OK, it’s vaudeville and it’s silly, but your brain has probably had a rough couple of days. The Muppets Take Manhattan, all weekend at Symphony Space (Adults $11; Children $9; Members $8)
Saturday
It’s Always Fair Weather at the Film Forum — Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, gangsters, advertising and a truly evil parody of early reality TV. Worth it for the dance on roller skates or the tap dancing with garbage can lids. also, Some Like It Hot
Skateboard Culture in Native America at the National Museum of the American Indian
Three Kings Workshop Kids make epiphany costumes and crowns at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine ($5)
Storytelling at the Carrousel in Bryant Park
Stargazing in Inwood Park
Sunday
Ghostbikes Fifth Annual Memorial Ride and Walk in memory of pedestrians and bikers killed by cars. Meetups in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan
Winter Walking Tour, Fort Tryon Park
Free magic show at the Carrousel in Bryant Park
Siwanoy trail walk in the Bronx
View the Quadrantid meteor shower from Fort Totten
All Weekend
Pixar short subjects at the Museum of the Moving Image (suggested admission $7)
Free skating in Bryant Park
Try needlepoint, writing with quill pens and colonial games in Lefferts House