tuesday
tues 6pm (monthly thru 12/1): miller theater’s pop-up concert series: sit onstage with virtuoso musicians during columbia university school of the arts’s hour-long early-evening concerts, with a free drink in hand and the opportunity to mingle with the performers afterward. the 15th season continues tonight with pianist conrad tao, performing the premiere of david fulmer’s i have loved a stream and a shadow, a solo piano work inspired by the poetry of ezra pound. miller theatre at columbia university (morningside heights), free admission. >>
🎃 tues 6pm doors (weather permitting): free outdoor movie: jennifer’s body at gansevoort plaza (meatpacking district). >>
tues 7pm doors: scientific controversies: octopus umwelt: for the latest installment of pioneer works’ scientific controversies series, comparative psychologist and marine biologist dr. alex schnell (national geographic: secrets of the octopus) and dr. caroline albertin investigate what the octopus can reveal about the nature of consciousness, perception, the origins of the mind, and what it means to be intelligent. hosted by barnard physics and astronomy professor and pioneer works director of sciences janna levin. food will be available for purchase, and stargazing with the amateur astronomers association will precede and follow the event. pioneer works (red hook), free admission (donations welcome). >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy live: exploring cosmic building blocks: join astrophysicist emily calamari at the american museum of natural history for a journey from the chemical building blocks found in meteorites to the swirling disks of gas and dust surrounding young stars, exploring how planets take shape and discovering what new observations are revealing about the origins of worlds throughout the universe. hayden planetarium space theater (uws), $20. >>
tues 7pm: creative showcase vol. 7: a curated lineup of designers, artists, technologists, and researchers get just 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to present what they’re working on at this pecha kucha-style forum. hosted by katie ehrlich. index chinatown, $10. >>
🎃 tues 7:30pm: sixth annual queer spooky shorts: the other side of silence, nyc’s oldest and longest-producing lgbtq+ theater company, presents an evening of short halloween-themed one-act plays. a.r.t./new york theatres (midtown), $5 admission. >>
tues 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: ‘teenage nightmares.’ $22.05. >>
sponsored
NYC comedian Kendall Farrell tapes his first stand up special at Littlefield in Brooklyn on Sunday, October 18, executive produced by Ashley Gavin and Rachel Feinstein.
Farrell was named a “Comic to Watch” at the New York Comedy Festival and a “Breakout Artist” by Carolines on Broadway. He has opened for national headliners like Michelle Wolf, Beth Stelling, Drew Lynch and Matteo Lane. His work has been seen/heard on SiriusXM, Cracked and Adult Swim.
In this hour, Farrell discusses using Manosphere logic to explain that gender is a spectrum, the difference between gay and straight men’s nudes, and being a liberal black sheep in a conservative family — with some thoughts on whether you can actually bl*w your way to the top.
Two shows: 7pm & 9:30pm
Littlefield, 635 Sackett St, Brooklyn
Use code SKINT20 for $20 tickets
Tickets available at kendallfarrell.com/special
wednesday
film fests/series (various prices):
► weds-sun: 14th chelsea film festival: regal battery park and online. >>
► weds-sun: 30th urbanworld film festival: regal union square. >>
► 🎃 thurs thru 10/22: 11th annual brooklyn horror film festival: nitehawk cinema (williamsburg + prospect park). >>
► thurs thru 10/25: 38th annual new york lgbtq+ film festival (newfest): various locations in manhattan and brooklyn, as well as online. >>
weds 6:30pm: jonathan ames: a past without pictures: author and bored to death creator jonathan ames discusses his latest book, a past without pictures, with yaddo’s elaina richardson at brooklyn public library for arts + culture (fort greene). free admission. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): fantastic fiction at kgb: this monthly speculative-fiction reading series, hosted by editor ellen datlow and writer matthew kressel, welcomes writers john langan (lost in the dark and other excursions and carrie-edmund laben (smoke season) for a night of readings and discussion at kgb bar (east village). free admission. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): peer revue: ted talks with a twist. real experts give real talks on big ideas—like quarks or the fall of rome—then comedians wing it while trying to make sense of slides they’ve never seen before. hosted by ben lillie, with talks by lizbanks campagna, mick szal, lina zikas, and hampton humber, and comedy by brielle demirjian, kristina gustovich, kenny park-yi, and shyaporn theerakulstit. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘revueskint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>
