This week brings a chance to discover treasured antiques, a classic kids’ tale with a new voice, some modern career insight and a whole lot o’ green.

West Midtown

The Pier Antiques Show
The springtime version of this antique lover’s mecca will include favorites like Fashion Alley and Book Alley, a special section of antiquarian, art and collectible books, prints and ephemera. Expect celebrity sightings and plenty of fabulous finds from 500 exhibitors and visitors from around the world.
March 16-17, 10AM - 6PM
Pier 94, 12th Avenue at 55th Street
Admission: $15

Upper East Side

St. Patrick’s Day Parade
This annual wearin o’the green is said to be NYC’s biggest and oldest parade, having started in 1762, but it most definitely isn’t the soberest. Before/during/after the march up Fifth Avenue, the city’s pubs and surrounding streets are acrawl with revelers long into the night. The parade heads up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street, past the American Irish Historical Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd Street to end at 86th Street.
Saturday, March 16, 11AM

Castle and Its Kingdom Tour in Central Park
Visit the 55-acre grounds dominated by Belvedere Castle high on Vista Rock on this eclectic tour of history and nature.
Friday, March 15, 12:30PM-1:30PM
Belvedere Castle in Central Park, Mid-park about 79th Street
Free

Lincoln Center

Tubby the Tuba Narrated by Patti Smith
The National Book Award-winning author, rock musician, photographer, poet and 70s scene queen uses her ageless creativity to inspire kids with this classic musical tale.
Saturday, March 16, 11PM and 1PM
Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, corner of Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street
Tickets: $15 and up

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Shostakovich Cycle
Written over the course of his career, Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets serve as both biography and reflections on life behind the iron curtain.The fiery Jerusalem Quartet performs the complete cycle in four concerts.
Sunday, March 17, 5PM
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, 1941 Broadway
Tickets from $35

Union Square

Women, Work and the Will to Lead: Sheryl Sandberg/Chelsea Clinton at Barnes & Noble
Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg talks about women in leadership roles in business with Chelsea Clinton at this in-store author event.
Tuesday, March 12, 6:30PM
Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th Street

East Village

PEN America Big Umbrella Reading Series
Join PEN staff and members for the March edition of this nonfiction reading series featuring readings from award-winning writers Andre Aciman, Siddhartha Deb, Kathryn Harrison, and Reif Larsen.
Tuesday, March 12, 8PM
2A, 25 Avenue A
$Free