Caleb Ferguson for The New York Times Heritage Wines will host a series of free wine tastings this weekend.The Brooklyn Flea expands its empire with the debut on Friday of SmorgasBar, located on Front Street near Fulton Street at the South Street Seaport, to help the area’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Through October, various vendors will set up shop next to a bar — which serves beer, wines and spirits — located inside a shipping container. The hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. the rest of the week.
Heritage Wines, 237 DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, will host a series of free wine tastings this weekend featuring producers who grow grapes in regions with volcanic land. Wines form Greece, Italy and Hungary will be tasted on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
A Polish festival with food, music and family-friendly activities will take place rain or shine Saturday and Sunday at the German Masonic Park, 89 Western Highway in Tappan, N.Y. For the food, expect traditional fare like pierogies, stuffed cabbage, kielbasa and potato pancakes.
An Indonesian food bazaar, which takes place a few weekends throughout the summer, will be open on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside the Al-Hikmah Mosque, 48-01 31st Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Attendees can expect traditional dishes like nasi rawon and a variety of skewers.
In conjunction with the premiere this weekend of HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra,” a film about Liberace, an exhibit displaying the performer’s famed grand piano, the world’s largest rhinestone and other items from the Liberace Foundation will be on display at the Time Warner Center. In a nod to Liberace’s taste for only drinking sparkling wine in public, Moët & Chandon will also have a large Champagne tower on display for the celebration. The exhibit is open through Memorial Day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Brunch service begins at the recently opened Little Prince, 199 Prince Street in SoHo, on Saturday. The menu skews toward a French influence with dishes like a brioche pain perdu soaked in vanilla crème with berry compote and ricotta, croquet madame. The menu is available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
