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‘the most impressive’ halloween house in brooklyn: the prospect park south home has creepy clowns, spooky skeletons, and over-the-top displays. >>

thursday

thurs thru 1/3/2021: celestial: immerse yourself in the otherworldly sights, sounds, and sensations of celestial, a new immersive art installation inspired by pantone’s 2020 color of the year, classic blue. artechouse (chelsea market), $24 general, $20 students/seniors (bonus: save $5 when booking online. no promo code needed.). >>

thurs thru 12/5 (tues-sat): futura2020 exhibition: explore the latest works by graffiti pioneer futura 2000 (leonard mcgurr) at his first solo gallery show in nyc in over 30 years. eric firestone gallery (noho), free (reservations required). >>

thurs thru 11/7 (weds thru sat): the plastic bag store: just in time for the reinstatement of new york’s plastic bag ban, times square arts presents a public art installation and immersive film by robin frohardt, the plastic bag store. calling attention to our ‘culture of consumption and convenience,’ the installation features thousands of original, hand-sculpted grocery items made entirely from discarded, single-use plastics. 20 times square (47th st + 7th ave), free admission (rsvp required). >>

thurs thru 11/1 (thurs thru sun): rubulad presents: ghoul-a-rama or fun house from hell: catch a fright at this live, outdoor ‘haunted house art show,’ presented by long-running brooklyn party group rubulad, featuring a revolving lineup of 18 visual artists, video creators, musicians, and actors. location revealed with ticket purchase, $10 adv, $15 day of, $20 on halloween. >>

sponsored: thurs thru sat: wedding crashers week: nyc’s best wedding fair is throwing a week-long planning party with inspiration, advice and the best event pros for any size nyc or hudson valley wedding: virtual, micro or 100+ down the road. save up to $10 on tickets with code ‘theskint’ >>

thurs thru sun: purple rain at the drive in (or sit-in): take in a movie on the big screen, accompanied by live, sing-along entertainment performed by broadway stars and an eight-piece orchestra. radial park (astoria), $85 with promo code ‘ffsave15’ (reg. $100) admits five passengers per car or four guests per picnic table. >>

thurs thru sat: secretformula’s virtual events: revel in pop culture nostalgia with music video parties, movie nights, drinking games, and more from event/party producer secretformula. this week, don your best turn of the century parisian look for a sing-along screening of moulin rouge! (thurs), cut footloose to classic movie tunes during a soundtrack sing-along (fri), and stay up all night for a spooky streaming party filled with halloween-themed tv episodes and movies (sat). online, free-$15. >>

thurs 9pm: presidential debate: the final presidential debate, moderated by nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker, will air live on youtube and major tv and cable networks. >>

thurs 9pm (+ 10/29): hoff’s public domain horrorfest: just in time for halloween, comedian hoff matthews livestreams classic public domain horror movies interspersed with comedy host segments. tonight: rupert julian’s the phantom of the opera (1929), starring lon chaney, mary philbin, and norman kerry. online, free. >>

thurs 10:30pm: the mask in horror cinema: ritual, power, and transformation: miskatonic institute of horror studies presents a class on how masks have endured as powerful cultural objects and iconic horror imagery. taught by alexandra heller-nicholas, author of masks in horror cinema: eyes without faces. online, $10. >>

friday

fri thru 11/1: día de los muertos at gree-wood: visitors are invited to bring personal ofrendas (offerings), including including flowers, photographs and notes, to a large-scale community altar created by artist scherezade garcía at green-wood cemetery’s historic chapel. free. >>

fri thru 11/1: donmar warehouse all-female shakespeare trilogy: st. ann’s warehouse streams phyllida lloyd’s all-female shakespeare trilogy, recorded at london’s donmar warehouse theater in 2016. the trilogy, which includes the tempest (10/23-29), sets the actors as inmates in a women’s prison. online, free. >>

fri thru 10/30: taste of times square week: 20 participating times square-area restaurants are offering three course prix fixe menus for $35. indoor, outdoor, take-out, and delivery options available. >>

