around town today
various times: free outdoor movies:
annie (2014), thomas jefferson park (east harlem) >>color>
animation block party opening night, brookfield place waterfront plaza (financial district) >>color>
inside out, maria hernandez park (bushwick) >>color>
it happened one night, brooklyn bridge park’s pier 1 harbor view lawn >>color>
seinfeld: three episodes, an elaine dance contest, giveaways and food. hunter’s point south park (lic) >>color>
spanish voices (shorts), kissena park (queens) >>color>
the birds, stuyvesant square (gramercy) >>color>
wild style, tompkins square park (east village/alphabet city) >>color>
11am-8pm: a gallery presenting works by ‘re-emerging’ older artists holds a one-day-only exhibit of 8×8-inch works priced at $100 in an effort to make buying art not just a thing for the super rich. opening reception 6-8pm. carter burden gallery (chelsea), free admission. >>color>
5:30-8pm: take a silkscreen workshop and watch the democratic national convention, which will surely provide plenty of inspirational content to make a political poster. smack mellon gallery (dumbo), free. >>color>
6pm: learn about the history of gin, from medicinal cure-all, to mothers’ ruin, and modern local distilleries. brooklyn brainery (prospect heights), $13. >>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: new music/art-rock band tigue. free. >>color>
6pm-midnight: lic’s paper factory hotel throws its third annual summer party, where attendees can enjoy witness stilt walkers, fire breathers, burlesque dancers, drum troupes, and salsa, ska, and jazz music. free admission. >>color>
6:30pm: take a free trial japanese lesson at japan society’s toyota language center (midtown east). rsvp required. >>color>
6:30pm: learn about and discuss the topics of anti-discrimination laws, trans rights, queer parenting, and more at an illustrated lecture by after marriage equality: the future of lgbt rights author carlos a. ball, distinguished professor of law at rutgers. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6:30pm: chinese performance artist and activist li maizi, arrested in 2015 for planning to distribute anti sexual harassment stickers on public transit, discusses feminist and lgbtq activism in china with queer activist and phd student di wang. moderated by writer barbara demick (nothing to envy: ordinary lives in north korea). asia society (ues), $12 general, $10 student/seniors. >>color>
6:30pm (thurs-sun thru 8/21): hudson warehouse theater company presents an outdoor production of shakespeare’s othello at riverside park’s soldiers’ and sailors’ monument (uws). pay-what-you-can admission. >>color>
6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/25): the museum of modern art’s annual summer thursday concert series continues in the sculpture garden with portland’s moon duo. included with regular museum admission ($25 general, $18 seniors, $14 students). >>color>
6:30-9pm (thru 8/28): from film cameras to facebook livestreaming, civilians have always attempted to document significant historical events. the new multimedia exhibition ‘new documents’ showcases a history of ordinary folks capturing evidence of injustice. opening reception tonight. bronx documentary center, free. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show: jazz musicians gregory porter and marcus strickland + twi-life 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: brooklyn screams for ice cream! historic gastronomist sarah lohman discusses the history and future of some of the borough’s best ice cream makers. bonus: free tastings by van leeuwen and ample hills. brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights), $12. >>color>
7pm: framed by the riot grrrl movement’s use of the body for feminist revolution, assistant professor of cultural studies leah perry gives illustrated lecture, i can sell my body if i wanna: riot grrrl body writing, feminist resistance, and neoliberalism. morbid anatomy museum (gowanus), $8. >>color>
7pm (monthly): storytellers share true, bizarre tales about their lives at leslie goshko’s ‘sideshow goshko.’ tonight’s guests: sandi marx (three-time moth storyslam winner), stephen gevedon (hbo), and thomas pryor (i hate the dallas cowboys). bonus: a free bottle of ‘sideshow sauce’ (wine) will go to the winner of a trivia challenge. kgb bar (east village), free. >>color>
