tuesday
thru feb 23: 13 ways to celebrate lunar new year in nyc: welcome the new year at celebrations across the city: a firecracker ceremony, lion dance performances, parties, family-friendly activities, and more. >>
thru thurs (10am-6pm): the cashmere sale: cozy up to cool deals at clothingline’s annual cashmere sale. snag sweaters, pants, wraps, hats, gloves, scarves, and more at prices starting at $30. clothingline (garment district), free admission. >>
tues 6pm: get lit! richard price and lakecia benjamin: novelist and screenwriter richard price (clockers, the wire) joins wnyc’s all of it host alison stewart for a discussion about his new novel, lazarus man. the conversation will be followed by a musical performance from grammy-nominated saxophonist lakecia benjamin. nypl’s stavros niarchos foundation library (midtown), free admission. >>
tues 6pm: miller theater’s pop-up concert series: the columbia university school of the arts’s musical happy hour returns for a new season of hour-long concerts where the audience is permitted to sit onstage with the performers and enjoy a free drink. tonight, saxophonist and composer ole mathisen—director of columbia university’s louis armstrong jazz performance program—performs his latest project vector series with collaborators craig taborn, françois moutin, and dan weiss. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): we love a theme: a storytelling show: a lineup of performers tell funny, heartwarming, and cringe-inducing tales at tonight’s ‘starting over’ edition of bailey swilley’s monthly storytelling show. featuring ian goldstein, ali levin, vernon payne, and seaton smith. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >>
tues 8pm: the lavender scare: gabe gonzález presents an irreverent lgbtq+ comedy variety show featuring stand-up and interactive trivia games about lgbtq+ history. tonight’s guest performers: dylan adler, ái vy luu, and jacke cornell. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
tues 8pm: live band karaoke at arlene’s grocery: choose from a wide assortment of rock and pop songs and sing with your very own live band backing you up at arlene’s grocery (les). led by leslie goshko, and featuring lucas shine, matthew lindsey, and alan camlet. $10. >>
wednesday
weds (time tba): tickets go on sale for christo and jeanne-claude: the gates and unrealized projects for new york city at the shed 2/12-3/23: the shed (chelsea/midtown west) presents an immersive exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of christo and jeanne-claude’s landmark central park public art project, the gates. running 2/12-3/23, the exhibition will include original drawings, scale models, and elements from the gates and unrealized projects, presented alongside immersive imagery and multimedia. choose-what-you-pay admission ($10 suggested). >>
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 guests rob cantrell (last comic standing), lizzy cassidy (don’t tell comedy), patrick hastie, and joe pontillo. free admission. >>
weds 10pm: that show with chris gethard: comedian and writer chris gethard launches a new variety show at ucb (east village), featuring a live band and experimental sets from both seasoned comedy vets and up-and-coming performers. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
thursday
thurs thru 2/15: serials short play series: five teams of actors perform five original, 10-minute episodic plays, each with only six hours of rehearsal time. then it’s up to you, the audience, to vote for your favorites, which will return for a new installment of the same storyline the following week. the tank (garment district), $23+. >>
thurs thru mon: love positive women 2025: visual aids, the fire island artist residency, positive women’s network, the well project, and dieu donné present their annual exhibition of handmade paper valentines created by artists, activists, and hiv-positive women. following the exhibition, in time for valentine’s day, the 200+ valentines will be mailed to hiv-positive women around the world. reception saturday 3-5pm. first floor hallway of moma ps1 (lic), free admission for new york state residents ($5-10 otherwise). >>
thurs 6-9pm: circles of abstraction opening: the bust gallery (chelsea) presents an evening of art, performance, and music for its latest pop-up. featurinig art by sasha bianca, miriam portilla espino, callen schaub, iutian tsai, and annika rhea, circles of abstraction includes djs and live performance painting by rhea. free admission. >>
thurs 7pm: syme’s letter writer: letter writing workshop with rachel syme: rachel syme, writer and creator of penpalooza, launches her new book—a guide to the lost art of letter writing—with a reading and letter-writing workshop at strand bookstore’s rare book room. byo stationary for the workshop, or purchase some at strand. $13.61+ >>
thurs 8pm doors: landline comedy at wild east brewing co.: get hoppy at the barrel cellar at wild east brewing co. (gowanus), which is hosting a stand-up comedy show featuring sets by gastor almonte (don’t tell comedy), isabel hagen (fallon), sara hennessey (cbc), carrie ross (redacted tonight), dan treadway (the onion), and ted jones (ted jones world). hosted by andre medrano. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
thurs 8:30pm: top shelf stories: julia whitehouse serves up an evening of storytelling at ucb (east village), with guests robin gelfenbien, rob penty, britt genelin, and mark pagán, plus one open mic slot reserved for an audience member. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): golden spiral comedy show: at mindy raf and katie compa’s golden spiral comedy show, stand-up set lengths follow the fibonacci sequence (5, 8, 13, and 21 minutes each). tonight’s show at whiskey cellar nyc (east village) includes guests talib babb (espn), steven rogers (colbert), hari kondabolu (hulu), and luz michelle. advance ticket purchase includes a raffle ticket for a free drink. a limited number of tickets are available for $7.18 with promo code ‘skintspiral’ (reg. $10.38+). >>
thurs 8pm: locrian chamber players: music from the past decade: the locrian chamber players, a chamber group devoted exclusively to performing music less than a decade old, present a concert of works by both established and emerging composers at riverside church (morningside heights). free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 30+ ongoing events and attractions: nyc winter outing reservations (restaurant week, broadway week, nyc must-see week), film fests, ice skating, and more. >>
stay safe and healthy
– the skint
