Cheap$kate: FREE events in NYC this weekend
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Bike Expo New York
Calling all cycling enthusiasts! Stop by Pier 36 along the East River this weekend for Bike New York's inaugural Bike Expo New York (BENY) presented by Eastern Mountain Sports. The event will feature more than 130 vendors, live performances, bike gear giveaways and FREE cycling classes for kids and adults. Stroll around to peruse goods from Raleigh America, Thule, Timbuk2, Primal Wear, Osprey, Viva Bicycles, Terry Bicycles and Nutcase, to name a few. The event will take place today through Saturday, giving you plenty of opportunities to pedal on over for some biking goodness. (Thursday, noon-9 p.m., tomorrow & Sat., 10 a.m.-8 p.m., FREE, Pier 36, Basketball City, East River at South St. and Montgomery St., bikenewyork.org/bike-expo-new-york)
Giveaways
Pop-Up Madria Sangria Fruit Stand with 'Bachelorette' Jillian Harris
Planning a Cinco de Mayo fiesta for this weekend and not sure where to start? Former "Bachelorette" Jillian Harris has you covered. The entertaining and design expert will be offering complimentary (read: FREE) Sangria Soiree Kits of fresh fruit, party glasses and tips on how to host a fiesta with Madria Sangria, a ready-made sangria, at her Pop-Up Madria Sangria Fruit Stand in Union Square today. Take a long lunch and stop by to nab one for yourself. (Thursday, noon-2 p.m., FREE, Union Square West between 14th and 15th sts.)
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
