around town today
6pm doors: architectural photographer christopher payne discusses and signs his new book documenting the steinway + sons piano factory in astoria, making steinway: an american workplace. steinway hall (midtown west), free (rsvp). >>color>
6-9pm (thru 8/19): dumbo’s scott eder gallery hosts a retrospective exhibition of work by illustrator peter kuper, the current artist behind mad magazine’s ‘spy vs. spy.’ opening reception thursday. free. >>color>
6-9pm (thursdays thru 8/18): cocktails at cooper hewitt: take in the scenery and performances at the cooper hewitt’s terrace and garden series. and if you arrive at 6pm, you can even get in an hour of gallery viewing. $13 adv, $15 door includes a drink. >>color>
6:30pm: queer in america author and siriusxm host michelangelo signorile discusses the topics in his new book, it’s not over: getting beyond tolerance, defeating homophobia, and winning true equality, which examiners the present and future of lgbt rights in america. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6:30pm (ends today): the second annual hudson river dance festival returns to chelsea’s pier 63 with modern dance performances by stephen petronio company, lar lubovitch dance company, and urban bush women. free. >>color>
7pm: rsvp to play bingo at bryant park. >>color>
7pm: bojack horseman producer/production designer and james beard award-winning food columnist lisa hanawalt launches hot dog taste test, her new illustrated book poking fun at foodie subculture. jezebel.com fouder anna holmes joins. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), free. >>color>
7pm: jensen karp, f/k/a as rapper ‘hot karl,’ launches his new memoir kanye west owes me $300: and other true stories from a white rapper who almost made it big, and chats rap n’ comedy with snl’s vanessa bayer. strand books (union square), purchase of the book ($26) or a $15 gift card required for admission. >>color>
7pm: put your brain to work at tonight’s ‘know science’ talk, where physical therapist and neuroscience phd holder dr. david putrino discusses the science of technology in health, fitness, and wellness. genspace (downtown brooklyn), free (rsvp). >>color>
7pm: the rupture variety show explores what it means to disrupt the norm, featuring ‘performances and provocations’ by nyc subway showtime dancers, moma’s online community producer, a google design manager, writers, art critics, and more. general assembly (flatiron), $7 >>color>
7pm: dream pop trio blonde redhead plays a free summerstage concert at red hook’s coffey park. >>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>
7-10pm: deidre + the dark throws a music video release party for boss lady’, including a live performance and multiple dj sets. cantina royal (williamsburg), free. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): your wallet doesn’t need to be full for the runnin’ on empty stand-up comedy show, featuring a mix of pros and up-and-comers. this month’s guests include jo firestone (the chris gethard show, punderdome 3000), naomi ekperigin (writer for broad city, difficult people), myq kaplan (small, dork and handsome), gabe gonzalez (inside amy schumer), chelsea fernando, and nicholle kun. hosted by yotam tubul and lisa franklin. le poisson rouge’s gallery bar (greenwich village), free. >>color>
7:30pm: learn about the rise and fall of the stroh brewery company when author and artist frances stroh discusses the dramas behind her family’s detroit-based company in her memoir, beer money: a memoir of privilege and loss. jason diamond (vol. 1, men’s journal) joins. fittingly, a beer reception will follow. greenlight bookstore (fort greene), free. >>color>
7:30pm (every other thursday): pete’s reading series returns with readings by kristopher jansma (why we came to the city), and naomi jackson (the star side of bird hill: a novel, publisher’s weekly ‘writer to watch’). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), $5 suggested donation. >>color>
7:30pm: electronics composer and nine inch nails member alessandro cortini and bolivian-american sound artist elysia crampton perform as part of the unsound music festival at the david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center (uws). free. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: letter of marque theater company hosts ‘curiosity kilt the cats,’ a performance party and edinburgh fringe festival fundraiser with live performance, music, games, prizes, and dancing. costumes encouraged. gowanus loft, free with promo code ‘the skint’ (reg. $5-10). >>color>
8pm (+6/17, 6/20-6/22): another quintessential nyc summer experience, the new york philharmonic concerts in the parks series returns for their 51st season with free concerts in each borough followed by a fireworks display. (note: the staten island performance is indoors and rsvp is required.) tonight: the music of beethoven and wagner on the great lawn in central park. >>color>
