check our website for ongoing events, including free beaches and pools, free fitness classes, free shakespeare performances, a pixar exhibition at the cooper hewitt, ticket deals, and more. >>color>
saturday
various times: free outdoor movies:
inside out, saratoga square park (bedford-stuyvesant) >>color>
war of the worlds, henry m. jackson playground (les) >>color>
9am-5pm: the west side is all abuzz for the sixth annual high line honey day, featuring beekeepers from the five boroughs, a demonstration hive, family-friendly activities, a local honey market, and honey-themed treats available for purchase. the high line at 14th street (meatpacking district), free admission. >>color>
10am-5pm: thinking about getting an mba? meet school reps, learn how to craft your application, and hear presentations at the annual mba tour. new york hilton midtown, free. >>color>
1pm-midnight (monthly): the wordhack series of performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology celebrates its second anniversary with an all-day mini-conference and party. babycastles (chelsea), $20 for the conference + party, $10 for the party only. >>color>
2-9pm: hey ho let’s go… on a ramones history tour. begin with a tour of the queens museum’s ramones exhibition (free), then hop on a bus tour of forest hills, birthplace of the ramones ($10), and finally ride to the rockaways for a concert by rattrap bumpkin, sick feeling, and unstoppable death machines (free). in true punk fashion, you’ll need to find your own transportation back. >>color>
4-8pm: burlesque star the world famous *bob* hosts the seventh annual coney island talent show, where kids and adults can bring their wildest acts and get judged by the mayor of coney island himself, dick zigun. $250 cash grand prize! the boardwalk between 10th +12th st.s, free. >>color>
5pm: explore the industrial revolution and mechanical era through gizmos and gadgets like a thomas edison cylinder phonograph, a steam engine, and wind-up toys with the traveling museum of interesting things’s history of invention show. coney island museum, $5 general, $3 seniors. >>color>
5pm: enjoy free hot dogs at babeland park slope in honor of national hot dog day (wink wink). a $100 babeland gift basket will also be raffled off to one lucky person. >>color>
5-7pm: the third rail quarterly’s latest form is a collection of politically-charged black-and-white posters created by commissioned artists. celebrate the release of this eight issue at a launch party featuring mingling, dj sets, and copies of the posters free for the taking. printed matter (chelsea), free admission. >>color>
6pm (thru 9/4): tonight’s brooklyn cyclones baseball season promo night includes a star wars theme with free cyclones hats and post-game fireworks. mcu park (coney island), $14-17. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show: femi kuti and bombino play the bric celebrate brooklyn! festival. rain or shine, but check their website/facebook/twitter for hazardous weather cancellation notices. prospect park bandshell, free ($5 suggested donation). >>color>
7pm (monthly): gather amongst nyc memorabilia for summer stories, a comedic storytelling show in a museum. tonight’s show features music-themed tales of wackiness by peter smith (katdashians: the musical), langan kingsley (funny or die), jo firestone (the chris gethard show), and many more. hosted by kady ruth ashcraft and alise morales. bonus: donation-based drinks. city reliquary (williamsburg), $5. >>color>
7pm (ends today): the drilling company’s alfresco shakespeare series returns to bryant park with a steampunk adaptation of as you like it. free. >>color>
7pm-midnight (+ 7/30): the annual astoria flea + food night market returns to kaufman astoria studios with 80 vendors and a queens beer garden. free admission. >>color>
8pm: the string orchestra of brooklyn performs stravinsky’s neoclassical opera the rakes’ progress, with a libretto by w.h. auden and based on a series of 18th century paintings by william hogarth. roulette (boerum hill), $20 general, $15 students/seniors. >>color>
9pm (biweekly): the human citizen comedy show, hosted by koshin egal and ben totushek, features performances by jeffrey joseph (comedy central, hbo), molly ruben-long (hidden america with jonah ray), langston kerman (academy awards writer), and brad austin + adam sokol (comedy at beauty bar). art cafe and bar (prospect heights), free. >>color>
10:30pm (weekly): improv group ‘the cast’ creates an episode of law and order that alternates between the on-stage production and backstage performer drama. magnet theater (chelsea), $10. >>color>
11pm (monthly): at the b-side hip-hop comedy show, comedians present sketches, improv and storytelling celebrating the lives and music of hip-hop greats, along with trivia and a freestyle competition for audience members. this month’s theme: 90’s summer jams. the pit (flatiron), $5. >>color>
11pm: the teenage guide to popularity’s music video dance party includes decade-spanning hits of all genres. c’mon everybody (bedford stuyvesant), free. >>color>
midnight-ish movies:
alien @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
alien: resurrection @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
aliens @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
eraserhead @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
fantastic planet @ landmark sunshine (lower east side). $12. >>color>
pootie tang @ nitehawk (williamsburg). $12. >>color>
the hills have eyes @ nitehawk (williamsburg). $12. >>color>
the jesus trip (sat only) @ spectacle (williamsburg). $5. >>color>
the shining @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
tommy (fri) and @ river’s edge (sat) videology (williamsburg). $5. >>color>
our next event!