fri thru 10/30: lingering in the shadows: spirits of the merchant’s house, past + present: is the east village’s merchant’s house museum really haunted? hear stories of strange and chilling happenings throughout the museum’s history, the methods and findings of past paranormal investigations, and the results of recent research conducted during the museum’s closure due to covid-19. online, $10. >>

fri thru sun: illuminated mausoleums trolley tour: take in the spectral beauty of woodlawn cemetery (bronx) at night as you visit its illuminated mausoleums. visitors will take a trolley to the midpoint of the cemetery, then walk back by flashlight. dress for outdoor weather, and byo flashlight. $25. >>

fri thru sun: poetry brothel’s masquerade weekend: fortune-telling, story-telling, poetry, and performance are in the cards at the poetry brothel’s 13th annual halloween event. online, $20. >>

fri thru sun: bicycle film festival: the 20th annual bicycle film festival, celebrating bicycles through art, film, and music, embarks on a virtual world tour, starting in the northwest with three days of short film screenings and panel discussions. online, $10. >>

fri thru sun: 12th annual brooklyn folk festival: fiddle the day away when you tune in to the brooklyn folk festival, which includes live-streaming musical performances, workshops, listening parties, film screenings, and more. online, free (donations welcome). >>

fri thru sun: planet afropunk: the annual fest moves online with talks, art, activism, and performers including common, bootsy collins, ari lennox, meshell ndegeocello, and more. free (donations welcome). >>

fri + sat: bad film fest: stream low-budget, eclectic, ‘so-bad-it’s-great’ short films during this annual festival. online, free (donations welcome). >>

fri 6-9pm (on view thru 11/1): cursed: a 2020 ceramics show: operate a cursed vending machine, cast curses into a cursing fountain, and support local artists at this themed group show highlighting 20+ original ‘cursed’ ceramic artworks. opening reception tonight. dusty rose vintage (greenpoint), free admission. >>

fri 7pm: profs + pints: the horror within: get schooled when you tune in to profs and pints, a lecture series that brings college professors into bars, cafés, and now your room. tonight, clinical psychologist and st. mary’s college of maryland visiting associate professor brian a. sharpless delivers a talk on the real-life psychological disorders that lurk behind popular movie monsters. online, $12. >>

fri 7pm: ice cream joe-cial w/ ben + jerry’s jerry greenfield and more: yum’s the word and as the ice cream churns present a variety show benefit for swing left, featuring ben + jerry’s co-founder jerry greenfield, ample hills founders jackie cuscuna and brian smith, and comedians peter grosz, jordan carlos, and corin wells. hosted by robin gelfenbien. online, $15 with promo code ‘icecream4joe’ (reg. $20). >>

sponsored: fri 8pm: murder mystery trivia: join new york adventure club for a virtual murder mystery experience with the historic mount vernon hotel museum, a former day hotel in the upper east side that was once a country escape for new yorkers living in the crowded city at the southern tip of manhattan during the 19th century. online, $10. >>

fri 8pm (biweekly): hack city comedy show: start the weekend laughing when you tune in to this diverse biweekly stand-up show, hosted by asian not asian podcast’s fumi abe and michael nguyen. tonight’s lineup includes judah friedlander (30 rock), negin farsad (how to make white people laugh), and emil wakim. online, free. >>

fri 9:30pm (+ sat): shot4shot : the armory comedy group’s series takes a movie or tv script and blind casts it for a reading/drinking game. this time, the group takes on it’s the great pumpkin, charlie brown (fri) and the sixth sense (sat). online, free (email rsvp). >>

saturday

sat thru 11/1: pumpkin point on governors island: oh my gourd! pumpkins are cropping up at governors island’s historic nolan park, where you can visit a pumpkin patch filled with thousands of pumpkins and fall-themed decorations. bonus: each visitor is invited to take one free pumpkin home with them. free admission. >>

sat thru 10/31: monster by tin+ed: come face to face with a new installation by australian artists and technologists tin nguyen and edward cutting. 20 feet tall and 25 feet wide, monster is a giant inflatable hybrid flower inspired by carnivorous and parasitic plants and fungi, evoking the dangers of human interference with nature. brookfield place (fidi), free. >>

