fall foliage report for new york state: for all your fall foliage fun, check out central park’s foliage tracker and i heart ny’s leaf peeping map of conditions across the state.

food and shopping events /markets:

► thru 10/25 (saturdays 4pm-midnight) queens night market: new york hall of science at flushing meadows corona park. >>

► thru 10/25 (last saturday of the month 12-7pm): bronx night market: 1 fordham plaza. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

► thru 10/26 (fri-sun 11am-6pm): smorgasburg outdoor food markets: fridays at world trade center, saturdays in williamsburg, and sundays in prospect park. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

► thru october: oktoberfest events: various locations. >>

► thru october: torch + crown beer garden: returns to union square pavilion for the season. >>

► thru october (sundays 10am-5pm): bq flea: under the bqe, meeker ave between union + lorimer (williamsburg). >>

► thru 11/8 (various dates) japan fes japanese food festival: various locations. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

film fests / series:

► thru 10/21: 37th annual new york lgbtq+ film festival (newfest): the annual new york lgbtq+ film festival returns with more than 130 queer short, feature, and documentary films from around the world, plus social events, panels, and more. various locations in manhattan and brooklyn, as well as online. various prices. >>

► 🎃 thru 10/25: annual brooklyn horror festival: nitehawk cinema williamsburg. >>

► thru 10/25: hack the planet: ghost in the shell, hackers, pi, sneakers, wargames, and more. metrograph (les). >>

► 🎃 thru 10/29: the final girl extravaganza at nitehawk cinema: nitehawk cinema’s latest screening series celebrates ellen ripley, laurie strode, and more of the most iconic women to make it to the end of horror films: alien, final destination, halloween, hellraiser, scream, and more. williamsburg and prospect park locations, various prices.

► thru 10/26: new wave: godard on 35mm: band of outsiders, pierrot le fou, vivre sa vie, weekend, a woman is a woman, and breathless introduced by richard linklater (9/28). the paris theater (midtown). >>

► thru 12/31: ‘hell is a teenage girl’ + ‘ sweet child o’ mine’ series: child’s play, the exorcist, the omen, carrie, ginger snaps, the craft, and more. syndicated (bushwick). >>

► thru 1/1/2026: screen deco: commemorating the 100th anniversary of the art deco movement, film forum presents over 25 films from the 1920s and 1930s, including grand hotel, our dancing daughters, the black cat, girls about town, metropolis, pandora’s box, and more. film forum (south village), $17. >>

► 🎃 thru 2/24/2026: monsters and makers: the gothic visions of guillermo del toro: to celebrate the release of guillermo del toro’s frankenstein, the paris theater presents a complete retrospective of del toro’s feature films alongside works that inspired him. the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors. >>

thru 10/23 (thursdays 6-7:30pm): bhangra in the plaza: watch and learn choreography that celebrates contemporary indian music and dance, right in the middle of midtown at greeley square park. featuring sarina jain and dancers from masala bhangra with dj ashu rai. free admission. >>

thru 10/23: lincoln center presents: festival of firsts: lincoln center’s fourth annual festival of firsts presents three weeks of premieres and new collaborations by theater, music, and dance performers exploring new horizons and celebrating major career milestones. lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws), free admission. >>

thru 10/26: fourth annual breaking the binary theatre festival: coinciding with lgbtq+ history month, the annual breaking the binary theatre festival showcases new work created entirely by and for transgender, non-binary, and two-spirit+ artists. the festival opens with a benefit concert of the drowsy chaperone at carnegie hall starring laverne cox, max mendoza crumm, joslyn defreece, jack haven, and dylan mulvaney ($60+), and continues with free performances at open jar studios (theater district) and the lesbian, gay, bisexual + transgender community center (greenwich village). >>

thru 10/26 (saturdays + sundays): the amazing maize maze: aw, shucks! get lost at the amazing maize maze, new york city’s only corn maze. this three-acre labyrinth of corn stalks challenges visitors to solve puzzles and follow clues on their way to victory bridge, where a full view of the maze awaits. queens county farm museum (floral park), $16 general, $10 children aged 4-11. >>

thru october (sundays, weather permitting): central park swings: dance your way through the season in central park. central park swings brings an early evening of live music, djs, and open-air social dancing to the park, with toe-tapping tunes from jump blues and swing to latin and hot jazz. seasoned dancers and newbies alike are welcome—a dance lesson kicks things off, with more chances to learn during set breaks. king jagiello plaza (located near e 79th street and east drive, on the east side of turtle pond), free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>

