around town today
various times: cinco de mayo food and drink deals from am new yorkcolor> and gothamistcolor>.
9am-8pm: the brooklyn botanic garden’s 63rd annual plant sale features thousands of indoor and outdoor plants for the urban gardener, with a special collector’s corner dedicated to japanese plants, plus workshops, clinics and demonstrations. free with regular garden admission ($12 general, $6 students/seniors), and includes a free return visit coupon. >>color>
1-6pm (thru 6/11): artist cindy sherman’s new collection of photographs focuses her lens on independent women as seen through 1920s hollywood publicity shots. metro pictures (chelsea), free. >>color>
3-6pm: roundabout theatre’s she loves me celebrates eight tony nominations by giving out free ice cream at bryant park (3-4pm) and times square (4:30-6pm). >>color>
3:30-6:30pm: protect your noggin with a free bike helmet, courtesy of the department of transportation. today’s giveaway takes place at the brooklyn public library (prospect park), with plenty more still to come this season. >>color>
6pm: mind over matter: neural science and psychology professor dr. wendy suzuki discusses her book, healthy brain, happy life, at nyu bookstore (greenwich village). free. >>color>
6pm: a #hashtagpolitics panel unpacks social media’s impact on the 2016 presidential campaign, with speakers alan rosenblatt (digital strategy vice president, turner 4d), valerie streit (digital content strategist, google) and megan liberman (editor-in-chief, yahoo news). baruch performing arts center (kips bay), free (rsvp). >>color>
6-9pm (monthly): art galleries stay open late for special events and opening receptions during the dumbo first thursday gallery walk. free. >>color>
6:30pm: there’s physics in jazz, but now you can learn about the jazz of physics as told by astrophysicist/saxophonist/author/physics professor stephon alexander. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
7pm (monthly): adult language school fluent city hosts screenings of essential foreign films at williamsburg’s videology and raffles off a $100 gift certificate towards group classes. this month’s feature: maurice pialat’s graduate first (1978). $10. >>color>
7pm (ends today): gemini + scorpio loft (gowanus) hosts the second of two nights of prince movies, with under the cherry moon and tim burton’s batman set to a prince soundtrack. screening tonight. $10 suggested donation. >>color>
7:15pm: watch keanu reeves’ first major brood in a 35mm screening of river’s edge (1986), also starring crispin glover, ione skye and dennis hopper. q+a with writer/director tim hunter to follow. nitehawk (williamsburg), $15. >>color>
7:30pm: one story’s annual literary debutante ball sends up traditional coming out parties with a reading honoring authors who have published their first book in the past year. greenlight bookstore (fort greene), free. >>color>
7:30pm (every other thursday): pete’s reading series returns with readings by stephen o’connor (thomas jefferson dreams of sally hemings) and angela flournoy (the turner house). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), $5 suggested donation. >>color>
7:30pm (weekly): the lasers in the jungle comedy show features stand-up by paul oddo (late show), jc coccoli (last comic standing), jay nog (mtv), mike drucker (tonight show writer) and joe pera (comedy central). hosted by sean crespo, katina corrao and dan wilbur. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
7:30pm: the enso string quartet performs beethoven’s harp and sibelius’ voces intimae. the david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center (uws), free. >>color>
7:30pm: something old, something new: the aeolus quartet performs music by romantic composer antonín dvořák, and contemporary composer keeril makan. baryshnikov arts center (midtown west), $15 with promo code ‘music’ (reg. $20) >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): don’t you dare laugh at the serious matters comedy/variety show, featuring guests aparna nancherla (conan), sam morril (inside amy schumer), mark normand (we’re all friends here), josiah madigan (ask me another), and brock mahan. hosted by kevin mccaffrey (letterman). union hall (park slope), $7. >>color>
8pm (monthly): the force is strong with this one: trivia night gets a throwback makeover (and a hollywood treatment) with a star wars edition of match game nyc, a game-show-turned-bar-affair where participants (i.e. you) compete to match answers to fill-in-the-blank questions with a rotating cast of ‘celebrity’ guests. hosted by miss tiffany leigh and guest host rachel schenk. sidewalk cafe (east village), free admission, one drink or food item minimum. >>color>
8pm: flip off everyone who ever told you ‘no’ at rejectified, a comedy show that celebrates rejection, with performances by mary mack (last comic standing), tim harmston (letterman), chris calogero (not quite midnight), tim manley (the moth radio hour) and comedy troupe north coast. hosted by carolyn busa (rejected from america’s next top model) and emily winter (rejected from mcsweeney’s). littlefield (gowanus), $5 adv, $8 dos >>color>
8pm (monthly): the pacific stand-up comedy show returns with a little country grammar, as comedians do bits about countries of their choice. performers include david kibuuka (daily show writer), brendan mclaughlin (punchline magazine), bill stiteler, river douglas clegg, jess salomon, and pat brown. hosted by matt koff (daily show writer). pacific standard (park slope/gowanus), free (one drink or food item minimum). >>color>
canceled
8pm: free outdoor movie: star trek ii: the wrath of khan. cooper park (east williamsburg).
