tuesday
thru 3/1: restaurant week of the sides: 38 businesses along the 7-train line in sunnyside and woodside, queens, offer three-course dinner specials for $35. >>
thru 2/25: sixth chelsea international photography competition exhibition: chelsea’s agora gallery presents its sixth annual photography competition exhibition, showcasing winning works from hundreds of global submission. reception thursday 6-8pm. free admission. >>
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 includes alaya dawn johnson, taran hunt, veronica schanoes, and john foster. hosted by randee dawn. free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap: 150: 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 150th event features community manager at science friday santiago flórez and columbia university astronomy graduate student shreyas seethalla. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
tues 7:30pm: david briggs at the great organ: the cathedral church of saint john the divine (morningside heights) celebrates the return of its restored great organ with free performances this month. tonight, cathedral artist in residence david briggs premieres his organ transcription of brahms’ passionate 2nd symphony alongside his own ‘mannahatta diptyque,’ a musical tour of nyc throughout history. free with rsvp. >>
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. >>
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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.
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wednesday
weds thru sun: 13th annual winter film festival: the winter film festival returns for its 13th year, showcasing over 80 films from 20 countries, including animation, documentaries, dramas, comedies, horror, music videos, and web series by emerging talent. with a strong focus on diversity—half of the films are made by women and half by people of color—the five-day event features screenings, director q+as, filmmaker workshops, and networking parties. look cinemas (hell’s kitchen), $12.50 adv, $16.50 door, $5 for students. >>
weds 7pm: jessica valenti on abortion with alexis mcgill johnson: feminist writer and activist jessica valenti discusses the state of abortion access and her book, abortion: our bodies, their lies, and the truths we use to win, in a conversation with alexis mcgill johnson, president and ceo of planned parenthood of america, at brooklyn public library. central library (prospect heights), free 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: adsit + you: comedian and former 30 rock cast member scott adsit takes the stage at ucb (east village) for a night of spontaneous, two-person scenes—featuring (possibly) you. audience members can volunteer to improvise alongside him, or just sit back and watch everything unfold. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
weds 7:30pm: motion picture pop quiz: screening party meets trivia competition at motion picture pop quiz, where you’ll watch short clips from movies, tv shows, and news reports while entertainers craft questions on the spot. answers are judged on correctness or creativity, with winners chosen by a random drawing. lo-res bar at nitehawk williamsburg, free admission. >>
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 shalewa sharpe, billy prinsell, julie mitchell, and max chavez. free admission. >>
weds 8pm: the moth storyslam: the popular community-based open mic storytelling competition, where anyone can share a five-minute tale based on the evening’s theme to an attentive audience, returns to the bell house (gowanus). tonight’s theme: ‘oblivious.’ $19.65. >>
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 jessie lee, jenny gorelick, kenice mobley, molly brown, and more. caveat (les), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
weds 10pm: late bloomers: naomi odenkirk presents late bloomers, an evening of unexpected solo characters at union hall (park slope). featuring sarafina ludlow, kate owens, ashley padilla, mary shalaby, jamie linn watson, and jane wickline. hosted by ava bunn. union hall (park slope), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
thursday
thurs thru 3/7: doc fortnight 2025 moma: the museum of modern art’s 24th annual doc fortnight festival presents new nonfiction and hybrid fiction cinema from 28 countries, including work by michael almereyda and courtney stephens, lila avilés, radu jude, mariano llinas, errol morris, stanley nelson, ben rivers, amy sillman, cauleen smith, elisabeth subrin, lou ye, jasmila žbanić, and many others. museum of modern art (midtown west), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>
thurs thru sun: cheap book sale: thousands of new and used books, records, and cds are waiting for new homes at the 31st annual park slope united methodist church book sale, where most items are priced at just $2-3 each. $30 admission preview sale thursday, free admission friday thru sunday. >>
thurs 6pm: flirtation cards: press your luck: join the seaport museum and downtown alliance for a post-valentine’s day singles mixer and workshop at the 19th century-style letterpress print shop bowne + co., and explore the tradition of acquaintance cards—or flirtation cards—a playful variation on the victorian calling card. bonus: all participants will get to take home the items they print during the evening. free admission. >>
thurs 7pm: the story collider podcast’s science storytelling show: ‘perseverance’: storytellers share true, personal stories about science and the tenacity it takes to make it to the finish line at the latest edition of the story collider show. hosted by gastor almonte and julio chávez. qed (astoria), $15. >>
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: ‘evolution.’ 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 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 sarah chihaya (bibliophobia), erin crosby eckstine (junie), emily schultz (brooklyn kills me), and tyler wetherall (amphibian). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 7:30pm: voices of a people’s history: i know what the red clay looks like: building on historian howard zinn’s vision, voices of a people’s history presents an evening of music, spoken word, and readings by black female artists, drawn from the newly expanded edition of 1994’s i know what the red clay looks like: the voice + vision of black women writers. narrated by writer and cultural critic rebecca carroll with activist haley pessin. lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws). free admission. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): the princess bride entirely from memory: blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers will attempt to recreate rob reiner’s the princess bride (1987), 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 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). nitehawk cinema (prospect park), $18. >>
thurs 10pm: taking back thursday: the only girl run emo vs nü metal night: dance and sing/scream/cry the night away at the one-year anniversary of dj k styles and kayte’s taking back thursday emo vs nü metal night. arlene’s grocery (les), free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 40+ ongoing events and attractions: ‘christo and jeanne-claude: the gates and unrealized projects for new york city,’ 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets, ice skating, and more. >>
stay safe and healthy
– the skint
