around town today
various times: free outdoor movies:
singin’ in the rain, brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn >>color>
star trek (2009), the intrepid museum (midtown west) >>color>
the lego movie, asser levy recreation center (stuyvesant town) >>color>
the rocky horror picture show, tomkins square park (east village) >>color>
4-6pm: oh snap! get yourself a free hot dog from the snap dog cart at washington square south + thompson street. >>color>
6-8pm (thru 7/23): 40 winners of the 21st annual juried national photography competition have their work displayed at soho photo gallery. opening reception tonight. free. >>color>
6pm doors, 6:30pm dance lesson, 7:30pm show (+ thru 7/9): dance under the stars at lincoln center’s annual midsummer night swing outdoor dance party. tonight: astoria tango orchestra with daniel binelli and dj amy wilson. tomorrow: tatiana eva-marie + the avalon jazz band and dj cara wolinsky. food from hill country barbecue and beer + wine are available for purchase. $17 admission gets you on the main dance floor and the closest view of the band, but you can still watch/dance from outside for free. >>color>
6:30pm: yes, there were other gentrifiers before you. citylimits.org publisher jarrett murphy moderates a panel discussion on early gentrifiers of brownstone brooklyn at brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights). $5. >>color>
6:30pm (+ 8/4): aqua ninjaz tribute ensemble, led by bassist kim clarke, perform at tonight’s jazz series in socrates sculpture park (lic), which culminates on louis armstrong’s 115th birthday on 8/4. free. >>color>
6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/25): the museum of modern art’s annual summer thursday music series kicks off in the sculpture garden with brooklyn raga massive performing terry riley’s seminal work, in c. included with regular museum admission ($25 general, $18 seniors, $14 students). >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show: relax at the loose comedy show hosted by ‘comedic mad scientist’ jo firestone. this month’s installment features michelle wolf, gabe liedman, joel kim booster, marina franklin, and more. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), $10 admission includes a drink. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show: red baraat’s brooklyn mela at prospect park’s bric celebrate brooklyn! festival includes karsh kale soundsystem, dj rekha, anja dance, heems, bhi, falu, and shilpa ray. rain or shine, but check their website/facebook/twitter for hazardous weather cancellation notices. prospect park bandshell, free ($5 suggested donation). >>color>
7pm: get your mind back in the gutter for a cards against humanity meetup at strand bookstore (union square), with booze from coney island brewing company and salty snacks from sigmund’s pretzels. purchase of a $15 strand gift card required for admission. >>color>
7pm: trekkers and trekkies will both find things to enjoy at the release event for ed gross’s the fifty-year mission: the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history of star trek: the first 25 years. not to worry, star wars fans… luke skywalker can’t read author ryan britt joins. villain (williamsburg), $5 admission can be applied towards purchase of the book ($29.99). >>color>
7pm: science-fiction novelist and collector of flying saucer memorabilia jack womack discusses his book, flying saucers are real during an evening of extraterrestrial show and tell with kgb radio hour host mark jacobson at morbid anatomy museum (gowanus). $8. >>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 jasmine pierce, ashley gavin, and liz barrett, 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: director john g. avildsen (rocky i + v) does q+a following a screening of his 1984 the karate kid, starring ralph macchio and noriyuki ‘pat’ morita. nitehawk cinema (williamsburg), $16. >>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: francois truffaut’s day for night (1973). $10. >>color>
7pm (+ 7/9, 7/11, 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: staten island’s clove lakes park. >>color>
7pm doors, 7:30pm show: electronic musician george clanton performs at bric tv’s b-side series. free. >>color>
7:30pm (monthly): improvisers perform your favorite movies in the style of wes anderson at the pit (flatiron). $5. >>color>
7:30pm (+ 7/8): the diverse filmmakers alliance presents two programs at union docs (williamsburg), with 14 short films on the forgotten atlantic avenue tunnel, islamophobia, pre-partum depression, queer life, and more. $9. >>color>
sponsored 7:30pm (thru 7/9): get tickets to see landmark off-broadway musical runaways at new york city center for $30 (reg. $50-115). >>color>
7:30pm: the dig and marvelous toy play union pool (williamsburg). bonus: free topo chico and way better snacks. free (rsvp). >>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 tiffany leigh and rachel schenk. sidewalk cafe (east village), free admission, one drink or food item minimum. >>color>
8pm (monthly): the pacific stand-up comedy show returns with performances by janeane garofalo (wet hot american summer, air america radio), ilana glazer (broad city), pat brown (comics unleashed, and brendan mclaughlin (best week ever). hosted by matt koff (daily show writer). note: this is an intimate space, so arrive early to secure a spot. pacific standard (park slope/gowanus), free (one drink or food item minimum). >>color>
8pm (thurs-sat thru 7/24): shakespeare in the parking lot: no cars allowed at the drilling company’s adaptation of a midsummer night’s dream, which is performed in the parking lot behind the clemente (les). free. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm music, 9pm film (thru summer): rooftop films continues its 20th outdoor screening season with a program of dark cartoons, plus live music by katie von schleicher and an after party with free beer. industry city (sunset park), $15. >>color>