sat thru 10/31: splatter theater: actors get gory during the annoyance theatre’s annual slasher spoof, which draws on character archetypes and horrific deaths from movies like friday the 13th. the virtual production will benefit chicago-based annoyance theatre. online, pay-what-you-can. >>

sat + sun: reel sisters of the diaspora love + activism virtual film festival: the first academy-award qualifying film festival devoted to women filmmakers of color returns with a weekend of films from across the globe. online, $$12 general, $7 students/seniors. >>

sat (ends today): record store day: the third record store day this season ‘drops’ exclusive, limited run, and first release albums for sale at your fave local shops. >>

sat (+ 10/31): sweet or treat saturdays at krispy kreme: purchase a dozen donuts, get a bonus ‘sweet or treat’ dozen for just $1 at participating locations. >>

sat 11am-5pm: madison avenue gallery walk: visit 26 participating galleries, take in their fall exhibitions, and attend talks led by artists and curators during the fourth annual tour of madison ave galleries between east 57th and east 81st streets. free (rsvp required by thurs oct 22). >>

sat 12-3pm: the annual (virtual) tompkins square halloween dog parade: halloween is going to the dogs: watch hundreds of pups in getups ranging from cutesy to conceptual when you tune in to ‘the largest dog costume parade in the world.’ online, free. >>

sat 2pm + 7pm: molière in the park – the school for wives: tony award-winner tonya pinkins (jelly’s last jam, all my children, madam secretary) stars in molière in the park’s contemporary rendition of this classic 17th century french satire, featuring an all-female, primarily non-white cast. online, free. >>

sat 4:30pm: dom flemons presents black cowboys: grammy award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist dom flemons sings and discusses the music of black cowboys of the american west, sharing stories about the thousands of african american pioneers who helped build the us. online, $12. >>

sat 8pm: woke laws: supreme court edition: a black woman is in charge of the law during this comedy show from real-life lawyer and comic andrea coleman (‘wack or woke?’). alongside guests comics, coleman will riff and rule on the supreme court and the black female judges she thinks should be on scotus’s shortlist. online, $5+. >>

sat 8pm: wet hot american summer: original cast live read – biden benefit: the stars of camp firewood are back for a live reading of the modern classic romp, plus bonus excerpts from subsequent versions and a q+a with the cast. featuring paul rudd, elizabeth banks, chris pine, david hyde pierce, adam scott, michael cera, alyssa milano, janeane garofalo, michael ian black, molly shannon, michael showalter, and more. online, pay-what-you-wish donations will benefit the biden victory fund. >>

sat 8pm (monthly): ghostbusters… entirely from memory: blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers will attempt to recreate the story of the film using only what they can remember from watching it once recently. as the chaos ensues, they’re challenged to create ‘deleted’ scenes and follow assigned rules about their characters. presented by littlefield. online, $5 suggested donation. >>

sunday

sun 2pm (bimonthly): the secret science club: what role do underground organisms play in preventing climate change? sink into the world’s soils during today’s secret science club lecture as global ecosystem ecologist and united nations scientific advisor dr. thomas crowther discusses towering trees, tiny microbes, and how understanding woodland ecosystems can help us fight biodiversity loss and climate change. online, free. >>

sun 9pm: village of love planned parenthood benefit: as an election that will determine access to sexual and reproductive health care approaches, musicians from across the country join forces for a benefit concert to support planned parenthood of la and ny. the evening includes performances by angel olsen, bright eyes, brittany howard, devendra banhart, kevin morby, perfume genius, tenacious d, and more, plus a raffle, art auction, dance party, and other activities. online, $15. >>

sun 10pm (monthly): queer as punk: la-based showcase of queer drag performers and musicians with a punk edge continues online with halloween-themed ‘movie macabre.’ $10 suggested donation. >>

sponsored ticket deals

hudson river fall foliage cruise: welcome autumn with a circle line cruise up the hudson river to hook mountain in rockland county while enjoying autumnal sights and onboard oktoberfest specials available for purchase. $47 plus ticket fees (reg. $59). >>

thru 12/31: new-york historical society tickets: whether you’re a devoted new york city history buff or a newbie to our past, you’re guaranteed a fascinating glimpse into the city’s storied past. $10 plus ticket fees (reg. $22). >>

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we know there’s no shortage of sources for news and safety updates. what is scarce is periodic distraction. so for the time being, in keeping with our efforts to support our performance and cultural community, the skint will be sending out periodic emails about local event streams and other related resources to help occupy your time. if you know of something that might fit the bill, feel free to send us the details using the contact form on our website.

stay safe and healthy.

