around town today
various times: free outdoor movies:
destination: planet negro, jackie robinson park (sugar hill) >>color>
jurassic world, coney island beach at west 10th street >>color>
stretch and bobbito: radio that changed lives, nowadays (ridgewood) >>color>
the palm beach story, bryant park >>color>
11am-7pm: it’s 7-eleven day (7/11. get it?), which means you can get yerself a free small slurpee at participating 7-eleven locations. >>color>
6pm: learn about the history of scotch whisky, from its humble origins to the world of mad men, with tasting samples to boot. brooklyn brainery (prospect heights), $14. >>color>
6pm: disrupt security: learn insider hacking techniques: neuroscience and business professor moran cerf, who was as hacker for almost a decade, discusses new techniques in hacking as well as the hacking portrayed in mr. robot. story (chelsea), free. >>color>
6:30pm: reel food: a series of films on food justice and equity at brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights) begins with the peabody award-winning documentary king corn, with refreshments provided by whole foods. free. >>color>
7pm: digital culture writer virginia heffernan discusses her new book, magic and loss: the internet as art, an analysis of the internet as creative expression. the half king (chelsea), free. >>color>
7pm (mondays thru 8/15): the fourth annual books beneath the bridge literary series, an evening of outdoor readings curated by local indie bookstores, begins with freebird bookstore and heather wolf’s birding at the bridge: in search of every bird on the brooklyn waterfront. brooklyn bridge park’s pier 1 granite prospect, free. >>color>
7pm: catch a sneak preview screening of how he fell in love, starring matt mcgorry (orange is the new black) and amy hargreaves (homeland). videology (williamsburg), free (rsvp). >>color>
7pm (+ 7/13): arias and duets fill the air at the metropolitan opera’s summer recital series, with free outdoor performances in parks in each borough. tonight: socrates sculpture park (lic). >>color>
7:30pm (thru 7/23): the twyla tharp dance company returns with a mix of repertory and new work, including a square dance adaptation and pieces set to brahms and beethoven. the joyce theater (chelsea), $10+. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): seaton smith guest hosts the night train comedy show, with performances by sam morril (colbert, conan), jena friedman (the daily show), brian babylon (wait wait… don’t tell me!), caleb synan (conan, last comic standing), carmen lagala (the vermont comedy divas), and dj donwill. littlefield (gowanus), $98. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: the running late with scott rogowsky talk show returns with guests cristin milioti (how i met your mother, fargo), mike lisk + pat byrne (the best show), anna drezen + todd dakotah briscoe (how may we hate you?), daniel van kirk (sklarbro county, hindsight), and ilana becker (girl code, odd mom out). union hall (park slope), $10. >>color>
7:30pm, doors, 8pm show: the night shift theater’s drunken shakespeare = shakespeare readings, karaoke-style, in a bar. bar nine (hell’s kitchen), free. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: more than 20 musicians pay tribute to fleetwood mac’s rumours and other hits and misses at c’mon everybody (bed stuy). $12. >>color>
8pm (monthly): the franklin park reading series continues with genre-bending fiction by writers alejandro zambra (the private lives of trees), elizabeth crane (the history of great things), benjamin hale (the fat artist and other stories), bob proehl (a hundred thousand worlds), alice sola kim (lenny) and john domini (movieola). franklin park (crown heights), free. >>color>
8pm (monthly): nat towsen’s downtown variety hour features performers, music, a downtown history segment, and trivia with prizes from two boots pizza and forbidden planet. this month’s show includes janeane garofalo (wet hot american summer, air america radio), jeremy nguyen (stranger than bushwick), greg barris (heart of darkness), and the bowery boys. bonus: free beer after the show. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
