tuesday

thru 11/20: the path: a meditation of lines: visual artist shantell martin encourages new yorkers to pause and find a meditative moment in times square with the path: a meditation of lines — a walking path painted onto broadway plaza. designed to slow things down in one of the city’s busiest places, and accessible to the public 24/7, the path contains contemplative phrases and will be accompanied by an artist-led audio guide, in-person facilitated meditations, musical performances, and more. public unveiling 10/1 5-6pm. broadway between 47th + 48th streets, free admission. >>

🎃 thru 10/31: rooftop cinema club: elevate your movie-going experience on the third floor outdoor skylawn rooftop of the embassy suites hotel in midtown. provided wireless headphones help to block out the city sounds while you sit back in a lounge chair and let the show begin. screenings this month include hocus pocus, friday the 13th, twilight, the shining, the rocky horror picture show, halloween, halloween town, it, edward scissorhands, get out, and many more. drinks, small bites, and classic movie snacks are available for purchase. $23+ admission. >>

thru 10/5: something blue – a gay story told through straight weddings: in this new solo hour of comedy, poetry and storytelling, brooke finegold (art is gay, comedy is gay, poetry is gay) explores her family’s lineage of love, straight wedding and bachelorette culture, and contemporary lesbian dating in new york. the tank nyc (midtown), $15+. >>

tues 6pm: sake revolution podcast live: brooklyn kura sake brewery and taproom (sunset park) kicks off sake week with a live recording of the sake revolution podcast. hosts john puma and timothy sullivan will welcome master sake brewers of new york city brandon doughan of brooklyn kura and shinobu kato of kato sake work for a discussion and audeince tasting. $15 iadmission includes two tasting pours of sake. >>

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’s season opener: ensemble either/or and the new york premiere of richard carrick’s l’algérie. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>

tues 7pm: how women made music: npr panel discussion: guest contributors including ann powers, alison fensterstock, jill sternheimer and marissa lorusso discuss how women made music: a revolutionary history from npr music, a new anthology inspired by npr music’s turning the tables that offers a window into the lives, struggles, and triumphs of the women who have defined popular music over the last 50 years. the rare book room at strand bookstore (union square). $5 admission, $40 ticket includes a copy of the book. >>

tues 7:30pm: carnegie hill concerts new-music chamber music series: the carnegie hill concerts series presents an evening of live music inspired by the ancient to modern voices of persian poetry and medieval music. church of the advent hope (carnegie hill), free (donatons welcome). >>

🎃 tues 7:30pm: the dragon’s chamber: ghouls, ghouls, ghouls!: sideshow and burlesque performer alice witchfire presides over ‘ghouls, ghouls, ghouls!,’ a fantasy circus variety show featuring performances inspired by ghastly glamour and creepy crawlers. spooky costumes encouraged. starr bar (bushwick), $15+. >>

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wednesday

weds thru 10/18: festival of firsts: lincoln center’s third annual festival of firsts presents more than two weeks of premieres and new collaborations by musical theater, pop, jazz, folk, and comedy performers exploring new horizons and celebrating major career milestones. lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws), free admission. >>

weds thru sat: food and country with laura gabbert + ruth reichl : ifc center (greenwich village) presents food and country, luara gabbert’s new documentary that examines the precarious state of america’s farming and food system. q+a with dir. gabbert and food writer/subject ruth reichl follows select screenings. $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

🎃 weds thru fri: the les film fest: mind f*ck nights: the lower east side film festival hosts a curated selection of spooky-season advanced screenings, anniversary retrospectives, curated short films, filmmaker q+as, and post-screening receptions at alamo drafthouse (lower manhattan). scheduled: straight-jacket, wilder than her, it’s what’s inside, jennifer’s body, and a shorts showcase. free-$18. >>

weds 6:45pm: free outdoor movie (weather permitting): ghostbusters: frozen empire at grover cleveland playground (ridgewood) >>

weds 8pm: subway series comedy: next stop, a subway-themed cannibis dispensary for priya blunts’s subway series comedy show, featuring jj mattise, rufat agayev, simeon goodson, dean david, and amanda baez. nyc bud (lic), free-$7.18. >>

weds 8pm: puppet nocturnes: the brick (williamsburg) presents an evening of excerpts of new puppet works in development by tristan allen, preston wollner, and amanda card. $25. >>

