food and shopping events /markets:

► thru 8/24: grand street summer restaurant week: east williamsburg. >>

► thru 8/24: 51st feast of santa rosalia: 18th avenue from 68th to 75th street in bensonhurst, brooklyn. >>

► thru 10/9 (thursdays 4-10pm): uptown night market: the arches at 12th avenue and west 132nd street . free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

► thru 10/12 (various dates and locations): dragon fest chinese food + culture street fair: free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

► 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: 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). >>

four film fests / series:

► thru 8/21: drenched: sweaty and sunkissed cinema: a streetcar named desire, american graffiti, crooklyn, dog day afternoon, knife in the water, the burning, wet hot american summer, and more. quad cinema (greenwich village), $16. >>

► thru 8/21: scary movies xiii: chain reactions, daughters of darkness, good boy, it ends, the dark and the wicked, and more. $17 general, $14 seniors/students/persons with disabilities. >>

► thru 8/24: eighth annual rockaway film festival: the rockaway film festival returns to averne cinema for five days of indoor and outdoor screenings and live music. $10. >>

► thru 8/24: ninth annual east village queer film festival: east village queer film festival highlights queer-themed shorts, features, and documentaries by and featuring lgbtqia+ artists. the wild project (east village). $10. >>

► thru 8/28: hong kong cinema classics: a better tomorrow 1-3, a chinese ghost story 1-3, city on fire, the killer, and more. ifc center (greenwich village), $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

► thru 9/4: women in action: alien + aliens, cleopatra jones, gloria, irma vep, lady snowblood, johnny guitar, ghost in the shell, gun crazy, kill bill: volumes i + ii, set it off, terminator 2: judgement day, the furies, the heroic trio, the hunger games, and more. film forum (south village), $17. >>

2-for-1 broadway week tickets: score broadway show tickets for less during this seasonal promotion! 2-for-1 tickets are now on sale for performances running 9/8 thru 9/21. more than 20 productions are participating, including cabaret, death becomes her, hadestown, hell’s kitchen, oh, mary!, operation, mincemeat, six: the musical, stranger things: the first shadow, the book of mormon, the outsiders, wicked, and more. >>

thru 8/21: teenage mutant ninja turtles 35th anniversary screenings: steve barron’s 1990 action/comedy, based on kevin eastman and peter laird’s comic book, returns to select theaters for a limited engagement. various prices. >>

thru 8/23: u.s. open fan week: leading up to the main tournament, the u.s. open’s annual fan week serves up six days of events at the usta billie jean king national tennis center (flushing meadows – corona park, queens): player practice sessions, the qualifying matches, a block party, arthur ashe kids’ day, and more. note: access to the grounds and most events are free, but some require paid tickets. >>

thru 8/23: time:spans contemporary music festival: time:spans, an annual festival of 21st-century music, returns to the dimenna center for classical music (midtown west) for two weeks. this year’s performers include ensemble nikel, jack quartet, international contemporary ensemble, no hay banda, sixtrum percussion, talea ensemble, yarn/wire, and many others. $20 general, $10 students/seniors. >>

thru 8/23: hip to hip theatre company: hip to hip theatre company’s annual season brings the tempest and hamlet at eight parks in queens, long island, and jersey city. free admission. >>

thru 8/24: arborlogues: a botanical recital performed for one tree: staged in the backyard of the cell theatre (chelsea), arborlogues is an intimate, 15-minute one-person play created by dan daly and lee lebreton, and starring… you. you’ll receive a script, step behind a red curtain draped from a tree, and follow the pages through a series of stories, prompts, and actions that connect you to the tree, the park, and yourself. the cell theatre (chelsea), $15. >>

thru 8/24: the tank’s limefest: the tank’s annual limefest returns with 22 new, ‘zesty’ productions by emerging theater artists and creative teams who identify as women, non-binary, or gender nonconforming. the tank (midtown), $23+. >>

thru 8/24 (weekends 1-6pm): brooklyn waterfront artists coalition’s summer exhibitions: bwac’s seasonal art show fills its 25,000 square foot gallery on the brooklyn waterfront with three new exhibitions: ‘elements of movement’ member show, ‘brooklyn x pittsburgh: the industry of art’ juried exhibition, and ‘amped: the art of rock + roll.’ opening reception 7/19 1-6 pm. bwac gallery (red hook), free admission (donations welcome). >>

thru 8/24: the shed’s ‘open call’ series: ‘portals’: 12 early-career, nyc-based artists and collectives present new works that harness personal stories and ancestral history to open portals for passage, transformation, and resistance. ranging from painting and film to sculpture and performance, the works explore forces shaping our world, search for healing out of historical trauma, investigate the ties between political borders and identity, and embrace the power of generational spirituality. free admission (rsvp). >>

