tuesday
tues thru 10/10 (tuesdays 8-9am, thursdays + fridays 5-6pm): bryant park birding tours: join environmental educator and urban naturalist gabriel willow for a guided walk discovering the diversity of birds that pass through midtown’s bryant park during fall migration. newbies and bird nerds alike are welcome. free admission. >>
tues thru 9/30: rooftop cinema club: catch movies under the open sky at the embassy suites skylawn rooftop in midtown, where this seasonal series screens a mix of cult favorites, classics, and newer releases. wireless headphones help block out the city noise, and drinks and classic cinema concessions are available for purchase. screenings thru september include amélie, casablanca, get out, gilmore girls, hocus pocus, it, obsession, sinners, speed, and many more. $21.75+ admission (15% off for military, 10% off for students). >>
tues thru 9/30: woven together: touch exhibition: get hands-on with fiber art at this annual community exhibition from intertwine arts, featuring works by artists from the disability arts community that are soft, textured, weighty, smooth, and meant to be experienced through touch. opening exhibition 9/10 5-8pm. positive exposure gallery (fidi), free admission. >>
tues thru 9/24: teenage malady : quad cinema presents a mini screening series exploring the darker, more unsettling side of adolescence, featuring river’s edge, the virgin suicides, elephant, and totally f***ed up. quad cinema (greenwich village), $18 general, $16 seniors. >>
tues + weds: dolly parton tribute events:
► tues 7pm: jolene album listening party with the vinyl word music book club: arlene’s grocery (les), free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>
► tues 7:20pm: the best little whorehouse in texas screening: village east by angelika, $10. >>
► tues + weds (various times): steel magnolias and the best little whorehouse in texas screenings: amc kips bay and empire 25. various prices. >>
tues various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
► a bug’s life and to catch a thief at domino park (williamsburg) >>
► king richard at heineken riverdeck/pier 17 (seaport (lower manhattan) >>
tues 7pm: the new york groove live! ‘labor days’ edition: the new york groove, a local, independent, journalist-owned, member-supported newsletter, brings together a mix of newsmakers and comedians for a show about how to be a better new yorker. tonight’s edition, featuring guests liz haynes (writer for last week tonight with john oliver) and journalist hamilton nolan (how things work), dives into the history of organized labor in nyc. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘nyghamilton’ (reg. $24-25). >>
tues 7pm: sunset salsa: learn some salsa steps, then dance into the sunset with a live performance by people of earth at downtown’s waterfront robert f. wagner park. free admission. >>
tues 9pm: the warriors with michael gingold and chris poggiali: authors michael gingold and chris poggiali celebrate the release of their new book, armies of the night: the warriors and its legacy, with a book signing and screening of the 1979 walter hill cult classic at film forum (south village). >>
tues 9:30pm: sagematch: scientists and comedians go head-to-head creating presentations based on topics given by the audience and delivering them on the spot. hosted by ben taylor. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘sageskint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>
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Tickets start as low as $49, and the skint readers can use code SKINT for 20% off most tickets above that price point. The Pass kicks off at 7pm Tuesday through Sunday at La MaMa (66 E 4th St, Manhattan), with matinees available on select Friday and Saturdays.
