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11 Things To Do In Manhattan Neighborhoods This Weekend

By DNAinfo Staff | February 18, 2016 6:14pm | Updated on February 19, 2016 7:49pm

 Enjoy five works from the City Ballet, including a newly commissioned piece, set to modern and post-modern music, this weekend.
Enjoy five works from the City Ballet, including a newly commissioned piece, set to modern and post-modern music, this weekend.
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All Weekend

Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair

Where: P.S. 3, 490 Hudson St., West Village
When: Friday 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday noon to 6 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m.

The Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair presents illustrated books, children's books, comics, first editions and art, photography and design books, as well as paper goods like maps, prints, old political fliers and other memorabilia at P.S. 3 this weekend for the 37th year running.

Blues, Swing, and Boogie Woogie

Where: Schimmel Center, 3 Spruce St., Downtown
When: 7:30 p.m.

A night of live blues, swing and boogie woogie piano, accompanied with performances from swing dancers and jazz vocalists, will happen at the Schimmel Center for the Arts. Tickets are $29.

Fragmented Reality

Where: Agora Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., Chelsea
When: Friday, Feb. 19 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Agora Gallery recently launched an exhibit called “Fragmented Reality,” which features artists who blend the abstract and the figurative to “reconstruct visions of reality while subverting the truth with notes of surrealism, abstraction, impressionism, iconography and other schools and disciplines that help artists make our world more.” The exhibit, which is open until March 3, features works from 20 artists.

Friday, February 19

Winter Film Awards Film Festival

Where: Cinema Village, 22 East 12th St., Greenwich Village
When: Screenings begin at 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.

The first day of this international indie film festival kicks off with three screening blocks, plus a free party from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Monarch Rooftop at 71 West 35th St. (Must be 21 or older).

Saturday, February 20

Union Square Sweat Fest

Where: Gibney Dance Studio, 890 Broadway at E. 19th St., Union Square
When: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Shake off the winter blues and kick off Union Square’s second annual fitness festival with a morning of high-intensity interval training, dance cardio and yoga.

Super Sabado: Carnaval

Where: El Museo Del Bario at 1230 Fifth Ave., East Harlem
When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Celebrate the Caribbean tradition of Carnaval with music, dance, and Dora the Explorer. Attendees will be able to explore new exhibits, create your own Carnaval mask, take a family tour of the museum and dance to live music.

Beatles Brunch

Where: B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 243 W. 42nd St., Times Square
When: 11 a.m.

Listen to Beatles songs performed by the cast of “Beatlemania!” while enjoying an all-you-can-eat buffet at the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill this Saturday. Tickets, which include the show and the brunch, are $44 in advance and $47 the day of the show.

21st Century Choreographers

Where: David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, Upper West Side
When: 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Enjoy five works from the City Ballet, including a newly commissioned piece, set to modern and post-modern music. Tickets start at $20.

Sunday, February 21

Vered and the Babes Concert

Where: The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., Upper East Side
When: 11:30 a.m.

"Doo-wop-esque" band, Vered and the Babes, will put on a concert for families at the museum, featuring funny, poignant and upbeat songs from their album “Good Morning My Love.” Tickets are $18 per person and $13 for children.

Music on Madison: Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute

Where: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave. at E. 73rd St., Upper East Side
When: 3 p.m.

Listen to renowned Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute play intricate piano pieces from Debussy, Fauré, Janáček and Robert Schumann.

Los Tres Grandes / The Three Leaders

Where: William Black Medical Research Building, 650 W. 168 St., Washington Heights
When: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Join State. Sen. Adriano Espaillat and Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez for a panel discussion on three of the most prominent political figures in the Dominican Republic: Joaquin Balaguer, Juan Bosch and Jose Peña Gomez. The event is open to the public.

These listings were compiled by DNAinfo's Manhattan reporters: Emily Frost, Gustavo Solis, Maya Rajamani, Noah Hurowitz, Danielle Tcholakian, Irene Plagianos, Carolina Pichardo and Shaye Weaver.