tuesday
sponsored: feeling grand and wine and dine on grand street: enjoy self-care with discounted facials, haircuts, fitness classes, and more at feeling grand, a health and wellness event running through friday. make a day of it and check out wine and dine, the williamsburg nightlife experience highlighting local cuisine and drink deals. participating businesses and deals for both events can be found at www.grandstreetbk.org
global citizen festival: metallica, charlie puth, jonas brothers, måneskin, mariah carey, mickey guyton, and rosalía headline the 10th annual global citizen festival, a concert raising money to help end extreme poverty around the world. held in central park on 9/24, you can earn free tickets by downloading the global citizen app and scoring points by participating in social and environmental justice-related actions. >>
tues thru sat: #0h10m1keandfriends sticker show: stick together. buy, trade, and make stickers at this art show highlighting 50 sticker artists, with bands and djs performing nightly. 188 allen street (les), free admission. >>
tues: free boozy ice cream: tipsy scoop is teaming up with bahamas vacation resort atlantis paradise island to release a new flavor, ‘banana rum chocolate swirl,’ and you can snag a free scoop at tipsy scoop’s manhattan, brooklyn, and long beach locations (while supplies last). >>
tues (time tba): broadway week tickets go on sale today: the annual fall broadway week—which actually takes place over almost three weeks this year—is back! book 2-for-1 tickets to see some of the hottest broadway shows from september 6th thru 25th. participating shows will be announced tuesday. >>
tues (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
encanto at union turnpike and 196th street (queens) >>
luca at beach 30th street playground (rockaway) >>
meet the robinsons at seaside wildlife nature park (staten island) >>
respect at triangle park (jersey city) >>
the territory at frisbee hill in central park (uws) >>
tues 7pm (monthly): rooftop readings at ample hills creamery: hear established and up-and-coming authors read from their works every third tuesday of the month at ample hills creamery’s gowanus location. hosted by randee dawn. $10 admission includes a small ice cream. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap: the astronomy on tap lecture series brings scientists, educators, artists, and other astronomy enthusiasts to pete’s candy store (williamsburg). tonight: dr. niall whiteford, postdoc at the american museum of natural history, will be talking about brown dwarfs, and stony brook university phd student sabina sagynbayeva will explore oceans in the solar system. free. >>
tues 7pm: the story collider podcast’s science storytelling show: four professional tale spinners share true, personal stories about what happens when worlds collide at tonight’s ‘clash’ edition of the science storytelling show. hosted by christine gentry and fola olusanya. caveat (les), $10 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $15 adv, $20 door). >>
tues 7pm (ends today): live at the gantries: the annual waterfront concert series returns to gantry plaza state park (lic), offering audiences views of the manhattan skyline and sounds from a diverse array of queens-based artists. tonight: grammy-nominated vocalist, songwriter, and producer sofia rei. presented by kupferberg center for the arts. free. >>
tues 7:30pm: ‘imagine i’m someone else’ – an evening with isabel hagen: comedian and juilliard-trained violist isabel hagen (fallon) explores ‘self-doubt, consciousness, and a little sexuality’ in her one-woman comedy and viola variety show. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
tues 8pm (monthly): paper planes comedy: kari burt and micah walsh’s monthly stand-up show takes off from bushwick’s jade, with sets by samantha ruddy (colbert), quin lamar (full frontal with samantha bee), mike lebovitz (last comic standing), whitney chanel (bravo), and peter wong (funny or die). free admission. >>
tues 8:30pm (weekly): i made you a playlist: stand-up meets after-party at this weekly comedy show and dance party hosted by kelly bachman and dylan adler. tonight’s show features izzy da rosa, remy kassimir, jordain searles, jeff scheen, and liza dye. the three diamond door (bushwick), free admission. >>
tues 9pm (monthly): sweet comedy show: sweet sweats: seth herzog’s long-running live comedy show returns with guests drew michael (hbo), moses storm (conan), yamaneika saunders (comedy central), jared freid (fallon). chelsea music hall, $15. >>
sponsored
Pounding the pavement in a New York City summer can feel like Walkin’ On The Sun. But don’t go chasing Waterfalls, because we’ve got all the Ice, Ice Baby you’ll need at the annual 80s, 90s & 00s Cruel Summer dance party!
