cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► thru sun: 46th annual thunderbird american indian powwow: queens county farm museum. $19 admission supports thunderbird american indian dancers scholarship fund and the queens county farm museum education program. >>

► thru sun: 115th annual st. ann’s feast (fka st. ann italian festival): 7th + jefferson streets (hoboken). >>

► fri 8-11:30pm (+ 8/15): chinatown night market’s final season: forsyth plaza. >>

► sat 11am-5pm: wax + stacks: brooklyn flea record fair: new york public library for the performing arts (uws). >>

► sponsored: sat 1-4:30pm, 6-9:30pm: brooklyn summer beer wine + spirits fest: brooklyn navy yard building 77 waterfront promenade. save 40% on advance tickets with promo code ‘skint’ >>

► sat 1:30-7pm (art crawls 1:30pm + 4pm, block party 1-7pm): 12th annual stoops summer festival: stuyvesant ave + decatur st (bed-stuy). >>

► sat 2-8pm: yard mart print camp: open air artisan market + screen printing workshop: nowadays (ridgewood ). >>

► sat 2-7pm: ninth annual kingsland wildflowers festival: kingsland wildflowers green roof + community engagement center (greenpoint). >>

► sat + sun (11am-6pm): fad market: summer pop-up: st. paul’s church (boerum hill/cobble hill). >>

► sat + sun (12-7pm): african pop-up festival: summer edition: hillel plaza at flatbush/nostrand. >>

► sun 12-6pm: ballet folklórico mexicano de nueva york’s 13th annual guelaguetza festival: socrates sculpture park (lic). >>

sponsored

The Brooklyn Summer Beer Wine And Spirits Fest returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Waterfront Promenade on Saturday, July 26 with more than 100 styles of beer, wine, and sprits from producers near and far! It’s the perfect chance to hang with friends and chat with brewers, sommeliers, and master distillers about the craft behind your next favorite go-to pours.

Guests can enjoy unlimited samples for the entire session, along with live entertainment, interactive games, and access to food available for purchase from Chavas Empanadas, Mozzarepas, and Taste of Poland.

Tickets include unlimited tastings and a souvenir tasting glass.

Special offer for the skint readers:
Save 40% on advance tickets with promo code SKINT
GET TICKETS NOW!

Brooklyn Summer Beer Wine & Spirits Fest
Saturday, July 26
Session Times:
Session 1: 1pm – 4:30pm
Session 2: 6pm – 9:30pm

Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77 Waterfront Promenade
141 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

21+ Only

friday

thru 7/31: gene hackman: a week with the gene genie: film at lincoln center presents a week-long tribute to some of gene hackman’s most iconic performances. the series highlights 18-films (with 15 shown on 35mm), including hoosiers, mississippi burning, the conversation, the french connection, the poseidon adventure, the royal tenenbaums, young frankenstein, and more. >>

sponsored: thru sun: get insider access to the city’s best secrets this weekend with new york adventure club! go inside wassonartistry, maker of medieval european weapons and armor, for a private tour and demonstration; go behind the scenes at eclectic props—nyc’s largest film + tv prop company; attend an exclusive 78rpm listening session inside a hidden flatiron jazz den; explore greenwich village and visit the iconic hangouts of beat generation legends; take a walk through the history of the brooklyn bridge and dumbo with a licensed tour guide; enjoy the vip equestrian polo experience at meadowbrook polo club in bethpage park; and much more this weekend and beyond with new york adventure club! >>

thru sun (various dates thru 8/9): lincoln center’s fourth annual summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual arts festival brings two months of free and choose-what-you-pay music concerts, performances, dance parties, film screenings, and more to its upper west side campus. this weekend: social dance with las karamba (fri 6:30pm), silent films with live musical scores (fri 7pm), a silent disco with mj nebreda (fri 10pm), the brooklyn flea record fair at the library for the performing arts (sat 11am-5pm), shanghai day programming featuring an artisan market, street dancing, concerts, a film screening, a silent disco, and more (sat 4-11pm), j.period live mixtape featuring the pharcyde and arrested development (sun 7:30pm), a silent disco with dj perly (sun 9pm), and more. >>

