around town today
various times (ongoing): the metrograph, a newly-opened arthouse theater and restaurant with two bars, kicks off its premiere weekend with a ‘surrender to the screen’ series that includes the purple rose of cairo, taxi driver, the long day closes, the last picture show, the last dragon, and more. 7 ludlow street (les), $12-15. >>color>
5pm: prolific french actor isabelle huppert (amateur, la cérémonie, story of women, the piano teacher) pops in for the film society of lincoln center’s free talk series to discuss her career. free tickets will be available at the elinor bunin munroe film center box office (uws) one hour prior to showtime. >>color>
5-9pm (monthly): the brooklyn historical society’s ‘free fridays’ series smashes the patriarchy this month with a night of women’s history. sip on free brooklyn brewery beer while you read elizabeth cady stanton’s letters, pore over yearbooks and journals from a bed-stuy girls’ school, and do a little adult coloring of your fave female historical icons. >>color>
5:45pm, 7:40pm (thru 3/10): filmmaker dawn porter’s trapped examines how new anti-abortion laws are affecting patients, doctors and clinics in different states. porter will be joined for q+a at several screenings by members of planned parenthood, the aclu, the center for reproductive rights, and more. ifc center (west village), $14 general, $10 seniors. >>color>
6-10pm: make your own magic at a harry potter’s pottery party, an evening of d.i.y. wand-crafting and goblet-painting with book and movie trivia, butterbeer ($5), bertie bott’s every flavor beans and other potter ephemera. baked in brooklyn (williamsburg), free admission, pottery priced $10-60. >>color>
6-10pm (monthly): trombonist chris washburne and his latin jazz group the syotos band play an up-tempo evening at this month’s first friday at the bronx museum. plus donation-based drinks. free admission. >>color>
6-11pm (thru 5/7): the society of illustrators (ues) hosts an opening reception for ‘the zap comix show: a cultural revolution’ and ‘rick meyerowitz in the national lampoon. $10 suggested donation. >>color>
6pm doors, 7-10pm show: how well do you know new york city? prove it at the ninth annual panorama challenge, where participants compete in city trivia while quizmasters give hints on a large-scale panorama of the city. winners have their names etched into the panorama trophy. queens museum (flushing meadows), $15. >>color>
6:30pm (monthly): the paper garden records free music performance series at chelsea market returns with chargaux, corbu and hnry flwr, plus giveaways for a crosley radio turntable + vinyl pack. >>color>
7pm (monthly): the stargazing + lecture series returns to columbia university’s pupin hall with a discussion on invisible gasses in space, followed by guided stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). free. >>color>
7pm (monthly): the new york society for ethical culture (uws) hosts a screening and discussion of the ethical issues presented in the film do the right thing (1989). $5 suggested donation includes snacks and beverages. >>color>
7pm (weekly): the new york historical society (uws) screens alfred hitchcock’s masterpiece thriller vertigo (1958), with opening remarks by historical documentary writer + director ric burns. first-come-first-serve free tickets will be distributed starting at 6pm as part of pay-what-you-wish admission friday nights (6-8pm, reg. $12-19). >>color>
7pm (+ 3/18): pay tribute to one of the greats at an alan rickman movie night, with two of the late actor’s films selected by popular vote. tonight’s current frontrunners: galaxy quest and dogma. gemini + scorpio loft (gowanus), $10 suggested donation. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: dead stars, infinity girl, holy tunics, and wild pink play rough trade. $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): pace yourself for the slow dance comedy show, featuring stand-up from andy sandford (conan), seaton smith (seth meyers), claudia cogan (last comic standing), daniel simonsen (bbc), brian allen mitchell, and khalid rahmaan. hosted by aaron glaser and amy cardinale. 2-for-1 drink specials before 8pm. niagara (east village), free. >>color>
8pm (monthly): get your laughs and your lube in the same place as the samantha comedy show returns the upper east side’s pleasure chest. host liz magee provides aural pleasure with performances by country musical comedy duo reformed whores, aparna nancherla (seth meyers), christi chiello (mtv), samantha ruddy (college humor), dan perlman (just for laughs), and shalewa sharpe (thug passion). byob. free admission and %15 off store purchases. >>color>
8pm (thru 3/19): suspense meets the absurd in theater reconstruction ensemble’s rhinbecca, ny, an original play about a strange town inspired by the master works of alfred hitchcock and eugene ionesco. the brick (williamsburg), $18. >>color>
8pm: animation studio titmouse (adult swim, the venture brothers), presents its annual 5-second animation night, featuring never-before-seen, short-form ideas from the studio’s animators. sva theatre (chelsea), $10 general, $5 students. >>color>
8pm: international contemporary ensemble’s ‘openice’ concert series brings free performances to abrons arts center (les). free (rsvp). >>color>
8:20pm: pechakucha, meaning ‘chit chat’ in japanese, is a multi-speaker event hosted by creative people sharing their ideas, projects, photos (or anything else) through informal slideshows that feature 20 images for 20 seconds each. livestream public (bushwick), $16. >>color>
