around town today
saint patrick’s day themed events: (other events follow below)
the financial district’s dead rabbit’s fourth annual st. patrick’s day whiskey feast has complimentary corned beef finger sandwiches and lamb stew, plus a special tullamore dew cocktail menu and live music. >>color>
until they run out: free irish books will be distributed at 11 locations across the boroughs during the irish art center’s sixth annual book day. >>color>
11am-4:30pm: marchers make their way up fifth avenue from 44th to 79th streets for the 255th annual st. patrick’s day parade (the world’s oldest and biggest). can’t make it? the event will be streaming live herecolor>. >>color>
2, 4, 6:30pm: visit the irish servants’ quarters of the 1850s at merchants house museum. included with museum admission ($13 general, $8 students/seniors). >>color>
4:30-7:30pm: attend a sober st. patrick’s day party with entertainment, food, and soft drinks. new york irish center (lic), $20. >>color>
5-9pm: fifth annual st. patrick’s day grand street pub crawl: $4 guinness, $4 whiskey shots, $10 corned beef + cabbage, free bbq + pizza (with beer purchase), and more specials await at 13 williamsburg bars. >>color>
6:30pm: ’traditional irish music with 21st-century verve’ bands the yanks and air (atmospheric irish recital) perform at the david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center (uws). free. >>color>
9:30pm: nitehawk cinema (williamsburg) hosts a screening of leprechaun, mark jones’s (1993) cult-horror comedy film starring warwick davis (willow! wicket!) and jennifer aniston (rachel!). $15. >>color>
various times: for a roundup of other st. patrick’s day events and traditional irish and whiskey bars in nyc, check our friends at murphguide. >>color>
other events today:
6pm: vinyl cast members olivia wilde, bobby cannavale and max casella discuss the show with co-creator terence winter at apple soho. free (rsvp required). >>color>
6-10pm: this week’s brooklyn museum free admission thursday nights programming includes an hour-long discussion of the many layers in a single work of art, as well as a drop-in-and-draw session (materials provided, rsvp required) and access to the exhibitions. >>color>
6:30pm: fast food education. culinary historian and prolific author andrew f. smith answers questions about aspects of the fast food industry in his new book, fast food: the good, the bad, and the hungry. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6:30pm: the sixth annual new york fashion film festival screens a selection of innovative, fashion-forward films at sva theatre (chelsea). free (rsvp). >>color>
7pm: take a walk on the wrong side of the runway with an illustrated lecture on the cult of fashion by multimedia artist alexis karl. morbid anatomy museum (gowanus), $8. >>color>
7-10pm (monthly): wordhack, an evening of performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology, features code poetry, digital literature, e-lit, devart, and an open projector where anyone can show their work for up to five minutes. babycastles (chelsea), $5-10 suggested donation. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): your wallet doesn’t need to be full for the runnin’ on empty, a new stand-up comedy show featuring a mix of pros and up-and-coming comedians. this month’s guests include jordan carlos (the nightly show), joel kim booster (billy on the street), blair socci (ladylike), mitra jouhari (reductress), catherine cohen, james belarde and simon henriques. hosted by yotam tubul and lisa franklin. le poisson rouge’s gallery bar, free. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: bawdy country music comedy duo reformed whores release their second album, don’t beat around the bush, performing new hits and old favorites with their band, the blue ball boys. the slipper room (les), $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
7:30pm: best-selling authors read personal essays on subjects of their choice at the quarterly ‘spine out’ reading series. tonight: david levithan (boy meets boy), scott westerfield (ugly series), david arnold (mosquitoland), jessica brody (52 reasons to hate my father), v.c. chickering (nookietown) and emmy laybourne (monument 14 trilogy). dixon place (les), $15 general, $12 students/seniors adv, $20 door. >>color>
7:30pm (weekly): the lasers in the jungle comedy show features stand-up by liz miele (live at gotham), phoebe robinson (last comic standing), emma willmann (time out’s ‘top 10 funniest women in nyc’) and benari poulten (nightly show). hosted by sean crespo, katina corrao and dan wilbur. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
7:30pm (+ 3/22): the ‘stranger than fiction’ documentary series with filmmaker q+a continues the winter season with a 10-year anniversary screening of the cult hit darkon, which follows the lives of larpers. ifc center (west village), $16. >>color>
8pm: bring yourself and a depressed friend to comedian and author jacqueline novak’s immersive show-meets-art book launch soirée for her new book, how to weep in public: feeble offerings on depression from one who knows: henry zebrowski (heroes reborn), sasheer zamata (snl) and designer rachel antonoff make guest appearances. villain (williamsburg), free (rsvp). >>color>
8pm-4am: gggamesss: compete in an immersive tournament of the newly-released street fighter 5, where a video artist manipulates and projects visuals from the game while you play, accompanied by bands and djs. black bear bar (williamsburg), $8 adv, $10 door admission, $5 to play all night. >>color>
8:30pm (+ 3/18 7:30pm + 9:30pm): why see billy joel live in concert when you can see puppets and musicians interpreting billy joel live in concert? puppet playlist presents this mixed evening of live puppet theatre inspired by the piano man, along with performances by nyc singer-songwriters. the tank @ triskelion arts (greenpoint), $15. >>color>
9:30pm (monthly): the ’oh my science!’ multimedia science comedy show answers questions you didn’t even know you had about the universe. hosted by comedian dan silver. videology (williamsburg), free. >>color>
