5pm: david byrne signs copies of his new double cd/dvd here lies love (special edition) at the moma design and book store. >>
5:30pm: megan smolenyak, chief genealogist for ancestry.com (and who do you think you are? author) teaches you how to use dna to trace your family roots. nypl stephen a. schwarzman bldg, free. >>
6pm: looks like the doctor who folks are in town for a bit. catch the cast when they appear at apple soho, free. get there early! >>
6:30pm: find out how mystery writers choose their settings, with lorenzo carcaterra, laura joh rowland, wallace stroby, others. moderated by peggy ehrhart. nypl mid-manhattan, free >>
7pm: environmental activist/author bill mckibben (1989's the end of nature) talks about his new book on saving the planet, eaarth: making a life on a tough new planet. b+n 82nd + bway, free >>
7-10pm: premiere party for new seasons of food party and dinner with the band with hosts andrew w.k., thu tran and sam mason. plus dj sets from au revoir simone, gators!, more. free munchies, beer and cocktails 7-8pm. santos party house, free. >>
7pm (thru 4/18): follow the actors of new york classical theatre as they perform hamlet, prince of denmark all around the world financial center. free >>
7:30pm: new and classic films featuring the great jazz singers billie holiday, nat king cole, anita o’day, sarah vaughan, ella fitzgerald, betty carter, peggy lee, nina simone and fats waller. tribeca pac, free. >>
7:30-9:30pm (every tues): the amateur astronomers association of new york brings stargazing back to the high line, free >>
8pm: chef will goldfarb and nyu chemist kent kirshenbaum break down the chemical elements of the things we love to eat at tonight's secret science club. bell house, free >>
8pm: the l magazine free screenings at brooklyn bowl continue with jimmy cliff in the harder they come (1972). $2 beer! free >>
8pm (every tues): tribute band previously on lost kicks off tonight's lost viewing party @ knitting factory, free >>
sales, deals, freebies
3-6pm: rego park's london lennie’s turns 50, celebrates by offering $1.50 fish and chips. plus, take 20% off other dishes (lobster rolls, sea scallops, etc.) thru 4/15. >>
thru 4/19: last chance $5 sale at urban outfitters >>
thru 4/25: buy one get one free at jamba juice (any drink) >>
save up to 65% on charles by charles david sandals, flats, pumps, wedges (starting at $26, reg $80) on 6pm.com >>
save 60-85% on home and garden magazines (dwell, ready made, better homes and gardens, more) >>
get free tickets to an anderson cooper 360 taping 4/22, 29, 5/6 at time warner center >>
win passes to a secret phoenix show 4/15 and a fujifilm finepix digital camera from spin mag (they want your address, but... it's phoenix!) >>
win free tickets to see snoop dogg's sold out show 4/19 at brooklyn bowl >>
win tickets to see glass ghost and kaki king 4/15 at mhow >>
what's the best brooklyn neighborhood for brokesters? >>
free itunes video: bbc's planet earth series, episode 1 >>
free mp3: the thermals 'now we can see' (+ enter to win free tix) >>
free mp3: cold cave 'life magazine' (+ win free tix) >>