wednesday
weds thru mon: the metropolitan opera’s summer hd festival: catch encore screenings from the met’s live in hd series projected onto the opera house’s façade at lincoln center plaza. 2,500 seats will be available, first come, first served. free admission. >>
weds thru sun (various times): wes thru sun (various times): the ninth rockaway film festival: five days of independent films, shorts, live music, filmmaker q+a, and more come to arverne cinema’s indoor and outdoor theaters. select highlights include opening-night documentary eternity one with live music by tv on the radio’s kyp malone, a free screening of the muppet movie with miss piggy creator bonnie erickson, and the history of concrete, the new film from how to with john wilson creator john wilson. free-$10. >>
weds various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
► sponsored: after hours at parklife (gowanus). note: food/drink purchase required. >>
► akeelah and the bee at st. nicholas park (harlem) >>
weds (time tba): registration opens for morningside lights lantern-building workshops: help create the dozens of giant lanterns that will illuminate the 15th annual morningside lights procession on 9/19. workshops will take place 9/12-18 on the stage of miller theatre (morningside heights), and no experience is needed. free admission (rsvp required). >>
weds 6-10pm: summerstage: the city parks foundation presents its 40th season of free and benefit performances across the city. tonight at rumsey playfield in central park: samara joy and christian mcbride celebrate verve’s 70th anniversary / mei semones + friends play the music of getz/gilberto / sparklmami dj set. free admission. >>
weds 6:30pm doors: infinite good times movie club: demolition man: infinite good times movie club returns with a screening of demolition man (1993) at gowanus metal bar lucky 13 saloon, with pre-show trivia and free popcorn. free admission with rsvp ($5 suggested donation). >>
weds 6:30pm (ends today): yoga club: ‘touching grass’ tour: wrapping up its ‘touching grass’ tour of nyc parks, yoga club brings a free all-levels vinyasa session to prospect park’s long meadow. byo mat. >>
weds 7pm: doctors without boundaries: real-life er doctor aaron bola hosts a comedy show where standups with a tendency towards t.m.i. tell stories about their weirdest diagnoses, and the docs give a detailed breakdown of the history of each condition and what people diagnosed with it should know. audience members can even ask their own embarrassing medical questions via a ‘no co-pay’ question box. featuring sandeep sen, jules balluffi, david jin, and carolina montesquieu. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘resident’ (reg. $24-25). >>
weds 7:30pm (wednesdays): we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur team up to bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (south slope), with stand-up by hoodo hersi (colbert), maya deshmukh (netflix), joe rumrill (the onion), and johnny forrester (funny factory). free admission. >>
weds 8pm: our bar theatre: our bar transforms a real nyc bar into a stage, where a rotating cast of theater artists perform original scenes that could actually happen right there, that night. grab a drink (a bud light is included with admission), find a seat, and watch the stories unfold. tonight’s theme: ‘power.’ fáilte bar + restaurant (kips bay), $13 admission includes a bud light. >>
weds 8:30pm: improvised the office: dunder mifflin lives again as a cast of improvisers creates a brand-new episode of the office live on stage, using audience suggestions to decide what shenanigans michael, dwight, jim, pam, and the rest of the staff will get into. ucb (east village), $12.94 with promo code ‘officesept’ (reg. $17.94. >>
thursday
thurs thru sun: 17th annual nyc unicycle festival: bindlestiff family cirkus’s annual celebration of one-wheeled madness rolls into nyc with long-distance rides from battery park to central park and across the brooklyn bridge to coney island, followed by a weekend of unicycle games, demonstrations, and a learn-to-ride area in jackson heights. free for all ages and abilities. >>
thurs various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
► in the heights at madison square park (flatirom) >>
► the wild robot at 145th and the hudson river in riverside park >>
► trolls band together at sunset park (brooklyn) >>
► when harry met sally at brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn >>
thurs 6:30pm: the cultural center at st. john’s: greenpoint’s st. john’s lutheran church christents its new cultural and performing arts center with a chamber music series, kicking off tonight with grammy-winning string quartet ethel. $20 suggested donation. >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): the rally reading series: the rally reading series (‘the heart of a march in the body of a reading series’) kicks off its 10th season with an evening of readings and discussion with sarah aziza, bud smith, and monika ostrowska. hosted by ryan d. matthews. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 7pm (thursdays): house party comedy: sima sepehri and zubi ahmed launch their new standup show at bushwick’s house party cafe + lounge with performances by isa medina, niles abston, katrina davi, and mohtasham yaqub. $10. >>
thurs 7pm: bryant park picnic performances: the annual summer performance series is back with two dozen free music, dance, and theater events in the heart of midtown. blankets and bistro chairs are provided for use. bring your own picnic or purchase food and drinks from on-site vendors. next up: asian american arts alliance presents an evening of r+b, electropop, and smooth and nu jazz with grace kelly and ashni. >>
ongoing
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