DON’T MISS!: GO FLY A KITE
Want to write a love letter to the springtime blue sky? You get a chance tomorrow at the annual Kite Making Workshop at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. There, families will first learn how to construct kites, then decorate them with words relating to the ideas of flying, freedom and community in a variety of languages.
“At the end of the three-hour workshop, these kites will be poems in sky,” says Shaun Leonardo, director of public programs at the park.
The event features a different culture each year: tomorrow’s highlights Caribbean traditions. Artist Miguel Luciano will demonstrate how to assemble Caribbean hexagon-shaped, bamboo-and-paper kites.
11th Annual Kite Making Workshop at Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Queens, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, free.
— Tim Donnelly
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WATCH IT!: WILL MAKE YOU FEEL ALL RIGHT
Still fresh and smart after 49 years, “A Hard Day’s Night’’ is an extraordinary debut feature starring The Beatles, who play slightly fictionalized versions of themselves over a 48-hour period in which they have to contend with fans, the press, an uptight TV producer (Victor Spinetti) and Paul’s crotchety grandfather (Wilfrid Brambell). Shot in six weeks in Britain by American director Richard Lester, this black-and-white sensation packed with songs was rushed into theaters three months after completion and became a worldwide smash — earning Oscar nods for its screenplay and music . It’s showing tomorrow and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue and 36th Street, Astoria. Info: movingimage.us.
— Lou Lumenick
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LISTEN UP!: WU-HOO!
It’s hard to stand out in a group as large, and as thick with talent, as hip-hop conglomerate the Wu-Tang Clan, but few question Ghostface Killah’s artistic supremacy, thanks to classic albums such as 1996’s “Ironman,” 2000’s “Supreme Clientele,” and 2006’s “Fishscale.” Ghostface’s newest album is both a departure and a logical next step. “Twelve Reasons to Die” is a song cycle about a Mafioso who tries to go it alone and meets his doom, and a collaboration with soundtrack composer Adrian Younge. And if the music isn’t enough, there’s also an accompanying six-issue comic-book series. Monday night at Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St.; 212-614-6932, venue.thegramercytheatre.com. Tickets are $27.
— Michaelangelo Matos
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GET A LOOK!: BEST BETTE
Can’t get tickets to see Bette Midler in her Broadway show “I’ll Eat You Last”? Get your Divine Miss M fix with the next best thing at Wednesday’s show “After Sandy: A Night of 1,000 Midlers” at Lips.
The evening features drag queens lip-syncing to Midler’s hits. Plus Staten Islander Donna Maxon, 52, who’s performed a tribute show to Midler off-Broadway, singing live with her chorus of bathhouse boys.
“Sometimes I’m asked if I am a drag queen,” she says. “To which I reply, ‘If I were, my hair and makeup would be way better.’ ”
Proceeds from the event, which includes a silent auction, benefit the New York Restoration Project, Midler’s nonprofit that restores city parks and open spaces — and is planting trees to replace ones toppled by Sandy. $150 to $200 (includes dinner and open bar), 8 p.m. at 227 E. 56th St.; 212-675-7710, 1000midlers.com.
— Gregory E. Miller
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CHECK IT OUT!: THE DEEP FRIEZE
The Frieze Art Fair — London’s bridge to contemporary art — is fast becoming a New York institution. The second annual NYC edition kicks off today with works from more than 180 art galleries from 32 countries splayed out along the waterfront and in a hangar-like building on Randalls Island. Featuring works in every medium, from film to performance art, the event will also resurrect FOOD, the artist-run restaurant from the 1970s, which artists and chefs will operate during the four-day fair. “Each day, a different artist does the food,” says Amanda Sharp, the London expat who’s helped bring the Frieze to NY. “They’re going to roast a suckling pig over the weekend.” The Frieze even has a hot dog: Paul McCarthy’s 80-foot-tall inflatable pooch, visible from the East River. Through Monday; tickets ($26 and up) and ferry details at friezenewyork.com.
— Barbara Hoffman
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