pride-themed events (many more to come throughout june!):
► weds thru 6/28: national queer theater’s annual criminal queerness festival: here arts center (south village), $25. >>
► thurs 6pm: all pride, no prejudice! a literary lgbtq+ celebration: the center for fiction (fort greene). $10. >>
► thurs thru 6/27: ninth annual queer|art|pride: various locations and prices. >>
► thurs thru 7/3: the 11th annual queerly festival: under st. marks (east village), various prices. >>
tuesday
tues 6-9pm: museum mile festival: fifth avenue shuts down to cars and opens up to art lovers as eight museums offer free admission and stay open late. this annual pedestrian-friendly block party spans from 82nd to 110th street, and features live performances, hands-on art activities for kids, food vendors, and more. participating museums include the africa center, cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum, el museo del barrio, the guggenheim, the jewish museum, the metropolitan museum of art, museum of the city of new york, and neue galerie. >>
tues 6:45pm: mindy raf: a (very) nervous system: comedian mindy raf runs her new stand-up hour at whiskey cellar nyc (east village). $7.18 with promo code ‘skintmindy’ (reg. $14.64). >>
tues 7pm: bloom: a sakura series poet slam: 10 poets take the mic to compete for a cash prize, judged by 5 randomly selected judges. hosted by italy ja’rae lee and laneytheepoet. hell phone (bushwick), $15 general / 2-for-1 for $25 ($20 general at the door). >>
tues 7:30pm: booze + build: let your inner kid run wild (with a drink in hand) at booze + build, a playful night of building brick fun for grown-ups where you use a set of freestyle bricks to bring your wildest ideas to life. plus, enjoy games, challenges, and prizes along the way. come solo or team up. building sets are available for purchase if you would like to take your creation home. q.e.d. (astoria), $12 admission. >>
tues 7:30pm (+ 6/24, 7/8, 7/22, 8/5): naumburg orchestral concerts: 2025 season: the naumburg orchestral concerts series returns for its 120th season at historic naumburg bandshell in central park. tonight: works by vivaldi, bach, bottesini, debussy, chen yi, and william grant still performed by chamber orchestra the knights. hosted by wqxr’s elliott forrest, all concerts will be broadcast live. free admission. >>
tues 8pm (tuesdays thru 6/24): 67th annual washington square music festival: from classical pieces to 21st century works by u.s. and international composers—plus jazz, latin, and world music—the washington square music festival serves up four free alfresco concerts in greenwich village’s washington square park. tonight: jazz keyboard + drums duo zohar + adam cabo with special guests. limited seating is available—lawn chairs are welcome. rain location: tishman auditorium at the new school. >>
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wednesday
weds thru 9/24 (wednesdays at 6:30am): sunrise yoga at domino park: start hump day with vinyasas and views of the east river, williamsburg bridge, and manhattan skyline. byo mat. free. >>
weds thru 8/13 (7pm; no performance 7/2): jazz at pier 84: jazz up your evening with the jazz foundation of america’s free outdoor concerts at hudson river park’s pier 84 (hell’s kitchen). the season starts tonight with american jazz and latin jazz flutist andrea brachfeld. >>
weds thru 8/9: lincoln center’s fourth annual summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual arts festival brings two months of free and choose-what-you-pay music concerts, performances, dance parties, film screenings, and more to its upper west side campus. wednesday: pianist robert glasper + bassist alain pérez, a silent disco with dj cherishtheluv, and more; thursday: big band jazz with vince giordano and the nighthawks, a screening of san juan hill, and a gala honoring ralph schlosstein and ambassador jane hartley hosted by amy sedaris with headliner ariana debose. >>
weds thru 6/25 (wednesdays at 7pm): bingo in bryant park: hundreds of players compete for the chance to yell “bingo!” at bryant park’s annual bingo nights. prizes include gift cards, bryant park swag, and more. hosted by comedian andy ross. free. >>
weds thru 6/16: the metropolitan opera’s summer recital series: the met opera’s popular summer recital series returns with free outdoor concerts at williamsbridge oval in the bronx (6/11), staten island’s stapleton waterfront (6/13), brooklyn bridge park (6/14), socrates sculpture park in long island city (6/15), and central park (6/16). rain or shine. >>
