tuesday
tues: st. patrick’s day events:
► the 16 best irish pubs in nyc [via the infatuation] >>
► thru tues: free krispy kreme: wear green, score a free green o’riginal doughnut at participating krispy kreme locations. >>
► tues 8am: 14th annual irish book day: free books by irish, irish american, and nyc-based writers, courtesy of irish arts center (citywide). >>
► tues 11am-4:30pm: the 265th nyc st. patrick’s day parade: fifth avenue, from 44th to 79th street. >>
► tues 6-10pm: hekate’s sober st. patrick’s day: hekate café + elixir lounge (alphabet city/east village), free admission. >>
► tues 7:30pm: what’s the craic? a st. patrick’s day comedy show: union hall (park slope), $15 adv, $20 door. >>
► tues 8pm: the most irish drink: a lecture with maura clare of smuggling nun: the national arts club (gramercy), free admission (donations welcome). >>
► tues 8-10pm: lic bar’s annual st patrick’s day salute to the music of van morrison: long island city, queens. free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): brooklyn books + booze: hear established and up-and-coming authors of different genres read from their current works every third tuesday of the month at barrow’s intense tasting room (industry city). tonight’s lineup includes daphne fama, kelly robson, kristina ten, and russ colchamiro. hosted by randee dawn. free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap: ‘seeing green’ edition: things are looking up at astronomy on tap, a night where astronomy enthusiasts gather at a local bar for talks by professional scientists and educators—plus themed games and other cosmic fun. somethin’ else in dekalb market hall (downtown brooklyn), free admission. >>
tues 7pm: risk! live show and story slam: hear guests tell true stories they never thought they’d share in public at kevin allison’s risk! show. tonight’s ‘bold choices’-themed show includes storytellers bailey swilley, kelli dunham, and kenice mobley, plus a mini-story slam featuring short stories told by selected audience members. featuring guest host jc cassis. caveat (les), $14.64 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $24-25). >>
tues 7pm (monthly): the broad squad: kendra cunningham presents a monthly comedy variety show featuring a female-fronted lineup. tonight’s performers include maggie champagne, max cohen, mel deluca, and melissa rocha. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>
tues 7:30pm doors: park slop comedy: wally barram and lucas connolly present an intimate comedy show at two boots pizza in park slope, with stand-up by gastor almonte (comedy central), kate willet (netflix), jamie wolfe, shaunak godkhindi, and sureni weerasekera. bonus: free beer 7:30-8pm (one per person), and raffles for free pizza. free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>
tues 9:30pm: story-oke: sing and tell: part karaoke, part confessional. story-oke invites performers and audience members alike to share a true story about their connection to a song – or the song itself – and then sing the hell out of it. tonight’s show features stories about meet-cutes in the apple store, growing up with an over-the-top military dad, stalking boys on the ues and more. plus, whatever you, the audience, want to bring to the stage. hosted by shyaporn theerakulstit. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>
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This is Real brings Target Margin Theater’s transgressive spirit to life for America in 2026. Created by 2025 Obie Award-winning director David Herskovits and a cohort of artists, this new work is inspired by the obsessions of the great French writer Jean Genet: power, sex, and revolution. This is a patriotic play.
A theater. A brothel. A business. In This is Real, performers enact fantasies of American power while an insurrection rages just outside. As the dust settles, who among us will be left wearing the crown? And what sacrifices must be made?
“Every time you see one of [Herskovits]’ meticulously created shows, you leave more confused than ever, and you’re better for it” (2025 Obie Awards). For This is Real, Herskovits and company ask audiences to consider the beauty and wisdom of the outsider. Aren’t we, all of us, outsiders in our own ways?
