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By Pamela Skillings, About.com Guide to Manhattan, NY since 2005

Weekend Picks -- Run, Bike, and Play

Friday May 4, 2007
  • Tribeca Family Street Festival -- Take the kids downtown for a day of free entertainment, games, and outdoor fun. And don't forget to check out our listings for other NYC street fairs happening this weekend.


  • Tribeca Sports Saturday -- Get out and play with some of your favorite NYC professional sports stars at this free outdoor festival.


  • Revlon Run/Walk for Women -- Join 40,000 other New Yorkers for an empowering run/walk to raise money to fight and treat cancer.


  • Free Comic Book Day -- Stop by your local comic book shop for free copies of titles from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, TOKYOPOP, and many other publishers. Participating NYC stores include Forbidden Planet, Virgin Megastores, Cosmic Comics and plenty of others in all five boroughs.


  • Celebrate Cinco de Mayo -- Raise a toast in remembrance of one of the greatest battles in Mexican history on Cinco de Mayo.


  • Yankees vs. Mariners at Yankee Stadium -- There's nothing like a baseball game on a beautiful spring day. Get out and root, root, root for the home team as the Yankees battle the Seattle Mariners.


  • NYC Five-Boro Bike Tour -- Pedal your way through all five boroughs during this annual traffic-free bike event that starts in Battery Park and ends in Staten Island.

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