sponsored: fri + sat: flop house comedy club: nyc’s friendliest indie comedy club—with great comics, a cozy atmosphere, and no drink minimums—has some incredible lineups this weekend! save 33% with promo code ‘skint’ for any of these shows: at 362 grand street in williamsburg – tatiana frank, jordan scott huggins, carmen lagala, dina hashem (friday 8pm); mia wilson, naomi karavani, talib babb (saturday 8pm); mia wilson, bassam shawl, sabeen sadiq (saturday 9:30pm); at 83 1st ave in the east village – sam kochman, dan toomey, demetrius fields (saturday 8:30pm); chris reiter, molly brenner, dan toomey (saturday 10pm). food and drinks will be available for purchase. >>

fri various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
a good person at highbridge park (washington heights) >>
paddington in peru at bensonhurst park (brooklyn) >>
the abyss at the intrepid musesum’s flight deck (hell’s kitchen) >>
the wild robot at southpoint park (roosevelt island) >>

fri 4-10pm (fridays thru 8/22): warm up 2025: kick off your summer weekends at moma ps1’s warm up, the popular outdoor music series spotlighting underground and emerging electronic talent from around the world. dance in ps1’s open-air courtyard, featuring yto barrada’s installation le grand soir, and explore the museum’s exhibitions until late. tonight: sarz, dj q, john glacier, and tati au miel. moma ps1 (lic) $25+ general, $20+ students. >>

fri 6pm (+ 8/8): sounds at sunset: brooklyn bridge park’s intimate outdoor music series returns for four nights this season. tonight: brooklyn americana music festival presents lauren housley + the northern cowboys, jan bell + the maybelles, rams motnero with tiger orchid. free admission. >>

fri 6-8pm (+ 8/22, 9/26): intrepid museum’s free friday with astronomy night: the intrepid museum extends its hours for a series of free evenings featuring talks from astronauts, engineers, and scientists, plus film screenings, and activities and demos led by museum educators. >>

sponsored: fri 7pm: scrappy reading series: five emerging and established writers explore what it means to be ‘scrappy’—in their writing lives, personal lives, love lives, and any other type of life they’re living—at the scrappy reading series. held at compère collective in red hook, the evening features writers sienna liu, emily j. smith, brian gresko, sarah kasbeer, and g.m. palmer, plus openness, an exhibit by local artist lisett clark-dziedzic, on view in the gallery. drinks and snacks will be served. free admission. >>

fri 7pm: poets house’s summer nights: poetry meets music outdoors at the second installment of poets house’s summer nights. hosted by urayoán noel at the pavillion in rockefeller park (battery park city), tonight’s event features performers include tongo eisen-martin, latasha n. nevada diggs, and 79.5. free admission. >>

fri 7pm + 10pm: abolish everything: a fast-paced, low-stakes comedy debate show: comedians roast their pet peeves, a panel of improvisers grills them with questions, and the audience decides what gets abolished. hosted by chandler dean (the new yorker, mcsweeney’s). tonight’s shows will be taped for nebula. $15.67 with promo code ‘abolishtheskint’ (reg. $26+) >>

fri 7pm: bryant park picnic performances: new york guitar festival presents: bryant park’s annual summer performance series is back with 25 evenings of free live music, theater, and dance in the heart of midtown. bring your own picnic or purchase food and drinks from on-site vendors. blankets and bistro chairs are provided for use. next up: carnegie hall’s citywide series presents jazz vocalist cécile mclorin salvant, a three-time grammy award winner and macarthur fellow. >>