8:30pm doors, 9pm show (monthly): country music comedy duo reformed whores host a night of comedy and variety with their new monthly show, up n’ coming, at the cobra club (bushwick). tonight’s guests include nick turner (comedy central’s the half hour), erik bergstrom (comedy central’s the half hour), anna drezen (how may we hate you?, reductress), and julia johns (girl code). free. >>color>
8pm doors, 9pm show: zella day plays a free show at rough trade., free (rsvp for tickets). >>color>
9:30pm: night of the singing nerds: redshirts (star trek: the next generation-themed musical improv troupe) and choirfly (nerd-themed a cappella group) put geekiness to music at the pit loft (chelsea). $5. >>color>
9:30pm doors: everest cale plays an ep release show at mercury lounge (les) with frances cone. $10. >>color>
11pm: looking for the after party for red baraat’s brooklyn mela? dj rekha’s basement bhangra dance party at the bell house (gowanus) has you covered. $7. >>color>
thru 7/17 (thurs-sun): the proud af solo show festival includes performances and discussions about gender, sexuality and equality at the tank (theater district). thursday’s opening night includes an orlando open forum and the premiere of bobby hankinson’s out in context: a pop culture odyssey. $10/show, $18/festival pass. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
7/8 various times: free outdoor movies:
annie (2014), alfred e. smith recreation center (two bridges) >>color>
april and the extraordinary world, riverside park pier i (uws) >>color>
grease, narrows botanical gardens (bat ridge) >>color>
kung fu panda 3, transmitter point (greenpoint) >>color>
love jones, saratoga park (bedford stuyvesant) >>color>
minions, pier 46 (greenwich village) >>color>
the best of the bushwick film festival, terra firma (east williamsburg) >>color>
7/8 5-10pm: escape the heat at an ice cream social with a twist… beer floats! head to big alice brewing (lic) for intriguing ice cream flavors from oddfellows, speciality brews, and screenings of the sandlot and heavyweights. free admission, pay-as-you-go. >>color>
7/8 5:15pm, 7:35pm, 8:05pm (+ 7/9): pioneering tv writer and producer norman lear (all in the family, sanford and son, the jeffersons) and filmmakers heidi ewing and rachel grady (jesus camp, detropia) do q+a following their new documentary, norman lear: just another version of you. lincoln center’s francesca beale theatercolor> (uws) and ifc centercolor> (west village), $14 general, $10-11 seniors.
7/8 6pm (ends today): bryant park presents an outdoor modern dance series where several dance companies perform each evening. tonight’s finale: black boys dance too, adam barruch/anatomiae occultii, cherylyn lavagnino dance, and seán curran company. free. >>color>
7/8 6pm doors, 7pm show: josh ritter, martha redbone, and birds of chicago 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>
7/8 7-9pm (thru 7/23): ‘peace among savages a.k.a. the gun show,’ an exhibition showcasing work by 30 local artists about gun violence and guns as potential tools for both peace and chaos, opens at amos eno gallery (bushwick) tonight. free. >>color>
7/8 7-10pm (thru 8/2): get your daily dose of fiber with the opening of ‘werifesteria,’ a woodland folklore-themed art exhibit featuring pieces by five artists who work in the medium of fiber arts. opening reception tonight. myplasticheart (les), free. >>color>
7/8 7-10:30pm (+ 7/9 11am-5pm): playtime for adults. get your play on outside with physical video games, larger-than-life versions of your favorite playground games, and time travel adventures at the return of the annual come out + play festival. dumbo (fri) and governor’s island (sat), free. >>color>
7/8 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: confused by men? no problem. hosts mitra jouhari, catherine cohen, and patti harrison have invited their friends to explain dude stuff to them at the it’s a guy thing comedy show: kate berlant (comedy central’s comics to watch), joe pera (seth meyers), hallie cantor (inside amy schumer writer), dan licata (the chris gethard show), peter smith, and max wittert. union hall (park slope), $6 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
7/8 8pm: sisu, azar swan, and blonde redhead’s simone pace (dj set) play union pool (williamsburg). $10. >>color>
7/8 8pm doors, 8:30pm show: class actress, psychic twin, and adrian daniel play baby’s all right (williamsburg). $15. >>color>
7/8 8:30pm (tues-sun thru 8/31): the classical theatre of harlem presents free summerstage performances of macbeth at marcus garvey park’s richard rogers amphitheater. >>color>
7/8 9:30pm (monthly): the relationsh*t show provides comfort from a panel of comics and actual therapists that’s way more fun—and cheap—than a session on the couch. this month’s guests include alexis lambright, sharon spell, merrill davis, nelson lugo, marc gerber and wilson mcdermut. hosted by morgan pielli and guest host lauren hope krass. q.e.d. (astoria), $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
7/8 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 begins tonight with jean cocteau’s orpheus (orphée) (1950), with an introduction by poet and writer max blagg. $10. >>color>
7/8 10pm: heineken?! f*ck that sh*t! pabst blue ribbon!color> get a can of the dennis hopper’s beer of choice with your ticket at videology’s screening of david lynch’s blue velvet (1986). $12. >>color>
7/8 midnight (monthly): jeff simmermon (this american life, moth grandslam winner) hosts the ‘and i am not lying’ variety show, with standup by seaton smith (seth meyers) and saurin choksi (fuse tv), storytelling by tracey segarra (moth winner), and burlesque by fem appeal + stockholm filly. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
ticket deals
sponsored: dance party on a luxury yacht! $5 tickets for skint readers to new york water taxi’s saturday night dance cruise (reg. $15). >>color>
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