
- Come Together this Sunday for a live performance of the full Abbey Road album at the New Jersey Performing Art Center. [njpac.org]
- Take the kids to appreciate the gift of sight at the new Touch Tunnel exhibit opening at the Liberty Science Center today. [lsc.org]
- New York Fashion Week is off, Williamsburg Fashion Week is on. [williamsburgfashionweekend.com]
- Take a free self-defense class tonight at Urban Martial Arts in Brooklyn from 7-8pm. [urbandojo.com]
- Put your boots on and ride over to the Bell House’s Texas State Fair on Sunday for Lone Star State beer, ping pong, a DJ from Texas, and a $50 prize for the best belt buckle. [bellhouseny.com]
- Enjoy some comic relief and $3 Tecate’s at tonight’s Mic and Cheese event at the Creek & Cake. [creeklic.com]
- Go for a leisurely stroll (before the snow returns) with Wave Hill’s Garden & Conservatory Walk on Sunday. [wavehill.org]
- If it’s art, it’s not sketchy to see what other people put in their journals, so check out “The Sketchbook Project 2011″ beginning this Saturday at Brooklyn Art Library. [arthousecoop.com]
- Head to Boerum hill for Invisible Dog’s Species Soiree, featuring experimental art for an environmental-animal cause. [theinvisibledog.org]










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Allison was one of our first top writers and Chief Editor but is no longer working with offMetro. Allison is a native New Yorker, who has lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Toronto and Los Angeles. She frequently contributed travel pieces to Family Travel Forum, using her own children as guinea pigs as they travel the globe. She never missed a chance to sample local delicacies, as her love for travel goes hand-in-hand with her love for food and wine.
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