ri 7pm-midnight: jazz + gin: speakeasy soirée: hot jazz, dancing, and cocktails await at prohibition productions’ speakeasy soirée, held in a former 1920s brooklyn speakeasy—now an art nouveau salon. the evening features live music by eyal vilner hot five and adrien chevalier, dj sets by dj andrius, and more, plus a free swing dance lesson (at 8:30pm). the urbane arts club (ditmas park), $20 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $25-30). >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include katrina davis, dean david, marty cunnie, ben katzner, dom grayer, and caroline hanes. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 8:30pm: brass meets world: dance and sing along to brass covers of your favorite 80s, 90s, and 00s hits performed by brass meets world, an eight-piece brass band, at lower east side game bar sour mouse. free admission. >>

fri 9:30pm: group chat approved: a live dating show: watch as three contestants compete in a series of raunchy and flirty games to win a date with an eligible single. the twist? their friends have the final say on who gets the match. a singles mix-and-mingle will follow the show. flop house comedy club (williamsburg). $10. >>

fri 10pm: dungeons and comics: roll for performance: dungeon master nonye brown-west leads a band of brave comics through a dungeons and dragons-inspired comedy show, where the roll of the dice decides what happens next. featuring usama siddiquee, vannessa jackson, kendra cunningham, avery mason, and andy ward. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 door. >>

saturday

sat + sun 5pm doors (thru 8/17): rise up nyc: the rise up nyc summer concert series returns with 10 free outdoor concerts across the five boroughs. this weekend’s staten island edition features lisa lisa, cece peniston, brenda k. starr, and rob base (sat), and stevie b., doug e. fresh, and frankie cutlass (sun) at midland beach. >>

sat + sun (sat 5-10pm, sun 6-10pm): summerstage: summerstage presents a pair of free outdoor shows this weekend: nems presents: gorillafest featuring busta rhymes, onyx, m.o.p, dj drewski + friends, scram jones, statik selektah, and dj perly at coney island amphitheater (saturday), and femi kuti + the positive force, dead prez, elida almeida, rich medina, and alhanislam at rumsey playfield in central park (sunday). >>

sat + sun 6pm (+ 8/2-3): shakespeare in the garden: stag + lion theatre co. presents their take on shakepeare’s as you like it in west side community garden’s floral setting. free admission. >>

sat various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
moana 2 at poor richard’s playground (east harlem) >>
selena y los dinos at brooklyn army terminal (sunset park) >>
the fire inside at kaiser park (coney island) >>

sat 7am-3pm (saturdays thru 8/23): nyc summer streets festival:the annual summer streets festival turns nyc into a car-free playground, with over 400 blocks open for walking, running, biking, and exploring across five saturdays. enjoy free performances, fitness classes, kids’ activities, and more. today: queens (long island city and astoria) and staten island. >>

sat 4pm: modern whitney: where comedians interpret art: a panel of comedians give their own unique takes on interpreting a piece of art—before a professional expert swoops in to set the record straight. caveat (les), $14.64 with promo code ‘pollock’ (reg. $20-23) >>

sat 5pm: relationsh*t: storytelling about all kinds of relationships and live, on-stage therapy from actual therapists collide at lynn bixenspan and morgan pielli’s relationsh*t show. q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>

sat 6pm doors (various dates thru 8/16): 47th annual bric celebrate brooklyn! festival: new york city’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival returns to prospect park’s lena horne bandshell for two months. tonight: a tribute to quincy jones: the wiz. >>

sat 7:30pm: open to work: an unemployed comedy show: laugh at linkedin, layoffs, and late-stage-capitalism at amanda melhuish and cat montesi’s open to work comedy show. tonight’s lineup includes vannessa jackson (snl), reid pope (going down with ella yurman), melissa rocha (vulture), justin lobasso (the daily show), and matt somerstein. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10. >>

sat 8pm: bad movies and brews: fantastic four: sip a cold one and revel in roger corman’s infamously bad take on marvel’s first family — just in time for the new fantastic four hitting theaters — at wild east brewing (gowanus). food will be available for purchase from pizzabagel, and outside food is welcome too. free admission. >>

