cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / pop-ups / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► fri-sun: 35th annual jersey city art + studio tour. >>

► sat 10am: nigeria independence day parade: madison ave from 38th to 24th streets. >>

► sat 10am-5pm: muddy paws rescue block party: west 54th street between 9th + 10th aves (hell’s kitchen). >>

► sat 10am-5pm: old stone house artisans bazaar: washington park (park slope). >>

► sat 10-6pm: korean parade + festival: parade (10am-2pm): sixth ave from 38th to 27th st; festival (10am-6pm): koreatown, 32nd st bet broadway + fifth ave. >>

► sat 12-5pm: east 6th street community activation: in front of the ukrainian museum (east village). >>

► sat 12-8pm: nyc halal fest: culture lab lic. $8 priority entry, free admission after 2pm. >>

► sat 2-8pm: jersey city night market: city hall ancillary lot. >>

► sat 4-10pm (last of the season): bronx night market: 1 fordham plaza. >>

► sat + sun (11am-5pm):maker faire coney island: various locations, $30. >>

► sat + sun (11am-6pm): 41st annual queens agricultural fair: queens county fair museum (floral park). $14-20. >>

► sat + sun (sat 12-6pm, sun 11am-5pm): annual brooklyn synth + pedal expo: 100 sutton event space (greenpoint). >>

► sat + sun (1-6pm): red hook open studios: red hook, brooklyn. >>

► sun 10am-5pm (sundays thru 10/27): bq flea market: under the bqe along meeker ave between union ave and lorimer st. (williamsburg/greenpoint). >>

► sun 10am-5pm: nyc vintage bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: indoors and outdoors at 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (uws). >>

► sun 11:30am-2pm: saint francis day fair and pet blessings: the cathedral of saint john the divine (morningside heights). >>

► sun 12:30pm: 87th annual pulaski day parade: fifth avenue from 39th street to 54th street. >>

► sun 2-7pm: harlem meet africa festival: richard rodgers amphitheater in marcus garvey park (east harlem). >>

► thru 10/31: annual archtober festival of architecture: various locations + prices. >>

friday

four film fests / series (various prices):

► fri thru 11/30: the magic of oz: a frank oz retrospective: with frank oz and steve martin in person select dates. museum of the moving image (astoria). >>

► sat + sun: fourth annual autumn’s dawn film festival: film noir cinema (greenpoint). >>

► 🎃 sat thru 10/31: urban legends: nitehawk cinema (williamsburg and prospect park). >>

► 🎃 mon thru 10/25: hispanic horror: nitehawk cinema (williamsburg and prospect park). >>

fri (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
he’s just not that into you at hudson yards public square + gardens >>
the muppets take manhattan at chelsea green park (chelsea) >>

fri thru 1/26/2025: the brooklyn artists exhibition: as part of brooklyn museum’s 200th anniversary celebration, a new major group show highlights local talent by bringing together works by more than 200 artists who’ve lived or maintained a studio in brooklyn during the last five years. participants represent a full range of disciplines, from drawing and painting to sculpture, video, installation, and beyond. free with regular admission (suggested: $20 general, $14 seniors/students; free first saturdays 5-11pm). >>

fri thru 1/19/2025: acky bright: studio/ infinity: conceived as acky bright’s design studio, a new exhibition at japan society (midtown east) showcases the japanese artist’s kawakakkoii (cute and cool) style of illustration and product design, with opportunities to meet the artist, watch freestyle live drawing sessions, and participate in making a series of manga-style murals. $12 general, $10 seniors/students, free first fridays 7-9pm >>

🎃 thru 11/30 (various dates/times): green-wood after hours: stroll through the hilly landscape of green-wood cemetery by night on this flashlight-illuminated walking tour (byo flashlight), where you’ll stop by the graves of new york and american history makers and visit green-wood’s famed catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. $30. >>

🎃 thru 10/13: blithe spirit: brooklyn’s longest-running community theater presents a production of noël coward’s blithe spirit, where audience members are also encouraged to enter an interactive pre-show featuring tarot, palm readings, ouija boards, spirit photography, and more. the heights players (brooklyn heights), $20 general, $18 seniors/students. >>

thru 10/13: fleurs de villes: ‘artiste”: discover 15 ten-foot tall floral mannequins, created by local florists and inspired by accomplished artists from around the world, at level one of the shops at hudson yards. free admission. >>

sponsored: fri + sat (7:30pm): heat movie parody and fan event: after sold out performances of titanic, tmnt, and star wars, the usual rejects are back with brother you are going down: heat!!, a staged parody event celebrating michale mann’s 1995 crime film. trivia! raffle prizes! audience participation! drinking games! chain theatre (midtown west), use promo code ‘skint for $5 off tickets. >>

fri + sat (7:30pm): separated documentary with jacob soboroff and errol morris: ifc center (greenwich village) presents separated, errol morris’s new documentary based on journalist jacob soboroff’s 2020 book on the separation of migrant families during the trump administration. q+a with soboroff and morris follows select screenings. $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

fri 10am-9pm: first friday at poster house: enjoy free admission, extended hours, and programming at poster house’s first friday. today’s schedule includes a woodblocking printing demonstration, a hiit workout class with haven boxing gym, a screening of attica (2021), a pattern-making workshop, and a study in why we move with dancer shira kagan-shafman and violinist leandria lott. note: some activities require separate, paid tickets to participate. poster house (flatiron). >>

fri 7pm: scrappy reading series: five emerging and established writers explore what it means to be ‘scrappy’ at the scrappy reading series at compère collective (red hook). bonus: free books by the authors will be available courtesy of house of speakeasy’s bookmobile. drinks and snacks will be served. 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 during the immigrant jam stand-up show, featuring immigrant and first generation comedians. tonight’s lineup reps canada, djibouti, germany, guatemala, india, romania, serbia, somalia, and south korea with hoodo hersi, brian park, shari diaz, shaunak godkhindi, and sasha srbulj. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘jamily’ (reg. $24-25). >>

