saturday
free art openings:
season opening @ the invisible dog>>color>
rachel sussman: ‘the oldest living things in the world’ @ pioneer works >>color>
8am-5pm: no need to byob (ball, that is) to the bocce tournament happening at brooklyn’s marine park. free. >>color>
10am-4pm: the sixth annual fall brooklyn bike jumble: sellers and vendors sell new + used adult and children’s bicycles, accessories and related wares at park slope’s washington park (5th ave @ 4th st). free admission. >>color>
10am-5pm (tues-sat thru 1/3): at the museum at fit’s ‘dance + fashion’ exhibition, nearly 100 dance costumes and dance-inspired fashions ranging from the 19th century to the present are on display. the museum at fit, free. >>color>
11am: watch competitors run around tompkins square park, stopping to down a slice after each lap, at the fifth annual new york city pizza run. free to watch. >>color>
11am-2:30pm: get a free bike helmet, fitted properly, courtesy of the dot. 34th avenue + 78th street, jackson heights, queens. >>color>
11am-3pm: byok (bring your own kite) or purchase one on site at brooklyn bridge park’s kite festival. or just come and enjoy the flying colors and breeze. harbor view lawn, free admission. >>color>
11am-6pm: the wanderlust 108 festival offers free outdoor yoga + meditation classes, music performances and talks at prospect park’s long meadow ballfields. registration required. >>color>
11am-10pm: greenpoint’s maha rose center for holistic healing hosts an open house with $30 30-minute sessions 11am-6pm (acupuncture, astrology, reiki, tarot), plus laughter yoga, a lecture, and music from sonya kitchell 7-10pm. free admission. 97 green st. >>color>
12pm: comedian richard lewis signs copies of his new dvd set, bundle of nerves, at b+n 82nd + broadway. >>color>
12-3, 4-6pm: three master knife craftsmen demonstrate traditional japanese knife making at williamsburg’s kinfolk studios, followed by a reception at brooklyn kitchen with free snacks and beer. free admission. >>color>
12-6pm: 25+ cruelty-free vendors sell cinnamon buns, ice cream sammies, burgers, hot dogs, mock meats, and more at the monthly vegan shop-up pop-up market. bushwick’s pine box rock shop, free admission (under 21 must be accompanied by a parent of guardian). >>color>
1pm: the museum of arts and design hosts a cinematic history of virtual reality, a screening surveying the chronology of virtual reality in cinema from 1935-2015, pairing excerpts from science fiction movies, corporate research, and product demos. $10 general admission, $5 students. >>color>
1-6pm: see glassblowing demos, talk to artists and tour 17,000 sq. ft. of studio space at fort greene’s urbanglass open studios (free). make-your-own sessions are also available for $40-60. >>color>
1-7pm: at brooklyn based’s total bushwick immersion, $20 gets you four brooklyn brewery beers at various watering holes, plus lunch at either the diggs or brooklyn fireproof, as well as deals at local shops, bars, and cafes. >>color>
1:30pm doors, 2pm show: british retro singer-songwriter gemma ray gives a free in-store performance at rough trade ahead of her monday performance at brooklyn bowl’s free school night concert. >>color>
2pm: learn how to research the history of your new york home at the nypl’s stephen a. schwarzman building. free (rsvp). >>color>
3pm: meet actress and author amy sedaris at the launch of her new ‘i like you’ collection of housewares at fishs eddy. bonus: free amy-made cupcake with purchase. >>color>
3-5pm: no experience is necessary for the textile arts center’s open weaving session. all materials are supplied, but you may also bring your own yarn. gowanus location, rsvp requested. >>color>
3-10pm: dance the day away at the 10th annual globesonic on the hudson outdoor dance party. pier i at w. 70th street, free. >>color>
3pm doors, 5pm show (thurs and sat thru 9/20): long island city’s ‘the lot lic’ music + film series features films on thursdays and music on saturdays. tonight: widowspeak, hollis brown, and dj alex from tokyo. 43-29 crescent street, free admission. >>color>
4:30pm (+ 9/20, 27): part performance, part excursion, ‘the secret architecture of loss’ takes you on a fictional story-filled walking tour that starts in front of the high line hotel. $15 with promo code ‘nnyc’ (reg. $20). >>color>
5-9pm: bike riders who’d like to participate in the possibility bike parade in the people’s climate march on 9/21 can get bike bloc training and decorate their rides for an illuminated night ride to the un. >>color>
5, 8pm: the diamond bar’s co-owner reunites his van halen tribute band for greenpoint beer + ale co.’s ‘roggen with the devil’ beer launch. pre-show party at the bar (free admission), show at st. vitus ($10). >>color>
