Weekend Picks -- Bubbles, Comic Books, and Documentaries
Friday January 19, 2007
- The Gazillion Bubble Show -- Fan Yang has made an art form out of blowing bubbles. He has set 12 Guinness World Records for bubble-blowing, toured the talk show circuit, and enclosed Ashton Kutcher in a giant bubble. Yang's bubble extravaganza, The Gazillion Bubble Show, is playing through January 23rd at New World Stages and makes for a unique night of entertainment for kids and grown-ups.
The Gazillion Bubble Show, New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, 212-239-6200. - Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Sci-Fi Expo -- The Big Apple Con is the place to be this weekend for comics and toy collectors and pop culture aficionados. Admission is free and celebrity guests will include Soupy Sales, Ron Palillo (Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter), Joyce Randolph (The Honeymooners), King Kong Bundy (WWF wrestler), and many other artists, authors, and pop culture icons. The event runs from 1PM-8PM on Friday and 10AM-7PM on Saturday.
Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Sci-Fi Expo, 401 Seventh Avenue at 33rd Street, directly across from Madison Square Garden, 201-861-1414. - Explorers Club Documentary Film Festival -- Join the intrepid members of the Explorers Club to screen adventurous documentaries including Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History, Queen Of Trees, The Dolphin Defender, and Volcanoes of the Deep Sea. Tickets to individual screenings are $25 and an all-day pass is $65.
Explorers Club Documentary Film Festival, 46 East 70th Street between Madison and Park Avenues, Buy tickets online
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