sat 8pm: pataphysics audiovisual concert series: sink into a multi-sensory scene at the latest installment of delight factory’s bi-monthly pataphysics audiovisual concert series, pairing ambient and downtempo music and visuals by ezekiel honig, todd polenberg, joshue ott, and r. luke dubois. delight factory (ocean hill), $20. >>

sat 8:30pm: ucblk: a variety show spotlighting black performers: join hosts justin catchens, dominique kaplowitz, and shem pennant for a night of improv, sketch, stand-up, and more—featuring a dynamic lineup of black performers. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

sat 9:30pm: drunk planet earth: mst3k meets animal planet meets drinking game at brian morabito and stephen buckley’s participatory drunk planet earth show. the show revolves around watching animal planet iii, drinking, and the audience trying to stump the hosts with animal trivia. caveat (les), free admission. >>

sat 10pm: picture this! live animated comedy: animators, cartoonists and other artists create on-the-fly drawings of live comedy routines, often with unexpected results. featuring comedy by carly kane, irene morales, usama siddiquee, and saidah belo-osagie, with animation by josh pilch, edel ferri, will santino, irene morales, and jason chatfield. hosted by samantha ruddy. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 day-of. >>

sunday

sun 2-6pm (sundays thru 8/24): union pool’s 13th annual summer thunder concert series: williamsburg’s union pool hosts free afternoon concerts every sunday thru summer. today: alex amen, youbet, h. pruz, and dj eweck. note: according to union pool’s instagram, admission is first come first served and rsvp is not required for entry. >>

sun 7pm (series ends tonight): summer on the hudson: amplified sundays: wind down the weekend with amplified sundays, a golden hour outdoor live music series at pier i in riverside park south (uws). tonight: afro-colombian ensemble grupo rebolú. free admission. >>

sun 7:30pm: dyketopia + friends comedy show: lee robinson and sureni weerasekera host a night of queer and trans stand-up comedy at union hall (park slope), featuring freddie shanel, erik martini, bridget foley, grace johnson, and marley gotterer. $12 adv, $15 door. >>

monday

mon various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
belle epoque at the hudson (inwood) >>
harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone at astoria park (queens) >>
pulp fiction at bryant park (midtown) >>

mon 6pm doors: movies at the united palace with lin-manuel miranda, daveed diggs, and jasmine cephas jones:: the movies at the united palace (washington heights) series celebrates the 10-year anniversary of hamilton on broadway with a series of films and tv series starring the original cast. next up: blindspotting (2021), followed by a discussion with lin-manuel miranda, daveed diggs, and jasmine cephas jones. free admission. >>

mon 6:30pm (mondays thru 8/11): broadway by the boardwalk: enjoy show tunes with a view at broadway by the boardwalk, an annual summer concert series featuring broadway stars performing at clinton cove in hudson river park. this outdoor event invites guests to bring blankets, stretch out on the grass, and take in an evening of music right by the water. the season continues tonight with tony nominee jasmine amy rogers (boop! the musical). free admission. >>

mon 7pm: gravid water: at stephen ruddy’s gravid water show, actors perform scenes from classic and contemporary plays—with a twist: their scene partners are improvisers who have no prior knowledge of the script and react to them for the first time on stage. tonight’s guests include scott adsit (30 rock), shoshana bean (hell’s kitchen), adam pally (sonic), tami sagher (shrill), and brian stack (colbert). ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

mon 7pm: fun by design: the interior design game show: two designers go head-to-head in challenges testing everything from speed cad to identifying furniture in your favorite tv shows. hosted by interior designer and comedian laura fabius. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>

mon 7pm (monthly): movie musical mondays: the wizard of oz: a monthly series of iconic musicals hits the big screen at village east by angelika, continuing the season with victor fleming’s the wizard of oz (1939), starring judy garland, frank morgan, ray bolger, jack haley, bert lahr, and margaret hamilton. $19. >>

