tuesday
thru 6/6 (tuesdays 8-9am, thursdays + fridays 5-6pm): bryant park birding tours: see the wide variety of feathered friends that pass through midtown’s bryant park during migratory season on a guided tour led by environmental educator and urban naturalist gabriel willow. newbies and bird nerds alike are welcome. >>
tues thru 5/13: (tuesdays): doc nyc selects: spring 2025: doc nyc, the country’s largest documentary film festival, presents a screening series of four new and classic documentaries, followed by conversations with the filmmakers and special guests at all shows. first up: the nyc premiere of jean cocteau with director director/producer lisa immordino vreeland and editor/producer john northrup. ifc center (greenwich village), $18 general, $15 seniors. >>
tues thru 5/6: sva mfa fine arts thesis exhibition: school of visual arts presents ‘wondering paths,’ an exhibition showcasing thesis work from the 25 students in the mfa fine arts class of 2025. reception 4/24 6-8pm. sva chelsea gallery, free admission. >>
tues 6:30pm: secrets of publishing: author susan shapiro hosts a panel discussion of insider tips and tricks for navigating the publishing world, joined by literary agents alia hanna habib, kate mckean, and pronoy sarkar; editors emi ikkanda and krishan trotman; and lester fabian braithwaite, author of rage: on being queer, black, brilliant…and completely over it. p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $5 admission can be applied towards any book or item in the café. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): we love a theme: a storytelling show: a lineup of performers tell funny, heartwarming, and cringe-inducing tales at tonight’s ‘what a fool believes’ edition of bailey swilley’s monthly storytelling show. featuring molly cameron, kelli dunham, alexis lambright, and michael mcfadden. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >>
tues 7:30pm: something old, something new, something blue: good things come in threes at the something old, something new, something blue stand-up show, where comedians are required to include an old joke, a new joke, and a dirty joke in their sets. hosted by caitlin reese (hbo), and featuring matt storrs (npr), kate sisk (comedy central), luka arnold (mtv), and brittany carney (adult swim). q.e.d. (astoria), $15. >>
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The New York City Craft Beer Wine And Spirits Fest returns to Chelsea Industrial on Saturday, April 26, pouring up over 100 samples from breweries, wineries, and distilleries near and far! It’s a great opportunity to discover new favorites and chat with brewers, sommeliers, and master distillers about the craft behind your next favorite go-to pours.
Guests will enjoy unlimited samples for the entire session, paired with live entertainment, interactive games, and access to food available to purchase from Angry Archies, Chavas Empanadas, Mozzarepas, and Taste of Poland.
Tickets include unlimited tastings and a souvenir tasting glass.
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New York City Craft Beer Wine And Spirits Fest
Saturday, April 26
Session 1: 1-4:30pm
Session 2: 6-9:30pm
Chelsea Industrial
535 West 28th Street New York, NY 10001
21+ Only
wednesday
sponsored: weds thru 5/25: the last laugh at 59e59 theaters: evolution productions + jamie wilson productions present paul hendy’s the last laugh, a side-splitting and poignant love letter to the golden age of television comedy and its lasting impression on the entertainment world. the last laugh imagines a meeting between a trio of legendary comedians: tommy cooper, beloved for his magic tricks that didn’t work; eric morecambe, whose double act is the focus of the 2003 broadway hit the play what i wrote; and bob monkhouse, renowned for his witty remarks as a game show host. starring damian williams, bob golding, and simon cartwright. use code ‘skint’ to snag $26 tickets (incl. $6 fee – reg. $66-$86)! >>
weds 1-4pm: 15th annual shakespeare’s birthday sonnet slam: shakespeare sonnet spree! 154 readers of all ages and abilities each perform one of the bard’s 154 sonnets aloud in this annual literary tradition. 9th floor lounge of the riverside church (morningside heights), free admission (donations welcome). >>
weds 7pm: an evening with jason roeder + friends: mcsweeney’s and a newsletter of humorous writing present an evening of humor readings to celebrate jason roeder’s griefstrike: the ultimate guide to mourning, a finalist for the thurber prize for american humor. fuest readers include josh gondelman, jiji lee, jen spyra, and colin nissan. hosted by luke burns and james folta. francis kite club (alphabet city), 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 diane mehta (happier far), joanna novak (domestirexia: poems), timothy ree (beasting), and anton solomonik (realistic fiction). free admission. >>
weds 9:30pm (weekly): friends with caveats: expect everything from stand-up and character performances to music and even powerpoint presentations at caveat’s weekly comedy show, ‘friends with caveats.’ tonight’s lineup includes sarah adelman, jilberto soto, josh lampley, noah guiberson, jerzy gwiazdowski, paige smith-hogan, and liz coin. hosted by art cai. caveat (les), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
thursday
thurs thru 11/2: two new exhibitions at poster house: copy/paste/print/repeat: mike king + the art of the gig poster and from the bronx to the battery: the subway sun fill the walls of poster house (chelsea). $15 general, $10 seniors / students / veterans / educators / visitors with disabilities, free admission every friday and every third sunday. >>
thurs thru 6/17: thomas j price resilience of scale: hauser + wirth (soho) presents sculptor thomas j price’s resilience of scale—five towering bronze figures, some as tall as 12 feet, that honor every day people and amplify traditionally marginalized bodies. concurrent with the exhibition, price’s massive bronze figure grounded in the stars will be installed in times square 4/29-6/17, and his stop-motion animations from the man series will be projected from over 90 times square’s billboards nightly as a part of the midnight moment program. free admission. >>
thurs thru 5/9: there is no spoon: five actors and two musical foley artists perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the matrix in under an hour. brooklyn art haus (williamsburg), $20 with code ‘wakeup’ (reg. $30). >>
thurs thru sun: new york cinefest: the annual new york cinefest celebrates indie cinema with four days of new short and feature films at look dine-in cinemas w57 (hell’s kitchen). $17.09+. >>
thurs 7pm: nyc magic ensemble: expect the unexpected as the nyc magic ensemble presents a night of magicians and mentalists at young ethel’s (park slope), featuring performers lee allen barrett, sara crasson, and matt szat. $10 (a limited number of 2-for-1 tickets are also available). >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): golden spiral comedy show: at mindy raf and katie compa’s golden spiral comedy show, stand-up set lengths follow the fibonacci sequence (5, 8, 13, and 21 minutes each). tonight’s show at whiskey cellar nyc (east village) includes guests gastor almonte, amanda g, enor bishop, david mills, and nonye brown-west. advance ticket purchase includes a raffle ticket for a free drink. a limited number of tickets are available for $7.18 with promo code ‘skintspiral’ (reg. $10.38+). >>
thurs 8pm doors: landline comedy at wild east brewing co.: get hoppy at the barrel cellar at wild east brewing co. (gowanus), which is hosting a stand-up comedy show featuring sets by rachel coster (boy room), ryan beck (comedy central), zeph mcdonough (the daily show), marito lopez (cbc), sally ann hall (one liner madness winner 2025), aislinn janek, and matthew benjamin. hosted by andre medrano. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 40+ ongoing events and attractions: cherry blossom update, the met fifth ave’s new roof garden commission (thru 10/19), brooklyn cyclones baseball season, bargemusic, and more. >>
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