friday

8 women’s history month and international women’s day events:

► thru 3/12: 10th annual women’s history month / international women’s day art exhibition: one art space (tribeca). opening reception 3/7 6-9pm. free admission. >>

► fri 7pm: third street live sounds with the harlem chamber players: a women’s history month concert featuring all living women composers. third street music settlement (east village), free admission (donations welcome). >>

► sat 12-6pm: international women’s day makers market: footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), pay-what-you can admission. >>

► sat 5-10pm: first saturday at brooklyn museum: freedom is an everyday struggle: free admission includes museum general admission (rsvp required). >>

► sun 10am-5pm: women-owned business bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (uws). >>

► sun 12-4pm: women’s strike nyc fest 2026: maria hernandez park (bushwick), free admission (donations welcome). >>

► sun 12-5pm: made by her art market: haricot vert’s dreamworld boutique (williamsburg), free admission. >>

► sun 2pm: nyc womxn’s march 2026: the metropolitan museum of art to belvedere castle in central park. >>

thru 3/29: four new screening series at metrograph ($18):

► holy trips: stalker, the darjeeling limited, the seventh seal, weekend, and more. >>

► juliette binoche: emotion in motion: certified copy, clouds of sils maria, the english patient, the unbearable lightness of being, and more. >>

► sukiyaki bebop: battle royale, cowboy bebop: the movie, ghost dog: the way of the samurai, kill bill: vols 1 + 2, sukiyaki western django. >>

► what price hollywood?: in a lonely place, inland empire, sunset boulevard, the player, and more. >>

thru 3/12: the jim irsay collection at christie’s: get a glimpse inside one of the most remarkable collections of guitars, instruments, sports, movie, literary, and pop-culture memorabilia ever assembled. ahead of a major auction, christie’s rockefeller plaza gallery is hosting a public exhibition of the late jim irsay’s private collection. highlights include ringo starr’s drum used during the beatles’ debut ed sullivan show performance in 1964, bob dylan’s handwritten lyrics to ‘the times they are a-changin’, kurt cobain’s fender mustang guitar, jack kerouac’s original typescript scroll of on the road, and much more. free admission. >>

thru sun: shoe-inn warehouse sale: find your sole mate at the 30th annual shoe-inn warehouse sale, where you can save up to 75% on brand name women’s shoes, boots, and sneakers. 261 fifth ave (bet. 28th + 29th sts). >>

thru sun (fri-sat 9am-8pm, sun 9am-4pm): unclaimed baggage pop-up: the nations’s only retailer of lost airline luggage brings its finds to nyc. browse a curated collection of electronics, designer gear, and all sorts of weird and wonderful items salvaged from unclaimed bags over the past year. 2 rivington st (les), free admission. >>

thru sun: 16th athena film festival: barnard college’s athena center for leadership and the women and hollywood initiative’s annual festival showcasing women-centered stories returns with three days of screenings, panels, filmmaker q+as, and other events that investigate the intersections of gender, power, culture and society. barnard college (morningside heights), $16 general, $6 students. >>

thru sun: seventh annual new colossus festival: the lower east side turns into an indie music playground as 150+ artists from around the world take over 12 venues. various prices. >>

sponsored: thru sat: grey arias – three nights only!: time out london’s top 10 cabaret star le gateau chocolat joins nyc’s notorious feminist provocateur adrienne truscott in grey arias – a virtuosic riot of music, comedy, drag, and debate coming to the flea (tribeca) for three nights only. this award-winning duo brings rhetorical traps, musical interludes, and outsized personalities onstage as they unravel identity as lived, perceived, and projected. when their comical banter turns personal, they toss petty politeness aside and grey areas give way to a hilarious crescendo of operatic proportions. use code ‘skint20’ for 20% off tickets! >>

sponsored: fri + sat: flop house comedy club: nyc’s friendliest indie comedy club—with great comics, a cozy atmosphere, and no drink minimums—has some incredible lineups this weekend! save 50% with promo code ‘skint’ on tickets to these shows at 362 grand street in williamsburg. friday 8pm + 9:30pm: alex asifo, rachel williams, shafi hossain, matty litwack; saturday 8pm + 9:30pm: chris reiter, caitlin peluffo, carmen lagala, subhah agarwal. >>