🎃 thru 10/31: rooftop cinema club: take your movie night to new heights at rooftop cinema club, the annual open-air movie series held at the third floor skylawn rooftop of the embassy suites hotel in midtown. catch cult favorites, classics, and newer releases all season long, with provided wireless headphones to help block out the city buzz. soda, beer, wine, cocktails, popcorn, candy, hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, pizza, and more are available for purchase to make it a full night out. october’s screenings include attack the block, beetlejuice, get out, ghostbusters, halloween, halloweentown, hocus pocus, practical magic, psycho, scream, sinners, the blackening, the craft, the exorcist, the rocky horror picture show, twin peaks: fire walk with me, and many more. $12-29 admission (15% off for military, 10% off for students). >>

extended thru 10/31 (closed saturdays): anne frank: the exhibition: for the first time in history, anne frank house presents an experience outside of amsterdam to immerse visitors in a full-scale recreation of the rooms where anne frank, her parents and sister, and four other jewish inhabitants spent two years hiding to evade nazi capture. opening on international holocaust remembrance day to mark the 80th commemoration of the liberation of auschwitz, anne frank: the exhibition explores her life as a girl, a writer, and a symbol of resilience through over 100 original artifacts. programming and educational initiatives will be announced. center for jewish history (flatiron), $24-31. >>

🎃 sponsored: thru 11/2: ‘enough spooky content to satisfy your hankering for autumn hallows’ – dc theater arts: happenstance theater presents dreadful episodes at 59e59 theaters, a hilarious and virtuosic theatrical collage adorned with live music and physical comedy, inspired by the illustrations of edward gorey, victorian reverie, ill-fated romance, calamitous croquet, and the dangers of windy cliffs. these dark comedic vignettes include precocious children, a séance, and other fancies that will transport you to a world where unseen dangers cause laughter. use code ‘skint’ to snag $19 tickets (reg. $44). >>

🎃 thru 11/2: frigid new york’s annual days of the dead festival: inspired by día de muertos, frigid new york’s annual days of the dead festival presents two weeks of independent theatre and performances exploring themes of death, the afterlife, halloween, and horror. kraine theater and under st. marks (east village), $20-25 and sliding-scale admission. >>

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. >>

thru 11/9: 20at20: off-broadway for just $20: snag $20 walk-up tickets to 40 participating off-broadway shows. to get the deal, look for the 20at20 line at the theater or mention the 20at20 promotion at the box office 20 minutes before curtain time. cash only (a $3 facility fee may apply at some venues). >>

thru 11/30 (7am-10pm): extended hours on the high line: longer days mean longer strolls! starting tuesday, 4/1, the high line’s seasonal hours give you two extra hours to enjoy the elevated park. free admission. >>

thru 12/13 (tues-sat 10am-6pm): downtown/uptown: new york in the eighties: lévy gorvy gallery (ues) presents an exhibition featuring paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper created in (and in response to) 1980s nyc, featuring works by jean-michel basquiat, guerrilla girls, keith haring, barbara kruger, sally mann, robert mapplethorpe, richard prince, cindy sherman, andy warhol, and many others. free admission. >>

thru 10/19 (fri-sun): the pillowman: brooklyn’s longest-running community theater presents a production of martin mcdonagh’s 2023 play the pillowman, directed by michelle maccarone. the play follows a writer in a totalitarian state who’s interrogated when his dark short stories begin to resemble a series of child murders. the heights players (brooklyn heights), $20-25. >>

thru 12/21 (10am-5pm weekends): brooklyn flea: dumbo’s outdoor flea market returns for its 17th season under the manhattan bridge archway with vintage, antique, handcrafted, and local design vendors, as well as food and drink offerings. free admission. >>

