Idiotarod 2010 takes place today, or it doesn’t, according to organizers, whoever they are, someplace. Informed speculation here and here, maybe.
Saturday
5th international Sshh! (Same-sex hand holding) Saturday
Register for free afternoon and weekend swimming lessons from age 3 to adult at NYC Parks swimming pools
Coney Island marine mammal watch
Charlotte’s Web free at Inwood Park
Wheelchair basketball regionals, Flushing Meadow Park. Also, wheelchair tennis and sit volleyball clinic, Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center
Really, really cold stargazing in Inwood Park
Sunday
Peter Yarrow benefit at the Housing Works bookstore ($15)
Tu B’Shvat celebration at the Museum at Eldridge Street
Michael Jackson skating in Prospect Park ($5, $3 kids and seniors)
Jack Kerouac in Queens. Who knew.
Sesame Street Family Day at the King’s Highway Public Library
Winter Survival tips, Crotona Park
Winter hike, Staten Island
All Weekend
NYC Restaurant week starts today
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Annual Dance Concert & Pow-wow benefits native american students (adults $10, children under 12 $1)