thru 8/26 (tuesdays at 7pm): sunset meditation at socrates sculpture park: mindful astoria brings its annual sunset mindfulness meditation sessions back to socrates sculpture park (lic). all experience levels are welcome to practice mindful breathing, mindful movement, and loving-kindness meditation. byo mat, blanket, or cushion. free admission. >>

thru 8/27: 39th chelsea international fine art competition exhibition: agora gallery’s annual juried exhibition features paintings, sculptures, and mixed media pieces selected from hundreds of international and local applicants. opening reception 8/21 6-8pm. agora gallery (chelsea), free admission. >>

thru 8/27 (tuesdays at 7:30am): tai chi in bryant park: bryant park’s free outdoor tai chi classes return for the 2025 season. held at the park’s fountain terrace, the classes are open to all experience levels and take place rain or shine—unless weather is severe. >>

thru 8/29 (select tuesdays): the sweat sessions: strike a pose, throw a punch, or dance it out at the meatpacking district bid and wellth collective’s annual al fresco fitness series. 45-minute class options include yoga, boot camp, dance cardio, boxing, pilates, and more. b.y.o. mat. hudson river park’s 14th street park (10th ave bet 14th + 15th sts), free admission (rsvp). >>

thru 8/29 (fridays at 9:45pm, except 7/4): friday night fireworks in coney island: kick off your summer weekends with a bang! every friday night this summer, the coney island skies light up with a fireworks display. coney island boardwalk at west 12th street, free admission. >>

thru 8/30 (saturdays at 10am): domino park summer fitness series: join in a pilates, yoga, boxing, or dance cardio class along the williamsburg waterfront. all levels welcome. free. >>

thru 8/31: snl ticket lottery: want to see saturday night live live? the show’s free ticket lottery opens 8/1 and runs through the end of the month for a chance at free tickets. didn’t get lucky? you can still try for standby tickets starting at 10am the thursday before each taping. >>

thru 8/31: alan turing + the queen of the night: the life story of mathematician and computer scientist alan turing merges with the enchanting world of mozart’s the magic flute in a new queer fantasy musical by michael vegas mussman and payton millet. the players theatre (greenwich village), tickets for $20+ with promo code ‘fantasy1912’ (reg. $34+). >>

thru 8/31: brooklyn cyclones baseball season: baseball is back at coney island! the brooklyn cyclones kick off their season at maimonides park, located along coney’s iconic boardwalk. promos include post-game fireworks, bark in the park, everyone runs the bases, play catch on the field, free ice cream for kids, and more. $21+. >>

thru august and beyond: rooftop films summer series: the popular rooftop films series, one of the word’s longest-running and largest outdoor showcases for indie film, returns for its 29th season. the summer series includes over 40 free and ticketed events across nyc, featuring new independent feature films, short film programs, family screenings, and live performances. tonight’s season opener: ‘this is what we mean by short films,’ plus live music from gold casio, filmmaker q+a, and an after-party. green-wood cemetery, $20. >>

thru august (thursdays thru saturdays from 8pm-11pm): ‘path of liberty: that which unites us’: walk through a six-acre outdoor art exhibition featuring featuring more than 40 large-scale portraits, landscapes, and personal stories that offer a look at what it means to be american. located next to united nations headquarters at freedom plaza (between east 38th street and east 41st street and first ave and fdr drive). free admission (timed reservations are encouraged). >>

thru 9/7: beaches open for the season: back to the beach: nyc’s 14 miles of public shoreline are officially open for the season. >>

thru 9/7 (11am-7pm daily, closed 3-4pm for cleaning): nyc’s free outdoor pools are open for the season: beat the heat all summer long at one of the city’s 50+ free public outdoor pools. >>

sponsored: thru 9/7: ★★★★ “the late great comedians brought to vivid life” – ny stage review: penguin rep theatre presents: gene + gilda at 59e59 theaters with jordan kai burnett and jonathan randell silver. comic geniuses gene wilder (willy wonka, young frankenstein) and gilda radner (saturday night live) had a love like no other. what started as a friendship on a movie set grew into an electric and enduring romance. in this heartfelt and hilarious new play, wilder and radner share their love and their laughter with us, even as they navigate some of life’s hardest challenges. use code ‘skint’ to snag $26 tickets* (incl. $6 fee – reg. $66-$86)! >>

thru 9/13: the 12th queensboro dance festival: the annual queensboro dance festival presents 20 free performances and classes with 21 queens-based dance companies, all across the borough. >>

