note: heat and air quality conditions may cause some events to be canceled, rescheduled, or moved indoors. please check the air quality index and the venue’s website and/or social media for updates before heading out. stay cool! >>
tuesday
sponsored: tues 12-1pm (tuesdays thru 7/30): summer sounds at manhattan west: manhattan west (midtown west at 385 9th avenue) hosts a free series of weekly performances by musicians from around the globe. today: villalobos brothers – this grammy award-winning family band delivers a virtuosic fusion of mexican folk songs rooted in veracruz with jazz and classical music imbued with messages of love, brotherhood, and social justice. update: canceled due to heat advisory. >>
tues (time tba): restaurant week reservations become available today: reservations for this season’s restaurant week, taking place 7/22-8/18 with hundreds of participating restaurants offering prix-fixe lunches and dinners, will open today. full details will be posted on the new york city tourism website. >>
tues: $1 soft serve at milk bar: milk bar continues its sweet 16 celebration with $1 soft serve at all bakery locations today. note: must show the linked instagram post to redeem. >>
tues 5:30pm, 6:30pm and 7:30pm (+ 7/30,8/13, 8/27): the sweat sessions: sweat it out at the meatpacking bid and wellth collective’s annual al fresco fitness series. class options include yoga, bootcamp, dance cardio, boxing, pilates, and more. b.y.o. mat. hudson river park’s 14th street park, free admission (rsvp). >>
tues 7pm (monthly): brooklyn books + booze: hear established and up-and-coming authors of different genres read from their current works every third tuesday of the month at barrow’s intense tasting room (industry city). tonight’s edition features catherine yu, cerece renee murphy, victor manibo, and john foster. free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap: hot astronomy edition: things are looking up at astronomy on tap, an evening where astronomy enthusiasts come together in a bar to hear talks from professional scientists and play themed games. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): the broad squad: kendra cunningham curates this monthly throwback variety show filled with stand up, storytelling, and music. tonight’s performers: mel ferraro, jess wood, richard chalfin, maggie champange, nora schmitt, and tyrone thornhill. young ethel’s (park slope), $5 suggested donation. >>
tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 8/13): live at the gantries: kupferberg center for the arts presents live at the gantries, an annual outdoor concert series at gantry plaza state park. tonight: calvin johnson + native son (new orleans second line jazz and funk). free admission. >>
tues 7-9pm: robot karaoke cage-match: sing against the machine! try to sing songs you know, but with all-new words generated by a.i. on the fly. audience requests will be taken for both the song and the dataset the computer uses to rewrite the lyrics. hosted by jamie brew and jenn schiffer. wonderville (bushwick), free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>
tues 7:30pm (tuesdays thru 8/6): cherry on top comedy: dairy queens savannah desormeaux and jenny gorelick pair stand-up with ice cream at cherry on top, a comedy show in an ice cream shop that features a female, queer, and non-binary lineup. ice cream, beer, and wine will be available for purchase. bonus: admission includes a hard seltzer. the social (prospect heights), $5-10 admission. >>
tues 9pm (monthly): sweet comedy show: the sweet games: seth herzog’s long-running live comedy show returns with it’s annual ‘sweet games,’ where improvisers compete in comedy-related events for a panel of celeb judges. tonight’s judges include cara buono (stranger things), david krumholtz (oppenheimer), yul vazquez (severance), and dylan baker (spider-man). chelsea music hall, save 50% with promo code ‘games’. >>
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Musings: blue collar inheritance, blueberry muffin master, wanna be wig wearer
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(Race: The Movie: The Play, Amazon Prime)
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wednesday
weds thru 8/4: the secret theatre’s act one: one act play festival: the the secret theatre’s annual one act play festival returns with seven programs of eight plays competing (via audience vote) for cash prizes. award party + bbq 8/19. $18-23 adv, $25 door. >>
