tuesday
sponsored: thru 9/27: fall for dance festival: this beloved new york festival is back with ‘its most international lineup’ in years (the new york times). highlights include the stuttgart ballet, alvin ailey american dance theater, san francisco ballet, hugo marchand, clara furey/bent hollow, knoname artist | roderick george, and more. although inventory is limited, tickets are still available, but you need to hurry. best availability is sep 18 through 20. every seat in the house is just $30 (fees included)! >>
tues 6-10pm: summerstage: summerstage presents a concert featuring performances by soccer mommy, hurray for the riff raff, dummy, and sam sumpter at rumsey playfield in central park. free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap: ‘high gravity’ edition: things are looking up at astronomy on tap, a night where astronomy enthusiasts gather at a local bar for talks by professional scientists and educators—plus themed games and other cosmic fun. tonight’s gravity-themed show celebrates gravity with speakers saavik ford and james chan of cuny and amnh. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): the broad squad: kendra cunningham presents a monthly comedy variety show featuring a female-fronted lineup and tarot readings. tonight’s lineup: maggie champagne, mel deluca, ophira eisenberg, vicki ferentinos, cat montesi, and gabe pacheco. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission ($10 suggested donation). private tarot readings are $5/card. >>
tues 7pm: stuart laws has to be joking?: british comedian stuart laws (is that guy still going special, off the menu podcast) brings his standup show about relationships, travel, toilets, neurodivergence, and how his life changed once he started dating an american, to under st. marks theater (east village). $15. >>
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. >>
sponsored
The Degenerate Lab includes three productions, each for 5-6 performances, in repertory from September 18 to October 5 in The Doxsee Theater, and three 1-night events. In each event a different artist creates their own reflection on Degenerate Art. An audience member who comes to everything will take an artistic journey greater than the sum of its parts. Labs are guided by Lead Artists who could be from any discipline.
This year, Associate A.D. Adam M. Kassim creates FAGGOT/TERRORIST inspired by the work of David Wojnarowicz; director Malena Dayen interprets Valerie Solanas’ underground classic UP YOUR ASS as a new opera; and TMT Associate Artist Anthony Vaughn Merchant leads NEXT UP, a piece inspired by and featuring new voices lead by the counterculture of punk. One-time music and artistic events enrich the program even more, including Pull, a personalized tarot card musical performance by Emily Duncan, Britt Hewett, and Rebecca Hart, Cabaret Verboten hosted by Viva Lamore, and a TMT Community Café for Degenerates featuring a reading of The Bus Stop by Gao Xingjian.
Tickets start at $20: TargetMargin.org
wednesday
film fests / series:
► weds thru sun: after school special: sva’s alumni film and animation festival: sva theatre (chelsea), free admission. >>
► weds thru sun: 20th annual harlem international film festival: cuny, maysles documentary center, and harlem school of the arts. free-$20. >>
weds various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
birdman at tompkins square park (les) >>
theolonius park: straight, no chaser at jackie robinson park (harlem) >>
sponsored: weds 7pm: claire danes, gary gulman, troy iwata, bd wong, and more!: it’s september, which means school is back in session and your shrink has returned from their august escape. join selected shorts at symphony space (uws) as actors claire danes (homeland), troy iwata (the daily show), kenice mobley (the tonight show with jimmy fallon), and bd wong (awkwafina is nora from queens) perform funny, stirring, and insightful stories about therapy, therapists, and that eternal search for inner peace. hosted by comedian gary gulman (misfit, the great depresh). skint readers can get a $20 ticket on tier 2 seats using code ‘couch’ >>
weds 7pm: modern psychedelics: the handbook for mindful exploration: join author joe dolce and v (formerly eve ensler) in a provocative and personal conversation to celebrate the publication of joe’s new book, modern psychedelics: the handbook for mindful exploration, at the powerhouse arena (dumbo). $5 admission includes a store gift certificate, $27 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>