– the skint

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monday

mon thru 4/11: the shed reopening exhibition: artist and activist howardena pindell presents rope/fire/water, a multimedia solo exhibition about the brutality of racism and the healing power of art. the exhibition includes voiceover of personal anecdotes and historical data about lynching and racist attacks, accompanied with archival photos of lynchings and the 1963 children’s crusade in birmingham, alabama, along with a pair of large-scale abstract paintings. the shed (hudson yards), free with ticket reservation thru 10/31 (reg. $10). >>

mon thru 10/31: harlem restaurant week: more than 50 restaurants in central, east, and west harlem are offering $25-35 prix fixe meals through the end of the month. >>

sponsored: mon thru sat: wedding crashers week: nyc’s best wedding fair is throwing a week-long planning party with inspiration, advice and the best event pros for any size nyc or hudson valley wedding: virtual, micro or 100+ down the road. save up to $10 on tickets with code ‘theskint’ >>

mon thru sun (ongoing): sidewalk screenings at syndicated: bushwick’s syndicated bar and restaurant continues its sidewalk movie screening series with hocus pocus, young frankenstein, practical magic, the exorcist, only lovers left alive, and scream. weather permitting. free admission, with food and drinks available for purchase. >>

mon thru sun (weekly): the metropolitan opera streams: this week’s series of encore ‘live in hd’ presentations includes rossini’s il barbiere di siviglia, lehar’s the merry widow, verdi’s falstaff, and more. online, free. >>

mon 6:30pm: museum of me: envision your body as a museum during this guided meditation led by artist alexandra hammond. online, $5-10 suggested. >>

mon 7pm: xi’an famous foods cookbook: xi’an famous foods ceo jason wang tells the story of how a single stall in flushing grew to 14 nyc locations and shares never-before-published recipes as he discusses his new cookbook, xi’an famous foods: the cuisine of western china, from new york’s favorite noodle shop. in conversation with nbc news correspondent jo ling kent. presented by books are magic. online, free. >>

mon 7pm (ends today): books beneath the bridge: read all about it–the annual books beneath the bridge series goes virtual with weekly readings by authors selected by six brooklyn-based indie bookstores. the authors will share works reflecting on current events and exploring themes of migrant voices, gender-queer perspectives, black girl culture, protest poetry, and more. tonight: red hook’s freebird books presents a conversation between nyc books through bars founder victoria law and orange is the new black author piper kerman about the lack of access to literature in prisons and the importance of books-to-prisons programs, especially during a pandemic. online, free. >>

mon 10pm: lovecraft country sanctum vr: music of the cosmos: just in time for the season finale of hbo’s lovecraft country, experience a livestream musical performance by janelle monáe and explore ‘the reliquary,’ a virtual reality mystery room filled with artifacts from the show, each accompanied with audio narration by michael kenneth williams. online, free. >>

tuesday

tues thru 10/31: korean american film festival new york: the 14th annual kaffny includes a short film competition, features, documentaries, an indie new wave program, a virtual reality movie theater experience, and more. online, free (donations welcome). >>

tues thru 10/28: electric literature virtual salon series: get a literary buzz when you plug in to electric lit’s inaugural virtual salon series, where writers and artists will engage in discussions, games, and more. online, $10. >>

sponsored: tues thru sun: visit parklife (gowanus) for tasty tacos, house margaritas and outdoor programming this week: nerd nite trivia (tues 7pm), john trivialta movie trivia + a screening of the craft (weds 7pm), the presidential debate watch part (thurs 9pm), and a screening of a quiet place (sun 7pm). food purchase is required, and patrons are required to wear masks when not eating and drinking. >>

tues thru sun: american dreams: what if the only way to gain u.s. citizenship was by competing in a live online game show? choose who’ll become your new neighbor during working theater’s new interactive performance piece, american dreams, written by leila buck and directed by tamilla woodard. online, sliding scale admission. >>

