Rare Weekend 3.1.07

Welcome to March Madness.

CRASH
The city’s next cool club is in Midtown (yes, Midtown). Arena, formerly home to a burlesque club, features New York’s most extensive programmable LED that brilliantly illuminates the trompe de l’oeil chandelier ceiling and two 46-foot HD projection screens.

Susan Bartsch and Kenny Kenny kick off their new weekly party, KINO 41, tonight (3/1) at 10:30 p.m.

Arena, 135 West 41st Street (between 6th Avenue and Broadway), (212) 278-0988, arenanyc.net

EAT
Sushi and sake, your two favorite Japanese food groups, are paired for dinner at Sumile Sushi. Chef Josh DeChellis and sushi chef Toshio Oguma have created three different multiple-course dinners to be complemented with a set of six different sakes. Monday (3/5) and (3/12) at 7 p.m., Tuesday (3/13) at 6:30 p.m. $55 per person.

Sumile Sushi, 154 West 13th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), (212) 989-7699, sumile.com

SHOP
Quite possibly the best thing you could ever hear: Hermes sample sale! You won’t score her a Birkin bag, but ties and ready-to-wear are significantly reduced. Today (3/1) from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m, Friday (3/2) 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Saturday (3/3) 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Metropolitan Pavilion, 123 West 18th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), metropolitanevents.com

Samples from Sir Paul Smith are up to 75% off. Today (3/1), 11a.m. - 7 p.m. and Friday (3/2) & Saturday (3/3), 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Paul Smith Sample Sale, Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue (at 16th Street)

REPAIR
You drank too much (again) and lost your keys (again). Luckily, you knew this would happen so you called NewYourKey in advance and paid them $30 to keep your keep your keys safe. For $20 extra, they delivered your keys right to your door, and now you just have to figure out… how do you get up those stairs when you’re trashed?

NewYourKey, (800) 253-0123, newyourkey.com