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8pm (+ 5/12): greenwich house music school’s uncharted concert series continues with emerging off-broadway star grace mclean, performing songs from her in-progress pop opera project, in the green: hildegard von bingen. bonus: free beer and wine will be served before and during the concert. $15. >>color>
8pm (thru 5/7): at the third annual soundpainting festival, six ensembles are lead by six soundpainters utilizing a live composing sign language made up of over 1500 gestures. the firehouse space (east williamsburg), $10. >>color>
8pm (+ 5/19, 26): singer-songwriter holly miranda plays at residency at hell phone (bushwick). $10. >>color>
8pm: beverly plays a record release show at baby’s all right (williamsburg) with eztv, painted zeros, and tall juan. $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
8pm: questlove presents screenings of a 1985 prince show and purple rain, followed by a purple-edition night train dance party. brooklyn bowl (williamsburg). $10. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show: ‘half comedy show, half live dating app’: the ‘all my single friends’ show (in from la) puts standup and singles in the same room to see what happens. beauty bar (gramercy), $5. >>color>
9pm: spirit system, haybaby, heliotropes, crazy pills and otherwordly things play sunnyvale (east williamsburg). $7. >>color>
9:30pm: late night with seth meyers writers perform an improvised show at ucb (chelsea). scheduled to perform: john lutz, michelle wolf, and more. $5. >>color>
thru 5/8: the frieze art faircolor> brings 200 contemporary art galleries from around the world to randall’s island. the $44 admission is out of the skint’s range, so here are several lower-priced satellite art + design fairs:
thru 5/8: new art dealers alliance (nada) fair. basketball city, $10-20. >>color>
thru 5/10: portal. financial district, free. >>color>
thru 5/23: parsons festival. various locations, free. >>color>
thru 5/31: flux art fair. harlem, free. >>color>
5/6-8: 1:54 contemporary african art fair. red hook, $10-20. >>color>
5/6-9: spring masters new york. ues, $12-30. >>color>
5/7-9: fridge art fair. les, $20. >>color>
thru 5/29: the secret theatre (lic) hosts the flying solo festival, where different one-person shows will play over the course of the month. $9 plus ticket fees here (reg. $18). >>color>
thru 8/14: the anna wintour costume institute at the metropolitan museum of art’s new exhibition, ’manus x machina: fashion in an age of technology’, features 150 ensembles that explore how fashion designers reconcile the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear. admission to the exhibition is included with regular museum admission (recommended: $25 general, $12 students, $17 seniors). >>color>
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coming up
5/6 8:30am (wednesdays thru 10/28, except 5/27, 7/1, 9/2, 10/7): take a morning tai chi class at wagner park (battery park city). all levels welcome. free. >>color>
5/6 12:30-4:30pm: enjoy sweets and sounds at nyu’s 31st annual outdoor strawberry festival, with live music by mitski, porches, beach fossils, becca krueger and the watermelon king, and maggie + the jazzcats, plus the ‘world’s largest’ strawberry shortcake’. laguardia place bet. washington square south + w 3rd st. (greenwich village), free. >>color>
5/6 1-7pm (thru 5/8): the annual bklyn designs show features local furniture, lighting, textiles and jewelry designers at brooklyn expo center (greenpoint). $15. >>color>
5/6 5pm: cyndi lauper signs copies of her new country music cover album, detour, at barnes + noble (union square). wristbands for admission will be distributed with cd or lp purchase beginning at 9am. >>color>
5/6 5-8pm (monthly thru september): extended first friday hours at the noguchi museum return for the season with free admission (reg. $10 general, $5 students/seniors), an hour-long discussion about a single work of art, and a cash bar in the garden. >>color>
5/6 5-9pm (monthly): this month’s free fridays series at the brooklyn historical society takes inspiration from the exhibition ‘personal correspondents: photography and letter writing in civil war brooklyn’: learn calligraphy, write love letters, improve your iphone photo technique, and hear writers read letters from their younger selves on how to survive and thrive in brooklyn. bonus: free brooklyn brewery beer. free admission (reg. suggested admission: 10 general, $6 seniors, free for students). >>color>
5/6 6-9pm: free frick: the frick collection opens its doors for free after-hours viewing, music performances, gallery talks, and sketching with drawing materials provided (reg. $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students, pay-what-you-wish sundays 11am-1pm). >>color>
5/6 6-9:30pm: asia society celebrates asian pacific american heritage month with a free night at the museum: music, tours, a green screen photo booth, food + drinks available for purchase, and more. >>color>