tues thru sat: elizabeth foundation for the arts open studios: check out new artworks during the annual efa open studios, complete with virtual studio visits, panel discussions, workshops, walkthroughs, and more. efa’s in-person gallery exhibitions will also be open for extended hours. online and efa center (midtown west), free-$5. >>

tues thru sat: lincoln center new stages: lincoln center presents a new series of in-person live music performances at two outdoor venues on hearst plaza: on top of the sloped laurie m. tisch illumination lawn and under the shade of the trees in barclays capital grove. this week: ella bric (tues), elio villafranca (fri), and alicia olatuja (sat). lincoln center (uws), $25/pod holds up to two people. >>

tues 6pm: media literacy: how to spot fake news: how news literate are you? media thought leaders from buzzfeed, nbc news, cnn, and more discuss how to be your own critic and check content for truth and accuracy before you share it. presented by the center for communication. online, free. >>

tues 6pm: art history from home: art and social change: a series of 30-minute online talks by the whitney museum’s teaching fellows highlights works in the museum’s collection and recent exhibitions to illuminate topics in american art from 1900 to the present. tonight’s session will explore the different roles art has played in addressing social justice issues such as immigration, economic justice, sexism, and racism. online, free. >>

tues 6:30pm: walking tour of west village neon: ‘sign’ up for a 90-minute walking tour of the west village with design historian thomas rinaldi, who’ll focus on the area’s vintage neon signs, which date back to the 1930s and mark the locations of some of the neighborhood’s longest standing restaurants, bars, and small businesses. presented by poster house. starting location will be emailed to ticket holders, $15-20. >>

tues 6:30pm: paint + sip: grab a drink of your choice and get in your (painted) apple a day as artist megan watters guides you in painting an autumn apples scene. presented by brooklyn brainery. online, $13. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): house of speakeasy’s seriously entertaining presents: nerves of steel: during house of speakeasy’s ‘seriously entertaining’ literary cabaret show, a lineup of novelists, poets, historians, journalists, biographers, comedians, and graphic storytellers ruminates on the evening’s theme. tonight, essayist and musician melissa faliveno, writer, poet, and naturalist helen macdonald, ya writer lilliam rivera, and playwright and essayist roger rosenblatt riff on the theme ‘nerves of steel.’ presented by house of speakeasy. online, donation-based. >>

tues 7pm: master class in filmmaking: kajillionaire: filmmaker and performance artist miranda july discusses the making of her latest film, crime comedy-drama kajillionaire, with filmmaker yorgos lanthimos (the favourite, the lobster). presented by 92y. online, $10. >>

tues 8pm (monthly): mst3k’s the mads online riffing show: a night of shorts: mystery science theater 3000 stars trace beaulieu and frank conniff live-riff through a series of vintage short films and cartoons, with a q+a afterwards. online, $10. >>

tues 8pm (available to stream thru sat): forward together: a virtual event to support the public theater: an impressive lineup of artists, including laura benanti, elvis costello, alicia keys, john leguizamo, audra mcdonald, lin-manuel miranda, meryl streep, and more are slated to perform in this one-night-only benefit event, featuring stories from public theater alumni, songs from public theater musicals, and a preview of the visual installation ‘say their names,’ dedicated to the black lives lost to police brutality and white violence. online, free (donations welcome). >>

tues 9pm: judah friedlander: pre-existing fascism stand-up show: comedian judah friedlander (30 rock) tackles racism, fascism, sexism, imperialism, disease, fear, genocide, and his ‘presidential platform’ during his new interactive stand-up show. online, $5+ sliding scale. >>

wednesday

weds thru sun: free admission at noguchi museum (lic): in celebration of the release of the museum’s new mobile guide, admission is free this week at the noguchi museum (lic). >>

weds thru sun: 13th annual bushwick film festival: this year’s bushwick film festival goes virtual with over 100 independent films available to stream, along with a two-day movie industry conference including panels, screenplay readings, movie trivia nights, filmmaker q+as, and more. online, free-$77. >>

