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Five things to do today
Sun May 29
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NightlifeOh! You Pretty Things: The New RomanticsMichael T, Benjamin Ickies, Twig the Wonderkid and Shien Lee salute the New Romantic movement of the late '70s and early '80s at Le Poisson Rouge.
Food & DrinkRego Park--Corona Special NoshwalkThis approximately four-hour walking-and-eating tour will take you through Queens' Central Asian cuisines.
BarsBrewers PicNycGovernors Island begins the 2011 season with this two-day picnic to benefit Added Value, a sustainable farm on the island.
Museums"Frogs: A Chorus of Colors"AMNH gathers more than 200 frogs for this exhibit on the amphibious animals.
EventWalt Whitman's New York walking tourTo mark the writer's 192nd birthday, tour guide Francis Morrone will lead this walk through Whitman's former stomping grounds in Greenwich Village.
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Tonight's best parties and nightlife events
Sat May 28
Fort Greene Fest Kickoff Party: Q-TipAs part of the lead-up to the big Fort Greene Festival, Q-Tip—the former Tribe Called Quest mike-grabber—mans the decks alongside an as-yet-unamed special guest for a night of funk, soul, hip-hop and classics at Sanders Studios.
Dark Room Two-Year AnniversaryThis party is a salute to low-end culture with the focus on dubstep; for the birthday bash, the team is kicking it up a notch by taking control of Music Hall of Williamsburg.
I Love Vinyl Two-Year AnniversaryHalcyon, Raw Fusion, Great Weekend, Fusicology and Wax Poetics team up to present an all-star array of locals spinning soul, disco, boogie material, house, Italo sounds, electro and plenty more in Le Poisson Rouge's Gallery Bar.
Tonight's best free party:
Coney Island Dancers Boardwalk Party The Coney Island Dancers are back on the boardwalk (near the 10th Street entrance) for their annual series of parties, with veteran NYC DJs spinning soulful house and classics.
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Five things to do today
Sat May 28
Cielo Photograph: Michael Alexander
NightlifeParadizo: Willie Graff's Off to Ibiza PartyCielo's go-to spinner, Willie Graff, takes the helm at the ever-lovely club for an evening of top-shelf deep- and tech-house tunes.
Things to doTime's Up Graffiti RideSurvey the street art scene in Williamsburg and Bushwick, while peddling along Brooklyn streets.
Food & DrinkClam BakePier 9 is bringing the New England clambake tradition to NYC with this new weekend special—sit down to eat a bucket of fresh seafood for two.
EventItalians of the South Village tourTour guide Joyce Gold takes you through the vestiges of Greenwich Village's former Italian-American enclave.
MusicFort Greene Festival Kickoff SeriesQ-Tip, who will be accompanied by a surprise guest DJ, begins counting down to the third annual free Fort Greene Festival, with this bash at Sanders Studios.
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Photos: Governors Island opening day
Sat May 28
Governors Island opening day Photograph: Donald Yip
It's Memorial Day weekend! Yay! We're sure that you've already consulted our handy guide of things to do over the holiday, which should meet all of your drinking, eating and partying needs for the next three days. Our plan? We're heading out to Governors Island this weekend to take in all of the cool stuff on view—check out these photos from Friday, the island's opening day for its 2011 season, which feature Figment's new Burble Bup Pavilion (possibly still under construction) and its 14-hole, insect-themed minigolf course. Good times.
Your $30 Saturday: East Village
Sat May 28
!["Mars Bar [25 E 1st St at Second Ave, 212-473-9842] has cheap drinks and great people, and it's always loud and noisy. The jukebox has a lot of classic rock, rockabilly, old punk and metal, and Tom Waits."---Chris Grearson, 24, body piercer, Midtown East](http://media.timeout.com/images/100067125/660/370/image.jpg)
"Mars Bar [25 E 1st St at Second Ave, 212-473-9842] has cheap drinks and great people, and it's always loud and noisy. The jukebox has a lot of classic rock, rockabilly, old punk and metal, and Tom Waits."---Chris Grearson, 24, body piercer, Midtown East
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Let's start it off right: with a belly full of I-can't-believe-it's-vegetarian food at Kate's Joint (58 Ave B at 4th St, 212-777-7059). The Huevos Rancheros ($7.95) with a choice of eggs any style or tofu scramble gathers all the food groups on one plate, and is delicious to boot. Next, walk ten minutes to the 16th Annual Lower East Side Festival for the Arts (free), a celebration of the LES's creative talent. Check out the street festival on East 10th Street before heading into the Theater for the New City for films and performances.
Afterward, walk another ten minutes to the soon-to-be-shuttered Mars Bar. The legendary dive bar will apparently reopen once planned construction on the site is completed, but you had better have an extra beer just in case (two beers $10). When you're nice and loose, skip next door to Anthology Film Archives and settle in for Migrating Forms ($10), a spin-off of the now defunct New York Underground Film Festival. There are...
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