around town today
12-3pm: stop by the good humor ice cream truck near union square (look for the balloons on broadway between 17th + 18th sts) and pick up some free ice cream. we were just notified about this, so we apologize for not publishing it earlier! >>color>
4:30-6:30pm: oh snap! get yourself a free hot dog from the snap dog cart at 14th street + 4th avenue. >>color>
6pm (+ 6/3-4, 6/16-19): all the world’s a stage, so barefoot shakespeare company brings an updated production of as you like it set in new york city during the great depression to summit rock in central park (near 83rd st. + cpw). free. >>color>
6pm (thursdays thru 9/29): dance, sing and swing at dumbo’s second annual live at the archway series, a weekly cabaret under the manhattan bridge featuring free outdoor musical performances, dj sets, dance classes and more. highlights include m.a.k.u. soundsystem, ava luna, harlem swing dance society and more. tonight: los hacheros, batala nyc and dj miko. free. >>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 (+ 6/3): the new york japan cinefest highlights emerging japanese and japanese american voices in cinema and features films about life-sized dolls, matcha tea, motorcycles, high school troubles and more. thursday’s event is followed by a reception. asia society (ues), $12 general, $10 students/seniors. >>color>
6:30pm (thurs-sun, thru 6/26): actors perform alongside soldiers and sailors (well, monuments of them, anyway) as hudson warehouse presents an outdoor production of shakespeare’s much ado about nothing, in which lovers do what they do best: bicker about nothing. the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument in riverside park at w. 89th st. + riverside drive. pay-what-you-can admission. >>color>
6:30pm (+ 7/7, 8/4): the alvin flythe quartet kicks off a three-evening jazz series in socrates sculpture park (lic), which culminates on louis armstrong’s 115th birthday. free. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show: relax at the loose comedy show hosted by ‘comedic mad scientist’ jo firestone. this month’s installment features janeane garofalo (wet hot american summer, air america radio), gary gulman (last comic standing) and more tba. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), $10 admission includes a drink. >>color>
7pm (thursdays thru 8/25): take a free outdoor yoga class at prospect park’s long meadow. bring your own mat. rsvp required. >>color>
7pm: eat and greet. food-related startups share their stories of failure and lessons learned from growing their businesses. reps from gotham greens, sweet revenge, modern farmer and more are scheduled to speak, with plenty of time for q+a, networking, and complimentary snacks and drinks. force brands (tribeca), $15. >>color>
7pm: morbid anatomy co-founder joanna ebenstein presents her new book on wax figures, anatomical venus, and waxes in conversation with east village obscura antiques + oddities co-owner evan michelson. strand books (union square), purchase of the book or a $15 gift card required for admission. >>color>
7pm: great minds think alike at the tl;dr art and reading series, where artists are paired with writers to create illustrated works on a common theme. tonight’s theme: ‘too long, didn’t read.’ art cafe + bar (prospect heights), free. >>color>
7pm (monthly): andrea shapiro’s ‘saw her stand up there’ all-female comedy show returns to q.e.d. (astoria). starts with an open mic for the first 10 female-identified signups, and ends with sets by erin o’connor (the comedy cellar podcast), chanel ali (keith + the girl) and michelle slonim (comedy central), plus a raffle for a $15 gift card to the astoria buffalo exchange. $6 for audience members, free for open mic performers with a one-item purchase minimum. >>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: yasujirō ozu’s an autumn afternoon (1962). $10. >>color>
7pm: more than 10 musicians pay the leave a lasting mark concert series’s tv theme songs show. the bitter end (greenwich village), $10 suggested donation benefits oxfam america. >>color>
7:15pm: open your heart to six short op-docs (opinion documentaries) about love. ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
7:15pm: nitehawk cinema’s booze + books series presents a 35mm screening of grand hotel (1932), starring greta garbo and john barrymore. copies of the book will be available for purchase. $15. >>color>
7:30pm: blog mommy and foodie stacie bills pares down the cooking experience in her new cookbook, make it easy: 120 mix-and-match recipes to cook from scratch. homemade refreshments and margaritas to follow. greenlight bookstore (fort greene), free. >>color>
7:30pm (monthly): improvisers perform your favorite movies in the style of wes anderson at the pit (flatiron). $5. >>color>
7:30pm (weekly): the lasers in the jungle comedy show features stand-up by ophira eisenberg (ask me another), mark normand (comedy central), sean donnelly (the late show), julio torres (the chris gethard show) and kyle ayers (first comes love). ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8:30pm show (+ 6/3): comedian john early (wet hot american summer: first day of camp, the characters, broad city) wants you to help him pick his headshots in ‘literally me,’ a night of standup, short films and music. the bell house (gowanus), $15 adv, $18 dos. >>color>
8pm (monthly): your guess is as good as any at 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 chris calogero and miss tiffany leigh. sidewalk cafe (east village), free admission, one drink or food item minimum. >>color>
8pm (thursdays thru 6/30): do you know where you’re going to? bamcinématek and fab alliance kick off their ’70s black cinema series with mahogany (1975). putnam triangle plaza (clinton hill), free. >>color>
8pm (thurs-sun, thru 6/26): the gallery players may be almost 50 years old, but they’re keeping things fresh with the 19th annual black box new play festival, premiering 18 plays by new playwrights. $18 general, $16 seniors. >>color>
8pm: local musicians perform prince’s sign o’ the times album in it’s entirety at brooklyn bowl (williamsburg). $15. >>color>