mon 7:45pm: rooftop films: new york non-fiction 2025: the popular rooftop films series, one of the word’s longest-running and largest outdoor showcases for indie film, returns for its 29th season. tonight: a collection of nyc-centric shorts at green-wood cemetery (brooklyn), followed by filmmaker q+a and and after party. $20. >>

mon 8pm: the moth storyslam: the popular community-based open mic storytelling competition, where anyone can share a five-minute tale based on the evening’s theme to an attentive audience, returns to the bell house (gowanus). tonight’s theme: ‘road trip.’ $19.65. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 80+ ongoing events and attractions: restaurant week, friday night fireworks in coney island, shakespeare in the parking lot, chain theatre’s summer one-act festival, free outdoor fitness classes, and more. >>

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The Brooklyn Summer Beer Wine And Spirits Fest returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Waterfront Promenade on Saturday, July 26 with more than 100 styles of beer, wine, and sprits from producers near and far! It’s the perfect chance to hang with friends and chat with brewers, sommeliers, and master distillers about the craft behind your next favorite go-to pours.

Guests can enjoy unlimited samples for the entire session, along with live entertainment, interactive games, and access to food available for purchase from Chavas Empanadas, Mozzarepas, and Taste of Poland.

Tickets include unlimited tastings and a souvenir tasting glass.

Special offer for the skint readers:
Save 40% on advance tickets with promo code SKINT
GET TICKETS NOW!

Brooklyn Summer Beer Wine & Spirits Fest
Saturday, July 26
Session Times:
Session 1: 1pm – 4:30pm
Session 2: 6pm – 9:30pm

Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77 Waterfront Promenade
141 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

21+ Only

Participating Vendors:
3 BR Distillery
902 Brewing Co.
Alewife Beer
All Points West Distillery
Atomic Dog Cider
Booz Box
Brockton Beer
Bronx Bull Bourbon
Brooklyn Winery
Cigar City
Cyrenity Sips
Dirty Water
Do Good Spirits
Doce Mezcal
Drink Juan Please
Ferreira Carpenter
Fort Hamilton
Four Roses Bourbon
Frisky Whiskey
Gorgée D’Art
Halftone Spirits
Hokkaido Brewing
Montclair Brewery
Manor Sangria
Nestville Whiskey
Orchard Hill Cider
Oskar Blues
Profanity Wine
Railroad Distillery
Reif Rum
Rocavaka
Root Out Whiskey
Shanky’s Whip
Shoe Crazy Wine
Spy Trail Distillery
Tattoo Spirits
Tequila Gran Diamante
The Original Pickle Shot
Tornabene Wine
Weegmüller Wine
Whiskey Library
Wine 2 Wine
And more added daily!

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tuesday

movies at the united palace with lin-manuel miranda and leslie odom, jr.: reservations are now available: the movies at the united palace (washington heights) series celebrates the 10-year anniversary of hamilton on broadway with a series of films and tv series starring the original cast. next up: blindspotting (2021), followed by a discussion with lin-manuel miranda, daveed diggs, and jasmine cephas jones. free tickets to the 7/28 event are now available. >>

thru thurs (various dates thru 8/9): lincoln center’s fourth annual summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual arts festival brings two months of free and choose-what-you-pay music concerts, performances, dance parties, film screenings, and more to its upper west side campus. this week: ‘folklore and legends’ : jonathon heyward conducts brahms’s first symphony (tues + weds 7:30pm), sekou mcmiller and the palladium mambo band (weds 6pm), waitress: the musical in american sign language by deaf broadway (weds 8pm), library silent disco: decades party 1965-2025 with dj bill coleman (weds 8pm), social dance (tango): leonardo suarez-paz: ‘piazzolla100’ (thurs 6:30pm), and more. >>

tues various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
the great gatsby at pier 17 heineken riverdeck (lower manhattan) >>
transformers one at arlington park (jersey city) >>