9:30pm (weekly): the rubin museum of art’s (chelsea) cabaret cinema series screens classic films that are driven by emotions. tonight: george cukor’s a double life (1947), with an introduction by dr. annegret falkner. $10. >>color>
10pm (monthly): scotland green and alison zeidman host the monthly banter comedy show, where five pairs of comedians entertain an audience with improvised banter, and are given a random topic suggestion when there’s a lull in conversation. this month’s guests: nick turner (seth meyers), clark jones (night train), tim dillon (red eye), rachel dry (new york times), mary houlihan (cartoon monsoon), mike abrusci, scott chaplain, dina hashem, patrick hastie, and casey james salengo. the creek and the cave (lic), free. >>color>
10pm (monthly thru 8/5): lofty comedy gets liquored up at random access theatre’s drunk restoration comedy, where actors under the influence perform oliver goldsmith’s she stoops to conquer and the audience votes on who gets cut off. the players theater loft (greenwich village), $10 admission includes a drink. >>color>
10:30pm (ends today): the top eight comedians who’ve emerged from the stand-up showdown’s five-week tournament compete for $500 in cash and prizes at tonight’s finals. all comics will be performing new material based on topics that are given to them today, and the audience picks the winner. hosted by will neville and jenn welch. the pit (flatiron), $5 adv with promo code ‘skintstand50’ (reg $10). >>color>
11pm (monthly): djs brian blackout and doctor mister play new indie, electropop and early ‘00s dance jams from annie to lcd soundsystem to yacht – and everything else in between – at the ’yeah’ dance party. the grand victory, free. >>color>
midnight (monthly): three new wacky game show concepts get tested out with audience participation at the incredible game show showcase. from the brain of jo firestone (‘punderdome 3000′ co-host, wfmu). ucb (chelsea), $5. >>color>
midnight-ish movies:
cannibal ferox @ nitehawk cinema. $11. >>color>
grass (saturday only) @ spectacle. $5. >>color>
house (hausu) @ videology. $5. >>color>
mad max: fury road @ ifc center. $14. >>color>
pulp fiction @ ifc center. $14. >>color>
the lost boys @ ifc center. $14. >>color>
the shining @ ifc center. $14. >>color>
under the skin and the room @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>color>
underworld @ nitehawk cinema. $11. >>color>
wicker man: the final cut @ ifc center. $14. >>color>
thru 3/6: soho’s beloved pearl river mart is slated to close on sunday, so get your kimonos, paper lanterns, tea sets, and little buddhas while you can. >>color>
thru 3/6: it’s armory arts week! so many art shows to check out:
thru 3/6: art on paper. pier 36 (les), $10 plus ticket fees herecolor> (reg. $25). >>color>
thru 3/6: clio art fair. 508 w. 26th st. (chelsea), free. >>color>
thru 3/6: independent. spring street studios (tribeca), $25 general, $15 students. >>color>
thru 3/6: moving image. waterfront new york tunnel event space (chelsea), free. >>color>
thru 3/6: new city art fair. hpgrp gallery (chelsea), free. >>color>
thru 3/6: pulse new york contemporary art fair. the metropolitan pavilion (chelsea), $12.50 plus ticket fees herecolor> (reg. $25 general, $15 students/seniors.) >>color>
thru 3/6: scope. 639 w. 46th st. (hell’s kitchen), $35 general, $25 students. >>color>
thru 3/6: the armory show. piers 92 + 94 (hell’s kitchen), $30-45. >>color>
thru 3/6: the art show. park avenue armory (ues), $25. >>color>
thru 3/6: volta ny. pier 90 (hell’s kitchen), free weds, $20-25 for the rest of the run. >>color>
thru 3/7: spring/break art show. skylight at moynihan station (midtown west), $10. >>color>
thru 3/19: march is for (film) lovers: nyu’s annual fusion film festivalcolor> showcases the work of women in film, tv and new media (thru 3/5), get your thrills at the museum of the moving image’s hitchcock weekendcolor> (thru 3/6), get it on at the 13th annual cinekink kinky film festivalcolor> at anthology film archives (thru 3/6), check out innovative film and video at bamcinématek’s ‘migrating forms’ seriescolor> (thru 3/10), the 18th annual craic festival of new irish film and musiccolor> includes after-parties + drinks at bow tie cinemas (thru 3/12), meet up at the 21st annual rendez-vous with french cinemacolor> at fslc (thru 3/13), and experience classic japanese films at the asia society and museum’s ‘of ghosts, samurai and war’ seriescolor> (thru 3/19). $10-14.
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
ticket deals
runners, cyclists, swimmers, triathletes, and the curious convene at the ny tri expo for a day of 70 exhibitors, 20 seminars and workshops, swag, raffles, games, competitions and more. citi field, 3/19. $22.50 with promo code ‘nyte_50’ (reg. $45). >>color>
get tickets to bayside! the musical!, a live saved by the bell parody show at theatre 80 in the east village 3/4-4/29 for free-$27.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $25-55). >>color>
get free tickets to the affordable art fair at the metropolitan pavilion 3/31-4/3 (plus ticket fees, reg. $18). >>color>
get tickets to the annual new york green festival at the jacob k. javits center 4/15-17 for free-$9.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $10-19). >>color>
get tickets to matt + ben, a parody co-written by mindy kaling (the mindy project, the office), at corner office nyc theater 3/31-4/3 for $10 (plus ticket fees, reg $25). >>color>
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