weds + thurs (various times): third annual lincoln center’s summer for the city: lincoln center hosts 200+ free or choose-what-you-pay concerts, dance parties, performances, films screenings, and more thru august. this week: keep on dancin’: a dance party celebrating the spirit of the paradise garage (weds 6pm + 8pm), brasil summerfest presents gilsons (weds 8pm), our echoes be bloom: black love letters soirée (thurs 5:30pm), jeremy bosch + his orchestra (thurs 6:30pm), latin grammy award nominee and npr tiny desk concert artist claudia acuña (thurs 7:30pm), and more. all free admission. >>
weds (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
barbie at pier a park (hoboken) >>
black panther: wakanda forever at morningside park (morningside heights) >>
clueless at pier i in riverside park south (uws) >>
clueless at prospect park’s long meadow >>
crossing at gansevoort plaza (meatpacking district ) >>
golmaal 3 at phil ‘scooter’ rizzuto park (south richmond hill) >>
much ado about nothing at mccarren park (williamsburg) >>
weds 6pm (various dates thru 8/2): carnegie hall citywide: carnegie hall presents a series of free outdoor concerts across nyc. tonight: grammy award-nominated jack quartet at madison square park (flatiron). >>
weds 6-8pm: sixth adaa chelsea gallery walk 2024: explore 34 art dealers association of america member galleries in chelsea during this free, self-guided event that includes exhibition walkthroughs, receptions, and more. free admission. >>
weds 6pm (wednesdays thru 8/7): summer concerts at hudson yards: the annual bowery presents concert series returns to the public square + gardens at hudson yards. tonight: indie-pop duo ray bull with opener may rio. free admission. >>
weds 6:30pm: life underground: encounters with people below the streets of new york: sociologist and author terry williams, who visited the tunnels between west 72nd and west 96th streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020, discusses his new book on the homeless people and social world he encountered there. nypl’s stavros niarchos foundation library (midtown), free admission. >>
weds 7pm (monthly thru august): adam wade: live in new york: 20-time moth story slam winner adam wade returns to under st. marks theater with a storytelling show featuring three to four different stories from his extensive catalog (no two shows will be the same) and a different special guest who’ll begin each show. under st. marks theater (east village), sliding scale admission. >>
weds 7pm: speakeasy: ‘the definitive speechwriting comedy show’: professional speechwriters and comedians who like speeches talk about the techniques they love, the clichés they hate, and the written remarks that rocked their world. hosted by chandler dean. caveat (les), $15.67 adv with promo code ‘speakcheaply’ (reg. $20+). >>
weds 7pm (+ 7/24): summer sounds! at carl schurz park: steve shaiman and swingtime big band (tonight) and steel impressions caribbean band (7/24) perform at this year’s summer sounds! concert series, held at the elevated john finley walk (yorkville). free admission. >>
weds 7pm (wednesdays thru thru 8/14): jazz at pier 84: the jazz foundation of america presents its annual series of outdoor evening concerts at hell’s kitchen’s pier 84. tonight: dick griffin big band. free admission. >>
sponsored: weds 9:30pm: savage questions with scott rogowsky: love showing off your obscure knowledge in public but tired of the same old bar trivia? always wanted to be a game show contestant but couldn’t get past the casting paperwork? savage questions is the show for you and your chance to shine! cheer on or be one of 18 audience members to join quiz daddy scott rogowsky (hq trivia) on stage and answer his personally curated qs to win real prizes! caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $24.41 adv, $25 door). >>
thursday
thurs thru 8/18: see it big: 70mm edition: supersize your moviegoing experience at museum of the moving image’s annual 70mm film festival. classic and contemporary selections include the searchers, lawrence of arabia, 2001: a space odyssey, tenent, and more. museum of the moving image (astoria), $20. >>
thurs thru sat (various times): perelman performing arts center lobby stage shows: the perelman performing arts center hosts a series of free performances on the vartan and clare gregorian stage in the pac lobby. this week: leg room (thurs 5:30pm), musette explosion (fri 5:45pm), and forró in the dark (sat 7pm). >>
thurs (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
little miss sunshine at fort greene park (fort greene) >>
mission impossible: dead reckoning part one at 1031-1069 riegelmann boardwalk (coney island) >>
moonstruck at union square park >>
pulp fiction at brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn >>
toy story 4 at marx brothers playground (yorkville) >>