9:30pm doors: mock hair metal band satanicide and 60’s-style french band les sans culottes play mercury lounge. $10. >>color>
thru 3/20: the fifth annual greenpoint film festival presents documentary, narrative and experimental films and panel discussions on art and activism, inspired by the neighborhood-centric themes of renewal and reclamation. wythe hotel screening room (williamsburg), $10. >>color>
thru 4/9: don’t be ‘a verse’ to the fifth annual poetic license festival presenting new works of poetic theater including multimedia plays, staged readings, dance and spoken word. the wild project, $15-18. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
3/18 10am-4pm: take that, canada: escapemaker’s maple fest at the union square greenmarket features free maple-flavored food samples galore, tapping demos, a dipping bar, and info on how to make a maple farm your next escape from nyc. free admission. >>color>
3/18 10am-6pm (thru 3/20): source your bling the whole bead show, where 50 artisan vendors will hawk jewelry and jewelry-making materials. hotel pennsylvania (midtown west), $10 (2 for $16 with printable coupon). >>color>
3/18 12-7pm (+ 3/19 10am-5pm): take a ‘bon voyage’ to the new york city postcard expo, featuring 25 dealers of new and vintage mailers from around the world. midtown holiday inn, $7. >>color>
3/18 7pm: 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: robin hood: prince of thieves and truly, madly, deeply. gemini + scorpio loft (gowanus), $10 suggested donation. >>color>
3/18 7-10pm: crawl through greenpoint’s after-hours art scene during greenpoint gallery night: 11 neighborhood galleries open their doors, and the artists behind the work hang around to chat. free admission. >>color>
3/18 8pm (monthly): get intimate with local poets (through their work, of course) at the next installment of the cozy roots poetry series, featuring readings by sarah c. harwell (sit down traveler), michelle greco (field guide to fire), john priest and yanyi luo. donation-based beer and wine will help you forget that they don’t all rhyme. roots cafe (south slope), free admission. >>color>
3/18 8pm (monthly): comedians and storytellers recount their most cringeworthy sexual encounters at the awkward sex…and city storytelling show, held in the basement of a sex shop. tonight’s guests: naomi ekperigin (broad city writer), will miles (comedy at the knitting factory), and danielle carroll. hosted by natalie wall. and thanks to condom giveaways, no one will leave empty-handed. bonus: admission includes free beer + wine, plus 15% off store purchases. the pleasure chest (ues), $12 adv with promo code ‘skint’, or $15 at the door if you mention the skint (reg $15 adv, $20 door). >>color>
3/18 8pm (bi-monthly): the halcyon chamber series kicks off its season with an intimate evening of music for strings and piano by haydn, ives and fauré. wine + beer will be available for purchase. scholes street studio (williamsburg), $15. >>color>
3/18 8:30pm doors, 9pm show: st. patrick’s day is for sinners at the sixth annual all-redhead edition of wasabassco burlesque. the bell house, $20. >>color>
3/18 9pm: don’t be a sucker m.c.: practice your stage time at hip hop karaoke and get back-up help by beats, a dj and even a hypeman. brooklyn bowl (williamsburg), $7 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
3/18 9:30pm (weekly): the rubin museum of art’s (chelsea) cabaret cinema series screens classic films that are driven by emotions. tonight: alfred hitchcock’s rebecca (1940), with an introduction by authors caitlin leffel and jacob lehman (1001 things to do in nyc). $10. >>color>
3/18 9:30pm: bamcafé live continues its season of free events with synth popper elisa coia. >>color>
3/18 10pm (monthly): it’s always a historic moment at the new annal revue comedy show, where comedians take on a different historical period or event each month and question whether we’ve learned anything from it. this month’s theme: the year 1933 (the end of prohibition, the rise of hitler, the new deal, etc.). hosted by lindsay boling and justin auslaender. the creek and the cave (lic), $5. >>color>
3/18 10pm: can you believe it’s been more than 15 years since britney did it again and shaggy totally wasn’t bangin’ on the bathroom floor? shake ya *ss at the awesome aughts: music of the early 2000s dance party, with those unforgivably catchy tunes spun by dj steve reynolds (party like it’s 1999). union hall (park slope), free. >>color>
3/18 11pm: comedians riff on tommy wiseau’s unintentionally funny cult classic, the room. with david feldman (emmy-winning writer, the jack + triumph show), leah bonnema (comedy drop), and freddy g (last stop laughs). q.e.d. (astoria), $10. >>color>
3/18 11pm-3am (monthly): the rebel night 50’s/60’s rockabilly/rock ‘n’ roll record hop returns to the grand victory (williamsburg). free. >>color>
3/18 10am-9pm (ongoing): the metropolitan museum’s new building, the met breuer, officially opens in the former whitney museum’s marcel breuer-designed building (ues). suggested admission: $25 general, $17 seniors, $12 students (includes admission to the met fifth avenue and the cloisters). >>color>
3/18-20: get tickets to the architectural digest design show at pier 94, plus a one-year digital magazine subscription, for $15 (plus ticket fees, reg. $30). >>color>
3/18-8/14: two new exhibitions open at the jewish museum: ‘isaac mizrahi: an unruly history’ and ‘the television project: some of my best friends.’ $15 general, $12 seniors, $7.50 students, pay-what-you-wish thursdays 5-8pm, free saturdays. >>color>
3/20 1pm: brooklyn’s got two annual st. patrick’s day parades to choose from this sunday: bay ridge and park slope. >>color>
ticket deals
sponsored: just $30 for new musical dear evan hansen at second stage. >>color>
rsvp to see a free outdoor concert by wolf parade at mccarren park during the northside festival 6/9. >>color>
get tickets to paul taylor’s american modern dance at lincoln center 3/20-4/3 for $20+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $33+). >>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 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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