fri 6pm: first novel friday at the center for fiction: join the center for fiction for an evening celebrating a selection of notable debut novels. the night begins with a happy hour reception in the lounge (cash bar), followed by author readings, discussion, and signings in the auditorium. tonight’s featured authors include alice martin (westward women), teo rivera-dundas (slow guillotine), reena shah (every happiness), and moderator megha majumdar (a burning). the center forfiction (fort greene), $5+ admission. >>

fri 6pm-midnight: ‘not a pizza shop’ exhibition: designer toy company plastic pizza serves up a group exhibition featuring 50 artists mixing designer toys and street art. bonus: free pizza (while supplies last). studio6 gallery (les), free admission. >>

fri 6:30pm (monthly): lower east stories: p+t knitwear bookstore + café (les) presents a storytelling salon where each month brings a fresh theme and fresh tales. tonight’s theme: ‘sprung.’ hosted by matt storrs. $10 admission. >>

fri 7pm: houdini speaks to the living: magic, history, and the afterlife collide as sir arthur conan doyle and harry houdini face off in 1924 over spiritualism and the nature of magic. presented in conjunction with the exhibition mystery and wonder: a legacy of golden age magicians in new york city, writer-director beth burns and performer patrick terry bring this 75-minute, largely verbatim play to life at new york public library for the performing arts at lincoln center (uws). free admission. >>

fri 7pm (monthly): immigrant jam comedy: german-born, nyc-raised comedian and actor lucie pohl (overwatch) celebrates all things cross-cultural, international, and delightfully different at the immigrant jam stand-up show, featuring immigrant and first generation comedians. tonight’s lineup reps dominica, ethiopia, germany, india, romania, south africa, yemen, and more with performers pranav behari, naomi karavani, ali sultan, kofi thomas, and sarah tollemache. a portion of the proceeds will go to new women new yorkers. caveat (les), $15.67 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $24-25). >>

fri 7:30pm (monthly): feel the news with marcela onyango: in this monthly anti-capitalist, anti-fascist comedy show, ‘radical lefty’ comedian marcela onyango breaks down the latest headlines—helping you decide whether to be mad, glad, or just deeply confused. each show supports direct action efforts, raising funds for mutual aid projects. tonight’s guests include atheer yacoub, april body, kendall allison, carolina montesquieu, and winter. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include mike lebovitz, joshua stokes, jordan thewlis, sima sepheri, and gretchen hahn. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 9pm: a hatsune miku but also family guy cosplay rave: come in cosplay as your fav vocaloid, griffin family member, or anything in between and join cosplay guests at weeb adjacent’s second anniversary party. wonderville (bushwick), $20 adv, $25 door. >>

sponsored

Our friends at CraicFest – the Irish Film Festival in NYC – are back for their 27th year, bringing a lively celebration of Irish film and culture to Village East Cinemas through March 7. Expect U.S. and NYC premieres, filmmaker Q&As, family-friendly screenings, and festive after-parties — all highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in contemporary Irish cinema. Whether you’re a film lover, a fan of Irish culture, or simply looking for a great night out in the city, CraicFest offers something special.

Tickets are selling fast—secure yours now and be part of CraicFest 2025!

View the full schedule and secure your tickets at thecraicfest.com

saturday

sat + sun (sat 10am-6pm, sun 10am-5pm): salon du chocolat: calling all chocoholics! chocolatiers, pastry chefs, artisans, and cocoa experts come together for the annual salon du chocolat. browse and buy from vendors, sample treats, and see chocolate craft on display. center 415 (midtown), $33 general, $24 children ages 6-12. >>

sat + sun: the world of ’70s black film musicals with ashley clark: dive into the sound and style of 1970s black musicals with author, programmer, and criterion collection curatorial director ashley clark. celebrating the release of his book, the world of black film: a journey through cinematic blackness in 100 films, clark presents a three-film mini-series at museum of the moving image (astoria) featuring the wiz, west indies, and space is the place. saturday’s screening of the wiz is followed by a book signing. $17.50 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

sat 12pm until sold out: bake sale for nyc immigrant communities: cupcakes for a cause. over 40 bakers bring cookies, cakes, and pastries to greenpoint’s index space, with all proceeds supporting make the road new york, which provides legal, health, and education services to local immigrant and working-class communities. >>

sat 12-2pm: stand up for science rally: as part of a national day of action, nyc’s second stand up for science rally takes place at city hall park, with infectious disease physicians, biochemists, historians, and other experts raising their voices for science and evidence-based policy. >>