8pm, 8:30pm: free outdoor movies:
claudine, putnam triangle plaza (clinton hill) >>color>
rocky, john jay park (ues) >>color>
splash, hunter’s point south park (lic) >>color>
the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert, mccarren park pool deck (williamsburg) >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm music, 9pm film (thru summer): rooftop films continues its 20th outdoor screening season with competitive tickling documentary tickled, plus live music by ember schrag, filmmaker q+a, and an after party with free beer. the old american can factory (gowanus), $15. >>color>
9:30pm: czech film director jan švankmajer’s surreal alice in wonderland adaptation alice (1988)–featuring stop-motion animation of taxidermied animals–screens with a new live electronic score by celestial trax and no subtitles. videology (williamsburg), $10 >>color>
thru 6/18: new outdoor art alert: austrian street artist nychos, whose work frequently examines inner anatomy, has created a 10-foot statue of sigmund freud being dissected on his couch, and it will be on view for analysis for three days at flatiron plaza. >>color>
thru 6/25: register to take free dance, fitness and wellness classescolor> at 30 studios during dance week. >>color>
thru 6/26: the 15th annual river to river festival, spanning all over lower manhattan and governor’s island, brings an array of performance and art installations including a nighttime market of local makers, free evening museum admission, and a living interpretation of the egyptian book of the dead. free. >>color>
thru 8/7: more than 50 off-off broadway shows make up the 17th annual midtown international theatre festival. the workshop theater and jewel box theaters, $20. >>color>
thru 8/11 (thursdays): union square park’s summer in the square series includes free fitness classes, family-friendly activities, music + dance performances, and movie nights. >>color>
thru 11/28 (thursdays-mondays): timothy greenfield-sanders’s portrait series and film projection the women’s list captures 50 women actors, artists, politicians and more from 1980-2015, including beoncé, hillary clinton, lena dunham, ruth bader ginsburg, debbie harry, toni morrison, patti smith, and more. the fisher landau center for art (lic), free. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
6/17 12-8pm: etsy hosts a day-long craft party at dumbo’s creative chaos while nearby businesses offer discounts, demos, and activities. >>color>
6/17 4-9pm (+ 7/15, 8/19): the union square greenmarket’s summer fridays series keeps the market open late with live music, prepared foods from neighborhood restaurants, and a beer, wine and cider garden. free admission, pay-as-you-go. >>color>
6/17 6pm (fridays thru 7/8): bryant park presents an outdoor modern dance series, where three dance companies perform in the park each evening. tonight: alia kache/kachel dance, the barkin selissen project, and lanecoarts. free. >>color>
6/17 6-9pm (+ 7/15): catch some art after hours during bushwick hot summer nights, where more than 20 neighborhood galleries will keep their doors open late. free. >>color>
6/17 6-11pm: consider it a mini-barcade. brooklyn brewery and the nyu game center join forces to bring you three new experimental games to play and a new drink to try, ‘the discreet charm of the framboisie,’ a sour raspberry ale aged in bourbon barrels. brooklyn brewery (williamsburg), free admission. >>color>
6/17 7pm: (thru 9/4: the brooklyn cyclones baseball season begins at coney island’s mcu park with a matchup against the staten island yankees and post-game fireworks. promotional events this season include post-game fireworks fridays + saturdays, $10 wednesdays, running the bases, and theme nights (full house, harry potter, seinfeld, star wars, top gun). $10-17. >>color>
6/17 7:30pm: it’s a very special ‘very special episode,’ which is ending it’s two-year run of storytelling inspired by a tv sitcom. tonight’s theme is inspired by the golden girls and includes guests sharon spell (the moth) and katie compa, plus two 5-minute open mic slots. hosted by danny artese and robin gelfenbien. q.e.d. (astoria), $7. >>color>
6/17 7:30pm (fridays thru 10/14): lola star’s dreamland roller disco returns to prospect park’s le frak center at lakeside. tonight’s theme: under the sea 80s prom, a mermaid parade pre-party. $18 admission includes skate rental. bag check and locker rental extra. >>color>
6/17 7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): the slow dance comedy show celebrates its third anniversary with big show in an intimate space, including stand up from janeane garofalo (wet hot american summer, air america radio), hari kondabolu (conan), aparna nancherla (seth meyers), jena friedman (the daily show), carlos delgado (redacted tonight), and andrew coalson (reckless theater). hosted by aaron glaser + amy cardinale. 2-for-1 drink specials before 8pm. niagara (east village), free. >>color>