weds various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
transformers one at brigadier general charles young playground (harlem) >>
sonic the hedgehog 3 at brower park (crown heights) >>
we want the funk! at louis armstrong house museum (corona) >>
weds 11am-2:30pm: dine around downtown community food festival: head to fosun plaza for this annual lunchtime food fest, where 48 lower manhattan restaurants serve up signature dishes for just $5-10 each. the event is hosted by rocco dispirito, and offerings include braised short rib bao, crispy chicken bites, french dip sandwiches, lobster mac + cheese, mexican street corn, pao de queijo, sliders, and more. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>
weds 7pm (monthly): fantastic fiction: this speculative-fiction reading series, hosted by editor ellen datlow and writer matthew kressel at kgb bar (east village), welcomes christopher barzak (a voice calling) and david surface (these things that walk behind me). free admission. >>
weds 7:30pm: well well well! comedy: chuckles for charity. co-hosts griffin leeds and nora jefferies present an all-lgbtq+ comedy show at the rosemont (williamsburg), with proceeds benefiting the ali forney center. featuring carmen lagala (colbert), justin covington (netflix), esther fallick (vulture), and jonas schrodt. $9 suggested donation. >>
weds 8pm (monthly): mortified: you’re not the only one who had an awkward phase. from journals to angsty poetry to home movies, adults share their most embarrassing childhood artifacts at the mortified storytelling show. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>
thursday
thurs thru 7/31 (thursdays at 6pm): live at the archway: summer music + art in the dumbo archway: sights and sounds fill the public plaza underneath the manhattan bridge in dumbo. tonight: traditional and original louisiana music by t marie + bayou juju, plus all-women, trans, and non-binary brazilian samba-reggae drum line fogo azul, and art by samantha dion baker. food and drink will be available for purchase. rain or shine. free admission. >>
thurs thru 6/22 (thursdays-sundays at 6:30pm): shakespeare downtown presents tennessee williams’ tiger tale: shakespeare downtown presents outdoor performances of tennessee williams’ controversial and rarely performed tiger tale at castle clinton national monument (battery park). 250 free tickets will be made available at the door starting at 5:45pm. >>
thurs thru 6/20: 12th annual the americas film festival of new york: a project of the division of interdisciplinary studies at the center for worker education of city college of new york, in collaboration with the cervantes institute of ny and the national museum of the american indian, the americas film festival of new york presents eight features and six programs of shorts highlighting the cultures, languages, and stories of the americas. various locations, free. >>
thurs various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
corina at fort greene park (brooklyn) >>
despicable me 4 at leonard gordon park (jersey city) >>
moana 2 at first park (east village) >>
wicked at maria hernandez park (bushwick) >>
thurs (time tba): reserve free tickets for the shed’s ‘open call’ series: 12 early-career, nyc-based artists and collectives will present multidisciplinary works at the shed’s latest ‘open call’ performance series, ‘portals,’ running june 27- august 24. free tickets will be made available starting today. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): jaws entirely from memory: watch as blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers attempt to recreate jaws (1975)—without the help 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 8pm (monthly): savage! comedy show: pride edition: savage comedy returns to logan’s run in park slope. hosted by lizzie martinez, melissa rocha, nonye brown-west, and chloé chunha, tonight’s show includes standup by redi pope (the new yorker), spencer meade (the onion), carolyn bergier (d*king out), kendra dawsey (lol network), and shaun anthoney (post moves comedy). bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: summer on the hudson, the met fifth ave’s new roof garden commission, brooklyn cyclones baseball season, bargemusic, and more. >>
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– the skint
