Watson Adventures’ Secrets of the East Village Scavenger Hunt August 1, 2009

Join Watson Adventures on a unique scavenger hunt for adults!

Uncover the radical roots of this racy neighborhood as you visit the haunts of Charlie Parker, Washington Irving, Andy Warhol, the Velvet Underground, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Abraham Lincoln, Lenny Bruce, Peter Stuyvesant, Carrie Bradshaw, Iggy Pop, W.H. Auden, Joey Ramone, Madonna and even Leon Trotsky and Dom DeLuise. Along the way, you’ll learn the answers to such questions as: What revolutionary ingredient did Peter Cooper’s wife add to his dessert? What’s left of the Filmore East? What eerie detail at a church foreshadowed the General Slocum disaster? What startling sight stirred the sawdust at McSorley’s in 1970? And what “cubist” wants you to remember the Alamo on Astor Place? Highlights include TV and movie locations, St. Mark’s Church, Tompkins Square Park, Indian restaurant row, hurly-burly St. Mark’s Place, the last remnant of the Fillmore East, the remains of the city’s most aristocratic neighborhoods, the scene of a notorious riot over Macbeth, and a mini Ukraine. Advance purchase required. Price: $19.50.

Advance purchase is required via http://www.watsonadventures.com. Questions? Call 877-9GO-HUNT.

Watson Adventures also offers scavenger hunts throughout the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, Grand Central, Little Italy/Chinatown, Greenwich Village and other locations throughout the city. Visit http://watsonadventures.com/schedule.html to see a complete list of scavenger hunts offered in New York. Public scavenger hunts are also available in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Watson Adventures also stages corporate and private scavenger hunts and team-building activities throughout the U.S.

Official Website: http://watsonadventures.com