenings this weekend, at 1 p.m.: "See It Now: Murrow vs. McCarthy," a March 9, 1954, broadcast. Through Oct. 30, "Musicals on Television." Screenings Tuesdays through Sundays: at 1 p.m., "Producers Showcase: 'Our Town' " (1955), a musical version of the Thornton Wilder play; at 2:30 p.m., "Ruggles of Red Gap" (1957), a rediscovered television musical not seen since its initial airing. Museum hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, noon to 6 p.m.; Thursdays, to 8 p.m. Admission: $10; students and 62+, $8; children under 14, $5. Information: (212) 621-6800.

Gardens

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, 1000 Washington Avenue, Crown Heights. Sunday at 1 p.m., "Fruits and Berries of BBG," a tour of the garden's fruit-producing trees and shrubs. Garden hours: Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 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.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, Southern Boulevard and 200th Street, Bedford Park, the Bronx. Through Nov. 17, "Momijigari: The Japanese Autumn Garden," an outdoor display. Events this weekend: "Origami: The Art of Paper Folding," a demonstration (tomorrow and Sunday at noon); "Japanese Autumn Gardens," with tips from experts (tomorrow and Sunday at 1 p.m.); performances of taiko drumming (tomorrow at 12:30 and 2 p.m.) and the koto, a harplike instrument (Sunday at 1 p.m.); a "Bonsai at the Garden" tour (tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.); "Poetry and Japanese Culture," a reading and discussion (tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.); and a performance by the Saecho Ichinohe Dance Company (Sunday at 2 p.m.). Through March 15, "The Luminous Lens of Mick Hales: Photographs of the New York Botanical Garden." Through Oct. 23, "Victorian Ornamentals," an exhibition of coleus plants popular in Victorian gardens. Through Oct. 30, "Carnivores: Plants That Eat Meat," a display that includes Venus flytraps, sundews and pitcher plants. Garden hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, and Monday holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Garden grounds admission: $6; 62+, $3; students, $2; children 2 to 12, $1; under 2, free. Combination ticket, including all admissions and a tram tour, $13; 62+ and students, $11; children 2 to 12, $5; under 2, free. Tram tours daily, every 40 minutes. Conservatory admission: $5; students and 62+, $4; 2 to 12, $3; under 2, free. Grounds admission free on Wednesdays, and 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Parking: $7. Information: (718) 817-8700; www.nybg.org.

WAVE HILL, Independence Avenue and West 249th Street, Riverdale, the Bronx. Events this weekend: "Roots, Leaves and Branches," a family art project in making a tree scroll after observing a performance by Richard Lewis, a poet, and the Touchstone Center Theater Ensemble (tomorrow and Sunday at 1 and 2:30 p.m.); a community cleanup of Brook Park in the Mott Haven section, part of "It's My Park Day" (tomorrow at 1 p.m.).Hours: Today, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; thereafter, Tuesdays through Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission: $4; students and 65+, $2; under 6, free; Tuesdays, free admission all day; Saturdays, free 9 a.m. to noon. Information: (718) 549-3200.

Walking Tours

New York City

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY, Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn. Events sponsored by the Green-Wood Cemetery Historic Fund: tomorrow at 1 p.m., a tour of early baseball sites led by Peter Nash, author of "Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery"; fees: $10 (members, $5); at 5:45 p.m., "Saturday Night by Moonlight and Flashlight"; $15 (members, $10). Sunday at 12:30 p.m., a free talk by Ken Ackerman, author of "Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York." Information: (718) 768-7300. Also on Sunday at 1 p.m., a walking tour of the cemetery with John Cashman; fee: $6. Information: (718) 745-0884.

BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., "Victorian Flatbush," meeting on the street level of the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the Q line. Sunday at 2 p.m., "From Cobble Hill to the Columbia Street Waterfront," meeting on the southwest corner of Court and Congress Streets. Fees for each: $11; members, $9; students, $8. Information: (718) 788-8500, Ext. 208.

JOYCE GOLD HISTORY TOURS OF NEW YORK Sunday at 1 p.m., "More Teeming Than Bombay: The Jewish Lower East Side," meeting at Straus Square, at the intersection of Essex and Canal Streets. Fee: $12. Information: (212) 242-5762.

DAYTRIPPIN' ROCK 'n' ROLL TOURS Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., a Beatles walking tour in Midtown. Sunday at 1:30 p.m., a Bob Dylan walking tour through Greenwich Village. Fee for each: $20. Reservations and meeting places: (877) 346-2133 VINTAGE NEW YORK TOURS Tomorrow at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m., "Hey Ho! Let's Go! Punk Rock on the Bowery Bar Crawl," meeting at the Astor Place Triangle. Fee: $15, not including drinks. Information: (718) 287-6177.

STREET SMARTS N.Y. Tomorrow at 2 p.m., "Walks in Old Chelsea," meeting in front of the Flatiron Building at the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street. Fee: $10. Information: (212) 969-8262.

