saturday
12-3pm: stop ‘n’ swap: bring your clean, reusable, portable goods to swap and a tote bag for your new (to you) swag. williamsburg community center (195 graham ave @ scholes st.), free admission. >>
8am-5pm (+ 9/13): no need to byob (ball, that is) to the bocce tournaments happening in each borough. free. >>
9:30am-5pm: the mark morris dance group holds an open house with free dance and fitness classes for all ages, tours, and performances. complimentary food and beverages will be served throughout the day, and beer will be served on the terrace at 4:30pm. 3 lafayette ave., brooklyn. >>
10am-5pm: find ‘slightly shelf-worn books at deep discounts’ at the greenlight bookstore sidewalk sale. >>
11am-7pm (ends today): refinery29 went and made pop-up miniature golf course inspired by iconic nyc designers. play for free at 82 mercer st. (bet. spring + broome). >>
11:30am, 1pm: soap box derby! kids and adults race down a south slope hill in their contraptions made in summer workshops. free admission. >>
12-6pm: the annual japan block fair features authentic food, homemade arts/crafts/jewelry, performances by traditional dancers, drummers, samurai, and more. 6th ave bet. washington pl. + wavery pl., free admission. >>
12-6:30pm: the silent barn hosts the semi-annual paper jam small press festival, where 25 artists will show their work, in addition to a program of readings, music, and other performances. free. >>
2pm: co-author andi harriman leads a panel discussion on the themes in her book, some wear leather, some wear lace: the worldwide compendium of postpunk and goth in the 1980s. rough trade, free. >>
2pm-2am (+ 9/10-13): the second annual brooklyn wildlife summer festival kicks off with 65 independent dance, performance art and live music acts on 3 indoor and outdoor stages, plus art, visuals crafts and vendors, yoga, meditation, and more. the paper box (east williamsburg), $20. >>
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: hollis brown, jonny fritz and dj billy beyond. 43-29 crescent street, free admission. >>
3-9pm: long before there was shake shack: celebrate the 200th anniversary of the naming of madison square park with early 1800’s and 1900’s period-themed performances, artifacts, food + drinks, and games including badminton + croquet. free admission. >>
3-9pm (ends today): the 17th annual moma ps1 warm up outdoor music parties closes the season with evian christ (england), lone (uk), sophie (england), doss (ny), and ‘special guests tba’. $18 adv, $20 dos. >>
4:30pm (+ 9/13, 20): 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). >>
6pm doors, 8pm competition: from wildly bushy to extremely groomed, the seventh annual coney island beard + mustache competition will have it all and plenty of awards to go around for best, worst, fake, styled, and more. sideshows by the seashore, $20. >>
7pm: poets read poems inspired by television sitcoms, dramas and late night shows at berl’s brooklyn poetry shop. free. >>
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 modern baseball, beach slang, chumped, crow bait, cerebral ballzy, unstoppable death machines, shellshag, cutters and sunny gang. free admission (get expedited admission + a drink for $5 here). >>
7:30pm (+ 9/13): 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. >>
8pm: storytellers compete to see who can tell the most wince-worthy, embarrassment-inducing tale, and answer challenging questions from each other at the shame game. tonight’s show features corinne fisher (sorry about last night), charles gould (charles, by the way), philip markle (annoyance theater), and hosts soojeong son and ginny leise. bonus: prizes! this theater (154 w. 29th st.), $10 admission includes $3 off a drink at pioneers. >>
8pm: toby scales and tim duffy hosts the weekly showcasey jones show + tell and comedy show with performances by mike brown, lukas kaiser, liz magee, daniel perafan, and jay nog. optional: bring something to show + talk about for a chance to win drink tickets, odd prizes, and $25 cash. over the eight, free. >>
8pm doors: lodro, advaeta, and onwe play palisades. $8. >>
8pm: velvet teen, shy hunters, and sunflower bean play baby’s all right. $10 adv, $12 dos. >>
8:30pm (saturdays thru 9/13): the coney island film society continues the season with quicksand (1950), starring mickey rooney, jeanne cagney, and peter lorre. bonus: free popcorn. coney island museum, $6. >>
9pm: fujiya + miyagi play brooklyn bowl. zorch opens. $12 adv, $15 dos. >>
9pm-4am: dance to a 5-piece new orleans style band and electro-swing djs at gemini + scorpio’s swing house party. dance class 9:30pm. themed-dress required. gowanus loft, $20 before 1am, $10 after. >>
9:30pm: the jews + reviews podcasters present a college and back to school themed movie clip show with drinking games and trivia. videology, free. >>
10pm: ‘what i did for love’: ucb improvisers interview an audience member about their love life, and then spin their stories. ucbeast, $10. >>
10pm doors, 11pm show: ‘all the single ladies’ = a night of burlesque inspired by beyoncé and other powerful women. parkside lounge, $10. >>
