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There's a chocolate, tea, coffee, and fancy dessert show. But this weekend is dedicated to cake.  My girlish figure aside, I love cake :) I am picky about cake, however. It has to be moist, not dry, and the frosting can't be pure sugar. It needs butter too. Billy's Bakery is my current go-to, and the cannoli filled cake at Veniero's is a rare but lovely treat.  If you haven't picked a

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Friday June 21, Make Music New York stages free concerts in public spaces throughout New York. Be sure to make time to see the one closest to you.  The website  has a handy menu organized by borough and neighborhood. Or if you are flexible on Friday, make a day of it and go somewhere you wouldn't normally go to enjoy new music (or old favorites). When:  June 21, 2013 Where:

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The rain backed off and just in time. The incredible BBQ feast is back! Stand in line or get a fast pass (WEll, too late for that now) and sample until the $$ runs out. Then listen to the music and watch the films. This is a fun event. When: June 8-9, 2013 11AM-6PM Where: Madison Square Park & surrounding blocks Website: http://www.bigapplebbq.org/

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The beautiful sounds of the Balkans (with Swedish and Norwegian thrown in) fill Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall tonight and tomorrow. Come early (7:30) on Friday to get a free dance workshop so you can move your body to music from all the Balkan states, plus Ukraine, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, and Turkey to name a few. If you love Klezmer or Greek music, you will have a great time! When:

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The Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival visits New York in a one-day, two-session pig celebration featuring local and visiting BBQ pitmasters. Come hungry! Tickets are available as of today but in very limited quantities, so pick your session (both-session tickets are sold out) and get your tickets. In addition to the main attraction, live Bluegrass Music and cigar-sampling (in a separate

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This morning in my inbox was a notice from Zipcar, the car sharing service that I have been a member of since 2002, when cars were finally parked within a mile of my building. The notice said that Zipcar was being  acquired by Avis Budget Group and directed me to the press release on their web site. You may notice the little Zipcar logo at the top left of this blog, and that's not a

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An impressive lineup of restaurants are contributing dishes to the 4th annual Latke Fest. Traditional latkes from East Village standard Veselka join contemporary interpretations from the likes of BAMCafe and Ditmas Park's The Farm on Adderley. It wouldn't be latkes without a complement of vodka, and luckily your ticket in includes wine, sodas and, yes, vodka as well. You must buy through the

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The headliner names have been sold out for this annual laugh fest, but you can still get into some of the lesser known, more local names. Nothing free, unfortunately, this is pretty establishment - nothing experimental. But market-tested means probably sure to please. When: November 8-11, 2012 Where: Venues around the City Website: http://www.nycomedyfestival.com

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If you hate Hershey's, can't stand Cadbury's and think Dove is weak, go to the Chocoloate Show this weekend. Some of the strongest chocolate I've ever tasted - no milk and little sugar here!  Plus some of the latest chocolate products make their debut - last year I saw Silly Cow Farms Hot Chocolate Mix, and this year it's all over Whole Foods! The quirky No Chewing Allowed also had some

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The Ancient Drama Festival is held under the auspices of the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, The Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York and New Greek TV. This unique festival is a celebration of the theatre community and citizen’s exploration of the relationship between today’s artist and audience with the ancient texts. The annual Festival boasts 12+

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United Solo is the world's largest solo theatre festival. . Highly experienced performers and untried new talents perform solo shows in many categories (e.g. storytelling, improv, stand-up, magic, puppetry, dance, multimedia, drama: tragedy or comedy). When: October 11-November 18, 2012 Where: Theater Row - 42nd Street, New York City Website: www.unitedsolo.org __,_._,___

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Ok, so not really a festival, but a celebration of something very specific: living by numbers means tracking as many measurables as possible. Tim Ferriss and J. Craig Venter are two speakers. The fact is that when you track things about yourself, you can improve a lot of things about yourself that seemed hard or impossible to do. Numbers are being pushed in a lot of frontiers, from fitness to