5, 8pm (ends today): the second annual brooklyn wildlife summer festival closes with a metal and hip hop show, a live music and dance party, and a variety show. various bushwick venues, free-$10. >>color>
6, 7, 8:15pm: for the eighth the annual lit crawl, 100+ authors take over 20+ east village and l.e.s. bars, cafés, bookstores, a pizza parlor, a sex shop, and a laundromat with readings, discussions, and games. after party at the magician. free. >>color>
6pm doors, 7pm bout: manhattan mayhem takes on queens of pain at the gotham girls roller derby championship bout. ccny’s nat holman gymnasium, $19.99 adv, $25 door. >>color>
6-10pm: bronxartspace’s synthetic zero event features performance, experimental video, and visual art from 30 artists. free. >>color>
6:30pm: watch out for sepia-tinted sunglasses and stylish neckwear to win themed prizes at videology’s wes anderson bingo. tonight’s screening: the royal tenenbaums. free admission >>color>
7pm: audrey murray hosts comedy night at word bookstore with stand-up from michelle wolf (seth meyers), emmy blotnick (comedy central), usama siddiquee, michael karlik, patrick j. reilly, and david vaughn straughn. $6 admission includes two brooklyn brewery beers. >>color>
7pm (+ 9/20): the disastrous tale of vera + linus is an outdoor theatrical experience with three stories occurring in different public spaces. ‘intimate track’ interactive tickets are $18 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $25), ‘panoramic track’ voyeur tickets are $5. >>color>
7pm: a classy, crunchy concept we can get behind: kettle corn new music presents an evening with the sandbox percussion quartet and new + recent music by steve reich, david lang, david t. little, jonny allen, thomas kotcheff, and alex weiser. oh, and there’s free brooklyn brewery beer and free kettle corn. the dimenna center for classical music, $10 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $15). >>color>
7pm-1am (fri-sat, ongoing): the weekly brooklyn night bazaar night market brings bands, food, breweries + wineries, vendors, light installations, and mini golf, ping pong + skeeball to a 24,000 sq ft warehouse. this week’s music comes from the london sould low cut connie, bad faces, clam, elle king, grace weber, titanics. free admission (get expedited admission + a drink for $5 herecolor>). >>color>
7:30pm-10:45pm: country dance new york’s contra dance features caller carl levine and live music from last exit. coordination and partner not necessary, beginner’s lesson @ 7:30pm. church of the village (201 w. 13th st), $15. >>color>
7:45pm (+ 9/20-10/4): the midnight radio show brings a shadow puppet theater + fairytale variety show to select gardens and parks in brooklyn. free. >>color>
8pm: ian fidance and lizzie martinez hosts the weekly showcasey jones show + tell and comedy show, with performances by john szeluga, lukas kaiser, will miles, tom lisi, and more. optional: bring something to show + talk about for a chance to win drink tickets, odd prizes, and $25 cash. over the eight, free. >>color>
8pm (ends today): the fall for dance festival hosts two evenings of free performances at central park’s delacorte theater by the new york city ballet, hubbard street dance chicago, bill t. jones/arnie zane dance company, and lil buck. score free tickets in-person at the park starting @ 12pm and via online lottery. >>color>
8pm: 50 performers and artists come to gristle tattoo’s happening. free. >>color>
8:30pm (+ 9/27): phantom creep theater pays tribute to actor lon chaney with a 16mm screening of the penalty (1920) and live musical accompaniment. coney island museum, $10. >>color>
9:30pm: gas station horror: hosts j. w. crump and jordan hirsch show 30-second scenes from b-horror films purchased from gas stations and bodegas, which are then finished by improvisors. plus, giveaways, raffles, and trivia. the pit, $8 adv, $10 door, $1 for students. >>color>
10pm: clue the game and cult classic film come to videology for a night of playing and viewing. 1976’s murder by death follows. free. >>color>
10pm: djs spin goth, postpunk, deathrock, and darkwave at the red party. lpr’s gallery, free before 11pm, $5 11pm-midnight, $10 after. >>color>
11pm (ends today): the moveshop presents the premiere of ‘you absolute dreamer’, a dance theater work inspired by f. scott fitzgerald’s the great gatsby. university settlement, $15 with promo code ‘skintgreenlight’ (reg. $20). >>color>
midnight-ish movies:
the big lebowski @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the crow @ nitehawk. $11. >>color>
fear and loathing in las vegas @ ifc. $14. >>color>
house (hausu) @ ifc. $14. >>color>