thurs: the shed’s ‘open call’ series: eight artists and collectives will present immersive, multidisciplinary works from drag to dance to poetry at the shed’s ‘open call’ performance series. free tickets for remaining july performances are sold out, but an in-person wait list will be available 15 minutes before showtime; tickets for august performance tickets will open up on 7/18. >>
thurs 12:30pm (thursdays thru 8/1): broadway in bryant park: broadway and off-broadway stars perform some of their biggest hits at bryant park’s annual lunchtime performance series. today: disney on broadway, aladdin, frozen, and the lion king. hosted by litefm’s cubby + christine. free admission. >>
thurs 6pm (thursdays thru 8/15): live at the archway: music + art in the dumbo archway: sights and sounds fill the public plaza underneath the manhattan bridge in dumbo. tonight: sonóra nuyorkina, with art by jennifer sanchez. doors at 5pm. rain or shine. free admission. >>
thurs 6-8pm (+ 7/25): jazz in july at brooklyn botanic garden: bring a blanket and enjoy the surroundings and sounds of bbg’s outdoor jazz in july series. each night also features a tour or other garden activity. free with regular garden admission ($22 general, $16 seniors/students, and a selection of free community tickets are available). >>
thurs 6-9pm (+ 7/25, 8/1): 11th annual uptown bounce: museum of the city of new york and el museo del barrio team up for the annual uptown bounce block party series, featuring djs, special guests, live performances, art making activities, and free museum admission.
thurs 6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/1): summer music series at bushwick inlet park: take in the sounds and sunset at friends of bushwick inlet park’s annual summer music series. tonight: bombayo. 86 kent ave (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 6:30pm doors (thursdays thru 8/1): river + blues concert series: battery park city’s annual river + blues concert series brings global and american folk, roots, and blues music to nelson a. rockefeller park for four evenings. tonight: hurray for the riff raff with opener dj suzan z anthony. free admission. >>
thurs 7pm: the new york pigeon: behind the feathers: native new yorker and editorial photographer andrew garn captures the allure, history, and resiliency of nyc’s reigning bird in the second edition of his 2018 photography book, the new york pigeon: behind the feathers, launching tonight at powerhouse arena (dumbo). rita mcmahon, co-founder and executive director of the wild bird fund, joins. free-$5 admission. >>
thurs 7pm: facts machine: science, comedy + trivia: scientists and comedians share the stories behind their favorite facts, ‘conduct experiments’ (play drinking games), and test their knowledge with a trivia challenge loosely inspired by the show’s theme, symbiotic organisms. hosted by scientists and pub trivia hosts em costa, noah guiberson, and rob frawley. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $24.41 adv, $25 door). >>
thurs 7pm: that 80s improv challenge: three improv teams go head-to-head as they create scenes inspired by videos from nyc in the 1980s. hosted by harmon leon. young ethel’s (park slope), free (donations welcome). >>
thurs 7pm: queers n’ peers variety show: lgbtq+ and allied performing artists present a variety of drag, music, and comedy at dromedary: coming out (bushwick). hosted by cassidy dawn graves and comrade barbie, with free karaoke to follow. $10 adv, $15 door suggested admission. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): entirely from memory: boogie nights: blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers will attempt to recreate 1997’s boogie nights, using only what they can remember from watching the film once recently. as chaos ensues, drinks are drunk while the players are challenged to incorporate lines written by the audience and create ‘deleted’ scenes. littlefield (gowanus), $10 adv, $12 door. >>
thurs 9pm: the blind comedy auction: standup show meets charity auction at the blind comedy auction show, where comedians auction off items without being able to say exactly what they are. featuring steven rodgers (colbert), allie lawrence (off menu comedy), marcela onyango (feel the news), and lindsay theisen. proceeds benefit astoria food pantry. q.e.d. (astoria), $15. >>
thurs 9:15pm: shouting at the screen: watch a film from the world of 70’s-era blaxploitation and black cult cinema accompanied by drinking games and mst3k-style commentary from hosts wyatt cenac (problem areas) and donwill (webby award-winner, the almanac of rap) with guest shalewa sharpe (comedy central). nitehawk cinema (prospect park), $18. >>
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our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: art exhibits, film screenings, and more. >>
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– the skint
Credit: Chris Lee
