tuesday
thru 11/15: new york comedy festival: the annual new york comedy festival is back with 100+ shows featuring 200+ comics across the city. skint-priced shows thru thursday include: tone and the homies at littlefield, bridget mcguire: ballet flats for dinner at q.e.d. astoria, sagematch at caveat (discount tix with promo code ‘sageskint’), a special taping lucie pohl at the hidden jewel box theater, looking for laughs at caveat (discount tix with promo code ‘skint’), normal behavior with chine ikoro at ucb (discount tix with promo code ‘nbwc5’), and entrepreneurship and other things with nick hopping at flop house comedy club (discount tix with promo code ‘skint’). >>
tues 6pm (monthly thru 12/1): miller theater’s pop-up concert series: sit onstage with virtuoso musicians during columbia university school of the arts’s hour-long early-evening concerts, with a free drink in hand and the opportunity to mingle with the performers afterward. the 15th season continues tonight with contemporary quartet hub new music, performing works by christopher cerrone, elijah daniel smith, and dai wei. miller theatre at columbia university (morningside heights), free admission. >>
tues 6:30pm: changing tastes: american foodways at 250: what makes american food american? culinary historian and author jane ziegelman (97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one new york tenement) explores the country’s evolving food traditions through the lens of immigration and black culinary traditions. nypl’s chatham square library (chinatown), free admission. >>
wednesday
weds thru 12/6: la mama puppet festival 2026 : la mama theatre’s annual puppet festival is back with more than three weeks of boundary-pushing contemporary puppet theatre pieces. la mama (east village), $30 general, $25 seniors/students, $10 for the first 10 tickets. >>
weds thru 11/19: 17th annual doc nyc documentary festival: america’s largest documentary film festival returns for its 17th edition, presenting screenings and events at ifc center, sva theatre, and village east by angelika. various prices. >>
weds thru sat: art week nyc: artnews and artforum bring together galleries, museums, and cultural organizations across the city for four days of exhibitions and public programming, with offerings ranging from artist talks and live performances to printmaking demonstrations, gallery walks, and more. various prices. >>
weds 12:30pm: the annual new york city veterans day parade: the nation’s largest veterans day parade returns to manhattan with 30,000 participants, including veterans, military units, and marching bands. parade route: fifth avenue from 26th st to 50th st. >>
weds 6:30pm: person place thing: a live podcast recording with randy cohen and lili taylor: the long-running interview show invites guests to talk about one person, one place, and one thing that matter to them. tonight, host randy cohen welcomes actor and author lili taylor. p+t knitwear bookstore (les), $15. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): fantastic fiction at kgb: this monthly speculative-fiction reading series, hosted by editor ellen datlow and writer matthew kressel, welcomes writers james patrick kelly (the book of bots) and stephanie feldman (the night parade) for a night of readings and discussion at kgb bar (east village). free admission. >>
weds 7pm: page break presents: stage break reading series: four writers take the stage to read original short stories, one page at a time, alternating with three audience members picked at random to join them (optional: enter your name to read). everyone gets a zine with the four stories, so you can follow along from your seat. hosted by mikey friedman. littlefield (gowanus), $10. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): peer revue: ted talks with a twist. real experts give real talks on big ideas—like quarks or the fall of rome—then comedians wing it while trying to make sense of slides they’ve never seen before. hosted by ben lillie, with talks by avir mitra, josh barber, kit carter, and nic comparato, and comedy by andy vega, brielle demirjian, jorge oyola, and shyaporn theerakulstit. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘revueskint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>
weds 7pm (wednesdays): baby shoes comedy: clare donaher and alex murdoch’s baby shoes comedy show delivers grown-up laughs with a fresh lineup of comedians each week. tonight’s show features rachel coster, mika stein, bahlya a. yansané, and tommy armstrong. black cat les, free admission. >>
weds 7:30pm: central chamber series: ‘songs without words’: the central chamber series continues its 10th season with a concert featuring renaissance quartet, performing works by florence price, daniel hass, and beethoven at central presbyterian church (ues). $20 general, free for students with id. >>
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French-born singer, bandleader, and songwriter Elizabeth Bougerol (of the Hot Sardines) celebrates her self-titled album at Joe’s Pub with a joyous night of era-spanning jazz. With rhythm, brass, three-part harmony, and “that wonderful voice” (Scott Simon, NPR), the record reimagines classics tied to Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Rickie Lee Jones, and The Platters, alongside gems from Cole Porter and Duke Ellington, nestled inside new, lush arrangements from Emmy winner J. Walter Hawkes.