tues 5pm (+ 8/16): hamilton celebrates 10 years at hudson yards: broadway’s hamilton celebrates 10 years with a series of free events at hudson yards’ public square + gardens. tonight: past and present cast members—including miguel cervantes, hannah cruz, thayne jasperson, and edred utomi—come together for a behind-the-scenes conversation about their journey with the show, from its early days to its future legacy. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): we love a theme: a storytelling show: a lineup of performers tell funny, heartwarming, and cringe-inducing tales at bailey swilley’s monthly storytelling show. tonight’s ‘burned’ theme features calvin cato, adam selbst, wes hazard, and carly ciarrochi. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >>

tues 7pm: jazz foundation presents: sunset sounds: the jazz foundation of america presents a pair of sunset concerts on the hudson. tonight’s finale: axel tosca trio with xiomara laugart. pier i at 70th street, free admission. >>

tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 8/17): live at the gantries: kupferberg center for the arts presents live at the gantries, an annual outdoor concert series at gantry plaza state park (lic) showcasing local artists. tonight: gotham kings, led by two-time grammy-nominated trumpeter alphonso horne. free admission. >>

tues 8pm (+ 8/5): naumburg orchestral concerts: 2025 season: the naumburg orchestral concerts series returns for its 120th season at historic naumburg bandshell in central park. tonight: nosky’s baroque band, conducted by aisslinn nosky, performs works by handel, haydn, and vivaldi. hosted by wqxr’s annie bergen. all concerts will be broadcast live. free admission. >>

tues 8pm: cinema smootaphilia: ‘summer heat’: ensemble erotic (ann courtney on vocals, dave smoota smith on casio and beats, jerome jordan on guitar, and jeremy kay on bass) perform a live, original soundtrack to a compilation of some of the hottest, most original, and captivating sex scenes in cinema history. tv eye (ridgewood), $17. >>

sponsored

The Brooklyn Summer Beer Wine And Spirits Fest returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Waterfront Promenade on Saturday, July 26 with more than 100 styles of beer, wine, and sprits from producers near and far! It’s the perfect chance to hang with friends and chat with brewers, sommeliers, and master distillers about the craft behind your next favorite go-to pours.

Guests can enjoy unlimited samples for the entire session, along with live entertainment, interactive games, and access to food available for purchase from Chavas Empanadas, Mozzarepas, and Taste of Poland.

Tickets include unlimited tastings and a souvenir tasting glass.

Special offer for the skint readers:
Save 40% on advance tickets with promo code SKINT
GET TICKETS NOW!

Brooklyn Summer Beer Wine & Spirits Fest
Saturday, July 26
Session Times:
Session 1: 1pm – 4:30pm
Session 2: 6pm – 9:30pm

Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77 Waterfront Promenade
141 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

21+ Only

wednesday

weds various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
a minecraft movie at walter francis white playground (east harlem) >>
clueless at resiliencity park (hoboken) >>
dirty dancing at pier i in riverside park south (uws) >>
guardians of the galaxy vol. 3 at sunset park (brooklyn) >>
hairspray at elizabeth street garden (nolita) >>
sponsored: rhinestone at parklife (gowanus). note: food/drink purchase required. >>
trapped: mind-altering shorts 2025 at brooklyn commons park (downtown brooklyn) >>

weds 6pm: carnegie hall citywide: catalyst quartet: carnegie hall presents a series of free concerts across nyc. tonight: grammy award–winning catalyst quartet comes to madison square park’s oval lawn for an outdoor concert featuring works by pete seeger, joni mitchell, joseph kosma, will holt, aftab darvishi, and astor piazzolla. free admission. >>

weds 6pm (wednesdays thru 8/13): summer concerts at hudson yards: the annual concert series returns to the public square + gardens at hudson yards for eight weeks. tonight: singer-songwriter alex sampson with an opening set by dj chachi. free admission. >>

weds 7pm: peer revue: ted talks with a twist. peer revue makes its debut with real experts giving real talks on big ideas—like quarks or the fall of rome—while comedians wing it through slides they’ve never seen before. hosted by ben lillie, with emily costa (facts machine), paula croxson (the story collider), andrea-jones rooy (the data science spectacular), brian morabito (dropout), brielle demirjian (the daily show), mick szal (and scene), and more. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skintrevue’ (reg. $18.76-20) >>