labyrinth @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>color>
taxi driver @ ifc. $14. >>color>
sunday
free outdoor movie: >>color>
wild style, habana outpost
free art openings:
group show: ‘small works’ juried exhibition @ jeffrey leder gallery >>color>
mana contemporary (jersey city): exhibitions, 100 open artist studios. free shuttle from chelsea >>color>
9am-5pm: brooklyn queens land trust 3rd annual garden tour: take a self-guided bike or walking tour of community gardens in fort greene, clinton hill, prospect heights, crown heights, bedford stuyvesant and bushwick. a bbq garden party follows. free (donations appreciated). >>color>
11am: $15 tickets go on sale this morning for city center’s 11th annual fall for dance festival (10/8-19), which will feature performances by alvin ailey american dance theater, lucinda childs dance company, mark morris dance group, national ballet of china, san francisco ballet, and more. tickets go fast! check herecolor> for info on how to get tickets online (virtual waiting room opens at 10:30am), over the phone, or at the box office. >>color>
11am-4pm: queens county farm museum’s 34rd annual antique motorcycle show features a variety of out of production models, plus music, tours, and hayrides. $5. >>color>
11am-5pm: the annual badass brooklyn animal rescue festival benefit features a block of puppy love, including free shake shack treats for dogs, free doggie caricatures, paw print-making, a pit bull kissing booth, vendors, people food, raffles, and more. president st. between 3rd + nevins (gowanus), free admission. >>color>
11:45am: brooklyn brainery adventure club’s governors island sightseeing bike ride takes a tour through history from cross-dressing governors to revolutionary war submarines, and even touches upon topics such as hammocks (which you can relax in on the island). $15. >>color>
12-5pm: the 92y annual street festival includes children’s activities, live music, dance, performances by members of broadway’s pippin and cinderella, fitness classes, community health services, free food + beverages, more. free admission. >>color>
12-6pm: jellybean benitez, dj spinna, and more spin at the 21st annual clubhouse jamboree at prospect park’s music pagoda. >>color>
1-5pm: four musical acts perform at the fourth annual washington square park folk festival. a square dance kicks off at 4pm. free. >>color>
2:15, 4:30, 6:30pm (thru 10/22): go on a 90-minute daytime or two hour evening sail aboard the city’s largest sailing vessel, clipper city, for $19.50-22.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $39-45). >>color>
3-4pm: bang on a can curates an afternoon of music in the noguchi museum’s sculpture garden performed by electric guitarist grey mcmurray and composer/multi-instrumentalist caleb burhans. free with $10 museum admission. >>color>
3-9pm (sundays thru 9/28): the weekly mister sunday outdoor dance party with djs justin carter and eamon harkin returns to the courtyard between warehouses in sunset park’s industry city. tacos + booze will be available for purchase. all ages. $10 before 6pm with rsvp, $15 otherwise. >>color>
4pm: the new monthly concerts on the slope series at park slope’s st. john’s episcopal church continues the season with beethoven’s clarinet trio, opus 11, bela bartók’s ‘contrasts’, and composer-in-residence robert sirota’s ‘assimilations’ for violin, clarinet, cello and piano. free (donations accepted). >>color>
4pm: celebrate the 20th anniversary of jeff buckley’s grace with a performance, discussion, and listening session with co-writer gary lucas at this month’s special edition of ‘classic album sunday’. baby’s all right, $16 adv, $20 door. >>color>
5pm: musician midge ure talks with mad world author lori majewski about the highlights of his career, including live aid, ultravox, and his current tour. rough trade, free. >>color>
5-10pm: second sundays at red hook’s pioneer works is a free monthly series of open studios, live music/djs, and site-specific installations. this month includes music by martha redbone and hazmat modine. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show: contemporary ensemble hotel elefant opens its season at lpr with musical guests sahba aminikia, hannis brown, mary kouyoumdjian, matt marks, and leaha maria villarreal. $10 adv with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $15), $15 dos if you mention ‘skint’ at the door (reg. $20). >>color>
7pm: cabaret showdown! the swinging 60’s edition. under st. marks theatre, $12 admission includes a drink. >>color>
7, 9pm: symphony space screens monty python and the holy grailcolor> and monty python’s the life of briancolor>. $7 plus ticket fees (reg. $14 general, $12 students/seniors).