8pm (monthly thru 8/15): ifc’s queer/art/film series continues the season with jamie babbit’s but i’m a cheerleader (1999), followed by a discussion with performance artist katy pyle. ifc center (greenwich village), $14 general, $10 seniors. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show (weekly): the sh*t lit comedy show and bad writing contest celebrates the worst of the worst submitted poems, short stories, screenplays, and essays. tonight’s guests: justy dodge (gotham comedy live), matt nedostup (snl‘s ‘weekend update’), alex ptak (emblem comedy), matt strickland (mtv), and jordan temple (mtv). hosted by lizzie martinez and tim racine. optional: bring your own awful 150-word submission to read for a chance to win 10 bucks. bunga’s den (chelsea), free. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show (monthly): comedian myq kaplan (small, dork and handsome, comedy central) hosts an evening of stand up with guests janelle james, baratunde thurston, ashley brooke roberts, doogie horner and beatboxer shockwave. q.e.d. (astoria), $6. >>color>
8pm doors, 9pm show (+ 7/26): performance artist lydia lunch hosts a series of salons exposing tales of new york’s torrid underground, featuring storytelling by warhol superstar bibbe hansen, zoe hansen, and jerry stahl, plus live jazz. the roxy hotel’s django room (tribeca), free. >>color>
8:20pm (+ 8/12): watch the sun align spectacularly with the nyc street grid during the manhattanhenge celestial event. best viewed from the far east ends of 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th sts. last chance this year! >>color>
thru 7/24: the 14th annual fresh fruit festival showcases lgtbq visual art, performance art, comedy, dance, and more. the wild project (east village), $18. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
7/12 various times: free outdoor movies:
clueless, solar one (kips bay) >>color>
hugo, tony dapolito recreation center (west village) >>color>
raiders of the lost ark, valentino pier (red hook) >>color>
the princess bride and stardust, our wicked lady (east williamsburg) >>color>
the wizard of oz, seward park (les) >>color>
7/12 7am-7pm: ihop restaurants celebrate 58 years with 58-cent short stacks of pancakes at participating locations. >>color>
7/12 1:30pm, 6pm (+ 7/13, 18): hot jazz ensemble the hot sardines perform a series of free stripped down, busking-style shows around the city, including the plaza hotel (7/12), dumbo’s shake shack (7/13, with free french fries!), and the union square subway station (7/18). >>color>
7/12 5pm doors, 6pm show ( +7/13): hip-hop/soul band the roots and afrobeat brooklynites antibalas open the lowdown hudson music fest at brookfield place (battery park). free. >>color>
7/12 5:30pm: digital disobedience: nsa whistleblower edward snowden has a virtual discussion with computer scientist and author jaron lanier, followed by an expert panel on the moral ambiguity of hacktivism. story (chelsea), free. >>color>
7/12 6pm (monthly): the new york story exchange storytelling event continues with brad lawrence (the gospel of sherilyn fenn), thomas pryor (i hate the dallas cowboys), nisse greenberg (storycollider), and kate agustin. hosted by nicole ferraro (netted). cornelia street cafe (west village), $9 admission includes a drink. >>color>
7/12 6:30pm: women who whiskey hosts a guided tasting meetup with redemption whiskeys at pink’s (east village). $18 admission includes 2 cocktails, a guided tasting of three whiskeys, and bites (take 20% off with promo code ‘theskint’). sorry dudes, it’s ladies only. >>color>
7/12 6:30pm: dr. debbie almontaser leads a discussion on the intersecting identities of being american, female, and muslim, with panelists kaye .m (#yesallwomen), negin farsad (how to make white people laugh), amani al-khatahtbeh (muslimgirl.com), and laila alawa (thetempest.co). brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights). $10. >>color>
7/12 6:30pm (tuesdays thru 8/16): things heat up when the sun goes down at hudson river park’s outdoor sunset salsa dance nights. beginner lesson starts at 6:30pm, dj at 7:15pm. pier 45 (greenwich village), free. >>color>
7/12 7pm: just what is this manhattanhenge thing all about? astrophysicist jackie faherty gives you the science behind the phenomenon in a talk at the hayden planetarium (uws). $15 general, $13.50 students/seniors. >>color>
