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6 Things for You to Do in New York City This Weekend

By Daniel Jumpertz | November 13, 2014 7:51pm | Updated on November 14, 2014 4:34pm
 A Moby Dick marathon and the Annual Holiday train show on offer this weekend.
6 Things for You to Do in New York City's Neighborhoods This Weekend
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Friday, November 14
Young actors Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson talk with Dave Itzkoff about their work in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Broadway show, Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth.” Part of the Times Talks series of conversations. From 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. at The Times Center, 242 W. 41st St., Midtown. $40.

Celebrating the anniversary of the publication in 1851 of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale,” the biennial New York City three-day marathon reading of the classic kicks off Friday. Thirty readers, including many actors, writers and performers, plough through chapters 1-30 this evening from 6 p.m. at the Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th St., Midtown, continuing Saturday for 13 hours straight from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the South Street Seaport Museum, and on Sunday, November 16 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. The entire marathon is free, and more info can be found at mobydickmarathonnyc.org.

Saturday, November 15
Believe Out Loud — the online Christian network advancing global LGBT equality — is hosting the New York City debut of Level Ground, the world’s first faith-based LGBT festival, at the Marble Collegiate Church and Middle Collegiate Church over this weekend. Events, including a screening of documentary, “Paris Is Burning” begin on Friday and continue Saturday at 11 a.m. with “On Gender Conformity and Dialogue,” a mixed media program including short films and live performances at Marble Collegiate at 1 W. 29th St., Midtown.

Brooklyn Children’s Museum was the first museum created for children when it was founded in 1899. Its continued success has sparked the creation of more than 300 children’s museums around the world. There is a full roster of activities planned for the day, with workshops on Native American Art, performances and storytelling activities running from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Open Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Brower Park, 145 Brooklyn Ave., Brooklyn. $9.

Sunday, November 16
What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones” an exhibition currently showing at the Museum Of Moving Image, features 23 of Chuck Jones’s animated films, interactive experiences, and 134 original sketches and drawings, storyboards, production backgrounds, animation cells, and photographs. All demonstrate how Jones and his collaborators worked together to create some of the greatest cartoons and characters ever made, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Pepé Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote, and the Road Runner. From 11:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, Queens. $12.  

Opening Sunday, the Annual Holiday Train Show features Metro-North, New York Central and subway trains departing from a miniature Grand Central Terminal. Vintage Lionel trains from the Museum’s collection and 1930s advertisements will also be on display. New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store, Grand Central Terminal, Shuttle Passage, adjacent to the Stationmaster’s Office. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., free.