11pm-4am: the glamdammit crew’s ‘top of the pops’ party features bands, djs playing punk, rock and glam rock jams, and an open pbr bar (11pm-midnight), plus alan merrill of the arrows (‘i love rock and roll’). the grand victory, $7. >>
11:45pm-4am: the monthly mondo dance party rocks out indie, britpop, post-punk, girl group jams, and more at cameo. $3 with facebook rsvp, $5 without. >>
midnight-ish movies:
the big lebowski @ ifc. $14. >>
black dragon’s revenge (fri) black samurai @ spectacle. $5. >>
flesh for frankenstein @ nitehawk. $11. >>
half baked @ ifc. $14. >>
hook @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>
house (hausu) @ ifc. $14. >>
shallow grave @ nitehawk. $11. >>
ends today: michelle sutherland and theater plastique’s emily dickinson outer space!, adapted from the poems and letters of emily dickinson, is a 72-hour ‘intergalactic jam session and haunted house party’ performed around the clock until 10pm saturday. the bushwick starr, $15. >>
sunday
free outdoor movie: >>
hoosiers, habana outpost
free opening reception:
sophie crumb and aline kominsky-crumb @ dckt contemporary (les, thru 10/19) >>
11am-5pm (thru 9/12): the seventh annual motorexpo returns to the financial district with the latest wheels from bmw, lexus, mini, tesla, and more. brookfield place, free. >>
11am-5pm (every 1st and 3rd sunday thru 10/19): the bi-monthly food truck rally returns to prospect park’s grand army plaza. expect around 15 trucks. pay-as-you-go. >>
11am-6pm: the noguchi museum’s community day offers free admission with programming, open studios, tours, and talks. (reg. $10) >>
12pm: tickets go on sale to the general public for the 52nd annual new york film festival (9/26-10/12), which features screenings, talks, and events including a 30th anniversary screening of this is spinal tap with writer/star christopher guest in person. $15-25. >>
12-6pm (thru 10/26): green-wood cemetery’s historic chapel houses an exhibition of 1900s coney island amusement park rides and games designed by william f. mangels. $5. >>
12-6pm: brooklyn brain jam: enjoy several hours of entertaining, tipsy learning as the crews from the big quiz thing, the story collider, kevin geeks out, and nerd nite share the bell house stage for six hours of presentations, trivia games, pop culture discussions, and personal stories. $10 adv ($12 door). >>
12-9pm: you won’t go back in time, but for $15 you can get your photo taken in a delorean time machine in front of the south slope’s leathernecks tattoo shop. all proceeds benefit the tcc huntington’s disease unit. >>
1-3pm: the 92y school of the arts open house offers free classes ranging from art to music and dance to diy crafts and more. >>
1-5pm: sample the health and wellness programs at the jcc manhattan’s health club open house. >>
1-5pm (+ 9/9): get tickets for two to taste williamsburg greenpoint, including four tastings and two drinks each, for $25 ($54.74 value). >>
1-6pm: west side county fair: the small town feel of a county fair comes to the big city, fully equipped with carnival rides, live bands, aerialists, reptile shows, and more. 68th st entrance at riverside park south, free. >>
1-7pm: golly magazine celebrates the release of its first issue with a day of music, art, food, fashion at the silent barn. $8. >>
2pm: get tickets to the governors island music + seafood beach party for $22-$35 (plus ticket fees, reg. $39-65). >>
2, 4pm (ends today): governors island’s fourth annual rite of summer classical-contemporary music festival ends the season with grand band, a piano sextet, performing philip glass, kate moore, steve reich, michael gordon and paul kerekes. nolan park, free. >>
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. >>
4-8pm: the third annual lower east side opening night: art + fashion: orchard street between broome + grand hosts a block party and fashion show (4-8pm) and 30 l.e.s galleries host opening receptions (6-8pm). free admission. >>
5pm: free yoga and live classical music in lic’s gantry plaza state park. >>
8pm: this week’s ‘if you build it’ comedy show with host kara klenk features stand-up by nick turner (seth meyers), emmy blotnick (comedy central), tim dillon, brett druck, dina hashem, and stuckey and murray. ucbeast, $5. >>
8pm: wedding dress, future of what, unicycle loves you, lightfoils, and slim twig play baby’s all right. $8 adv, $10 dos. >>
all weekend
9:30am-4:30pm: free fitness, dance, yoga, and singing classes will be available at spoke the hub re:creation center’s open house. >>
11am-6pm: fashion week isn’t just for humans: the hester street fair’s pet weekend gets into the act with a fashion photo booth and pet cafe. free. >>
11am-9pm (thru 10/3): the seasonal return of the mad. sq. eats outdoor food market brings 30 vendors back to worth square (25th st. @ 5th ave.), including calexico, doughnuttery, melt bakery, red hook lobster pound, roberta’s, and more. >>
12pm sat, 3pm sun: the chinese and vietnamese moon festivals will take place on mott street (sat) and foley square (sun). free admission.