🎃 weds 9:15pm: spoons, toons, + booze: halloween after dark edition: gorge on sugary cereals, sip on cereal-infused cocktails, and binge watch halloween-themed cartoons from the 1940s through the early 2000s on the big screen at secretformula’s holiday screening party. hosted by michael austin and nell casey. nitehawk cinema (prospect park), $20 admission includes an all-you-can-eat cereal bar. >>

thursday

🎃 thurs thru 10/28: shudder showcase: season of screams: ifc center (greeniwch village) presents a lineup of shudder original premieres, including v/h/s/beyond, daddy’s head, mads, hunter hunter, azrael, and black cab, hosted by shudder’s vp of programming sam zimmerman and/or another special guest. bonus: free popcorn for shudder subscribers. $18 general, $15 seniors. >>

thurs thru sun: 22nd annual new york burlesque festival: 100 tantalizing talents, hailing from the big apple and beyond, shimmy and shake across four stages in manhattan and brooklyn for four nights. $20+. >>

thurs 6pm (thursdays thru 10/24): bhangra in the plaza: watch and learn choreography that celebrates contemporary indian music and dance, right in the middle of midtown at greeley square plaza (across from macy’s). featuring sarina jain, founder of masala bhangra, and dj ashu rai. free admission. >>

thurs 6-8pm: dumbo first thursday gallery walk: 2024-25 season opener: 15 dumbo art galleries stay open late for opening receptions, special events, and talks. an optional hour-long ‘insiders’ tour at 6:30pm (rsvp required) will visit and hear from experts at several exhibitions. free admission. >>

thurs 6-9pm (rain date 10/4): vinyl nights on the high line: step into the groove for an all-ages dance party on the high line celebrating nyc’s iconic dance, music, club, and dj culture, with tunes by operator emz and dj misbehaviour. on the high line between 15th + 16th streets (enter at 14th street + 10th avenue), free admission. >>

thurs 6:15pm: animations with live score on a boat: watch from the deck of the mary a. whalen, a retired oil tanker in red hook, as the new york film and video council presents a series of early experimental animations by harry smith, projected onto the sail of the hudson river sloop the clearwater and accompanied by a live, improvised score from peter stampfel and his atomic meta-pagans. deck tours both vessles will take place starting at 6:15pm until the screening begins at 7:30pm, and q+a and more music will follow. portside new york (red hook), pay-what-you-can admission ($15 suggested). >>

thurs 7pm: the rally reading series: ‘the heart of a march in the body of a reading series’: the rally reading series returns with readings from john manuel arias (where there was fire), prachi gupta (they called us exceptional: and other lies that raised us), and anjali khosla (ghostbot). hosted by ryan d. matthews. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 7pm: dave piontkowski: 3 kidneys no colon: comedian dave piontkowski’s 3 kidneys no colon, a solo show filled with jokes and stories chronicling his life battling chronic kidney disease and ulcerative colitis, comes to caveat (les). $18.76 with promo code ‘3knc’ (reg. $24+). >>

thurs 8pm: constellation prize: an astrology-based comedy game show: four comics perform, and it’s up to a guest astrologer and the audience to figure out which one is not an air sign. dont know astrology from astronomy? a mini lesson on air signs will help prime you for the game. studio 45 (bushwick), $20 admission includes wine from sun moon rising wine. >>

thurs 8pm (monthly): tip top tits comedy show: ninth anniversary: it’s comedy or bust at janet hyde and mary cella’s stand-up show, celebrating their ninth anniversary tonight with katie hannigan (colbert), pedro salinas (hbo), kari burt, norlex belma, and salma hindy. bonus: $3 pbrs. tip-top bar + grill (bed-stuy), free admission. >>

thurs 8pm (monthly): love, sex, + magic: comedy variety show: comedian jenny gorelick, whose ex is a magician, hosts an evening to make your worries disappear, featuring stand up, burlesque, drag, circus, musical comedy, and of course, magic. the water tower bar at arlo williamsburg, $10 admission. >>

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our roundup of 40+ ongoing events and attractions: oktoberfest celebrations, 2-for-1 off-broadway tickets, the amazing maize maze, and more. >>

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