thru 9/13: bryant park picnic performances: bryant park’s annual summer performance series is back with 25 evenings of free live music, theater, and dance in the heart of midtown. bring your own picnic or purchase food and drinks from on-site vendors. blankets and bistro chairs are provided for use. >>

thru 9/14 (previews 8/7-20): free shakespeare in the park: twelfth night: the public theater’s free shakespeare in the park returns to central park’s revitalized delacorte theater with a star-studded production of twelfth night directed by saheem ali and starring lupita nyong’o, junior nyong’o, sandra oh, khris davis, peter dinklage, jesse tyler ferguson, daphne rubin-vega, moses sumney, john ellison conlee, and b. five ways to get free tickets: in-person at the theater in the park, at an in-person lottery at the public theater in noho, in-person at select distribution points in the five boroughs on specific dates, in-person standby line at the theater in the park, and via a digital lottery on the todaytix app. >>

thru 9/14: a lively mind: jane austen at 250: the morgan library + museum (murray hill) presents a lively mind: jane austen at 250, a major exhibition devoted to the life and legacy of literary icon jane austen featuring artifacts from austen’s house in chawton, england, plus manuscripts, books, and artworks from the morgan and other collections. $25 general, $17 seniors, $13 students, $13 disabled visitors, free fridays 5-8pm (with rsvp). >>

thru 9/17: bryant park and prospect park yoga: find your flow in two of the city’s greenest spots. free outdoor yoga returns to bryant park (tuesdays at 10am on the upper terrace, wednesdays at 6pm on the lawn; thru 9/17) and prospect park (thursdays at 7pm; thru 8/28) with a rotating lineup of instructors and a welcoming atmosphere for all experience levels. byo mat or towel and water.

thru 9/19 (every other friday at 9pm): astoria silent disco dance party: tune in to your vibe at the bi-weekly silent disco beer garden bash at bohemian hall in astoria, with three djs spinning pop, edm, hip-hop, and latin hits straight into your wireless headphones (provided). $15-30 (a credit or debit card is needed for the check-in process to use the required headphones). >>

thru 9/24: cyberpunk: envisioning possible futures through cinema: the academy museum of motion pictures and the paris theater team up for a screening series highlighting a dozen cyberpunk-themed films: blade runner: the final cut, escape from new york, existenz, ghost in the shell, neptune frost, robocop, strange days, testsuo: the iron man, the matrix, the terminator, videodrome (director’s cut), and world on a wire. the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors. >>

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. >>

thru 9/27: (wednesdays + thursdays 5-7pm, saturdays 10am-4pm, sundays 12-3:30pm): free kayaking at brooklyn bridge park: paddle with a view! free kayaking returns to brooklyn bridge park for the season, offering 20-minute rides with views of the brooklyn bridge and downtown manhattan. life vests, equipment, and instruction are provided. advance registration is required, and opens 2 weeks before each date. >>

thru 9/27: hilma af klint: what stands behind the flowers: the museum of modern art debuts its recent acquisition of nature studies, a portfolio of 46 botanical drawings by the swedish artist hilma af klint (1862–1944). on view for the first time, the works blend traditional botanical art with enigmatic abstract diagrams, showing—in af klint’s words—’that there is a connection between the plant world and the world of the soul.’ museum of modern art (midtown), $30 general, $22 seniors, $22 visitors with disabilities, $17 students, free for new york state residents friday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm with advance reservation. >>

thru 9/28: (sundays at 10am): yoga at socrates sculpture park: socrates sculpture park (lic) offers free, outdoor vinyasa yoga classes with instructors from astoria yoga. all experience levels welcome. byo mat or towel and water. >>

thru 9/30: jazzmobile summerfest: jazzmobile, the oldest u.s. not-for-profit arts and cultural organization created just for jazz, brings its annual outdoor concert series to ulysses s. grant memorial (morningside heights) and richard rogers amphitheater in marcus garvey park (east harlem). free admission. >>

thru 9/30: outdoor yoga, fitness, and zumba on the waterfront: free outdoor yoga (sundays @ 9am + mondays @ 7pm), fitness (tuesdays @ 6:30pm), and zumba (wednesdays @ 6:30pm) classes return to hunters point south park (lic). all experience levels welcome. >>

thru september (except holidays and holiday weekends): waterfront workouts at brooklyn bridge park: brooklyn bridge park’s season of free outdoor workout classes with a view returns: zumba (mondays), sunset yoga (tuesdays), amp’d bootcamp (wednesdays), pilates (sundays), and more. all ages and abilities welcome. free (registration opens at the beginning of each month for that month’s classes). >>