weds 7pm (series ends tonight): summer sounds! at carl schurz park: steel impressions caribbean band returns for this year’s summer sounds! concert series, presented by the carl schurz park conservancy at the elevated john finley walk (yorkville). free admission. >>

weds 7:30pm: taste of science: ticks: the fordam tick index is currently at 8/10. but how much do you really know about these tiny monsters? taste of science presents a talk at ryan’s daughter pub (ues) with two experts on ticks and the diseases they carry, including tips for protecting yourself in the outdoors this summer. free admission (donations welcome). >>

weds 7:30pm: well well well! comedy: chuckles for charity. co-hosts griffin leeds and nora jefferies present an all-lgbtq+ comedy show at the rosemont (williamsburg), with proceeds benefiting the ali forney center. featuring jared goldstein, jilberto soto, aurea young, and julia wendt. $9 suggested donation. >>

weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur team up to bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (south slope), with stand-up by nat towsen (fallon), katie blunt (milk and cookies comedy), jim search (upstate understandings, and joe briggs (the boys are back). free admission. >>

weds 8pm (monthly): ditmas lit: a diverse range of fiction writers, storytellers, poets, and essayists share their work at the ditmas lit series, returning to the urbane arts club (ditmas park) with belle ling (a seed and a plant), anthony thomas lombardi (murmurations), heather mccalden (the observable universe), and ruben reyes, jr. (there is a rio grande in heaven). free admission. >>

weds 8pm: the moth storytelling show: community showcase: the moth community program, which brings storytelling to nonprofits and cultural organizations, presents an evening of true stories told by six storytellers at roulette intermedium (boerum hill). $17.50. >>

weds 8pm: ambush comedy show: the ambush comedy show buzzes into hellrazor barber shop in williamsburg with a lineup featuring andy haynes (comedy central), jared goldstein (after midnight), sam evans (cracked), usama siddiquee (showtime), and raj suresh (siriusxm). hosted by josh johnson, lucas connolly, and brittany cardwell. free admission. >>

weds 8pm: the aud ball: justice for all: drag performer suddenly audrey’s aud ball celebrates the dc universe and gotham glamour with a high-powered night of drag performances, dancing, cosplay, and a queer vendor market at 3 dollar bill (east williamsburg). $14.48 with promo code ‘punkrocker’ (reg. $19.48 adv, $34.95 day of). >>

weds 8:30pm: spell checc: a spelling bee gameshow: watch comedians butcher tough words from all sorts of categories while racking up (or losing) points for making each other—and the announcer—crack up at this spelling bee packed with roasts, lifelines, and comedic chaos. the last speller standing wins bragging rights and a thrifted trophy from a random sporting event. featuring chloe troast, kyle gordon, simmi singh, and dan toomey with hosts jorge oyola and michael sanky. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

thursday

thurs thru 8/17 (thursdays-sundays at 6:30pm): hudson classical theater company: the lady from the sea: hudson classical theater company celebrates its 22nd summer season with intimate, outdoor productions henrick ibsen’s the lady from the sea at the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument in riverside park (uws). pay-what-you-can admission (donations will be accepted following the show). >>

thurs various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy at coney island beach at w 12th street >>
moana 2 at irving square park (bushwick) >>
sonic the hedgehog 3 at the unisphere in flushing meadows corona park (queens) >>
the goonies at fosun plaza at 28 liberty street (lower manhattan) >>
the muppets take manhattan at union square park >>
the wild robot at bayside park (jersey city) >>
waitress at brooklyn bridge park – pier 1 harbor view lawn (brooklyn bridge park) >>
wicked at vincent f. albano jr. playground (kips bay) >>

