tuesday
thru 10/19: the met fifth ave’s new roof garden commission: ensemble: sonic and visual artist jennie c. jones’s acoustic sculptures take over the met’s iris and b. gerald cantor roof garden for the season. metropolitan museum of art (ues), free entry with museum admission (pay-what-you-wish admission for new york state residents and ny, nj, and ct students, $30 general/$22 seniors/$22 visitors with disabilities/$17 students otherwise). >>
thru 4/30: nypl’s world literature + arts festival: shining a spotlight on nyc’s communities, the new york public library’s world literature + arts festival brings together writers, artists, and thinkers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to celebrate storytelling—through books, performances, culinary traditions, and beyond. select topics include the new rap language, the future of food, and translating the world with the national book foundation. various locations, free admission. >>
thru 4/26: taste of science festival: feed your curiosity with this annual series of informal discussions on everything from fungus to hunger to city infrastructure. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), ryan’s daughter (ues), kgb (east village), and q.e.d. (astoria). free-$8. >>
thru sun: rent the runway sample sale: save up to 70% on pre-loved designer apparel, handbags, accessories, and more. 260 fifth ave (bet. 28th + 29th sts), 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’s linuep: guitarists miles okazaki and bill frisell. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>
tues 6:30pm: no new things with ashlee piper: sustainability expert ashlee piper chats about no new things, her new book on ditching consumerism, regaining financial and mental wellness, and saving the planet. katie horwitch, founder of want (women against negative talk), joins. p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $5 admission can be applied towards any book or item in the café. >>
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 anna rasche, radha vatsal, christina li, and gregory wilson. hosted by randee dawn. 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. >>
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The New York City Craft Beer Wine And Spirits Fest returns to Chelsea Industrial on Saturday, April 26, pouring up over 100 samples from breweries, wineries, and distilleries near and far! It’s a great opportunity to discover new favorites and chat with brewers, sommeliers, and master distillers about the craft behind your next favorite go-to pours.
Guests will enjoy unlimited samples for the entire session, paired with live entertainment, interactive games, and access to food available to purchase from Angry Archies, Chavas Empanadas, Mozzarepas, and Taste of Poland.
Tickets include unlimited tastings and a souvenir tasting glass.
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New York City Craft Beer Wine And Spirits Fest
Saturday, April 26
Session 1: 1-4:30pm
Session 2: 6-9:30pm
Chelsea Industrial
535 West 28th Street New York, NY 10001
21+ Only
wednesday
weds thru 5/24: the lady at 100: columbia classics from the locarno film festival: celebrating columbia pictures’ centennial, the museum of modern art and the locarno film festival present a series tracing the evolution of the hollywood studio. the program features 30 newly-restored films from 1934 to 2010, including it happened one night, the lady from shanghai, in a lonely place, gilda, taxi driver, and the social network. moma (midtown), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>
weds 7pm: speakeasy: ‘the definitive speechwriting comedy show’: professional speechwriters and comedians are really into speeches talk about the techniques they love, the clichés they hate, and the written remarks that rocked their world. hosted by chandler dean. caveat (les), $15.67 adv with promo code ‘speakcheaply’ (reg. $24-25). >>
weds 7:30pm: well well well! comedy: chuckles for charity. co-hosts griffin leeds and nora jefferies present an all-lgbtq+ comedy show, with proceeds benefiting the ali forney center. featuring jess elgene (nyt), julia shiplett (hbo), jay jurden (fallon), and josh sharp (d*cks: the musical). the rosemont (williamsburg), $9 suggested donation. >>
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 kelly bachman (hulu), caitlin reese (hbo), adam flick (don’t tell comedy), kidané kelati, and crenshaw white. free admission. >>
weds 8pm: music for enophiles: music for enophiles, an nyc-based band dedicated to playing brian eno’s solo pop recordings from 1974-1977, returns with its annual concert at the bowery electric (east village). $15. >>
thursday
thurs (ongoing): the frick collection: following a multi-year renovation, the frick collection’s historic fifth avenue galleries reopen to the public. advance timed tickets required. $30 general, $22 seniors, $22 visitors with disabilities, $17 students, free ages 10-18, pay-what-you-wish wednesdays 2-6pm. >>
thurs thru 5/17: encore: broadway photographs by mark s. kornbluth: cavalier gallery revisits dark, a 2023 exhibition of mark s. kornbluth’s large-format photographs of broadway theaters that were taken during the 2020-21 covid closure, with several previously unseen images featured. artist reception 4/17 5-7pm. cavalier gallery (midtown), free admission. >>
thurs thru 4/23: 1-800-on-her-own: film forum presents 1-800-on-her-own, filmmaker dana flor’s portrait of singer/songwriter, social activist and author ani difranco. special events include a q+a with difranco and flor (thurs 6:30pm), an intro by difranco (thurs 8:45pm), an intro by flor (fri 6:30pm), and a pflag benefit screening (8/23 8:20pm). film forum (south village), $17. >>
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: dinosaurs. 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 jeremy gordon (see friendship), jane pek (the verifiers), anton solomnik (realistic fiction), and jeanne thornton (a/s/l). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): star trek entirely from memory: blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers will attempt to recreate star trek, with no scripts, no rehearsals, and no agreement over which version of star trek they’re actually doing. 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 9:30pm: facebook marketplace live!: inspired by facebook marketplace, craigslist, and buy nothing groups, this game show pits comedians in a series of marketplace-themed games to win the title of ‘king of sh*t.’ hosted by amanda melhuish (reductress) and virginia dickens (the onion). caveat (les), $16.70 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $22-23). >>
thurs 10pm: alttv: a ’90s alternative music video party: dance to ’90s alternative, britpop, and grunge as djs chase coppins and warrenb project/dj music videos from oasis, hole, the replacements, sonic youth, pulp, weezer, pavement, nin, pixies, and many more at cassette (ridgewood). free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 35+ ongoing events and attractions: central park and brooklyn botanic garden cherry blossom updates, amy sherald: american sublime at the whitney, cj hendry: keff joons in dumbo, brooklyn cyclones baseball season, bargemusic, and more. >>
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