7/12 7pm (monthly): watch the end of the line, a documentary following grassroots kentucky activists and their defeat of the controversial bluegrass pipeline. part of the good food documentaries series at the park slope food coop. free. >>color>
7/12 7pm doors, 7:30pm show (monthly): the society for the advancement of social studies (s.a.s.s.) explores the high seas with informal lectures on pirate history, the battle of midway, and the history of whaling. the bedford (williamsburg), free. >>color>
7/12 7pm doors, 8pm show: robin gelfenbien’s ‘yum’s the word’ storytelling event throws a party for an audience member complete with mad libs, nostalgic candy, and homemade ice cream cake for all. tonight’s show features orange is the new black cast members joel marsh garland, catherine curtin, and alan aisenberg, plus jordan carlos (the nightly show), johanna gohmann (new york magazine), and jolenta greenberg (moth storyslam winner). le poisson rouge (west village), $15 online with promo code ‘kingkone’
or if you mention the code at the door
(reg. $15 adv, $20 dos). >>color>
7/12 7:30pm: why so serious? explore the radical nihilism of the joker, hamlet, and george r.r. martin with bmcc-cuny professor geoff klock. wework dumbo heights, $14. >>color>
7/12 7:30pm (monthly): hosts evan forde barden and patrick cartelli interview a guest about an important song from their life at repeater: a little show about big songs. tonight: anna drezen (reductress, how may we hate you?). q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
7/12 7:30pm (+ 7/19, 8/2): the 111th annual naumburg orchestral concert series brings free music to central park’s 1,000-seat naumburg bandshell. tonight: the knights perform a program of music by haydn, schubert, bob dylan, and gabriel kahane. can’t make it? the event will be livestreamed on wqxr.org. >>color>
7/12 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: brave comedians share embarrassing footage of their earliest performances and then do current material at the ’first set’ comedy show, hosted by giulia rozzi (chelsea lately, comedy central). tonight’s guests: adam wade (20-time moth storyslam winner), katina corrao (we don’t even know), mehran khagani (last comic standing), and jason burke. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
7/12 8pm (monthly): hear pieces from writers rumaan alam (rich and pretty), patrick ryan (the dream life of astronauts), and lynn steger strong (hold still) at the lic reading series. lic bar, free. >>color>
7/12 8pm (monthly): hear straight dude jokes from ladies and gay men in straight dude drag at the dudes being dudes being dudes comedy show, hosted by scott talentt (aka lauren maul), calvin cato, and katie compa. this month’s guests: garry n. hannon, mary houlihan, lyssa mandel, jess salomon, eman el husseini, lane moore, and kristin seltman. over the eight (williamsburg), free. >>color>
7/12 8pm: comedy show in a pizza shop: williamsburg’s two boots is the delicious setting for the guestroom comedy show, hosted by lucas connolly (comedy central) and david piccolomini (npr). tonight’s guests: amber nelson (trutv), mike lebovitz (last comic standing), chris laker (the new show), and brendan eyre (adam devine’s house party). bonus: free draft beer 8-8:30pm. free admission. >>color>
7/12 9pm: whose line is it anyway? meets ted as stand-up comedians improvise ted talks on topics they’ve never heard of before. hosted by ryan stanisz. q.e.d. (astoria), $5 adv, $7 dos. >>color>
7/12-31: check out 13 new shows before they premiere at the edinburgh festival fringe at the annual east to edinburgh festival at 59e59 theaters (ues). $15-20. >>color>
7/12-11/27: early work of influential photographer diane arbus goes on display at a new exhibition at the met breuer (ues). suggested admission: $25 general, $17 seniors, $12 students. >>color>
ticket deals
make your reservations for summer restaurant week (7/25-8/19), with almost 400 restaurants offering $42 dinners and $29 lunches. >>color>
rsvp to roam the high line after hours with dancers, musicians, and visual artists on 7/21. >>color>
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