around town today
3:30-7pm: protect your noggin with a free bike helmet, courtesy of the department of transportation. today’s giveaway takes place at east harlem’s thomas jefferson park, with plenty more still to come this season. >>color>
6pm: take a world tour of mysterious beast monsters from bigfoot, the loch ness monster and beyond with brooklyn brainery’s jonathan soma. threes brewing (gowanus), $12 admission includes a small beer. >>color>
6pm (monthly): the new york story exchange storytelling event continues with john asante (wnyc’s the takeaway and there goes the neighborhood), julie threlkeld (modern stories mix), colin wilhm (surprise stories), leighann lord (startalk radio, dict jokes), and tales from audience members. hosted by michele carlo (fish out of agua). cornelia street cafe (west village), $9 admission includes a drink. >>color>
6pm, 7:30pm: two more orlando vigils are being held tonight:
6pm: poets 4 orlando imagine central park (strawberry fields memorial) >>color>
7:30pm: unity vigil hosted by public advocate for the city of new york letitia james (brooklyn’s grand army plaza) >>color>
6-9pm: 23 blocks of upper fifth avenue close to traffic and open to walkers for the 38th annual museum mile festival, where seven museums will offer free admission and live music at their doors. participating museums include the metropolitan museum of art, the guggenheim, cooper hewitt, neue galerie, the jewish museum, el museo del barrio, and museum of the city of new york. rain or shine. >>color>
6:30pm dance lesson, 7:15pm live music (tuesdays thru 7/5): aspiring and seasoned swingers, hudson river park’s sunset swing returns with live music from baby soda jazz band. pier 45 (greenwich village), free. >>color>
7pm (monthly): historian jim downs talks about the forgotten history of gay liberation in the early ’70s after stonewall in his book, stand by me, at this month’s edition of the lgbt center’s second tuesday series. $10. >>color>
7pm: anime expert jr pepper gives an illustrated lecture on body horror in japanese animation, from bio-morphic transformations, countless limbs, undulating tentacles, and more. morbid anatomy museum, $8. >>color>
7pm (monthly): watch vegucated, part of the good food documentaries series at the park slope food coop. free. >>color>
7pm: chairlift and miles b.a. robinson play a free summerstage concert at red hook’s coffey park. >>color>
7pm doors, 7:30pm show (monthly): the society for the advancement of social studies (s.a.s.s.) explores the history of summer fun with informal lectures on bathing suits, long island amusement parks, and bizarre moments in horse racing. the bedford (williamsburg), free. >>color>
7:30pm (monthly): hosts evan forde barden and patrick cartelli interview a guest about an important song from their life at repeater: a little show about big songs. tonight: comedian bowen yang (broad city) and musical guest keith rubin. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
7:30pm (thru 6/19): long island city’s jessica lang dance brings a new york premiere and a shakespeare-inspired piece to the joyce theater (chelsea). $10+. >>color>
7:30pm (+ 6/28, 7/12, 7/19, 8/2): the 111th annual naumburg orchestral concert series brings free music to central park’s 1,000-seat naumburg bandshell. tonight: ensemble lpr performs a program of music by ralph vaughan williams, aaron copland, julia wolfe, and charles ives. can’t make it? the event will be livestreamed on wqxr.org. >>color>
8pm: a world blood donor day event at the high line with film screenings, art projections, and music by the carry nation brings awareness to the fda’s discriminatory policy against gay and bisexual men donating blood. free. >>color>
8pm (monthly): hear pieces from writers rob spillman (all tomorrow’s parties), joe okonkwo (jazz moon), and charlie vázquez (trapped in el morro) at the lic reading series. lic bar, free. >>color>
8pm: uptown showdown: two teams of comedians, writers and performers square off against each other about manhattan vs. brooklyn, and the audience picks the winner. tonight’s guests: sasheer zamata (snl), seth lind (this american life), kenny deforest (friends of the people), sue smith (time out‘s ‘top 10 funniest women in nyc’), kevin townley (the talent show co-host) and chase mitchell (fallon). hosted by matthew love. symphony space (uws), $15. >>color>