7-10pm (thursdays thru 8/18): the queens museum’s annual outdoor passport thursday international dance, music, and film series returns, focusing on a selection of cultures that bring artistic and cultural vitality to queens. tonight: ecuador, with dance by ñukanchik llakta wawakuna and a screening of el grill de cesar (2013). flushing meadows corona park, free. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): at the drunk science show, three sloshed comedians compete to present the best dissertation to a panel of real scientists. this month’s show includes sam taggart (brooklyn magazine’s 50 funniest people), christi chiello (girl code, the special without brett davis), will miles (comedy at the knitting factory), and astronomer and physics teacher dr. emily rice. hosted by joanna rothkopf (jezebel), shannon odell (neuroscience phd student), and jordan mendoza (once was pre-med). littlefield (gowanus), $5 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
7:30pm (weekly): the lasers in the jungle comedy show features stand-up by michelle buteau (big morning buzz), doug smith (conan), jeffrey joseph (trutv), kat radley (laughs) and alison leiby (someecards). ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
7:30pm (+ 7/29): chicago-based rough house theater brings their production of alfred jarry’s 1896 satire ubu the king, replete with 70 hand-crafted puppets and original music, to williamsburg’s cloud city. $12 suggested donation. >>color>
7:30pm: a series of free seaside summer concerts returns to coney island at the new ford amphitheater. tonight, latin grammy nominated singer and songwriter victor manuelle. tickets will be distributed at the box office starting one hour before the show, although the line will form earlier. >>color>
7:30pm doors: talking heads’ david byrne pitchfork founder ryan schreiber and others discuss technology, humans, curation and the future of music discovery at a live ‘mixcloud creates’ panel. good room (greenpoint), free (rsvp). >>color>
7pm, 9:30pm (thru 7/31): the power is turned off for darkfest, an annual performance festival that utilizes only self-sufficient and alternative energy sources such as glow tape, flashlights, and bike-powered generators. the tank (midtown), $5-12. >>color>
7:30pm: political party: watch the dnc, play politically-inspired bingo and trivia, and hear informed and humorous analysis from guests that include ron christie (former assistant to bush and cheney), lynn sherr (20/20), brooke gladstone (wnyc’s on the media), teri agin (hijacking the runway), and more. the greene space (south village), $15 admission includes a drink. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: kids in the hall’s kevin mcdonald performs an old-school comedy/variety show with guests wallace ‘inconceivable!’ shawn (the princess bride) and brad roberts (crash test dummies) at union hall (park slope). $15 adv, $20 dos >>color>
8pm (monthly): challenge your attention span at the ’like me!’ smartphone interactive comedy show, where comedians vie for your attention using tweets, games, polls and more. hosted by shelby taylor. the creek + the cave (long island city), free. >>color>
8pm: members of all-female sketch group buzz off dress as men in an attempt to understand their strange, laughable, and/or upsetting ways in their new show, balls deep. ucb (chelsea), $5. >>color>
8pm (thurs-sat thru 8/13): shakespeare in the parking lot: no cars allowed at the drilling company’s adaptation of a the merchant of venice, which is performed in the parking lot behind the clemente (les). free. >>color>
8:30pm: jcc manhattan (uws) screens jim henson’s labyrinth (1986) up on their roof. sing-alongs welcome! $12. >>color>
9pm: oh my science’s dan silver hosts a screening of terry gilliam’s 12 monkeys (1995), including a discussion about biowarfare, time travel, and other themes in the film. videology (williamsburg), $10. >>color>
9:30pm: the fifth annual kate bushwick celebrates iconic musical figure kate bush through cabaret, burlesque, performance art, video, and circus performances presented by poison eve, darlinda just darlinda, eric schmalenberger, and severely mame. after, kick inside the sensual world at a kate bush dance party. the house of yes (bushwick), $18 for the performance and party with promo code ‘theskint’ in advance or if you mention the skint at the door (reg. $25), $5 for just the party. >>color>
10pm: seattle-based acoustic neo-folk duo planes on paper play pete’s candy store (williamsburg). free (a tip jar will be passed around). >>color>
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7/29 various times: free outdoor movies:
boyfriends and girlfriends, tompkins square park (les/alphabet city) >>color>
forbidden planet, bellevue south park (kips bay) >>color>
inclusive love stories (shorts), sgt. collins park (woodside) >>color>