the skint presents:
The Fourth Annual Cruel Summer 80s Dance Party
With The Engagements and Party Like It’s 1999’s Steve Reynolds
Friday, July 29 at The Bell House
skint discount tickets and more info herecolor>
sunday
various times: free outdoor movies:
saturday night fever, habana outpost (fort greene) >>color>
the wizard of oz, athens square (astoria) >>color>
sun thru 7/28: ‘native to america,’ an eight-film series inspired by jack pettibone riccobono’s new film the seventh fire and programmed with chris eyre, explores depictions of native american life. highlights include jim jarmusch and eye q+a following the sunday 12:45pm show of dead man and a free screening of lock-up: the prisoners of rikers island on tuesday. the metrograph (les), $12-15. >>color>
1pm: take a musical jazz trolley tour of woodlawn cemetery in the bronx and visit the memorial sites of duke ellington, miles davis and others. $15 general, $10 seniors/students. >>color>
4pm (monthly): obsolete cinema’s screening series presents a pair of 1980’s sylvester stallone themed flicks: cobra (1986) and over the top (1987), both on craptastic vhs, plus trivia + prizes and happy hour bar prices until 7pm. freddy’s bar and backroom (south slope), free. >>color>
4pm (weekly): the sunday moving pictures series at the way station (prospect heights) returns with kill bill: volumes 1 + 2, followed by nerd karaoke at 10pm. free. >>color>
7-9pm (sundays thru 7/31): the amplified sundays series of free outdoor concerts at riverside park south’s pier i returns with michael arenella + quintet (7/24) and jojo abot (7/31). >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (sundays thru 7/31): the museum of modern art’s sculpture garden opens after hours for the annual summergarden jazz and contemporary music series. tonight: the cavatina quartet performs akira nishimura, justyna kowalska-lasoń, and james primosch. free. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: theatrical dance troupe the love show brings the heat indoors to their wet hot love show summer show, with dance, burlesque, magic, circus, singing, and more. the slipper room (les), $10. >>color>
7:30pm (weekly): the if you build it stand-up comedy show with host tim dillon includes performances by nore davis (inside amy schumer), keith alberstadt (letterman), rob cantrell (comedy central, hbo), hadiyah robinson (the mo’nique show), chip dwyer (comedy central), joe alfano, and james murtagh. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
8pm (monthly): the macaulay culkin comedy and variety show (which mr. culkin has absolutely nothing to do with) features guests petey deabreu, ben kronberg, robert dean, branson reese, farah brook, and patti harrison. hosted by sally burtnick + brett davis. shea stadium (east williamsburg), $5. >>color>
9pm doors, 9:30pm show: at the summer fling comedy show, hosts lacey jeka and kristen buckels welcome comedy crushes jo firestone (punderdome 3000, the chris gethard show), phoebe robinson (2 dope queens, seth meyers), and jordan carlos (guy code and girl code). union hall (park slope), $10. >>color>
all weekend
10am-6pm sat + sun: something stinks at the new york botanical garden, but it’s supposed to. a giant amorphophallus titanum, aka corpse flower, is expected to bloom this weekend, releasing an odor compared to rotting flesh. occurring only once every 10 years and lasting for a mercifully brief 24-36 hour period, this could be your only chance to
see
smell it until 2026. can’t make it? a live cam lets you watch it from afar. included with regular admission ($25 general, $22 students/seniors). >>color>
11am-7pm sat + sun (thru 7/25): feel fancy and browse the rings, necklaces, bracelets, timepieces, and more at the annual new york antique jewelry + watch show, which includes more than 100 dealers showcasing pieces from the renaissance to art deco eras. metropolitan pavilion (chelsea), $20 admission gets you all days. >>color>
6:15pm sat + sun: comedian and filmmaker mike birbiglia’s newest film don’t think twice screens at landmark sunshine theatre (les), followed by appearances and q+a’s with birbiglia and ira glass. $14.50 general, $11 seniors. >>color>
various times sat+sun (thru 8/13): the 46th annual lincoln center out of doors festival continues with a block party/family day, the dance theatre of harlem company, full circle souljahs, singers darlene love, richie ray and bobby cruz, and more. damrosch park (midtown west), free. >>color>
thru 7/30: the 39th asian american international film festival (aaiff) features 10 days of films, panels, and workshops by and about asians and asian-americans, with world premieres, gala events, a 3d opera, and more across four manhattan and queens venues. $15 general, $11 students/seniors, plus three free nights at flushing town hall. >>color>
thru 8/17: lincoln center’s 50th annual mostly mozart festival, while not skint-priced, does include many free events, including micro-concerts by the international contemporary ensemble (7/27-8/17), a discussion on mozart’s collaborations with librettists (8/7), and a 1,000 voice volunteer choir (you can be one of them!color> 8/13). >>color>
ticket deals
rsvp for a free concert by warpaint at baby’s all right (williamsburg) on 7/25. >>color>
take a 90-minute lower manhattan and statue of liberty cruise (drink included) aboard a 1920s-style yacht 7/25-8/30 for $27.60 (plus ticket fees, reg. $46). >>color>
get tickets to tony winner fun home at circle in the square theatre thru 8/31 for $49+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $75+). >>color>
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