sat 12-3pm: holi celebration at the seaport: shake off the winter blues with a splash of color at this afternoon celebration holi. wear white and join the crowd for joyful color-throwing, dance performances and workshops, a puppet show, music, and indian food vendors. powders can be purchased in advance or on-site. seaport square between piers 16 + 17 and the tall ship wavertree, free admission. >>

sat 12-6pm: uptown record fair: add some jazz, rock, hip-hop, blues, experimental, and more to your collection at the third annual uptown record fair, a fundraiser for word up community bookshop’s recirculation pop-up. 876 riverside drive (washington heights), $5-10 suggested donation is encouraged but not required. >>

sat 12-6pm: junk drawer market: shop handmade jewelry, crochet, candles, and clothing, get a tarot reading, or snag a new tattoo at candi closet’s queer makers’ market. yume (flatbush), free admission. >>

sat 1:30pm: the legend of you: the personalized improvised adventure: musical improv meets fantasy adventure meets your latest therapy session in ‘the legend of you: the personalized improvised adventure.’ each performance kicks off with an everyday problem shared by an audience member, which the cast transforms into an epic quest packed with bespoke monsters, magical treasures, and a big bad villain. caveat (les), $16.70 with promo code ‘daylight’ (reg. $30-35). >>

sat 2pm: the girls are gathering: grab your bestie(s) for an afternoon of mimosas, comedy, tarot, gossip, giveaways, and conversation about keeping friendship front and center. flop house comedy club (williamsburg), save 50% with promo code ‘girlsclub’ >>

sat 7pm (monthly): ucblk: a variety show spotlighting black performers: join hosts justin catchens, dominique kaplowitz, and shem pennant for a night of improv, sketch, stand-up, and more—featuring a dynamic lineup of black performers. ucb (east village), $15. >>

sat 7pm (monthly): tom d’s big new york show: comedian and licensed nyc tour guide tom delgado takes you through different aspects of nyc each month, with history, comedy, trivia with prizes, and special guests. tonight’s show features author and columbia professor ross perlin (language city), and comedian joyelle nicole johnson (fallon). save $5 with promo code ‘tomdnyc’ >>

sat 7pm: close friends comedy show: comedians share material they usually save for their besties. hosted by temi adeoye and chine ikoro, tonight’s lineup features shenba vairavan, missy mcintosh, adrienne hunter, and grace johnson. brooklyn comedy collective’s eris deep space (williamsburg), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

sat 7:30pm: alison leiby: for this?: comedian and writer alison leiby (the marvelous mrs. maisel) presents an hour of material covering life, death, back surgery, humiliation, and what it means to still be here (with jokes). union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 door. >>

sat 8pm: the master chorale: ‘gladsome light’: the master chorale presents the second concert of their 20th anniversary season, featuring rachmaninoff’s all-night vigil. the church of st. francis xavier (flatiron), $10+. >>

sat 9pm: brooklyn mardi gras: dance your beads off to killer brass bands and enjoy authentic nola cocktails at gemini + scorpio’s brooklyn party loft in gowanus. costumes highly encouraged. $15+. >>

sat 9:30pm: looking for laughs: love island meets whose line is it anyway? a real blind date on stage, with a kiss of comedy. hosted by douglas widick and kaila mullady. caveat (les), $15.67 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $22-23). >>

sunday

sun 2am: spring forward! daylight savings time starts today.

sun thru 8/23: whitney biennial 2026: the 82nd edition of america’s longest-running contemporary art survey brings together 56 artists, duos, and collectives for a wide-ranging look at life right now. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free for all every friday 5-10pm and every second sunday. >>

sun 12-3pm: governors island winter ice sculpture show: cool art! governors island arts presents its fifth annual ice sculpture show, where 10 artists team up with pro carvers from okamoto studio to create frosty masterpieces before your eyes. visitors can try their hand at ice carving in workshops, and food and drinks will be available for purchase. free admission. >>

sun 12-6pm: (monthly): pioneer works second sundays: pioneer works’ free monthly open house celebrates creativity across art, music, science, and community. with programming spread across three floors and the garden, this month’s edition features a book launch and runway show for shanzhai lyric’s endless garment, quantum realm demos, registration for the annual red hook regatta, open studios with current artists-in-residence, live music, solar gazing with the amateur astronomers association, and more. pioneer works (red hook), free admission (donations welcome). >>