On Friday, August 19, get Into The Groove at an All Night Long dance party set to the soundtracks of our lives. Once again, we’ll be taking over The Bell House with Good Vibrations of all kinds: 80s anthems performed by the kick-ass 10-piece cover band The Engagements, 80s through 00s hits spun by Party Like It’s 1999’s DJ Steve Reynolds, and more TBA!
Don’t wait out the weekend till Blue Monday. Let’s Dance!
Cruel Summer: 80s, 90s & 00s Dance Party
Featuring The Engagements, Party Like It’s 1999’s Steve Reynolds, and more TBA
Friday, August 19 8pm doors
The Bell House
149 7th Street, Brooklyn
F, G or R to 4th Avenue/9th Street
Tickets are $10 at the door, or just $5 in advance with promo code “bananarama” here.*
* plus service fee
wednesday
weds: national thrift shop day: secondhand shop ‘til you drop at 36 participating non-profit thrift stores in all five boroughs, offering a variety of discounts, events, and chances to win prizes. >>
weds (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
america’s national parks at frisbee hill in central park (uws) >>
cinderella at msgr. mcgolrick park (greenpoint) >>
crouching tiger, hidden dragon at parklife (gowanus. note: food/drink purchase required.) >>
encanto at pier a park (hoboken) >>
encanto at prospect park’s long meadow >>
encanto at st. mary’s park (bronx) >>
la la land at pier i in riverside park south (uws) >>
mary poppins at fort tryon park (washington heights) >>
pom poko at elizabeth street garden (nolita) >>
weds 7pm (ends today): dirty dancing 35th anniversary screenings: emile ardolino’s 1987 rom-dram dance flick, starring jennifer grey and patrick swayze, returns to select theaters for two days. various prices. >>
weds 7pm (+ 8/31): jazz at hudson river park’s pier 84: summer is in full swing at the jazz foundation of america’s live, outdoor concert series. tonight: jazz trumpeter valery ponomarev. pier 84 (hell’s kitchen), free. >>
weds 7:30pm (weekly): we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (park slope), with stand-up by comedians samantha ruddy (colbert), boris khaykin (the opposition), fariaz rabbani, christian hahn, and kidané kelati. free admission. >>
weds 8pm (monthly): debuts + redos: authors whose debuts were derailed by the pandemic share excerpts of their work at this monthly reading series hosted by book club bookstore and wine bar (east village). tonight’s edition features davey davis (the earthquake room), kayla maiuri (mother in the dark), kyle lucia wu (win me something). a joint q+a and book signing will follow the readings. free admission. >>
weds 8pm (bi-weekly): endless laughs comedy show: laughs and lager mix at endless life brewing (crown heights), where blair dawson and michael hirsch host an evening of stand-up by nico carney (netflix), julio diaz (netflix), lizzie martinez (the onion), asha ward (vulture), and matt legrande (cissy boys). free. >>
weds 8pm (weekly): savage comedy show: lizzie martinez and melissa rocha’s stand-up show comes roaring back with sets by dylan adler (comedy central), blair dawson (vulture), sheria mattis (netflix is a joke), dan wilbur (mtv), and amamah sardar (sirius xm). bonus: rsvp for a chance to win free drinks. logan’s run (park slope), free. >>
weds 8:30pm (+ 9/14): met opera live in hd: l’elisir d’amore: brooklyn public library hosts an outdoor screening of met opera’s 2018 production of donizetti’s romantic comedy, l’elisir d’amore, at the central library plaza (prospect heights). free. >>
weds 9pm (monthly): vintage basement: twins max and nicky weinbach host a neo-retro evening of stand-up comedy and music featuring sean patton (conan), eudora peterson (that’s my jam), liz glazer (cbs), sara hennessey, and peter banks-kenny. under st. marks theater (east village), $10. >>
thursday
thurs thru sat (9pm): serials by the fled collective – part two: watch teams of actors perform new ‘episodes’ of the three audience-selected short plays from last week’s installment of the fled collective’s late night short play extravaganza. the flea theater (tribeca), $17 adv, $20 door (admission includes a beer). >>
thurs (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
dog at vincent f. albano jr. playground (kips bay) >>
dreamgirls at restoration west plaza (bed-stuy) >>
encanto at pelham bay park (bronx) >>
encanto at village park (jersey city) >>
fire of love at frisbee hill in central park (uws) >>
jumanji at bella abzug park (hudson yards) >>
retrograde at brooklyn commons park (downtown brooklyn) >>
the lost city at coffey park (red hook) >>