weds 7pm (wednesdays): baby shoes comedy: clare donaher and alex murdoch’s baby shoes comedy show delivers grown-up laughs with a fresh lineup of comedians each week. tonight’s show features gabby jordan brown, shelby latterman, kieron harrell, allison o’conor, and annabeth mann. black cat les, free admission. >>
🎃 weds 7pm (weather permitting): free outdoor movie: practical magic at prospect park (brooklyn). >>
🎃 weds 7pm doors (+ 10/18): infinite good times movie club: ‘the house that carpenter built: part 2 of 3’ edition: infinite good times movie club returns with a double-feature screening of john carpenter’s the fog and body bags at gowanus metal bar lucky 13 saloon. bonus: free popcorn and candy. free admission with rsvp ($5 suggested donation) >>
🎃 weds 8pm (wednesdays thru 10/28): sunnyside horror society: sunnyside horror society’s spooky season screening series continues with the exorcist. sanger hall (sunnyside), free admission. >>
thursday
thurs thru 1/11/2027: new exhibitions at international center of photography (les): i’m so happy you are here: japanese women photographers from the 1950s to now, laia abril: on rape and institutional failure, and the gfx challenge grant: five years, five projects (thru 10/19). international center of photography (les), $18 general, $14 seniors, $12 students, $5 thursdays 5-8pm. >>
thurs thru sun: honk nyc! festival: 20th annual street band blowout: the annual honk nyc! festival brings four days of global brass and percussion music from local, national, and international street bands to indoor and outdoor venues and parks across manhattan, brooklyn, and queens. fmost events are free. >>
thurs 2-7pm: brooklyn botanic garden’s fall plant sale: shop a curated selection of indoor and outdoor plants for your apartment or garden. free tickets include admission to the grounds. >>
thurs 6pm (+ sat 7:30pm) new york classical players: the new york classical players opens its beethoven 200 chamber series with a pair of free concerts at bruno walter auditorium at new york public library for the performing arts (thurs) and church of st. luke + st. matthew in clinton hill (sat). >>
sponsored: thurs 6:30pm: leila sales presents encore performance: an 831 stories romance: p+t knitwear is pleased to welcome leila sales to celebrate and discuss the release of her book from 831 stories, encore performance; the story of emmy gold—the frontwoman of an indie-sleaze breakout band who’s since gone solo—going back on tour with her former collaborator and first love, bishop ward. she’s always trusted she can write a hit song, and now she’s finding out if she can rewrite her past. leila will be in conversation with melissa giannini, and will sign books after the talk! p+t knitwear bookstore (les), $10 admission, $17.83 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>
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: spooky science. hosted by scientists, comedians, and pub trivia hosts em costa, noah guiberson, and rob frawley. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $24-25). >>
🎃 thurs 7pm: kevin geeks out about creepy kids: comedian kevin maher and a lineup of pop-culture aficionados return to nitehawk cinema (prospect park) with a video variety show about the telekinetic tykes, zombie babies, killer kids, and ghost girls of tv and movies. $18. >>
🎃 thurs 7pm (weather permitting): free outdoor movie: scooby-doo at sunset park (brooklyn). >>
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 edition features jami attenberg (the amnesiac), bindu bansinath (men like ours), alexa brahme (good news), and ed park (three tenses). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm: top shelf stories: julia whitehouse serves up an evening of carefully crafted storytelling at ucb (east village). tonight’s lineup: john trowbridge, henry suarez, chris james, and david lawson, plus one open mic slot reserved for an audience member. hosted by julia whitehouse. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
🎃 thurs 8pm (monthly): it entirely from memory: watch as blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers attempt/fail to recreate stephen king’s it on stage, without the aid of scripts, rehearsals, or sobriety. 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 8pm doors: footlight’s annual undead prom: dig your old prom outfit out of the grave for footlight’s 90s/00s undead prom, featuring live music from the don’t look nows, prom portraits (prints are $1.50), prizes, and a court coronation at 9:45pm. themed costumes very much encouraged. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $15 suggested admission (notaflof). >>
ongoing
our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: 2-for-1 off-broadway tickets, gaia, oktoberfest events, the amazing maize maze, and more. >>
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