8pm (monthly): hear straight dude jokes from ladies and gay men in straight dude drag at the dudes being dudes being dudes comedy show, hosted by scott talentt (aka lauren maul), calvin cato, and katie compa. this month’s guests: jefferson bites, deanna williams, jourdain searles, sharon spell, melissa stokoski and drew anderson. over the eight (williamsburg), free. >>color>
8pm (weekly): there’ll be free pizza and chances to win drinks at the amazingtown comedy show. tonight’s guests: erik bergstrom, justy dodge, mike finoia, and anish shah. hosted by tim duffy (comedy central), lukas kaiser (chappelle’s show, spike tv), sue smith (time out‘s ‘top 10 funniest women in nyc’) and john szeluga (impractical jokers). bunga’s den (chelsea), free. >>color>
8pm (weekly): new york distilling company’s distilling room (williamsburg) hosts booze and laughs for the dan + joe + charles show, which includes stand-up from emma willmann (the check spot), mary houlihan (kimmel) and andrew casertano. free admission. >>color>
8pm (tuesdays thru 6/28): the 58th annual washington square music festival continues the season with a concert featuring selections from mozart and handel. washington square park’s garibaldi plaza (greenwich village), free. >>color>
8pm: rsvp for a free house of vans party featuring bands curated by hinds: shannon + the clams, bleached, and brainfreeze. >>color>
8pm, 8:30pm: free outdoor movies:
big trouble in little china and escape from new york, our wicked lady’s rooftop (east williamsburg) >>color>
breakfast at tiffany’s, carroll park (carroll gardens) >>color>
9pm: whose line is it anyway? meets ted as stand-up comedians improvise ted talks on topics they’ve never heard of before. hosted by ryan stanisz. q.e.d. (astoria), $5 adv, $7 dos. >>color>
9:30pm (monthly): comedians give talks on subjects they’ve researched at the homeschooled comedic lecture series. tonight’s guests include dave hill (tasteful nudes, comedy central), nat towsen (downtown variety hour, vice), ryan karels and katie sicking. hosted by jim tews. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
9:30pm: at your love, our musical, rebecca vigil and evan kaufman interview a couple in the audience and created a completely improvised musical based on their story. the pit (flatiron), $10. >>color>
thru 7/16: the society of illustrators (ues) presents the second part of a three-part annual comic and cartoon art exhibit, including special format, comic strip, and long form pieces. $10 general, $5 students/seniors, free tuesdays 5-8pm. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
6/15 5pm: learn how broadway shows are built with help from new york city center’s encores! series artistic director jack viertel, who’ll discuss and sign copies of his new book, the secret life of the american musical. the drama book shop (theater district). free admission, priority seating with purchase of the book. >>color>
6/15 5:30pm: members of the league of professional theatre women and their supporters march through the theatre district for the fourth annual women stage the world broadway equality parade. meets at the circle in the square breezeway (bet. 50th + 51st sts and broadway + 8th ave). >>color>
6/15 5:30pm (wednesdays thru 6/29): the second ‘wednesdays at willoughby’ live music installment includes symphonic rock by emanuel and the fear and soul from caleb hawley. willoughby plaza (downtown brooklyn), free. >>color>
6/15 6pm: travel to the other side of the world with short video and photo presentations on asia, including a profile on a 150-year-old sake brewery, griffon vultures and tibetan sky burials, and marriage rituals of ‘sea gypsies.’ co-hosted by asia society and jungles in paris. we work (dumbo), free, rsvp required. >>color>
6/15 6-8:30pm (wednesdays thru 6/22): bryant park’s spring outdoor dance party series continues the season with brazilian forró music by fiddler eliano braz. dance lesson 6-7pm, band 7-8:30pm. fountain terrace, free. >>color>
6/15 6:30pm: founder and ceo of mindbodygreen jason wachob shares ideas on redefining success in his new book, wellth: how i learned to build a life, not a résumé. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6/15 6:30pm: the surviving artist in a changing new york: award-winning writers dael orlandersmith, jose rivera, and saïd sayrafiezadeh discuss the effects of nyc’s changing culture, finances, and politics on its writers. new yorker fiction editor cressida leyshon moderates. brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights), $5. >>color>
