8:30am-2:30pm: victoria's secret celebrates the opening of their new soho pink boutique by giving out free cupcakes via the cupcake stop truck. today: in front of the soho store at b'way and prince >>
10am-4pm: visit exhibits and workshops on rooftop farming, community composting, more at brooklyn botanic garden's daylong 'making brooklyn bloom' conference. free with flyer >>
1pm: olde-tyme 'radio happy hour' show featuring indie rockers cursive and author arthur philips, lpr, $10 adv, $12 door >>
3-6pm: chocolate and booze tasting courtesy of bottlerocket and german chocolate maker chocri: mint, basil and pistachio dark chocolate paired with cabernet; bacon and pretzel chocolate with bourbon. mmm... free >>
7pm: preview screening of doc. on artist/inventor/engineer/composer gerhard trimpin (check out his 20-meter tower of automatic electric guitars). plus q+a w. director peter esmonde. 92yt, $12 >>
8pm (ends tonight): bessie-award winning choreographer david neumann's advanced beginner group presents 'big eater' @ the kitchen, $15 >>
8pm (ends tonight): 'a darwinian fairy tale in which monkeys and monsters beat the crap out of each other,' 'craven monkey and the mountain of fury' returns after selling out last year's fight fest. the brick, $12 >>
9pm-4am: dance the night away to funky 45's at new york night train's 3rd anniversary soul clap and dance off. soul record fair/swap, $2 sky vodka drinks 9pm. glasslands, $5 >>
10pm: it's your chance to throw down the rhymes at hip hop karaoke nyc's 4th annual tribute to the notorious b.i.g. at knitting factory. $5 with flyer >>
midnight: get your david lynch fix at landmark sunshine's screening of 'lost highway' (1997). $9.99 >>
sunday
various times + 3/21, 28: 2 best documentary nominees 'the most dangerous man in america: daniel ellsberg and the pentagon papers' and 'burma vj: reporting from a closed country' screen at leonard nimoy thalia, $11 ea. >>
11am: walking tours manhattan leads you on a stroll to 4 cupcake makers in chelsea and union sq. (cupcake cafe, aunt butchie's, billie's, amy's). $5 donation goes to food bank for new york city. pay-as-you-go. >>
1pm: enjoy scandinavian grub, drink specials (inc. aquavit/akvavit), and of course music as littlefield gives a sxsw send-off to scandi bands casiokids, the good the bad, spleen united and the megaphonic thrift. $5 >>
5pm: director atom egoyan discusses his new film, 'chloe,' starring liam neeson, julianne moore, and amanda seyfried. apple soho, free >>
3:30pm: find out just what fishes are sustainable to eat from the greenmarket folks. light local snacks and new york state wine will be served. 92yt, $10 >>
7pm: test your beer knowledge at brooklyn brew shop's trivia night at the double windsor. prizes include black + tan kits, brew mixes, more. >>
7:30pm: peruvian-based dream pop quartet resplandor shimmer @ union hall, $8 >>
7:30pm: catch marina and the diamonds at the bell house before the mainstream finds her, $12/15 >>
+ all weekend
racked shares their finds from the dolce + gabbana sample sale at metropolitan pavilion (continuing thru 3/14) >>
last chance: prospect park's wollman rink closes 3/14. $5 + $6.50 skate rental. (central park's rinks close 3/28 + 31) >>
11am-7pm: who says pure breeds are best? the brooklyn mutt show comes to the lyceum. $5 admission, $10 to enter your pooch. >>
thru 3/25: montgomery clift starred in the films of hitchcock, hawks, kazan, huston, stevens, among others. bamcinématek showcases 11 of his films. $12 >>
thru 3/27: exhibition of denis darzacq's photos of street dancers in gravity-defying moments (like this one) taken in french supermarkets. laurence miller gallery, free >>
thru 3/28: 'the soup show' addresses the question 'how far has the women's movement moved us?' whilst ny neo-futurists perform naked in and around a giant pot of self-made soup. here arts center, $18 (save $3 on shows thru 3/14 with code 'saysoup') >>
thru 4/4: artists take over a former convent for 4 weeks with screenings, workshops and performances. st. cecilia’s parish, greenpoint >>
thru 5/16: exhibit of original art by new yorker cartoonist and 'addams family' creator charles addams @ mcny, $10 >>
thru 5/31: get 2-4-1 admission to 7 museums (american folk art museum, asia society, jaqques marchais museum of tibetabn art, museum of chinese in america, the noguchi museum, rubin museum of art, studio museum in harlem) >>
thru 6/13: view over 130 prints of heroes and monsters from 19th-century japanese artist utagawa kuniyoshi, still influential to today's anime artists. japan society, free fridays 6-9pm (reg $12) >>
