Ready for the weekend? The city’s ready for you!

HAPPY THURSDAY! I’M ASSUMING EVERYBODY’S HAVING A WONDERFUL WEEK IN THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. SPRING IS HERE AND THE CITY IS ALWAYS FULL OF FUN THINGS TO DO. SO LET’S GET THIS WEEKEND STARTED :)

 
Keyboard Kid @ the New Museum

Keyboard Kid is performing tonight at the New Museum as part of the museum’s monthly series of performances. It’s called “Get Weird: Experimental and Freaky” and it happens once a month. This month, and tonight we’re lucky to see Keyboard Kid perform. He’s already well known for providing beats for rappers like Soulja Boy, Mista F.A.B., and Main Attrakionz.
COSTS: $10 New Museum Members, $12 General Public
LOCATION: New Museum (235 Bowery, at Prince Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets)
WHEN: Friday, March 23,2012  7:00pm
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APUTUMPU MUSIC FESTIVAL

Enjoy the music festivities for the whole weekend. The 4 day long music madness is starting TONIGHT. This is what My Social List has to say. “The Aputumpu Festival is a musical showcase featuring more than two-dozen rising bands comprising a cross-section of the burgeoning Brooklyn music scene. Much like the Amputumpu fruit – sweet on the inside, but rough on the outside – these bands exhibit raw, noisy, in-your-face performances, in contrast with the deep and often heartfelt sentiments expressed in their music. The bands’ rough, DIY aesthetic will be displayed over the course of four days, spread across some of the best venues in Williamsburg and Manhattan.”
COSTS: Tickets are maximum $10
SCHEDULE: Thu 3/22 8:00pm………..Shea Stadium (Bushwick)
Fri 3/23 7:30pm…………Public Assembly (Williamsburg)
Sat 3/24 7:30pm………..Cameo Art Gallery (Williamsburg)
Sun 3/25 10:00pm ……..(le)poisson rouge (West Village)
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FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER WITH A TWIST

Who said Friday night dinners have to be at a fancy restaurant? The Natural Gourmet Institute hosts Friday night dinners that are open to the public. The school transforms itself to a restaurant with flowers and candles and of course, food! Instructors and students serve a 3 course dinner and at the end of the dinner the public has a chance to ask the chefs questions on how they prepared the food. It’s fresh and really straight from the kitchen.
Here is the menu for tomorrow’s meal:
~Amuse Bouche ~
Olive Tapenade and Pine Nuts on Corn Pizzelle
~ Appetizer – 1st Course ~
Baby Arugula, Baby Oak Leaf Purple Radish Shoots, Salted Marcona Almonds
Thinly Shaved Manchego, Lemon Vinaigrette
Fried Baby Artichokes with Orange Thyme Aioli
Marinated & Pickled Vegetables
~ Entree – 2nd Course ~
Paella with Bomba and Short Grain Brown Rice, Sofrito,
Seitan Chorizo, Royal Trumpet Mushroom Scallops
Saffron Sauce
Capers
Spinach with Sun – Dried Tomatoes
~ Dessert – 3rd Course ~
Crème Catalana Brulee with Dark Chocolate
Fruit Compote with Spiced Rioja Sangria Sauce
WHERE: Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health
48 W. 21st St., 2nd fl. (near 5th ave)
PHONE: 212-645-1570
PRICE: $40
For more information and to make reservations