Elizabeth has become one of the leading voices in a new generation of women redefining the jazz singer, blending classic sounds with an irreverent, modern voice and a storyteller’s eye for the music’s history. Elizabeth is the co-founder and creative force behind the Hot Sardines, the “potent and assured” (The New York Times) jazz-revival ensemble that has played from the Newport Jazz Festival to Carnegie Hall. Her solo project brings a fresh, more personal approach to vintage sounds, and deepens the audience connection WBGO’s Nate Chinen has called “the secret sauce” of the Sardines’ appeal.
ELIZABETH BOUGEROL & HER BAND NEW ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
Thursday, November 12
2 shows! 7pm & 9:30pm
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY
There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum, per person, during every show at Joe’s Pub.
Special offer: Save on tickets to the 9:30pm show with promo code “MOONOFGOLD”
thursday
thurs thru 1/11/2027: neue galerie: 25th anniversary exhibition: following a restoration project of the museum’s historic building, neue galerie (ues) reopens with an installation of austrian and german fine and decorative arts drawn primarily from the permanent collection that includes gustav klimt’s portrait of adele bloch-bauer i. $28 general, $18 seniors, $15 students, free 11/16 10am-6pm and first fridays 5-8pm. >>
thurs thru 1/3/2027: herald holiday fair: the holidays arrive in midtown with the return of the christmas carousel, a snow slide, and a virtual reality sleigh ride at greeley square. the festivities expand on 12/2 with a holiday market by urbanspace and a giant rocking horse photo op in herald square park. >>
thurs thru 12/24: union square holiday market: urbanspace’s holiday market returns to union square park with nearly 200 vendors selling gifts, treats, and more. free admission. >>
thurs 5pm: an lgbtq+ author panel with antoni porowski: join sad dads book club and surviving new york for an evening celebrating lgbtq+ writers, storytelling, and community, hosted by antoni porowski (queer eye, best of the world). housing works bookstore (soho), free admission. >>
thurs 5pm (thursdays thru 12/17, except thanksgiving): broadway under the stars: the shops at columbus circle hosts intimate performances and conversations with broadway stars on the second floor stage. tonight’s program features excerpts from two strangers (carry a cake across new york), maybe happy ending, and the heart. free admission. >>
thurs 6:30pm: modern families: expansive depictions of love: pen america hosts a panel discussion with authors cat fitzpatrick, jamilah lemieux, and joseph osmundson about the diverse ways we build families, find belonging, and care for one another. moderated by adriana ladouceur. p+t knitwear bookstore (les), $12. >>
thurs 7pm: james gleick: the telephone: a new history: historian and biographer james gleick (chaos: making a new science, the information), discusses his new book on the history of the telephone at strand bookstore (union square). $10 admission, $35 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>
thurs 7pm: who owns the news?: agora, a new monthly talk series about the forces shaping news and culture, launches with nyu professor rodney benson exploring how media ownership influences what we read. hosted by lindsey cosgrove. pete’s candystore (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 7pm: bad movie night brooklyn + motion picture pop quiz present: ryan’s babe: hang out with a cold one for a screening of 2000 road trip rom-com ryan’s babe, with chances to answer questions and win prizes. wild east brewing (gowanus), free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm: the precipice: composer, lyricist, and performer miranda ferriss jones returns to lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws) with a coming-of-age-feminist fairytale starring tony award winner laura benanti, morgan dudley, and samantha williams. free admission. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): savage! comedy show: savage comedy returns to logan’s run in park slope. hosted by lizzie martinez, melissa rocha, nonye brown-west, and chloé cunha, tonight’s show includes standup by calise hawkins (hbo), allison o’conor (big night), jenae boston (don’t tell comedy), britt migs (comics unleashed), and ben kim (the onion). bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
thurs 9pm: bad trip storytelling show: comedians take a night off from stand-up to share their most embarrassing stories at bad trip, a storytelling comedy show hosted by joey rinaldi and sam wolff. after each performance, the audience is invited to ask the performer questions about the story they just heard. secret pour (bushwick/bed-stuy), $9. >>
ongoing
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