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EVENT: Finding yourself pinching some pennies these days? Broke-Ass Stuart (aka Stuart Schuffman) is in town to save the day. Join him tonight "as he reads from his book Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York City. After a signing and Q&A, he’ll lead a walking tour of McNally-Jackson’s neighborhood, pointing out deals and highlights as he goes." The tour will likely end at a bar, so save some coin for that!

Friday // 8 p.m. // McNally-Jackson Books [52 Prince St] // Free

LECTURE: Speaking of drinking too much, come celebrate Edgar Allen Poe tonight. There will be a lecture and book signing by Richard Kopley, Poe scholar and author of Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries. And there's gonna be a Special 200th Birthday Celebration for Poe that will follow the lecture. More info here.

Friday // 6 p.m. // NYU School of Law [245 Sullivan St, Furman Hall, Rm 216] // Free

BEER: Drink away your "it's snowing on the first day of Spring" blues at the 3rd annual Chelsea Brewery Cask Ale Festival. There will be 45 rare cask conditioned ales on tap, and while there's no cover charge, you'll have to pay as you go.

All Weekend // Noon to Midnight // Chelsea Brewery Company [Pier 59] // Free

MUSIC: Good news, Heloise & the Savoir Faire weren't going to be playing another local show for quite some time, but they snuck one more in there! Tonight check out the glitterati dance like mad to the band's sweet Solid Gold rock.

Friday // Highline Ballroom [431 West 16th St] // $15

MUSIC: Sure, Paul Simon usually gets all the spotlight, but not this weekend, and not on Staten Island! This Saturday "sit back and enjoy an evening with the legendary Art Garfunkel, adored for his Grammy-winning and chart topping songs and albums, at the historic St. George Theatre."

Saturday // 8 p.m. // St. George Theatre [35 Hyatt St,Staten Island] // $25-75

THEATER: An abandoned Liz Claiborne store down at the South Street Seaport seems a fitting location for a current revival of Moliere's Tartuffe, which sets the story of a con artist who swindles a rich family in Depression-era New York City. Produced by Dog Run Rep, this Tartuffe features a new adaptation (still in verse and rhyming couplets) that emphasizes a "particularly American idiom, transposing Moliere's social satire to its American equivalent." Martin Denton raves, "Even while it reminds us that greed is hardly a new phenomenon, this Tartuffe is so entertaining that it provides a welcome respite from the modern-day Tartuffes who seem constantly to be among us. It is, in every way, a breath of spring air in these waning days of winter." — John Del Signore

Saturday // 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. // @Seaport [210 Front St] // $18

EVENT: It may look like winter outside, but Galapagos is hosting a springtime floating kabarette this Saturday! Emceed by Bjorn and Olga, there will be ton of acts on hand to dazzle you, including aerielist Lisa Natoli and six rococo revelers from 1770 Paris in powdered wigs and finery beautiful springtime burlesque! More info here.

Saturday // 9 p.m. // Galapagos [16 Main St, DUMBO] // Free

FOOD/DRINK: Four Greenpoint bars will join forces on Sunday to fatten your ass. The "Great Greenpoint Mac Off" is a free mac 'n cheese pub crawl and cooking competition that kicks off at Greenpoint Avenue bar Red Star, where chef John Manzo will dish out his joint's mac o' the day. From there, the mac-ing proceeds to The Habitat on Manhattan, then across the street to The Mark Bar, where Chef Michael Diprima of Lamb and Jaffee will unleash his mac attack. It all climaxes at Franklin Street's t.b.d., where a panel of judges including New York Shitty's Miss Heather will declare a winner. But really, with a belly full of warm mac and booze, we expect everyone to feel like a champion. — John Del Signore

Sunday // 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. // Various Greenpoint Bars // Free