thurs 12:30pm (thursdays thru 7/31): broadway in bryant park: broadway comes to bryant park as stars perform some of their biggest hits at this annual lunchtime performance series. today: hadestown, hamilton, mamma mia!, moulin rouge! the musical, six, and the outsiders with a pre-show by the amda college of the performing arts. hosted by lite fm’s rich kaminski. free admission. >>

thurs 6pm (thursdays thru 7/31): live at the archway: summer music + art in the dumbo archway: sights and sounds fill the public plaza underneath the manhattan bridge in dumbo. tonight: Philly-based singer-songwriter sug daniels and jenn macksoud. food and drink will be available for purchase. rain or shine. free admission. >>

thurs 6-9pm: 12th annual uptown bounce: two museums, one block party—el museo del barrio and the museum of the city of new york team up once again for the annual uptown bounce. expect djs, dancing, free museum admission, and more, with unique programming at each spot. and since they’re right across the street, feel free to bounce between both all evening long.

thurs 6:30pm (thursdays thru 7/31): summer music series at bushwick inlet park: soak up the sounds and skyline river sunset at the friends of bushwick inlet park’s fifth annual summer music series. tonight: george gray jazz coalition. 86 kent shoreline esplanade (williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/14): sunset salsa: dance into golden hour at hudson river park’s sunset salsa series, returning to pier 76 (midtown west) for the summer. led by performer and instructor talía castro-pozo, each night kicks off with a beginner salsa lesson—open to first-timers and seasoned dancers alike—followed by an open dance party with guest djs. free admission. >>

thurs 7pm: top shelf stories: julia whitehouse serves up an evening of carefully crafted storytelling at ucb (east village). tonight’s show features guests pavar snipe, natasha vaynblat, sharon spell, and nat townsen, plus one open mic slot reserved for an audience member. hosted by julia whitehouse. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

thurs 7pm doors (thursdays thru 7/31): river + blues concert series: settle in for sunset sounds at nelson a. rockefeller park, where the annual river + blues concert series brings global and american folk, roots, and blues artists to the waterfront. bring a blanket or lawn chair, pack a picnic (or purchase snacks and drinks on-site), and enjoy the music with hudson river views. tonight: afro latin jazz orchestra and guests led by arturo o’farrill, with opener dj reagonomics. free admission. >>

thurs 7pm doors: f*bomb presents: hole tribute: following up last month’s nirvana tribute concert, the f*bomb rock + roll party gets grungy again with a tribute to hole. the bowery electric (east village), $15 adv, $20 door. >>

thurs 7pm doors, 8pm show: divaland presents: disney channel pageant: eight drag contestants go head-to-head in three nostalgia-fueled categories inspired by the disney channel shows you couldn’t get enough of. judged by wizards of waverly place alum dan benson and rupaul’s drag race’s robin fierce, and hosted by jessica rose and frida cox. 3 dollar bill (east williamsburg), $19.48+. >>

thurs 7:30pm (thursdays thru 7/31): astoria park concert series: central astoria ldc’s annual concert series returns with four nights of live music on the ditmars side lawn at astoria park. tonight: cc + the boys (country hits). free admission. >>

thurs 8pm doors: landline comedy at wild east brewing co.: landline comedy serves up pints of hoppy humor straight from the barrel cellar at wild east brewing co. (gowanus). tonight’s lineup includes caitlin peluffo (fallon), toby mcmullen (dynamite rocketship), vicki ferentinos (bravo), shane o’connor (the onion), andre medrano (don’t tell comedy), and marecella denby. hosted by andre medrano. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>

thurs 9pm: a night like this: the cure music video party: join dj chase coppins and the cure documentarian arusha for a night of projected music videos and other specially-curated visuals accompanying the songs of the cure and their influences, contemporaries, and successors. bar freda (ridgewood), free admission. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 80+ ongoing events and attractions: friday night fireworks in coney island, shakespeare in the parking lot, chain theatre’s summer one-act festival, free outdoor fitness classes, and more. >>

stay safe and healthy
– the skint