weds thru 11/14: new york theatre ballet: lift lab live: new york theatre ballet raises the barre with ‘lift lab live,’ an in-person dance performance series featuring new choreography set to live music. st. mark’s church-in-the-bowery, east village, $20. >>

weds 6:30pm: lovecraft country: matt ruff with alexandria brown: author matt ruff discusses his lovecraft-inspired horror novel, lovecraft country, and the adapted hbo series, in a conversation with librarian and critic alexandria brown. presented by the new york public library. online, free. >>

weds 6:30pm doors, 7pm show (ends today): served up presents: r/evolution: turn passion into profit during tonight’s event from served up, a socially distanced, live outdoor event series focused on sparking conversation around meaningful topics. between live musical performances, hear from tiktok creative lead todd triplett, mothworks host and director kate tellers, and iii points music festival founder and club space miami operating director david sinopoli. food and drinks available for purchase. the plaxall gallery (lic), free (rsvp). >>

weds 7pm: historic house museums and the paranormal: get the creeps as morris jumel mansion programs manager megan byrnes discusses paranormal site activity with historic richmond town director of education and public programs luke boyd and merchant’s house director of operations emily hill-wright. online, free. >>

weds 7pm: profs + pints: a summoning of halloweens past: get schooled when you tune in to profs and pints, a lecture series that brings college professors into bars, cafés, and now your room. tonight, carterhaugh school of folklore and the fantastic founders sara cleto and brittany warman deliver a talk on the history of halloween, from trick or treating to turnip jack-o-lantern carving to ‘legend tripping’–the practice of visiting a site associated with a legend and trying to bring that legend’s central figure back to life. online, $12. >>

sponsored: weds 7:30pm: selected shorts: on the trail with jordan klepper: collecting excerpts and stories from writers such as hunter s. thompson, daily show correspondent jordan klepper hosts an evening of readings about a world he knows from the inside out. with performances by samantha bee (full frontal), crystal dickinson (the chi), aasif mandvi (evil), alexandra petri (columnist, the washington post), and roy wood, jr. (the daily show with trevor noah). presented by symphony space online. skint readers can score a $10 ticket using code ‘skint’ (plus venue service fee). >>

weds 7:30pm (+ 10/26, on view thru 11/1): fall for dance festival: the 17th annual fall for dance festival goes digital, honoring and supporting the nyc dance community with two programs featuring newly commissioned works by kyle abraham, dormeshia, jamar roberts, and christopher wheeldon, along with performances by ballet hispanico and principal dancers from new york city ballet, american ballet theatre, martha graham dance company, and more. online, $15. >>

weds 8pm (monthly): vocabaret: a variety show for word lovers (‘true or false’ edition): nyc punderdome champs sam corbin (buzzfeed), tim donnelly (hq trivia), jerzy gwiazdowski (2019 o. henry punniest in show winner), ally spier (reductress), and nikolai vanyo exchange wits for a wordy cause. tonight’s ‘trick or treat’ installment explores the greatest trick ever played on the new york times, candy slogans from beyond the grave, and more with help from magician noah levine. online, donations accepted (25% of proceeds will go to the aclu’s voting rights prokect). >>

weds 8:30pm: her-story: the women of pixar’s story department: ‘toon’ in–her universe founder ashley eckstein moderates a conversation between disney+ short film director valerie lapointe (lamp life), storyboard artist aphton corbin (toy story 4, soul), and storyboard artist louise smythe (onward), who’ll share their own stories about how they landed their current roles at pixar, and how they came up with unique story ideas. presented by the walt disney family museum in san francisco. online, free. >>

weds 8:30pm: nyseeing benefit: support the nuyorican poets cafe and the artists relief fund when you tune in to this evening of monologues, music, and photography, featuring work by a dozen playwrights including special guest neil labute. online, $10. >>

submissions

we know there’s no shortage of sources for news and safety updates. what is scarce is periodic distraction. so for the time being, in keeping with our efforts to support our performance and cultural community, the skint will be sending out periodic emails about local event streams and other related resources to help occupy your time. if you know of something that might fit the bill, feel free to send us the details using the contact form on our website.

stay safe and healthy.

– the skint

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