Tickets starting from $30: TargetMargin.org/ThisIsReal
wednesday
weds 6pm (filmmaker mixer at 6pm, screenings at 7:30pm): artists + beers: pair cinema with cervezas at ‘artists + beers,’ a semi-monthly screening series highlighting short films, docs, and music videos by local filmmakers. hosted by nancy pop, curran banach, and chip parham. all night skate (bed-stuy), free admission. >>
sponsored: weds 7pm: jessica lange, santino fontana, and more join colum mccann for a night of irish readings: selected shorts at symphony space (uws) celebrates a new generation of greatness with an evening of short fiction curated from a few of the many irish writers publishing today. colum mccann (let the great world spin, twist) leads us on this literary foray through the emerald isle. with performances by nicholas barasch (pirates! the penzance musical), crystal dickinson (the blood quilt), santino fontana (frozen, tootsie), jessica lange (american horror story), and aedín moloney (the history of sound)! take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have selected shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance. skint readers can get a $20 tier 2 ticket using the code ‘irish’ >>
weds 7pm: before gender with eli erlick: author and activist eli erlick discusses before gender: lost stories from trans history, 1850-1950, her new book about the lives of 30 trailblazing trans people who were influential in their time, but largely unknown today, with writer harron walker at hive mind books (bushwick). free-$10 admission, $29.95 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): adam wade: live in new york: 20-time moth story slam winner adam wade returns to under st. marks theater with a storytelling show featuring three to four different stories from his extensive catalog (no two shows will be the same) and a different special guest who’ll kick things off. under st. marks theater (east village), sliding scale admission. >>
weds 8pm (monthly): punderdome: comedy pun slam: pun-masters have a war of the words at the beloved pun-slinging competition. tonight’s installment includes an all-star tournament of pun champions and the ‘can you beat a ‘dome champ?’ challenge. hosted by fred firestone. littlefield (gowanus), $14 adv, $16 day-of. >>
weds 8pm (biweekly): flash comedy: have a picture-perfect night of laughs at the flash comedy show, where the hosts snap free polaroids of you and your friends to take home. hosted by claire parker (celebrity memoir book club), audrey black (cracked), and temi adeoye, tonight’s show features james tom, saheim patrick, gabby jordan brown, katherine gorham, jared waters, shosh brodman, and chika. mood ring (bushwick), $12. >>
weds 9:30pm: facebook marketplace live!: inspired by facebook marketplace, craigslist, and buy nothing groups, this game show pits comedians in a series of marketplace-themed games to win the title of ‘king of sh*t.’ hosted by amanda melhuish (reductress) and virginia dickens (the onion). caveat (les), $14.67 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $22-23). >>
thursday
thurs thru sun: affordable art fair: the affordable art fair (spring edition) returns, showcasing original contemporary artworks starting at $100. starrett lehigh building (chelsea), free admission with donation of an art supply thursday 6–8pm, $35 all other dates/times. >>
thurs thru sun: westfest 2026: the annual west fest dance festival returns with works by 16 artists in two unique programs at westbeth artist housing (west village). sliding scale admission starts at $20. >>
thurs 6pm doors: presentation dating: anything goes, from powerpoints to interpretive dance, guitar solos, and odes to love, as single audience members put themselves on display for willing attendees at the presentation dating show. solas (east village), $15-20. >>
thurs 6-9pm: sva mfa fine arts spring 2026 open studios: meet art students from around the world working in a wide range of mediums at the school of visual arts’s annual spring open studios event. sva (chelsea), free (rsvp). >>
thurs 6:15pm (season ends today): ice theatre of new york: 2025-26 city skate pop-up performances: ice theatre of new york’s annual ice dance performance series returns to public outdoor skating rinks for the fall-winter season. tonight: wollman rink in central park. free admission. >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): facts machine: science, comedy + trivia: scientists and comedians share the stories behind their favorite facts, ‘conduct experiments’ (i.e. play drinking games), and test their knowledge with a trivia challenge loosely inspired by this month’s theme: brain science. hosted by scientists and pub trivia hosts em costa, noah guiberson, and rob frawley. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $24-$25). >>
thurs 7pm (various dates thru 5/7): bam free music series: brooklyn academy of music’s second free music season turns the spotlight on caribbean artists and sounds. tonight: award-winning trinidadian-american soca artist anika berry, brooklyn steel band hearts of steel, and other guests. the adam space (bamcafé) at bam’s peter j. sharp building (fort greene), free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm (monthly): pete’s reading series: hear from literary icons and newcomers alike at this long-running reading series, hosted by temim fruchter and brian gresko. tonight’s event features melissa faliveno (hemlock), vanessa lawrence (sheer), svetlana satchkova (the undead), and alice yang (a beast slinks toward beijing). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm: the book of red flags: live!: join comedian, actor and writer jenny gorelick for a launch event celebrating new book the book of red flags: dating signs they aren’t it, featuring dating advice, giveaways, and guest comedians amber singletary, maddy kelly, sureni weerasekera, and daniela mora. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
thurs 8pm: afters: stories of so-called endings: from breakups to breakdowns, ‘afters’ is comedy storytelling show about the fresh starts that come from life’s endings, with each story backed by a three-piece band improvising a musical score to the twists and turns of the tale. stick around for live band karaoke after the show. hosted by julie piñero. salon on kingston (crown heights), $10. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): the shawshank redemption entirely from memory: watch as blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers attempt to recreate the shawshank redemption on stage—without the aid of scripts or rehearsals. as chaos ensues, drinks are drunk while the players are challenged to incorporate lines written by the audience and create ‘deleted’ scenes. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $14 day of. >>
thurs 8:30pm (+ 4/16): i love you… but: married comedian couple courtney maginnis and casey james salengo present a comedy show about the highs and lows of love and marriage in the modern age. pine box rock shop (bushwick), free admission. >>
thurs 9:30pm: three-day champion: three-day champion is a comedic storytelling podcast wrapped inside a game show where comedian contestants are asked, ‘if you were a three-day champion on a game show, what three stories about yourself would you choose to tell?’ hosted by christine walters with guests natasha vaynblat (fallon), josh sharp (dicks: the musical), and alison leiby (oh god, a show about abortion), plus guest host jackie hoffman (only murders in the building). caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘champ2026’ (reg. $24-25). >>
ongoing
our roundup of 30+ ongoing events: a keith haring exhibition at the brant foundation, art of noise at cooper hewitt, claudia bitrán: titanic, a deep emotion, film fests + series, and more. >>
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