tuesday
tues 7pm (monthly): the broad squad: kendra cunningham presents a throwback variety show filled with stand up, storytelling, music, and trivia. tonight: mel ferraro, george gordon, luz michelle, and meghan o’malley. young ethel’s (park slope), free ($5 suggested donation). >>
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 lineup features authors from the chaos clock: tales of cosmic aether anthology, including marc abbott, teel james glenn, carol gyzander, danielle ackley-mcphail, james chambers, frank michaels, and hildy silverman. hosted by randee dawn. free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap #151: things are looking up at astronomy on tap, a night where astronomy enthusiasts gather at a bar for talks by professional scientists and educators, plus themed games, and other cosmic fun. tonight’s edition highlights the ways that diversity and inclusion helps the stem fields with speakers zach richards (doctoral lecturer at cuny and research associate at the american museum of natural history) and dr. lucia a. perez (flatiron research fellow). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
tues 8pm (monthly): animation nights new york: watch a curated program of animated short films from around the world at this monthly screening event. the gutter spare room (williamsburg), pay-what-you-wish admission. >>
tues 9pm: psychic reading comedy show: psychic and comedian katie blunt blends stand-up and the supernatural for a night of laughs and revelations. a female-forward lineup of comedians take the stage, with audience volunteers receiving live psychic readings between sets. tonight’s performers include naomi karavani, tessa fleming, and alejandra jimenez, menuhin hart, and chase durousseau. whiskey cellar nyc (east village), $10 admission (+ one-drink suggested). >>
sponsored
Hot Sardines co-creator and “stylish and tenacious” (Paste) frontwoman Elizabeth Bougerol is capping a decade with her “potent and assured” (The New York Times) little big band, performances from Montreal to Newport, 70 million Spotify streams, a sold-out 2024 Carnegie Hall debut, and their 30th show at Joe’s Pub. Now in her first solo project, Elizabeth examines the hunger that drove her to ditch her midtown cubicle and chase the joy of re-imagining classics by the likes of Billie Holiday, the Platters, and Peggy Lee. Featuring The Dulcetones.
March 26 at 7pm & 9:30pm
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY
$30 (inclusive of service fee) / $42 at the door
*There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum, per person, during every show at Joe’s Pub.
TICKETS AND MORE INFO
wednesday
weds 6:30pm: 2025 science + literature ceremony: the national book foundation, alfred p. sloan foundation, and the cooper union celebrate the three 2025 science + literature selected titles in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with a night of readings and conversation with ramona ausubel (the last animal), ed yong (an immense world: how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around us), and claire wahmanholm (meltwater). hosted by bim adewunmi at the cooper union’s frederick p. rose auditorium (east village). free (rsvp required). >>
weds 7pm: on america: fear as a political weapon: clay risen, a reporter and editor at the new york times, launches his latest book, red scare: blacklists, mccarthyism, and the making of modern america, in a conversation with political analyst and author molly jong-fast at center for fiction (fort greene). using newly declassified documents, risen reveals a familiar pattern of conspiracy and fear-mongering that resonates today. $10 admission. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): 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 kick things off. under st. marks theater (east village), sliding scale admission. >>
weds 7pm: i’ll have the bisque! a benefit comedy show for abortion access: join improv troupe the bisque and guests for a comedy show to raise money for abortion access. ticket proceeds will support the brigid alliance, a nonprofit that provides logistical support to people who must travel long distances for abortion care. caveat (les), $18 adv, $20 door. >>
weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (park slope), with stand-up by alison leiby (the marvelous mrs. maisel), lance weiss (laughs), orli matlow (reductress), and christian conti. free admission. >>
weds 9:30pm: friends with caveats: expect everything from stand-up and character performances to music and even powerpoint presentations at caveat’s new weekly comedy show, ‘friends with caveats.’ tonight’s lineup includes ally spier, christiana jackson, grace leishman, lauren davis, simon bloch, and rachel coster. caveat (les), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
weds 10pm: hari kondabolu: new material night : comedian and writer hari kondabolu (the problem with apu) works out an hour of new standup at union hall (park slope). $10 adv, $15 door. >>
thursday
thurs: free rita’s italian ice: rita’s is celebrating the the first day of spring with free italian ice all day at participating locations. >>