fri 7pm doors: an evening with helen gillet: award-winning cellist, singer, and live-looping artist helen gillet (‘a whirling dervish of the cello’) performs at the francis kite club (alphabet city). $15 adv, $20 day of. >>

fri 7:30pm (monthly): transplants comedy show: funny folks from all over tell jokes and stories about where they came from and how they got here at the transplants comedy show. featuring standup by leland long, max fine, jess levin, joe nunnink, rachel lenihan, kristal adams, and kelly kaufman. q.e.d. (astoria), $15. >>

fri 8pm: love isn’t blind: a comedy/dating show where the men can’t speak: in this dating show experiment, men compete on stage for one lucky bachelorette, with the caveat that the men can’t speak. through a series of games— which include actually calling mothers and unlocking phones— the panel is eventually narrowed down to two finalists who then get to speak. audience members will wear wristbands according to their relationship status, and a wingcouple will help those who are too shy to make a move. created and hosted by allison goldberg. a limited number of tickets are available for $18.67 with promo code ‘skintlove’ (reg. $29.73). >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: see what all the brew-ha-ha is about at this women-produced and-hosted comedy show, returning to the back room at halyards (gowanus) with stand-up by kylie vincent (comedy central), julia shiplett (comedy central), pedro salinas (hbo), peyton johnson, ian levy, salma hindy, and max fine. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 10:30pm: harlequin: a gaga dance party: dj sean mcmahill and drag performers dev doee and atomic annie put on their joker faces at c’mon everybody (bed-stuy). $12.36 adv. >>

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saturday

sat + sun (sat 11am-10pm, sun 11am-5pm): brooklyn museum birthday bash: brooklyn museum kicks off its 200th anniversary celebrations with a weekend of family-friendly weekend of music and karaoke, dance and poetry, gallery tours, art-making, and more. free admission (rsvp required). >>

sat (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
shift: the ragbrai documentary at the naval cemetery landscape (south east williamsburg) >>
the goonies at soccer fields in bayside fields (bayside) >>
the incredibles at manhattan avenue + west 110th street in morningside park >>

sat 11am: the coney island yo-yo fling: string slingers throw down (and up) at the fifth annual new york state yo-yo contest, held at coney island usa. $25-30. >>

sat 7:30pm (monthly): feel the news with marcela onyango: ‘radical lefty’ and comedian marcela onyango tells you whether you should be mad, glad, or sad about the news during her comedy variety show. featuring: christina brown, josh makinda, lucie pohl, gabe pacheco, yesh malik, and farooq hussein. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10 (every month’s show raises funds for direct action projects like mutual aid for people seeking asylum). >>

sat 10pm (monthly): party like it’s 1999: holy sh*t, that song is 25! edition: tonight’s ‘party like it’s 1999’ dance party centers around a bunch of tracks you probably didn’t realize were turning 25, from ‘no scrubs’ to ‘genie in a bottle’ to ‘all the small things’ and beyond. plus, dj steve reynolds will be taking requests and spinning other top pop, r+b, rock, hip-hop, and dance songs from the 90s + 00s. the bell house (gowanus), free admission. >>

sat 10:30pm (monthly): you are not alone: an uplifting show about depression: improvisers and artists that battle depression and mental illness in their day-to-day lives create scenes inspired by their personal experiences and show how laughter can be the best medicine. hosted by aaron gold and michael serpe. magnet theater (chelsea), $10. >>

sunday

sun 2pm (monthly thru april): schneider concerts chamber music series at the new school: showcasing emerging musicians and ensembles, the new school’s annual chamber music series returns for the 2024-2025 season. today’s season-opening concert features verona quartet, oberlin college and conservatory quartet-in-residence, performing works by ravel, marsalis, adu-gilmore, and beethoven. the auditorium at the new school (union square), $20 general, $17 seniors, $5 students standby. >>

sun 2-10pm: tiki disco: season closing party: the tiki disco crew close out the season with one last outdoor banger at knockdown center (maspeth). free (rsvp). >>

sun 5pm: meat cats comedy presents: sunday sauce: whet your appetite for absurdity at britt migs and irina chelidze’s comedy show, serving up snackable stand-up by katie boyle, eva evans, conor janda, claire siemietkowski, gianmarco soresi, and emil wakim. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>

monday

mon 7pm (monthly): biology on tap: bio and beer blend at the biology on tap speaker series, featuring talks, trivia, and prizes for participants. tonight’s theme: spooky science. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission ($5 suggested donation). >>

mon 7pm (monthly): living radio: contemporary radio drama, with a revisionist twist: living radio stages live performances of new radio plays inspired by the news, with results ranging from wacky to reflective. under st. marks (greenwich village). sliding scale admission. >>

mon 7:30pm (monthly): miss manhattan non-fiction reading series: elyssa goodman and r.c. gstaad iii’s monthly showcase for nonfiction writers returns with an evening of readings by mckenzie wark (reverse cowgirl), elizabeth teets (isn’t she great), and brian gresko (electric literature). niagara bar (east village), free admission. >>

mon 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: ‘strange encounters.’ $15. >>

mon 8:30pm (monthly): no monopoly allowed game night: an eviction-free board game night with one rule- no monopoly. bring pals, make pals. bring games, or use theirs. bonus: free drink giveaways for those who renounce monopoly paraphernalia. hosted by darby and micah. pinebox rockshop (bushwick), free admission. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 40+ ongoing events and attractions: fall foliage report for new york state, oktoberfest celebrations, 2-for-1 off-broadway tickets, the amazing maize maze, and more. >>

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– the skint