thru 10/24 (various dates): green-wood after hours: explore green-wood cemetery under the night sky, walking past gravestones and monuments while hearing stories of notable new yorkers along the way. the tour ends with a stop inside the catacombs—an underground space that’s usually closed to the public. byo flashlight. $30. >>

thru december (tues-sun 12-10pm; closed mon): autophoto analog photobooth gallery + museum: ‘the world’s first dedicated, female-founded museum + gallery space for vintage photobooths ‘ opens in the lower east side. part archive, part gallery, part portrait-making palace—featuring a rotating collection of six restored photobooths and exhibitions from artists who work within four frames. grand opening 10/11. free admission, photos range from $8-12. >>

thru the season (weekends at 2pm + 4pm): bargemusic: bargemusic’s chamber music concerts return to brooklyn bridge park, now hosted at pier 5’s boathouse, where floor-to-ceiling windows offer views of the river and lower manhattan. free admission (doors open 20 minutes before the concert. no reservations). >>

🎃 thru 1/3/2026 (weds thru sat): something else entirely: the illustration art of edward gorey: society of illustrators presents the first exhibition devoted exclusively to edward gorey’s art for publications outside his own written body of work, featuring many pieces that have never been publicly exhibited before. society of illustrators (ues), $18 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

thru 1/19/2026: sixties surreal at the whitney: a new exhibition at the whitney museum (meatpacking district) explores how artists in 1960s america used surrealism to respond to the era’s social and political changes. the show features works by more than 100 artists, including diane arbus, romare bearden, lee bontecou, louise bourgeois, mel casas, judy chicago, nancy grossman, david hammons, linda lomahaftewa, yayoi kusama, and franklin williams. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free to all every friday 5-10pm, free to all every second sunday. >>

thru the season (9am-midnight): the rink at rockefeller center: skating season returns to rockefeller center’s world-famous rink, a new york tradition since 1936. $22+ (skate rental extra, or byo). >>

thru 2/21/2026: a century of the new yorker: coinciding with the 100th birthday of the new yorker, a new exhibition at the new york public library brings to life the people, stories, and ideas that made the magazine. drawing primarily from the library’s collections, the exhibition features typewriters used by editor william shawn and writer lillian ross; manuscripts and drafts by celebrated authors, from hannah arendt to sapphire; correspondence between new yorker editors and j. d. salinger, annie proulx, and vladimir nabokov; and original art by charles addams and kara walker. nypl stephen a. schwarzman building (midtown), free admission. >>

thru 3/15/2026: new exhibitions open at museum of arts and design: designing motherhood: things that make and break our births and douriean fletcher: jewelry of the afrofuture. museum of arts and design (midtown west), $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

thru 4/19/2026: the mad mad world of jonathan adler: in his first curatorial role, ceramicist and designer jonathan adler presents more than 60 works from the museum of arts and design’s permanent collection alongside his own designs. the exhibition installation was designed by author, window dresser, former barneys new york creative director — and adler’s husband — simon doonan. museum of arts and design (midtown west). $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

thru spring 2026: new highline art: dinosaur: the highline unveils its latest plinth commission, iván argote’s dinosaur, a giant 21-foot-tall hyper-realistic sculpture of a pigeon. on the high line at the spur on 30th street and 10th avenue, free admission. >>

misc.

nine old-fashioned soda fountains in nyc: enjoy a taste of old new york at these spots rounded up by untapped cities. >>

10 old-fashioned candy stores in nyc: get your sweet treats at these shoppes, rounded up by untapped new york. >>

where to find manhattan’s passageways named after theatre stars: find yourself walking on a street dedicated to leonard bernstein, humphrey bogart, katherine hepburn, jerry orbach, paul robeson, cecily tyson, and others whose work has graced the new york stage. >>

eight places to see art by keith haring in nyc >>

24 exceptional subway artworks to see in nyc: the folks at hyperallergic highlight some of the most interesting subway art installations across the boroughs. >>

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