7pm-1am (second sundays): the tarot society returns to bushwick’s catland for a night of tarot reading, astrology, and palmistry. $5-30/reading (‘no one denied for lack of funds)’, $5 suggested admission. >>color>
8pm: this week’s ‘if you build it’ comedy show with host kara klenk features stand-up ryan hamilton (last comic standing, conan), john roy (conan), alex hooper, mike finoia, amanda seales, clark jones, and jessica delfino (ny funny songs fest founder). ucbeast, $5. >>color>
8pm: slow knights (feat. del marquis of scissor scisters), heloise + the savoir faire, and djs the copasetic and pablo77 play brooklyn bowl. $10. >>color>
8pm doors: manic sheep, sonic deadhorse, new myths, and twintapes play cake shop. $8. >>color>
8:30pm doors: mahogany, psychic twin, toy cities, and kdh play glasslands. $10. >>color>
all weekend
free art opening:
group show: ‘alley art’, (includes an open canvas for all to paint on) @ the living gallery ($5-10 suggested donation) >>color>
10am-5pm sat, 10am-3pm sun: (ends sun): 20+ dealers bring their collections to the metropolitan stamp show. holiday inn midtown, free admission. >>color>
10am-5pm: the brooklyn antiques and book fair brings 100 antiques dealers and rare book sellers to greenpoint. $5-12 admission. >>color>
10:30am-8pm: beer, food, music, dancing, and shamrocks can only mean that
it’s st. patrick’s day
the great irish fair of new york is back for its 33rd year at coney island. surf ave + west 22nd st., free admision. >>color>
11am-6pm: score fashion finds from 20 stylists, designers, retailers and fashion insiders at the hester street fair’s fifth annual stylist tent sale. bonus: free tote with purchase. free admission. >>color>
11am-6pm: 250+ indie vendors take over williamsburg’s 50 kent for the 10th annual renegade craft fair summer market. free admission. >>color>
11:30am–11pm (thru 9/21): the 88th feast of san gennaro festival takes over little italy with food, rides, games of chance, a cannoli-eating competition (9/12 @ 2pm), pizza eating competition (9/16 @ 2pm), the world’s biggest cannoli (9/20 @ 3pm), and more. free admission. >>color>
12-6pm: explore new photography and writing at the 5th annual ccny zine and self-published photo book fair, which will include works based around the themes of destruction, violence, and reconstruction. foley gallery (les), free. >>color>
1, 2:30, 4, 5pm (ends sun): eight short plays inspired by community gardens premiere in four gardens as part of the fourth annual communal spaces festival. the gardens are spread throughout bed-stuy and clinton hill, and all attendees are invited to explore the neighborhoods with the aid of provided maps. free. >>color>
2:30pm sat, 3pm sun (+ 9/18, 20-21): the st. luke’s chamber ensemble performs free one-hour concerts in libraries in each borough. bring new or gently-used books for children in under-served communities. >>color>
3-5pm (saturdays thru 10/4): the mad. sq. music studio series celebrates folk, blues and americana music with free concerts in madison square park. today: suzy bogguss and miss tess + the talkbacks. >>color>
7pm sat, 2pm sun (thru 10/4): get tickets to see a jazz-age interpretation of macbeth at the players theatre in the village for $8.50-25 (plus ticket fees, reg. $25-60). >>color>
7pm sat, 4pm sun (ends sun): the 4×4 festival presents hour-long baroque concerts featuring works by bach, handel, vivaldi, and others at saint paul’s chapel (209 broadway, bet. fulton and vesey streets). free ($20 suggested donation). >>color>
8pm (ends sun): triskelion arts presents the sixth annual dance collabfest. the aldous theater (williamsburg), $16. >>color>