8pm-2am (monthly): the delancey hosts the warper party, with 15 electronic musicians and visuals playing on two floors. free admission. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
6/3: go nuts for doughnut day! six places to score a free (or almost free) one:
– babeland (park slope): free donuts + coffee starting at 12pm (while supplies last). >>color>
– doughnut plant: free carnival sprinkles mini cake doughnut with purchase. >>color>
– dunkin’ donuts: free donut with beverage purchase. >>color>
– entenmann’s: free donut + coffee 7am-1pm @ union square park. >>color>
– krispy kreme: free doughnut of any variety. no purchase necessary. >>color>
– the stag’s head: free house made donut with evil twin brewing imperial ipa purchase. >>color>
6/3 10am-5pm (thru 6/5): the 10th annual figment nyc participatory arts festival takes over governors island with large-scale installations including an interactive treehouse and a mini-golf course, which will remain on the island thru the summer. free. >>color>
6/3 11am-9pm (thru 7/17): the urbanspace outdoor broadway bites food market returns for the season with almost 30 vendors, greatly improving your chances of getting a good meal near herald square. greeley square park (broadway between 32nd + 33rd sts). >>color>
6/3 12-2:30pm: see performances from more than 20 broadway musicals at the annual ‘stars in the alley’ outdoor concert, celebrating the end of the 2015-2016 broadway season. sean hayes and mo rocca host. shubert alley (west of seventh ave, bet. 44th + 45th sts), free. >>color>
6/3 12:30pm doors, 1pm-midnight show (thru 6/5): 30 bands, including cosmonaut, gingerlys, monograms, and sharkmuffin, play the third annual color me bushwick festival, set inside pickthorn salon. free. >>color>
6/3 5-8pm (monthly thru september): extended first friday hours at the noguchi museum returns 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>
6/3 6-9pm: curate the start of your weekend with cultureisland’s art and vintage pop-up, with art by heather garland and clothes by walk the west, plus free weezy’s ice cream and free cocktails. duke’s annex (greenpoint), free. >>color>
6/3 6:30pm: nyc food policy director barbara j. turk talks with bloomberg professor and author kathryn edin about poverty and hunger as told in $2.00 a day: living on almost nothing in america. the brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights), $5. >>color>
6/3 6:45pm, 9:30pm: great scott! back to the future screens at syndicated (bushwick). $3. >>color>
6/3 7pm (monthly): the new york society for ethical culture (uws) hosts a screening and discussion of the ethical issues presented in the film wall street (1987), directed by oliver stone and starring michael douglas and charlie sheen. $5 suggested donation includes snacks and beverages. >>color>
6/3 7:30pm: carly ann filbin hosts a comical dating show that’s fit for the cynical singleton (or questioning couple), let me break you up: an anti-dating game show, where a series of games will test the strength of real couples’ partnerships. the losing couple ‘has’ to break up! pete’s candy store (williamsburg), $5. >>color>
6/3 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: a prince vs. michael jackson throwback throwdown. $18 admission includes skate rental. bag check and locker rental extra. >>color>
6/3 7:30pm, 8pm, 8:30pm: free outdoor movies:
but i’m a cheerleader, mccarren park pool deck (williamsburg/greenpoint). >>color>
captain america, st. mary’s park (bronx). >>color>
labyrinth quote-along, fort greene park (fort greene). >>color>
ray, marcus garvey park (east harlem). >>color>
6/3 8pm doors, 8:30pm music, 9pm film (thru summer): rooftop films continues its 20th outdoor screening season with
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6/3 9:30pm (weekly 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: louis malle’s elevator to the gallows (1958), with an introduction by documentary filmmaker alison klayman (ai weiwei: never sorry). $10. >>color>
6/3 11pm (monthly): djs brian blackout and doctor mister play new indie, electropop and early ‘00s dance jams from annie to lcd soundsystem to yacht – and everything else in between – at the ‘yeah’ dance party. the grand victory (williamsburg), free. >>color>
6/3 11:45pm (monthly): laugh at your prospects (they’re good!) at the ‘we’re all getting laid’ comedy show, where three pairs of single comics do sets and then date each other live onstage. this week’s guests include daniel simonsen, wendi starling, peggy o’leary, melissa stokoski, joe zimmerman and neal stastny. hosted by rob harper and rachel coleman. the creek and the cave (lic), free. >>color>
6/3-12: 100+ world premieres from international voices in cinema are in competition at the 19th annual brooklyn film festival, taking place at five venues across the borough. $13 general, $10 students/seniors. >>color>
6/3-16: film forum’s ‘genre is a woman’ screening series highlights 34 films from female directors of genre movies, including kathryn bigelow, amy heckerling, ida lupino, and many more. in-person appearances at select screenings include katt shea, cindy sherman, penelope spheeris, and more. $14. >>color>
6/3-8/28: the silver screen hits your funny bone this month at nitehawk cinema’s ‘comedians in film’ series, highlighting films featuring american comedians, with both midnight and brunch screenings of films like beverly hills cop, richard pryor: live on the sunset strip, shakes the clown, the jerk, trainwreck and more. $12-16. >>color>
ticket deals
sponsored: $20 tickets to the ★★★★ repertory of a doll’s house and the father. >>color>
get tickets to see gwen stefani at nikon at jones beach theater 7/21 for $35+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $57+). >>color>
rsvp for tickets to illustrated: a vans bmx video premiere and party at the house of vans 6/4. >>color>
get tickets to see saxophonist maceo parker on a cruise leaving from pier 83 on 6/14 for free-$29.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $59). >>color>
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