weds 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 david mack, liz gotauco, and kailee pedersen. hosted by randee dawn. 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 7:30pm: somebody should do something: how anyone can help create social change: michael brownstein, professor of philosophy at the cuny graduate center and professor and chair of philosophy at john jay college, launches his new book, somebody should do something (co-authored with daniel kelly and alex madva), a guide to creating transformative social change. he’ll be joined in conversation by climate scientist and author dr. kate marvel. a wine reception follows. greenlight bookstore (fort greene), free admission. >>
thursday
thurs thru 12/13 (tues-sat 10am-6pm): downtown/uptown: new york in the eighties: lévy gorvy gallery (ues) presents an exhibition featuring paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper created in (and in response to) 1980s nyc, featuring works by jean-michel basquiat, guerrilla girls, keith haring, barbara kruger, sally mann, robert mapplethorpe, richard prince, cindy sherman, andy warhol, and many others. free admission. >>
thurs thru sun: 11th annual brooklyn americana music festival: the annual brooklyn americana music festival brings more than 20 folk, roots, and country blues artists to the dumbo archway and four venues in dumbo, red hook, and the carroll gardens/columbia street waterfront district. $20-25 opening/closing nights, free admission all other days. >>
thurs various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
shrek at hell’s kitchen park (hell’s kitchen) >>
wicked at wollman rink in central park >>
thurs 6pm: the podcast pantheon: to celebrate the release of his book, the podcast pantheon: 101 podcasts that changed how we listen―from wtf to serial, vulture culture critic and writer sean malin hosts a special panel discussion with podcasters ira glass, dan taberski, negin farsad, and pam grossman at p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $10 admission, $30 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>
thurs 7pm (bimonthly): the dead ladies show nyc: the bimonthly dead ladies show features presentations on three deceased dames who made an impact on the world during their lifetimes. tonight’s subjects: a syrian warrior who nearly toppled rome, a meteorologist who broke both barriers and weather patterns, and a labor agitator so fierce she rattled fdr himself. hosted by sheila enright. the private curtain at kgb (les), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
thurs 7pm: top shelf stories: julia whitehouse serves up an evening of carefully crafted storytelling at ucb (east village). tonight’s show features guests jess elgene, paula croxson, anoush froundjian, and chris gethard, plus one open mic slot reserved for an audience member. hosted by julia whitehouse. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
thurs 7pm: the queen of versailles with q+a: in the celebration of the october opening of the queen of versailles on broadway, angelika film center screens lauren greenfield’s 2012 documentary on which the musical is based, followed by q+a with the filmmaker and musical star kristin chenoweth, composer and lyricist stephen schwartz, director michael arden, and book writer lindsey ferrentino. $19 general, $17.50 seniors. >>
thurs 7pm: flor de toloache: flor de toloache, nyc’s latin grammy-winning and grammy-nominated all-female mariachi band, perform a sunset concert at downtown’s waterfront robert f. wagner park. free admission. >>
sponsored: thurs 7:30pm: the american revolution with ken burns, tom hanks, and more!: the atlantic festival is here! get tickets to tonight’s screening of pbs’s new docuseries the american revolution at town hall. after the screening, atlantic editor in chief jeffrey goldberg will host a conversation with co-directors ken burns and sarah botstein, actor tom hanks, and historian annette gordon-reed. go here for more info on how to get discounted tickets. >>
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 25th anniversary season opener features naima coster (what’s mine + yours), xochitl gonzalez (olga dies dreaming), rachel lyon (fruit of the dead), and soraya palmer (the human origins of beatrice porter and other essential ghosts). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>
thurs 8pm doors: landline comedy at wild east brewing co.: landline comedy serves up pints of hoppy humor straight from the barrel cellar at wild east brewing co. (gowanus). tonight’s lineup includes eeland stribling (winner of don’t tell comedy festival 2025), olivia stadler (letterkenny, shoresy), andrew durso (patriot act with hasan minhaj), and kendra cunningham (last comic standing). hosted by andre medrano. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 60+ ongoing events: the 20th annual brooklyn book festival: (thru 9/22), 2-for-1 broadway week tickets (thru 9/21), the amazing maize maze (thru 10/26), and more. >>
stay safe and healthy
– the skint