thurs 6pm: subway sketch and sip with sarah nisbett: join in an evening of drawing at the new york transit museum (downtown brooklyn) hosted by illustrator and author sarah nisbett (drawn on the way). the night kicks off with an introduction to nisbett’s work and artistic approach, followed by time to explore the museum and draw inspiration from vintage subway cars, artifacts on display in ‘the subway is…’ exhibit, and more on display at the 1936 decommissioned subway station. all skill levels welcome. $25 admission includes materials and a drink (additional cash-only drinks will be available). >>
thurs 6-9pm: sva mfa fine arts spring 2025 open studios: meet art students from around the world working in a wide range of mediums at the school of visual arts’s annual open studios event. sva (chelsea), free (rsvp). >>
thurs 6:30pm: literary agent 101: join mcnally jackson (seaport) for the launch of ‘publishing 101,’ a new series designed to demystify the publishing process through conversations with industry pros. tonight’s inaugural event welcomes meredith kaffel simonoff, alia hanna habib, and kate dwyer to discuss all things agenting — from finding a literary agent and navigating the agent-client relationship to becoming an agent yourself. $5 admission includes a voucher which can be used towards any purchase. >>
sponsored: thurs 7pm: rebuilding the american dream: a path forward : alexander vindman, retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel and former director for european affairs at the national security council, joins jeff atwood, software developer, writer, and co-founder of stack overflow and discourse, to discuss concerns about the american dream and propose a blueprint for its revival. combining their personal stories of how they lived the american dream, vindman and atwood construct a pragmatic, hopeful framework for national renewal – with specific remedies for reviving prosperity, security, and the social contract. the great hall at the cooper union (east village), free admission (rsvp required). >>
sponsored: thurs 7pm: nathan lane at symphony space: three time tony award–winning actor nathan lane (the producers) sits down with josh horowitz (mtv, comedy central) for a special live edition of the happy sad confused podcast! lane discusses his illustrious career and new starring role on the soon-to-be-streaming hulu series mid-century modern. skint readers can get an $18 ticket using code: ‘lane’ >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): facts machine: science, comedy + trivia: scientists and comedians share the stories behind their favorite facts, ‘conduct experiments’ (play drinking games), and probe their knowledge with a trivia challenge loosely inspired by tonight’s theme: neuroscience. hosted by scientists and pub trivia hosts em costa, noah guiberson, and rob frawley. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $24-$25). >>
thurs 7pm: top shelf stories: julia whitehouse serves up an evening of carefully crafted storytelling at ucb (east village). tonight’s show features guests jay michel, kelli dunham, bradford knight, and kambri crews, plus one open mic slot reserved for an audience member. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
thurs 7pm-3am: technowruz 2025: the seventh annual technowruz celebrates the persian new year with live music, dj sets, video installations, a diaspora bazaar, cardamom tea, and more. nowadays (ridgewood), $20 adv, $15-30 sliding scale at the door. >>
thurs 7:30pm: samuel ashworth with tom colicchio: creative writing professor samuel ashworth discusses his debut novel, the death and life of august sweeney, at a launch event at greenlight bookstore (fort greene) with celeb chef tom colicchio. free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm (monthly): pete’s reading series: hear from literary icons and newcomers alike at this long-running reading series, hosted by temim fruchter and brian gresko. tonight’s event features jinwoo chong (leave it up to you), edgar gomez (alligator tears), paul lisicky (songs so wild and blue), and olivia wolfgang-smith (mutual interest). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm: skyler highley stand-up: comedian and writer for after midnight skyer highley performs and hour of stand-up, sharing his experiences growing up in a mixed-race adoptive household within the mormon church. union hall (park slope), $15. >>
thurs 8pm: amores perros with vanessa bauche and paul julian smith: quad cinema (greenwich village) hosts a screening of alejandro gonzález iñárritu’s amores perros (2000), followed by q+a with star vanessa bauche and paul julian smith, professor and author of amores perros: modern classic. $18. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): the neverending story entirely from memory: blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers will attempt to recreate wolfgang petgerson’s the neverending story (1984), 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), $12 adv, $14 day of. >>
thurs 8:30pm: everybody gets soup: comedy and cooking collide at everybody gets soup, a variety show were host td sidel and guest chef ken wiss (of ken’s asian taste) will be cooking up a pot on stage while comedians perform their sets. and at the end… everybody gets soup. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 30+ ongoing events and attractions: ‘christo and jeanne-claude: the gates and unrealized projects for new york city’ (ends 3/23), anne frank: the exhibition, and more. >>
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