the mitchells vs. the machines at brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn >>
venom: let there be carnage at coffey park (brooklyn) >>
thurs 12:30pm (thursdays thru 8/25): broadway in bryant park: lite fm’s annual outdoor concert series brings the best of broadway to bryant park (midtown west), where cast members will perform their shows’ greatest hits. today: wicked, funny girl, come from away, a beautiful noise: the neil diamond musical, and 1776. free. >>
thurs 6pm (+ 8/25): east village rock tour: from hotspots referenced in a ramones hit to spaces frequented by patti smith, the beastie boys, nirvana, and more, uncover the rock and roll legacy embedded in the east village’s streets, architecture, and landmarks on village preservation’s latest walking tour. the tour starts in front of the cooper station post office (4th ave. + e. 11th street). free (rsvp required). >>
thurs 6-8pm (thursdays thru 9/1): live at the archway: for 13 nights this summer, you can catch live, outdoor performances and local artists’ gallery exhibitions at the public plaza underneath the manhattan bridge in dumbo. tonight: music by kyshona and visual art by jaima. rain or shine. free admission. >>
thurs 6-9pm: summerstage: the beloved summer performing arts festival continues with an evening of rap, hip-hop, and spoken word performances by the last poets, jamaaladeen tacuma’s band of resistance, impact repertory theatre, and the harlem bomb shelter, emceed by dj greg caz. marcus garvey park (harlem), free. >>
thurs 6:30pm (+ 9/8): moonlight + movies: desperately seeking susan: ma-don-na your best material girl look for an outdoor screening of susan seidelman’s 1985 dramedy at museum of the city of new york (east harlem). an ‘80s-themed happy hour with dj illexxandra, a madonna-inspired costume contest, and an intro by encyclopedia madonnica author matthew rettenmund will get you ‘into the groove’ before the screening. $20 ticket includes all-day entrance to the museum. >>
thurs 7pm: sapphic summer: mcnally jackson, the rumpus, and feminist press present an night of readings and conversations by a selection of emerging and established authors, who’ll delve into identity, sexuality, desire, the queer literary lineages that inspire them, inclusive sapphic love, and more. tonight’s readers: andrea abi-karam (extratransmission), bishakh som (apsara engine), maura m. mcdanel (only interested in everything), and megan milks (margaret and the mystery of the missing body). mcnally jackson (seaport), $5 admission includes a voucher which can be used towards any purchase at the bookstore and café. >>
thurs 7:30pm (+ fri): ukrainian freedom orchestra: lincoln center’s ‘summer for the city’ programming comes to a close with the ukrainian freedom orchestra, an ensemble of ukrainian musicians assembled by the met opera and polish national opera. as they conclude their european and american tour, the orchestra will perform two final concerts in solidarity with the victims of the war in ukraine. free admission. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): the fast and the furious…entirely from memory: blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers will attempt to recreate the story of rob cohen’s 2001 blockbuster using only what they can remember from watching the film once recently. as the chaos ensues, drinks are drunk while the players are challenged to create ‘deleted’ scenes and follow assigned rules about their characters. littlefield (gowanus), $15. >>
thurs 8pm: landline comedy: get hoppy at the barrel cellar at wild east brewing co. (gowanus), where comedians rachel lenihan (the chris gethard show), george gordon (your good friend), max fine (sirius xm), st. james jackson, lana siebel, and kai vetteth are on tap for a night of laughs. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
thurs 8pm (weekly): tip top tits comedy show: it’s comedy or bust at janet hyde and mary cella’s stand-up show, returning tonight with graham kay (colbert), mike hanford (love), gracie canaan (nbc), and lucie pohl (overwatch) on hand to rack up the laughs. bonus: $3 pbrs. outdoors at tip-top bar + grill in clinton hill (inside if raining), free admission. >>
thurs 8pm-4am (monthly): warper party: 30+ live electronic music and visual artists take over two rooms of ridgewood’s h0l0 for the warper party. free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 100+ ongoing events: shakespeare in the park, roller skating, art exhibitions, and more. >>
stay safe and healthy
– the skint