Spring–and art–is in the air this week; get your arts and culture fix outdoors, on the rooftops, or in the streets.

City-wide
Frieze Art Fair New York
This annual NYC event, part of the international Frieze Art Fair, brings art lovers, dealers and artists together throughout the city. The main event is being held on Randall’s Island, but art fairs and other events are happening everywhere, including Verge (Greenwich Village), Pulse Art (Chelsea) and Parallax (Flatiron), to take advantage of the fact that spring–and art–is in the air.
Frieze Art Fair, May 10-13
Randall’s Island, Manhattan
Tickets: $42 and up, students $26

Times Square
INSIDE OUT New York City: The People’s Art Project Photo Booth
INSIDE OUT, the TED Prize-winning global project of French street artist JR, includes a photo booth truck installed amid the bustle of Times Square. Poster-sized images from the booth will be given to participants to paste in public spaces in their home community. Participate instantly and for free and put your best face forward. Over 80,000 portraits have been printed at INSIDE OUT photo booths around the world.
Daily through May 10, 12 noon-8PM; Midnight Moment nightly at 11:57 through May 31
Duffy Square, 46th Street at Broadway
Free

Upper East Side
41st Annual Kips Bay Show House
Every year, celebrated interior designers transform a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine furnishings, art, and technology, to benefit the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club.
May 7 - June 4, see site for hours and events
161 East 64th Street
Tickets: $35

Lower East Side
Eldridge Street After Hours: Egg Creams and Mah Jongg
Celebrate the culture and heritage of the Lower East Side, pick up some Mah Jongg skills and perfect your egg cream recipe at this new monthly event at the Eldridge Street Museum.
Thursday, May 9, 6:30PM – 9:30PM
12 Eldridge Street
$10

Rooftop Films: Frances Ha
Outdoor cinema experience Rooftop Films returns for another summer with the screening of a new offering by acclaimed filmmaker Noah Baumbach and starring indie ingenue Greta Gerwig. Baumbach and Gerwig will be in attendance for a Q and A after the screening. There will also be live music and an afterparty.
Saturday, May 11, 8PM
Open Road Rooftop, 350 Grand Street
Tickets: $13

Upper West Side
American Museum of Natural History Identification Day
No, it’s not about your driver’s license, but it’s a great opportunity to bring in your finds–shells, rocks, insects, feathers, etc.–and have scientists attempt to identify your discoveries while showing you some specimens from their own collections. Items identified in previous years have included a whale jawbone, a green beetle bracelet from Brazil, and a 5,000-year-old stone spear point from Morocco.
Saturday, May 11, Noon-4PM
AMNH, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, Central Park West at 79th Street