6/17 8pm (monthly): comedians and storytellers recount their most cringeworthy sexual encounters at natalie wall’s awkward sex…and city storytelling show, held in the basement of a sex shop. this month’s feministing edition features krystyna hutchinson + corinne fisher (guys we f*cked), lane moore (tinder live), and dani faith leonard (big vision, empty wallet). 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>
6/17 8pm (monthly): comedians tell stories while a guest visual artist sketches them at grant lindahl’s art school acid dropout show. tonight: jo firestone (punderdome 3000), brett davis (the special without brett davis) and jeff simmermon (this american life, moth grandslam winner). bonus: the first 10 audience members get a free beer. the creek and the cave (lic), $5 admission includes a signed limited-edition poster. >>color>
6/17 8pm (+ 7/15, 8/12): the film + stargazing series returns to columbia university’s pupin hall with a screening of blast! and a discussion separating the science fact and fiction depicted in the film, followed by stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). free. >>color>
6/17 8pm: 92y offers a free (pay-as-you-wish, rsvp recommended) performance of james lecense’s the absolute brightness of leonard pelkey, featuring original music by duncan sheik (spring awakening) and followed by a conversation on the one-man-show’s themes. >>color>
6/17 8pm (thru 6/20, + 6/22-25): new saloon theater co presents minor character, an absurd adaptation of chekhov’s uncle vanya that mixes six translations from 1916 to modern day google translate. the invisible dog art center (cobble hill), $18. >>color>
6/17 8pm, 8:30pm: free outdoor movies:
air of paris, washington square park (greenwich village) >>color>
mavis!, fort greene park >>color>
the grand master, columbus park (chinatown) >>color>
6/17 8:30pm: the dv8 film festival’s screening party presents dv and super 8 films made in just 48 hours and without any editing allowed. roll gate studio (east williamsburg), $15 general, $10 students. >>color>
6/17 8:30pm (thru 6/19 + 6/25-26): white wave dance’s 10th annual ‘wave rising’ series showcases work from 18 choreographers from around the world. 92y harkness dance center (ues), $18 general, $15 under 35, $25 door. >>color>
6/17-23: raiders! the story of the greatest fan film ever made documents the efforts of three boys who spent seven years making a shot-for-shot remake of steven spielberg’s raiders of the lost ark, and reunited to finish one final explosive scene. q+as with film subjects at select screenings friday and saturday. ifc center (west village), $14 general, $10 seniors. >>color>
6/17 9:30pm (fridays thru 6/24): 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: akira kurosawa’s rashômon (1950), with an introduction by columbia university professor of humanities and japanese literature paul anderer, who is writing a book on kurosawa’s black and white films. $10. >>color>
6/17 9:30pm: tv hangover hosts an it’s always sunny in philadelphia party with episode screenings, drinking games, and trivia. videology (williamsburg), $5. >>color>
6/17 10pm (monthly): it’s always a historic moment at the 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. hosted by justin auslaender and lindsay boling. the creek and the cave (lic), $5. >>color>
6/17 10pm (monthly): dj sheila b spins ‘60s girl groups, british freakbeat, northern soul, soundtracks, doo wop, french yé-yé, r+b, japanese fuzz-pop, and more at the ‘sh-boom’ all-vinyl vintage pop night on the rooftop of bushwick’s our wicked lady. free. >>color>
6/17 11pm (monthly): comedians live-riff on top of a screening of troll 2 (1990) at chris gersbeck and freddy g’s ‘movies r dumb’ comedy series. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
6/17 11pm: midnight concerts at calvary church return with jazz trumpeter alex nguyen and quartet with strings, accompanied by projections. calvary st. george’s church (gramercy), $10. >>color>
6/17 11pm (monthly): comedians live-riff on top of a screening of troll 2 (1990) at chris gersbeck and freddy g’s ‘movies r dumb’ comedy series. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
6/17 11pm: midnight concerts at calvary church return with jazz trumpeter alex nguyen and quartet with strings, accompanied by projections. calvary st. george’s church (gramercy), $10. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to the nyc craft beer festival at the 69th regiment armory 6/17-18 for $35-55 (plus ticket fees, reg. $55-110). >>color>
take an evening city lights cruise (drink included) aboard a 1920s-style yacht 6/17-24 for $33.60 (plus ticket fees, reg. $56). >>color>
get tickets to the new york botanical garden’s 125th anniversary evening concert series 6/18-8/25 for $25-27 (plus ticket fees, reg. $35). >>color>
get tickets to see jackson browne at the beacon theatre 6/20 for $35 (plus ticket fees, reg. $72). >>color>
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