6/15 6:30pm: writers challenge publishers at ‘the other nba,’ a fundraiser for bookup, the national book foundation’s reading program for underserved youth. scheduled: téa obreht, charles bock, mitchell s. jackson, and many more. bonus: free frozen custards and fries from shake shack, plus donation-based beer and wine. st. francis college gym (brooklyn heights), $15 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $20). >>color>
6/15 6:30pm (+ 6/16): 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>
6/15 7pm: stanford university assistant professor of history allyson hobbs explores the lives of african americans who passed as white in the late-eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries in her new book, a chosen exile: a history of racial passing in american life. powerhouse arena (dumbo), free. >>color>
6/15 7pm: good or bad? authors oliver burkeman (the antidote: happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking) and historian mitch horowitz (one simple idea: how positive thinking reshaped modern life) go toe-to-toe and debate the merits of positive thinking and personal fulfillment. morbid anatomy museum (gowanus), $10. >>color>
6/15 7pm: hip hop producer just blaze plays a free summerstage concert at red hook’s coffey park. >>color>
6/15 7-10pm: get your stuff fixed with help from fixers collective. hack manhattan (chelsea), $5 suggested donation per item. >>color>
6/15 7:30pm: als research and therapy is examined at an advanced screening of hbo’s die trying. vice editor angelina fanous, who has als herself, will conduct a q+a session with members of the als therapy development institute following the screening. david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center (uws). free. >>color>
6/15 7:30pm: who’s got daddy issues? kambri crews (burn down the ground) hosts a night of storytelling about dads at a father’s day edition of the role models show, with stories shared by robin gelfenbien (yum’s the word), will neville, andrea katsanakos, and david lawson. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
6/15 7:30pm: ‘tempted’ and ‘pulling mussels (from the shell)’ are just a couple of the classic ’80s songs that will be performed at a tribute to squeeze’s argybargy and east side story. hi-fi (east village/alphabet city), free (donations welcome). >>color>
6/15 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: say his name three times and drink! a drinking game nyc presents a live staged reading of beetlejuice with cues for audience booze-sipping. littlefield (gowanus), $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
6/15 8pm (+6/16-17, 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 rossini, mozart, and strauss on the great lawn in central park. >>color>
6/15 8pm, 8:30pm: free outdoor movies:
ali, commodore barry park (brooklyn navy yard) >>color>
friday night lights, hamilton fish recreation center (les) >>color>
short films about families, metrotech commons (downtown brooklyn) >>color>
6/15 8:30pm doors, 9pm show (monthly): comedians and storytellers recount tales of losing their virginity at the ‘my first time’ show. scheduled to perform at tonight’s v-card movie edition: comedians corinne fisher (guys we f*cked), billy procida (the manwhore), brian scott doyle, ronny pascale and alex engelbert, plus sex educator maria momo llerrquinna. co-hosted by angela cobb and filmmaker dillon birdsall. q.e.d. (astoria), $10. >>color>
6/15-26: the annual bamcinemafest showcases a wide range of new independent films, plus revival screenings and special guests including todd solonz, ellen burstyn, ti west, ally sheedy, and lena dunham. various prices. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to see florence + the machine at barclays center 6/15 (tomorrow!) for $30 (plus ticket fees, reg. $50). >>color>
get free tickets to the harlem gospel choir sings adele at b.b. king blues club 7/18 (plus ticket fees, reg. $25). >>color>
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>
rsvp for a free house of vans party 6/29 featuring music by neon indian, factory floor, and kim ann foxman. >>color>
register to take free dance, fitness and wellness classescolor> at 30 studios during dance week (6/16-25). >>color>
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