kung fu panda 3, hudson river park’s pier 46 (greenwich village) >>color>
love + basketball, brower park (crown heights) >>color>
pffr: legacy ix, terra firma (east williamsburg) >>color>
pixels, transmitter park (greenpoint) >>color>
rear window, narrows botanical gardens (bay ridge) >>color>
rent, mccarren park (williamsburg/greenpoint) >>color>
star trek ii: the wrath of khan, flight deck of the intrepid >>color>
the best of new york nonfiction (shorts), brookfield place waterfront plaza at (financial district) >>color>
7/29 5-11pm: downtown brooklyn’s grove place illuminates with light performance acts, glow-paint artists, and djs. food trucks and beer will be available for purchase. free admission. >>color>
7/29 6pm (7/30 3pm, 7/31 3pm + 4pm): short and suite. the suite summer festival brings hour-long roving site-specific dance performances to socrates sculpture park (lic). free. >>color>
7/29 6-10pm (+ 7/30 12-10pm): the 17th annual tromadance film festival, hosted by troma president and the toxic avenger creator lloyd kaufman, returns with 30+ shorts, animation, four features, and two after-parties. bonus: drink purchases include a raffle ticket for prizes. the paper box (east wburg) free admission. >>color>
7/29 6:30pm: new york city opera gives an hour-long presentation of highlights from georges bizet’s classic opera, carmen. bryant park, free. >>color>
7/29 6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show: angelique kidjo’s celia cruz tribute with the pedrito martinez, yosvany terry quintet 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>
7/29 7pm: at wes anderson bingo, spotting the director’s stylistic signatures in a movie could actually win you prizes. tonight, play to win during the royal tenenbaums. videology (williamsburg), $12. >>color>
7/29 7pm: what’s that shadow on the wall? it’s none other than the first-ever nyc shadow puppet slam, a curated evening of both digital and analog puppetry for an adult audience. flushing town hall, $10. >>color>
7/29 7pm: a new print of smithereens (1982), the first indie film invited to compete at cannes, screens with an in-person q+a by director susan seidelman. the metrograph (les), $15. >>color>
7/29 7pm (fri-sun thru 9/4): see eight classic and contemporary films that were photographed in 70mm during the museum of the moving image’s latest ‘see it big’ screening series. stanley kubrick’s 2001: a space odyssey kicks things off thru sunday, followed by spartacus, the hateful eight, let’s spend the night together, and more rounding out the run. $15 admission may be applied to same-day tickets to the museum’s galleries. >>color>
7/29 7pm: the cradle theatre company presents a production of shakespeare’s as you like it at fort greene park’s prison ship martyrs’ monument (7/29, 7/31) and prospect park’s music pagoda (7/30). free ($5 suggested donation). >>color>
7/29 7pm, 7:30pm (thru 8/13): the 46th annual lincoln center out of doors festival continues with okayafrica, antibalas, and davido at damrosch park (7:30pm), plus eli ‘paperboy’ reed at hearst plaza (7pm). free. >>color>
7/29 7-10pm (+ 7/30 12-5pm + 7-10pm, 7/31 12-5pm): the 38th annual thunderbird american-indian mid-summer pow wow, held in an apple orchard, represents over 40 indian nations with intertribal dance competitions, crafts, food, and more. queens county farm museum, $11. >>color>
7/29 7-10pm (+ 8/5, 8/19): explore the studio museum of harlem’s courtyard and galleries with drinks (available for purchase), djs, and guided tours during the annual uptown fridays series. free with museum admission (suggested $7 general, $3 students/seniors). >>color>
7/29 7-10pm (thru 9/11): go green at the plant show, an art exhibition featuring sculptural objects intended to hold household plants, with real plants provided by the flower shop next door. opening reception friday night. 99¢ plus gallery (bushwick), free. >>color>
7/29 7:30pm: show + tell or look + listen to personal stories at the intimate show + tale event. tonight’s theme is gay life before stonewall. dixon place lounge (les). free. >>color>
7/29 7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): pace yourself for slow dance comedy show, featuring stand up from shane torres (conan), kate hendricks (the view), subhah agarwal (pbs), katie-ellen humphries, farah brook, alex grubard, and ali kolbert. hosted by aaron glaser + brandon scott wolf. 2-for-1 drink specials before 8pm. niagara (east village), free. >>color>
7/29 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: musician and comedian camille harris plays an album release show with musical guests and comedy from john early (wet hot american summer: first day of camp). littlefield (gowanus), $10. >>color>