12-6pm: free ice cream! get yerself some from the mister softee truck, courtesy of happy socks, and get a 2-4-1 sock coupon while you’re at it. saturday: 436 west broadway (off prince), sunday: west 15th street (bet. 9th + 10th aves). >>
12-6pm: the 85th annual washington square outdoor art exhibit features work from 200+ artists. free. >>
1, 2:30, 4, 5pm (+ 9/13-14): 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. >>
1pm-4am: bushwig, bushwick’s third annual all-day outdoor drag festival expands to two days and features performers, music, vendors, late shows and more at secret project robot, bizarre, spectrum, and tandem. $20 day/$30 weekend. >>
2-7pm (weds-sun thru 10/3): artist beatrice glow brings a floating library to the hudson via the historic lilac museum steamship, with an outdoor reading deck, art installations, performances, and creative and political workshops. hudson river park’s pier 25 (west st. + n. moore st.), free. >>
8pm (thru 9/7): 200 new yorkers share central park’s delacorte theater stage for the public theater’s public works musical adaptation of shakespeare’s the winter’s tale. score free tickets in-person at the park starting at 12pm, or via online lottery. >>
thru 9/8: where to watch the us open for free:
brooklyn bridge park’s pier 1 >>
lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium >>
refinery hotel’s gallery/pop-up bar >>
thru 9/11: stuart murdoch’s (belle + sebastian) musical film god help the girl opens at village east cinemas. a b+s concert video screens with the feature (fri, time tba) and murdoch + guests do q+a (sat, time tba). $14. >>
thru 9/11: anthropologist pegi vail’s documentary gringo trails chronicles the long-term impact of tourism on cultures, economies, and the environment. followed by filmmaker q+a with guests from national geographic, ny times, asia society and more at select screenings. cinema village, $11. >>
thru 9/14: cult filmmaker john waters gets a retrospective at the film society of lincoln center, including all 12 features from mondo trasho to a dirty shame, as well as clips from his personal collection. waters will make appearances at select screenings. $13+. >>
thru 9/28 (weekends): 100 artists present works in individual rooms at the seventh annual 4 heads art fair on governors island. free. >>
thru 9/28 (weekends): jennifer miller’s circus amok hits various parks this month. free. >>
sponsored: thru 9/28: dirty, funny + quite mental – get tickets for dublin’s boys and girls at 59e59 theaters for $15 (reg. $25). >>
thru 9/28 (thurs-sun): the highly impractical theatre company presents a re-imagined, immersive production of chekov’s three sisters in a historic clinton hill building, with tickets ranging from 99¢ to $99 for serf to czar-level experiences. >>
thru 9/28: the annual new york clown theatre festival returns to the brick. $15. >>
thru 9/30: jen and paul’s one-stop shopping souvenir city and chelsea bus tours offers free 15-30 minute tongue-in-cheek tours of the chelsea art scene, as well as themed souvenirs for sale. w. 24th st. bet. 10th + 11th aves. >>
thru 10/4: get tickets to see a jazz-age interpretation of macbeth at the players theatre in the village for $8.50-30 (plus ticket fees, reg. $25-60). >>
check our website for ongoing events.
ticket deals
get a fandango movie ticket for $7 (up to $14 value). >>
get tickets to see orange is the new black actor-activist laverne cox in conversation with her brother at baruch performing arts center 9/9 for $10 (plus ticket fees, reg. $20). >>
get a one-day expo pass to techweek new york 10/2-3 for $30 ($60 value). >>
get tickets to see this american life’s ira glass in three acts, two dancers, one radio host at the town hall 9/10-11 for $34.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $69). >>
get tickets to nightfall with edgar allen poe at corner office nyc theater 10/23-11/1 for $10 (plus ticket fees, reg. $28). >>
take a 90-minute nighttime city lights cruise (drink included) aboard a 1920s-style yacht thru october for $26 (plus ticket fees, reg $52). >>
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). >>
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). >>
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