8pm sat, 3pm sun (every thurs-sun thru 9/28): in nico: underground, chanteuse-performance artist tammy faye starlite stars as the ’60s icon and performs songs by lou reed, jim morrison, david bowie, nico, and others. theater for the new city, $15. >>color>
ends sun: northside media group’s second annual taste talks food + drink conference features meals, panels, workshops and tastings. various locations + prices. >>color>
ends sun: nyc honey week celebrates the honeybee’s contribution to our food production system with free apiary tours (9/9-14), lectures and panels (9/9-10), the fourth annual honey fest (9/13), as well as non-skint friendly priced dinners and classes. various locations. >>color>
thru 9/16: born to fly: elizabeth streb vs. gravity: elizabeth streb’s ‘dance as contact sport’ extreme action company is profiled in filmmaker catherine gund’s new documentary. gund, streb, and dancers will be in person at various screenings. film forum, $13. >>color>
thru 9/18: anthology film archives screens a 10-film ed wood retrospective, who’s considered to be one of the worst filmmakers ever. films include glen or glenda, plan 9 from outer space, and more, as well as shorts and home movies. $10 general admission, $8 students/seniors. >>color>
thru 9/20: brooklyn-based theater, dance and voice artists perform throughout the borough for third annual beat (brooklyn emerging artists in theater) festival. free opening at the brooklyn museum tonight (with suggested museum admission), free-$35 for other events. >>color>
thru 9/25: bamcinématek commemorates the 50th anniversary of nonesuch records with screenings of 13 films featuring the label’s soundtracks, including jules and jim, rebel without a cause, woman in the dunes, and more. this weekend: shoot the piano player (sat) and rebel without a cause (sun). $14. >>color>
thru 9/28 (weekends): 100 artists present works in individual rooms at the seventh annual 4 heads art fair on governors island. free. >>color>
thru 10/12: an exhibition of 30 paintings and 10 sculptures created for brian froud’s faeries’ talescolor> by premiere faerie artists brian and wendy froud (the created the looks for the dark crystal and labyrinth) is displayed at afa in soho. opening reception 9/18, closing reception and booksigning 10/10. free. >>color>
thru 10/26: coney island’s luna park is now only open weekends thru 10/26 (except 10/13-14). >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
ticket deals
take a bus ride to/from woodbury common premium outlets for $20 ($40 value). >>color>
get tickets to the interactive, immersive speakeasy dollhouse: the bloody beginning thru november for $30 (plus ticket fees, reg. $60). >>color>
get tickets to nightfall with edgar allen poe at corner office nyc theater 10/23-11/1 for $10 (plus ticket fees, reg. $28). >>color>
get tickets to the dwell magazine on design event 10/11 at 82 mercer for free-$15 (plus ticket fees, reg. $35). >>color>
get tickets to edible magazine’s escape international food + drink tasting at the metropolitan pavilion 10/30 for $27.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $55). >>color>
get free tickets to the affordable art fair at the tunnel 9/26-29 (plus ticket fees, reg. $15). >>color>
take a cruise up the hudson to bear mountain to visit oktoberfest 9/27-10/26 for $28-45.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $40-65). >>color>
go on a fall foliage cruise up the hudson river with a stop at cold spring 9/20-11/16 for $28-45.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $40-65). >>color>
thru 9/28: 20at20: get $20 walk-up tickets to 40+ off-broadway shows 20 minutes before curtain time. >>color>
tickets are now on sale for the annual new yorker festival (10/10-12). various prices. >>color>
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