NEW YORK GALLERY TOURS Tomorrow at 1 p.m., "Art Gallery Walking Tour in Chelsea" visits eight modern art galleries, meeting in the lobby of 526 West 26th Street. Fee: $15. Information: (212) 946-1548.

HISTORIC BROADWAY THEATER DISTRICT TOUR Covers 10 blocks of historic sites in the theater district. Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. Fee: $10. Sponsored by New York Curmudgeon Tours. Information and meeting place: (212) 629-8813.

I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN TOURS. Tomorrow at 1 p.m., "Enclaves of Greenwich Village," features the former homes of Mark Twain and Edith Wharton as well as a speakeasy; meeting on the southeast corner of 12th Street and Fifth Avenue. Fee: $12. Information: (732) 270-5559.

HARLEM HERITAGE TOURS Today and tomorrow at 1 p.m., "Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Walking Tour," meeting in front of the Hamilton Grange National Memorial, 141st Street and Convent Avenue; fee: $20. Information: (212) 280-7888.

ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., "Greenwich Village Ghosts and Goblins" with stops at a former potter's field and the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, meeting on the southwest corner of Eighth Street and Fifth Avenue. Fee: $5. Information: (212) 265-2663.

BIG ONION WALKING TOURS Today at 1 p.m., a tour of Times Square, meeting on the southeast corner of 42nd Street and the Avenue of the Americas. Fee: $15; 63+, $12; students, $10. Information: (212) 439-1090.

CENTURY WALKING TOURS Tomorrow at 11 a.m., "Ely Jacques Kahn's Art Deco New York," meeting on the northwest corner of 45th Street and Ninth Avenue. Fee: $15. Information: (917) 607-9019.

DR. PHIL: NEW YORK TALKS AND WALKS Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., "Elegance of Fifth Avenue and the Upper East Side," meeting on the northeast corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue; fee: $15; children, $7.50. Information: (888) 377-4455.

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

SIDEWALK SURPRISES IN LINCOLN SQUARE Tours the retail and commercial presence, cultural institutions and entertainment spots of the Upper West Side. Meets every Saturday at 11 a.m. through Nov. 12, at the Maine Monument, at Merchants' Gate, across from the Columbus Circle fountain, 59th Street and Central Park West. Free. Sponsored by the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District. Information: (212) 581-3774.

CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY Free weekend tours tomorrow of Central Park: 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; at noon, "Cross-Park Promenade," meeting at the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street; at 2 p.m., "Sports in the Park, Then and Now," meeting at the Dairy, midpark at 65th Street. Information: (212) 360-2726.

NYC DISCOVERY TOURS Tomorrow at 1 and 3:15 p.m. and Sunday at noon and 2:30 p.m., "Central Park in Autumn." Fee: $13. Reservations and meeting place: (212) 465-3331.

'BROADWAY OPEN HOUSE,' tours of several Times Square theaters, sponsored by the League of American Theaters and Producers. Today and tomorrow at 10 a.m., meeting at the Broadway Ticket Center in the Times Square Information Center, east side of Broadway between 46th and 47th Streets. Fee: $25; students and 65+, $22.50. Information: (212) 239-6200.

CITY AND SUBURBAN HOMES TOUR, an historic district walking tour of Yorkville, meeting Sunday at 1 p.m. at the City and Suburban Home Archives Room, 515 East 78th Street, at York Avenue. Free. Information: (212) 388-0883.

Events

New York City

'GARBO'S GARBOS: PORTRAITS FROM HER PRIVATE COLLECTION,' the American-Scandinavian Foundation at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, Manhattan. Vintage prints of photographs from Greta Garbo's collection. Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. Through Nov. 12. Suggested donation: $3; students and 65+, $2. Information: (212) 879-9779. VINTAGE POSTER LECTURE, National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, at 20th Street, with Jack Rennert, author of "The Posters of Leonetto Cappiello." Tonight at 6. Free. Reservations: (212) 787-4000.

'THE MODERN 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. Admission each day: $12. Information: (212) 255-0020.

PARK AVENUE ANTIQUES SHOW, Wallace Hall, Park Avenue at 84th Street. Today and tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: $10. Information: (212) 288-3588.

MANHATTAN VINTAGE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SHOW, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, Chelsea. Today, 1 to 8 p.m.; tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: $20. Information: (212) 691-7297.

EIGHTH AVENUE AUTUMN FESTIVAL, from 42nd to 57th Streets, Manhattan. Tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Midtown North Precinct Police Community Council.

P.S. 6 OCTOBERFEST 2005 AND STREET FAIR, East 82nd Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. Tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. With games, rides and food. Information: (212) 988-1029.

ANNUAL PRATT ART FAIR, Hall Street, between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Information: (718) 636-3600.

ART AND COMMERCE 2005 FESTIVAL OF EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS, Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Dock and Water Streets, Brooklyn. More than 100 works by 24 photographers. Tomorrow through Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS FAMILY EXPO, from 42nd to 56th Street, Manhattan. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Global Role Models.