5/6 6:30pm: former yo! mtv raps co-host ed lover gives a chat before a screening of the music video-themed last episode of cnn’s the eighties at the new-york historical society (uws). free (rsvp required). >>color>
5/6 6:30pm (monthly): the paper garden records free music performance series at chelsea market returns with i can chase dragons, ludwig persik, and arc waves, plus giveaways for a crosley radio turntable + vinyl pack and a lomography san remo instant camera. free. >>color>
5/6 7pm: visual artist, novelist and playwright rosalyn drexler launches her new visual memoir who does she think she is? with a conversation including author jonathan lethem (motherless brooklyn) and curator katy siegel. 192 books (chelsea), free. >>color>
5/6 7pm (monthly): the new york society for ethical culture (uws) hosts a screening and discussion of the ethical issues presented in the film being there (1979), directed by hal ashby and starring peter sellers and shirley maclaine. $5 suggested donation includes snacks and beverages. >>color>
5/6 7pm: get vamped for the sax scenecolor> in the lost boys (1987) at videology (williamsburg). $10. >>color>
5/6 7pm (thru 5/25): get tickets to immersive contemporary circus bianco at st. ann’s warehouse in dumbo for $15-25 (plus ticket fees, reg. $36-41). >>color>
5/6 7:30pm doors, 8pm show (ends today): the 15th annual look + listen festival presents contemporary music by 10 composers in contemporary art spaces, with performances by phyllis chen, jack quartet, yarn/wire, members of meredith monk’s vocal ensemble and more. the invisible dog (cobble hill), free. >>color>
5/6 8pm: the nyu symphony orchestra wraps the season with a concert including beethoven, debussy, and hindemith. frederick loewe theatre (greenwich village), free. >>color>
5/6 9:15pm doors, 9:30pm show: comedians become faux authors and read selections from their ‘latest’ books at literati: a comedy show about the greatest american novels never written. tonight: james folta (an evening of humorous readings), lorelei ramirez (do something variety show), halle kiefer (friends of the people), matt barats (holy f*ck comedy hour) and matt rogers (pop roulette). hosted by colin o’brien + michael wolf. union hall (park slope), $6 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
5/6 9:30pm: at the cartoon monsoon show, comedians mary houlihan and joe rumrill pay homage to shows like pee-wee’s playhouse and lamb chop’s play-along with original costumed characters, animations, and puppet and human sketches. the annoyance theatre + bar (williamsburg), $10. >>color>
5/6 9:30pm (weekly): the rubin museum of art’s (chelsea) latest cabaret cinema series screens classic rain-drenched films that allude to the power of the downpour. tonight: gene kelly’s singin’ in the rain (1952), with an introduction by theater director gerard alessandrini. $10. >>color>
5/6 10pm (monthly thru 8/5): lofty comedy gets liquored up at random access theatre’s drunk restoration comedy, where actors under the influence perform a reading of the empire striketh back and the audience votes on who gets cut off. the players theater loft (greenwich village), $12 admission includes a drink. >>color>
5/6 10:30pm doors: the can’t tells and avers play mercury lounge (les). $10. >>color>
5/6 11pm: the feeling gloomy dance party pays tribute to prince, covering his hits, deep cuts, and songs he wrote for other artists. the grand victory (williamsburg), $6. >>color>
5/6 11:30pm: nancy whang (lcd soundsystem, the juan maclean), olga bell and heidemann pump up the jams at knitting factory (williamsburg). $5-12 adv, $15 door >>color>
5/6-8: the sixth annual jane’s walk nyc: participate in one or several of more than 200 free guided walks in every borough, while commemorating the life and legacy of urban activist jane jacobs. >>color>
5/6-12: say ‘oui’ to the seven film collaborations of anna karina and jean-luc godard, including a new restoration of band of outsiders with karina in-person for discussion and q+a 5/6 at 7:30pm. film forum (west village), $14. >>color>
ticket deals
the annual nyc vegetarian food festival returns to the metropolitan pavilion (chelsea) 5/7-8 with 100+ vendors, presenters, demos and endless food samples. save 40% off $30 advance tickets with promo code ‘vegansave’. $5 reduced end-of-day tickets will also be made available 4pm-5:30pm at the venue each day if space allows. >>color>
the irish repertory theatre is offering 24 tickets for $24 each to preview performances (5/17-6/8) of conor mcpherson’s shining city, starring matthew broderick. >>color>
get free tickets to dwell magazine’s dwell on design new york 5/13-15 at artbeam (plus ticket fees, reg. $30). >>color>
be there or be chair. register now to compete with 700 folks at the fifth annual musical chairs at bryant park on 6/6. >>color>
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