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The Feast gathers remarkable innovators from across industries to engage each other in creating world-shaking change.The Feast has hosted its annual conference since 2008 in New York City as well as in New Orleans during 2009. For 2012, The Feast is expanding its format to host the inaugural Social Innovation Week, a series of events in October including our flagship conference and two

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If you can't make it up to Sheep & Wool in Dutchess County this month, this first-ever fiber festival in Brooklyn will be a nice consolation. Artisans peddling their fiber-oriented wares, demonstrations and more. Knitters and crocheters (natch) will be joined by dyers, spinners, weavers and more. This is a first-year event and will sure to flesh out. There's quite a burgeoning

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Explore aspects of the beautiful cultures of the Native American Tribes at this day-long festival in Pelham Bay Park. Pelham Bay Park will host four hours of performances, exhibits, arts and crafts, delicious food, storytelling, nature programs, and more. When: September 23, 2012 12-4PM Where: South Picnic Area, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Website:  http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2012/09

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Hello all! It's me, Hanna, the crazy festival lover behind FestivalBuzz. I'd like you to join me online in another venue: Facebook The occasion is the Chase Community Giving grant drive. You've probably seen it before: you go on Facebook and vote for a charity. Here's where I come in: I am on the board of DANCEWAVE, a Brooklyn-based dance center with an innovative teaching style that exposes

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 Starting with a celebration parade and ending with a funeral procession, the NY Clown Theatre Festival features more than two dozen theatrical clown performances, a clown silent film night and clown cabaret performances, plus free talks on clowning's influence on society and mainstream show business. If you aren't familiar with classical clowning (think Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton,

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If you're out of town on Labor Day, be sure to come by the next weekend to see a stunning array and variety of art, usually in a very pleasant walk down University Place. FB found out recently that Jackson Pollack (one of our favorite painters) and William DeKooning provided the first inspiration for the outdoor exhibit.   When: September 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9 Canon SX40 HS 12MP 35X Optical

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Theater for the New City will present a lineup of wide-ranging and original theatrical visions embracing drama, poetry, music, and dance in the summer of 2012 from performing artists representing theater and performance companies in their theater complex in downtown New York. The Dream Up Festival is dedicated to new works from both performance groups and individuals. Plays, dance theater

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Four free shows of classical, chamber, choral and orchestral music, jazz and world are featured annually at the Washington Square Music Festival.  The festival is free and runs Tuesday through July. The first performance is July 10 at St. Joseph's Church on Sixth Avenue and Washington Place in Greenwich Village and features the Festival Chamber Orchestra and West Village Chorale

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Perhaps the next TONY winner will be found amongst this crop of 30 new musicals, debuting over 20 days starting July 9. Tickets ($25 per person) are still available to most musical performances. The festival also offers several free seminars as well as readings, workshops and concert performances. If you can't afford Broadway but want to see some great musical theater, this is a good place to

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 The famed name CBGB remains alive through this inaugural (hopefully annual) festival of music and rock-related documentary films shown July 5-8.  Passes to the musical showcase performances are still available at the latecomer price of $89 - a bargain if you can make 3-4. A free live performance will be staged in Times Square July 7. The film festival runs 2 days only (and one of them

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Advance tour tickets to participating boats have already sold out for this festival, but the free first-come first-served tours on Friday 3-6PM, Saturday 12-5PM and circus performances (tickets required) on Sunday still have space.  In addition, more than 100 boat-trip tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the North River Historic Ship Society tent on Pier

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The Improv crowd is a pretty wacky, hard-working while hard-partying crowd, as FestBuzz found out earlier this year in an introductory intensive. But this weekend the gloves REALLY come off as the Upright Citizens Brigade Del Close Memorial Improv Marathon goes off at 6 different venues in Chelsea and the East Village. You can literally see improv all night. The larger venues - SVA theaters

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A free event where dozens of artists open their homes, galleries, and studios for a self guided tour. Participating artists include individuals with well established and honored careers, as well as emerging artists, and all mediums will be represented: including painting, sculpture, photography, theater, dance, and much more. Information and tour maps will be available online a few days in

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