ANNUAL BROADWAY FALL FESTIVAL, from 86th to 96th Streets. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the N.A.A.C.P. Mid-Manhattan branch and Symphony Space.

ANNUAL LATINO EXPO, Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway, at 45th Street, Times Square. With exhibitions, cooking demonstrations, a career fair and health screenings. Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Admission: $7; under 12, free. Information: (856) 779-3338.

FRIENDS OF WOODLAWN CEMETERY Sunday at 2 p.m., a free concert with musicians from the Juilliard School of Music, followed by a walking tour of gravesites of noted classical musicians; Webster Avenue and 233rd Street, the Bronx. Fees $10; 65+, $7; students and children, $5. Information: (718) 920-1470.

UPTOWN TREASURES, a day of exhibitions, performances and other activities at 10 cultural and historic institutions in Upper Manhattan. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participating are the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets; the Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park; Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, 4881 Broadway, at 204th Street; Hamilton Grange National Memorial, 287 Convent Avenue, at 141st Street, Hamilton Heights; the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park, Margaret Corbin Circle; High Bridge Water Tower, Highbridge Park, Amsterdam Avenue and 173rd Street; Hispanic Society of America, 613 West 155th Street; Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, Edgecomb Avenue at 160th Street; National Track and Field Hall of Fame, 216 Fort Washington Avenue; and St. Frances X. Cabrini Shrine, 701 Fort Washington Avenue, at 190th Street. Admission to all is free, except the Cloisters, which is by donation. A free shuttle bus will make stops along the way, beginning at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Information: (212) 696-7995 and (212) 368-5900 or www.uptowntreasures.org.

ANNUAL BRONX RIVER GOLDEN BALL FESTIVAL A cleanup of the shoreline and other activities, tomorrow, beginning at 9:15 a.m. with the launch of a golden ball at River Park, 180th Street and Boston Road, in the West Farms section. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., cleanup will go on at river sites from 174th to 227th Streets. A free arts festival, with music, dance and children's activities, will run from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bronx Zoo Mitsubishi Plaza at the Bronx River. Sponsored by the Bronx River Alliance, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Information: www.bronxriver.org.

'TASTE OF CHINATOWN,' Bowery to Baxter Streets, Canal to Worth Streets and Mott Street. With outdoor samplings of foods from restaurants and shops; $1 to $2 a dish. Tomorrow, 1 to 6 p.m. Presented by NYC & Company and local businesses and civic organizations. Information: www.explorechinatown.com.

DRAMATIC READING ABOARD THE PEKING, Pier 16, Lower Manhattan. A dramatic reading of Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s "Two Years Before the Mast." Tomorrow at 2 p.m. Sponsored by the South Street Seaport Museum. Included in admission: $8; students, $6; 5 to 12, $4; under 5, free. Information: (212) 748-8735.

BEDFORD DOWNING SIDEWALK SALE, Downing Street, between the Avenue of the Americas and Bedford Street, Greenwich Village. Tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Raindate, Sunday.

WEST FOURTH STREET FALL FESTIVAL, between the Avenue of the Americas and University Place, Greenwich Village. Tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Washington Square United Methodist Church.

'CLASSIC POSTERS OF FILMS FROM THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL,' Posteritati Gallery, 239 Center Street, Lower Manhattan. A display of vintage posters dating from 1963. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Through Nov. 6. Information: (212) 226-2207.

AUTUMN CRAFTS ON COLUMBUS, from 77th Street to 81st Street and 81st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Tomorrow and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the American Arts and Crafts Alliance.CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, at 112th Street, Morningside Heights. Saturdays at noon and 2 p.m., a climb to the top of the cathedral for a look at its stained-glass windows and a view of the surrounding area. Fee: $15; students, $10. Information: (212) 316-7490.

Recreation

New York City

NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS Sunday at 9:30 a.m., the Emerald Nuts Staten Island Half-Marathon, a 13.1-mile run, beginning on the access road of the Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Advance registration: $20; members, $14; 18 and younger and 62+, $10. Race-day fee: $30; $20 for members; $12 for 18 and younger and 62+. Information: (212) 860-4455; www.nyrrc.org.

MS BIKE TOUR, Lower Manhattan. Sunday, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the South Street Seaport and ending at Chelsea Piers, Pier 62 at West 24th Street; registration begins at 6:30 a.m. Tours from 30 to 100 miles, with the longest ride traveling as far north as Rockland County. Advance registration: $35. Race-day fee: $50. In addition, riders are asked for pledges of $50 for the 30-mile race, $75 for the 60-mile race and $100 for the 100-mile race. Sponsored by the New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Registration and information: (212) 463-9791; www.msnyc.org.

BIKE THE BIG APPLE Tomorrow at 10 a.m., "The Great Brew, View and Chocolate Bike Tour" visits a microbrewery and chocolate shop, with a ride over the Brooklyn Bridge. Fee: $59. All equipment provided. Reservations and meeting place: (877) 865-0078; bikethebigapple.com.