thru september: tsq live: times square hosts over 80 free, open-air events through september, with live music, dj sets, dance workshops, and more every tuesday thru friday evening. this year’s lineup includes presenters like ailey extension, carnegie hall citywide, elsewhere, jazz at lincoln center, the 2025 neurodivergent tour, and many others. this week: dj contrad taylor (tues 5pm), dingonek street band (weds 5pm), a west african dance class (thurs 5pm), and singer-songwriter adam melchor (fri 6pm). >>

thru september: rooftop movies at yotel times square: take in a flick on the rooftop terrace of the green room 42 at yotel times square. food and drinks will be available for purchase. this month’s selections include birds of prey, ferris bueller’s day off, titanic, and more. $21+. >>

thru the season: 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. this month’s screenings include american psycho, before sunrise, camp beverly hills, clueless, dirty dancing, do the right thing, friday the 13th, grease, sinners, stand by me, taxi driver, twilight, when harry met sally, and many more. $12-29 admission (15% off for military, 10% off for students). >>

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 the season (12-5pm thursdays thru sundays and holidays): prospect park carousel: go for a spin on prospect park’s carousel, opening for the season starting friday. featuring 53 hand-carved horses, a lion, a giraffe, a deer, and two dragon-pulled chariots, this historic ride was designed by charles carmel in 1912 and restored in 1990 and 2020. $3/ride, $13/book of 5 tickets. >>

thru 10/2 (mondays thru thursdays): healthy on the hudson fitness classes: hudson river park’s free outdoor fitness classes return to piers 25, 46, 64, and 97 all season long: conditioning (mondays), hiit (tuesdays), dance cardio (wednesdays), and yoga (thursdays). byo mat and water. >>

thru 10/4: north brooklyn community boathouse free community public paddle: hop into a 29-foot canoe with experienced guides for a short trip on newton creek, where you’ll paddle out toward the east river and maybe even catch a glimpse of the manhattan skyline. no experience necessary. manhattan avenue street end park (greenpoint), free. >>

thru 10/5: three new exhibitions at queens museum: queens museum (flushing meadows corona park) presents three new spring exhibitions: ‘the panorama’ on its 60th anniversary, abang-guard makibaka, and umber majeed: jy tech. opening celebration 3/16 2-5pm with artist led exhibition walkthroughs, performances, and a reception. pay-what-you-wish admission. >>

thru 10/14 (tuesdays at 6:30pm): sunset yoga on the brooklyn grange rooftop: dip with the sun at a sunset yoga class on the brooklyn grange rooftop, a working farm at brooklyn navy yard with skyline views. all levels welcome. byo yoga mat and refillable water bottle. rain or shine. brooklyn grange (brooklyn navy yard), $14-22 sliding scale admission. >>

thru 10/15 (monthly 10:30-11:30am): tai chi on the high line: get elevated at this monthly series of free, morning tai chi sessions on the high line at little west 12th street. advance registration is encouraged, but walk-ups are welcome. >>

thru 10/18: pirouette: turning points in design: a new exhibition at the museum of modern art showcases designs that have influenced both the field and the world, from the i ♥️ ny logo to post-its, the walkman, spanx, and the bushwick birkin. included with regular admission ($30 general, $22 seniors, $17 students, free for new york state residents friday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm with reservation in advance). >>

thru 10/19: the met fifth ave’s new roof garden commission: ensemble: sonic and visual artist jennie c. jones’s acoustic sculptures take over the met’s iris and b. gerald cantor roof garden for the season. metropolitan museum of art (ues), free entry with museum admission (pay-what-you-wish admission for new york state residents and ny, nj, and ct students, $30 general/$22 seniors/$22 visitors with disabilities/$17 students otherwise). >>

thru 10/19 (select saturdays + sundays): new york marble cemetery: the new york marble cemetery, the city’s oldest public non-denominational cemetery, dating back to 1830, is opens for the season. accessible via a 100-foot alley and enclosed by 12-foot marble walls, this hidden garden is both a designated new york city landmark and listed on the national register of historic places. enter at 2nd avenue between e. 2nd + e. 3rd streets. free admission. >>

thru 10/20: vale cinema series: movies under the stars—or in the pool? the william vale hotel’s outdoor cinema series is back with rooftop screenings at the 23rd-floor turf club, and splashy ‘dive-in’ movies by the fourth-floor vale pool. drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. $20+ admission. >>

thru october: summer on the hudson: riverside park + west harlem piers park’s annual arts and culture festival returns for its 23rd year with nearly 400 free events between 59th + 181st streets: live music, movie screenings, dance, fitness classes, educational experiences, and more. this week’s events include yoga, tai chi, a community jazz concert, the nyc irish dance festival, and more. various locations. >>

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). >>

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. >>

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 11/30 (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 12/21 (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 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 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 citites. >>

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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