7/29 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 edition features jordan carlos (the nightly show), julio torres (comedy central ‘comic to watch’), samantha ruddy, and carolyn castiglia (right now! with carolyn castiglia). 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>
7/29 8pm: composer dave malloy (natasha, pierre + the great comet of 1812) brings an outdoor performance of ghost quartet, a song cycle about ‘love, death, and whiskey, spanning seven centuries, with a treehouse astronomer, a murderous sister, and the ghost of thelonious monk’ to maria hernandez park (bushwick). free. >>color>
7/29 8pm doors: wanna dance with somebodycolor>? let’s dancecolor> away the miserable heat dome at the skint’s annual cruel summer 80s dance party, with party like it’s 1999’s dj steve reynolds spinning 80s tunes and sets by awesome 10-piece 80s cover band the engagements. the bell house (gowanus), $5 adv with promo code ‘theskint’ (until 5pm friday), or $8 at the door when you mention ‘take on me.’ $10 otherwise. >>color>
7/29 8:30pm (weekly): enjoy the brew-ha-ha at the bitches brew comedy/variety show, featuring performances by anthony devito (comedy central, this american life), may wilkerson (the scene), matt nedostup (someecards), erica spera (elite daily), sydnee washington (the warm up), ben wasserman (gq), and gabe pacheco. hosted by shelby taylor. the back room at halyards (gowanus), free (a donation jar will be passed around). >>color>
7/29 8:30pm doors, 9pm show (monthly): free pizza, free comedy, music and cheap drinks await at the secret loft show’s comedy show + dance party. tonight: mike recine (comedy central’s ‘the half hour’, conan), josh gondelman (john oliver, conan), langston kerman (oscars writer), christina galston (mtv), lucas connolly (‘south beach’), marisa douenias (louie), and brendan eyre (adam devine’s house party), plus post-show jams from dj clamr. secret loft (bushwick), free admission before 9pm, $5 after. >>color>
7/29 9pm: viral pokemon go pro trainer ivy st. ive hosts a pokemon party at father knows best (bushwick). bonus: free beer + a shot for those dressed in character. free admission. >>color>
7/29 9:30pm (fridays thru 8/26): the rubin museum of art’s (chelsea) latest cabaret cinema series is curated by artist and former member of throbbing gristle genesis breyer p-orridge in conjunction with the exhibit try to altar everything. the series continues tonight with roger vadim’s barbarella (1968), starring jane fonda, with an introduction by the curator. $10. >>color>
7/29 9:30pm: tv hangover hosts a bunheads party with episode screenings, drinking games, and trivia in honor of the short-lived series. videology (williamsburg), $5. >>color>
7/29 midnight-ish movies:
annie hall @ landmark sunshine (lower east side). $12. >>color>
salò, or the 120 days of sodom (fri, $5) and @ friday the 13th part iii – in 3d (sat, $10) videology (williamsburg). >>color>
shakes the clown @ nitehawk (williamsburg). $12. >>color>
this is spinal tap @ nitehawk (williamsburg). $12. >>color>
alien @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
the big lebowski @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
the fifth element @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
the shining @ ifc center (west village). $14. >>color>
7/29-31: get animated at the 13th annual animation block party festival, showcasing toons of all types, including two decades of pink panther clips, cartoon ads from 1929 on, transformers: the movie, international films, award winners, experimental shorts, and more. bam (fort greene), $14. >>color>
7/29-8/4: it’s alive, jaws, poltergeist, sixteen candles… the 10-film this is pg? series screens examples of movies that pushed the limits of the pre-pg-13 era with violence and sexual content. the metrograph (les), $12-15. >>color>
7/29-31: go on a journey to queens for the 12th annual rural route film festival, which presents stories of unique people and places outside nyc. this year’s focus is on stories of brave youth and their animal friends, and includes an opening night event at the brooklyn grange rooftop farm ($18). museum of the moving image (astoria), $12 admission may be applied towards museum tickets. >>color>
ticket deals
rsvp for free passes to a preview screening of florence foster jenkins, starring meryl streep and hugh grant, at amc loews 19th street 8/2 at 7pm. limited number of passes available. first-come, first-served admission. >>color>
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