cultural fests / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):
► fri 10am-5pm: sixth annual cider village at the union square greenmarket: union square park, manhattan. >>
► fri + sat (fri 1-7pm, sat 11am-6pm): threadbare vintage clothing + antique textiles show: 26 bridge street, brooklyn (dumbo). $15 admission. >>
► sat + sun (11am-6pm): fad (fashion art design) pop-up market: st. paul’s church (boerum hill/cobble hill). >>
► sat 11am-9pm: the 11th annual diwali times square: broadway from 46th st to 48th st. >>
► sat 12-6pm: the 12th diwali on hudson: exchange place in jersey city. >>
► sat 11am-4pm: the third annual offset art book fair: sheila c. johnson design center at parsons school of design (greenwich village). timed ticket required. >>
► sun 11am-4pm: maum market: asian makers market: industry city (brooklyn). >>
► sun 11am-6pm: five boro foto fest: photographs, prints, zines, books, and mixed media: culture lab lic. >>
film fests / series:
► fri + sat: 12th nordic international film festival: scandinavia house (ues), $13 general, 50% off for students with code ‘student’ >>
► fri thru 10/29: william greaves 100: once upon a time in harlem, symbiopsychotaxiplasm: take one, nationtime, lost boundaries, and more. film forum (south village), $18. >>
► fri thru 10/29: area coded: american regionalism in film: giant, grey gardens, move ya body: the birth of house, shakedown, the texas chain saw massacre, and more. >>
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friday
fri 6-9pm: housing works fifth annual taylor swift karaoke competition: grab the mic and unleash your inner swiftie at the same housing works bookstore featured in the ‘all too well (taylor’s version)’ music video. singers can compete for gift cards, and all attendees will be entered in a raffle to win a $200 ‘stolen lullabies’ vinyl variant of folklore. housing works bookstore (soho), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
fri 7pm: looking for laughs: love island meets whose line is it anyway? two blindfolded singles meet four comics for a real blind date. on stage. hosted by douglas widick and tess tregellas. caveat (les), $14.43 with promo code ‘skint15’ (reg. $22-23). >>
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 lineup includes matt koff (the daily show), hoodo hersi (colbert), julia shiplett (netflix), oba olaniyi, olivia stadler, and andrea allen. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>
fri 9:30pm: yesterday’s horoscope, live!: the stars are aligned for yesterday’s horoscope, a cosmic comedy show with an astrological bent, hosted by ‘the all seeing, all knowing, and occasionally withholding skies’ (kristina gustovich and jane mitchell). $15.67 with promo code ‘mamalovesskint’ (reg $24-25). >>
saturday
sat + sun (11am-6pm): lincoln center open house: get a taste of lincoln center’s performing arts programming with a day of family-friendly performances, workshops, storytelling, music, dance, puppets, costume-making, and more, including jazz from jazz at lincoln center, an opera workshop with the metropolitan opera, and dance workshops from the school of american ballet and new york city ballet. free admission. >>
sat 10am: brooklyn’s black trailblazers: cemetery trolley tour: visit the memorials of artist jean-michel basquiat, civil rights activists grace nail johnson and james weldon johnson, mathematician charles l. reason (the first black college professor in the united states), and other visionaries on this guided tour of green-wood cemetery examining the life and accomplishments of prominent black brooklynites. free admission (rsvp). >>
sat 4pm: we’re ready to (dis)believe you: (conspiracy) theories debunked: stand-up comedy, true stories, live music, and bs-detector games meet neuroscience in a live variety show exploring why our brains fall for conspiracy theories and misinformation, and how you can build a sharper bs detector of your own. hosted by gabriel berezin of the fuguespodcast. caveat (les), $14.64 with promo code ‘brokebuthappy’ (reg. $20.09). >>
sat 5pm: relationsh*t storytelling show: stories about all kinds of relationships meet on-stage advice from actual therapists. hosted by lynn bixenspan and morgan pielli. q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>
sat 9:30pm (monthly): drunk planet earth: mst3k meets animal planet meets drinking game at this participatory show that revolves around watching an animal documentary, drinking, and the audience trying to stump the hosts with animal trivia. hosted by brian morabito and stephen buckley. caveat (les), free admission. >>
sunday
sun 2pm (+ 2/7, 3/18, 5/2): the broadway bach ensemble: fall concert: the broadway bach ensemble, a community orchestra that presents four free concerts of music from the baroque era to the 21st century every year, kicks off its 42nd season with an afternoon program featuring works by grace williams, igor stravinsky, and robert schumann at the broadway presbyterian church (morningside heights). >>
sun 7:30pm: poetry overnight at bam: bam’s first-ever poetry overnight takes over the adam space (bamcafé) for an all-night poetry reading, with featured readers, special guests, and unique collaborations until sunrise. come and go as you please, or stay for the whole event. curated by bam curator at large and macarthur ‘genius’ hanif abdurraqib and hosted by jon goode. brooklyn academy of music (fort greene), free admission. >>
sun 8:30pm: improv with my friends from work: ceara jane o’sullivan (snl, petty crimes podcast) hosts a long-form improv show with cast and writers from saturday night live. ucb (east village), $20. >>
monday
mon 6pm: get lit! t kira madden and fenne lily: author t kira madden joins wnyc’s all of it host alison stewart for a discussion about her debut novel, whidbey. the conversation will be followed by a musical performance from folk singer-songwriter fenne lily. nypl’s stavros niarchos foundation library (midtown), free admission. >>
mon 7pm: the story collider podcast science storytelling show: ‘stepping up’ edition: science meets storytelling. five storytellers take the stage with true tales about how science impacted their lives in touching, funny, and interesting ways. tonight’s edition explores stories about stepping up, from coming of age to fulfilling expectations. hosted by diana li and paula croxson. caveat (les), $14.22 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $24-25). >>
mon 7:30pm (monthly thru may): 24th annual music mondays concert series: the music mondays concert series returns with a new season of classical and contemporary chamber music at advent lutheran church (uws). tonight, claremont trio and clarinetist kinan azmeh perform works by azmeh, rebecca clarke, and maurice ravel. a casual reception will follow the performance. free admission (note: if online reservations are sold out, there will be a standby line). >>
ongoing
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