sun 12pm-midnight: saw-a-thon: gore and good deeds meet as the brooklyn horror society hosts an all-day fundraiser marathon of all six final destination movies at lucky 13 saloon (gowanus), with proceeds supporting chips, a soup kitchen and shelter for homeless pregnant women and infants in brooklyn. sign up, get your friends and followers to sponsor you, and see how many flicks you can survive. >>

sponsored: sun 2pm: cirque du purim: a family purim circus!: brooklyn’s favorite cirque and play show by abcirque invites you to keep the purim celebrations going! watch the purim story come to life through dazzling acrobatics, awe-inspiring acts, clowns, magic, and more. after the show, kids can practice their circus skills at try-it stations with real circus performers – plus photo ops to capture the magic! whether you are familiar with or new to the purim story, this show is for you; all are welcome! crown hill theatre (crown heights), save 10% with promo code ‘cdp10’ >>

sun 6pm (monthly): public victories: from running the dishwasher to running a marathon, four performers—and one audience member—share true stories of personal triumphs, big or small, at the public victories storytelling show. featuring april boddie, kendra dawsey, and winter. hosted by andrea coleman. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission (donations welcome). >>

sun 7pm: peaky blinders with barry keoghan: the paris theater presents a screening of tom harper’s peaky blinders, followed by q+a with academy award nominee barry keoghan (saltburn, the banshees of inisherin). the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

monday

mon-tues (7pm): raise the page, uplift the word: a bipoc festival of short plays: abingdon theatre company and amt theater present their annual staged reading series spotlighting short plays by emerging artists of color. amt theater (theatre district), free admission (donations welcome). >>

mon (various times): national barbie day barbie screenings: come on, barbie, let’s go party! celebrate national barbie day with big-screen showings of barbie, greta gerwig’s candy-colored 2023 blockbuster starring margot robbie and ryan gosling. village east by angelika and regal (union square, battery park, and sheepshead bay). various prices.

mon 6:30pm: chris hayes: the siren’s call: journalist, author, and emmy award–winning msnbc host chris hayes joins sociologist alondra nelson (institute for advanced study) for a conversation about hayes’s latest book, the siren’s call: how attention became the world’s most endangered resource, which examines how the distraction age and the attention economy have reshaped our inner lives, our politics, and the fabric of democracy itself. center for brooklyn history (brooklyn heights), free admission. >>

sponsored: mon 8pm: manhattan concert productions at carnegie hall for $14: young musicians from the suzuki music academy of michigan and the cesar chavez academy violines chromaticos join forces under conductors maria pia bucco and mark mutter; the octavo series chorus, led by john wilson, and the festival octavo series chorus and calvin university capella under mark stover bring depth and brilliance to a sweeping program; featuring works by jake runestad, vaughan williams, elaine hagenberg, mozart, and more. use promo code ‘clb53914’ to grab $14 tickets (a value of up to $121!). >>

mon 8pm (monthly): franklin park reading series: 17th anniversary bash: the crown heights bar and beer garden’s winter season continues with an evening of readings from authors rachel eliza griffiths (the flower bearers), darcey steinke (this is the door), nicole sellew (lover girl), monica ferrell (the future), and m. ezra zhang (the margins, split lit). books will be available for purchase from indie bookseller unnameable books. free admission. >>

mon 8pm: unregistered hypercam: tales from the aughts: at this stand-up storytelling show-and-tell, comedians share their fave amateur, obscure, wonderfully low-res internet content from the early 2000s. a 2000s dj set follows. wonderville (bushwick), $10 suggested donation. >>

mon 8:30pm: yale slavic chorus: the yale slavic chorus brings a program of eastern european folk music performed by undergraduate singers from a wide range of cultural and academic backgrounds. the repertoire spans bulgarian, ukrainian, georgian, and other folk styles, with rich harmonies and centuries-old songs that have traveled across borders and generations. jalopy theater (columbia street waterfront district), $12 adv, $17 day of. >>

mon 9pm: improvised the office: dunder mifflin lives again as a cast of improvisers creates a brand-new episode of the office live on stage, using audience suggestions to decide what shenanigans michael, dwight, jim, pam, and the rest of the staff will get into. ucb (east village), $5. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 30+ ongoing events: 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets, ice skating, art shows, and more. >>

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– the skint