Suggestions for Your Rehearsal Dinner and Brunch

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THE MAVERICKS

BLOWOUT
Create a spectacle at the Museum of the Moving Image (35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria; 718-784-4520). Hold a catered dinner (from $195 per person) for up to 100 people among original movie costumes and murals of stars from the twenties and thirties. After dinner, host a screening of home videos of your family and your fiancé's, or show your favorite romantic comedy.
Brunch: Try a traditional Swedish smorgasbord at Aquavit (65 E. 55th St.; 212-307-7311) with wake-up shots of the Scandinavian liquor.

HIGH
Get rid of pre-wedding jitters by knocking down tenpins at Bowlmor Lanes (110 University Pl.; 212-255-8188). Reserve individual lanes (from $195 per lane), or rent out the place, including Pressure, the pool room and dance club upstairs. For dinner, choose from a preset menu or stick with an appetizer spread, including chicken empanadas and jalapeño poppers (from $35 per person).
Brunch: Sample Zak Pelaccio's Asian-inspired cuisine at 5 Ninth (5 Ninth Ave.; 212-929-9460).

MEDIUM
Enthusiastic roving waiters with long skewers of beef, pork, lamb, and chicken ensure that no plate is ever empty at Churrascaria Plataforma (316 W. 49th St.; 212-245-0505). Vegetarians, don't despair: Although this Brazilian rodizio restaurant specializes in meat, the buffet-style first course features vegetable dishes as well as pastas, casseroles, and even sushi (from $40 per person).
Brunch: Chinese dim sum and bubble tea at Sweet-n-Tart Restaurant (20 Mott St.; 212-964-0380) are sure to be a hit.

LOW
Tomorrow you'll be Queen for a Day, so let Sylvia Woods, the "Queen of Soul Food," take care of you tonight. Throw a barbecue feast at Sylvia's Also (328 Lenox Ave.; 212-996-0660), the party room for her famed restaurant. Menus can include southern favorites like barbecue chicken, fried catfish, black-eyed peas, and okra-and-tomato gumbo (from $40 per person). Live jazz, blues, or R&B can be arranged for an extra fee.
Brunch: Enjoy Bloody Marys and eggs at Chumley's, the historic West Village speakeasy (86 Bedford St.; 212-675-4449). online.