around town today
10am-9pm: more than 1,200 free concerts take over streets, sidewalks and parks across the boroughs for the the tenth annual make music new york festival. special events include: glass on water (philip glass performs his concerto on a piano on the pier), inside the bird chorus (a dialogue between musicians and birds), mass appeal (hundreds of musicians perform music written for a specific instrument), shimmer (a work for cymbals by brian chase of the yeah yeah yeahs), and much more. >>color>
1:30-3pm (tuesdays thru 8/30): learn to knit for good while making ‘found but not lost’ scarves for those who’ll need them in the winter. supplies provided. bryant park, free. >>color>
2-5pm: protect your noggin with a free bike helmet, courtesy of the department of transportation. today’s giveaway takes place at dag hammarskjöld plaza (midtown east), with more opportunities still to come this season. >>color>
2-6pm: save $1.49 and grab a free doritos locos taco at participating taco bell locations. >>color>
4-8pm: visit 15 lower manhattan museums for free — including the national september 11 memorial museum, the skyscraper museum, and the museum of jewish heritage — during the annual night at the museums. note: some require reservations. >>color>
5pm-dusk: socrates sculpture park’s annual summer solstice celebration includes live music by brown rice family and batala nyc, free kayaking + canoeing, capoeira demos, family-friendly workshops, brazilian bbq, a solstice ritual, and more. free. >>color>
5-10pm: charlelie couture, yael naim, general elektriks, and la femme play a fête de la musique at central park’s summerstage. 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. the three-week season opens tonight with the catherine russell septet and dj dawn hampton. 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: gay immigration activist jose antonio vargas speaks with center for cuny lgbtq studies executive director kevin nadal as part of pride month. cuny graduate center (midtown east), free (rsvp required). >>color>
6:30pm: science writer nathalia holt shares the story of elite young women at nasa’s jet propulsion laboratory in an illustrated lecture on her book rise of the rocket girls. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6:30pm: learn about the cultural history of clothing and why no human is ever truly ‘naked’ at brooklyn brainery (prospect heights). $10. >>color>
6:30pm: patrick cox and nina porzucki host a live taping of their podcast the world in words, with a focus on endangered languages from ainu to zaza. nypl stephen a. schwarzman building, free. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show: documentary filmmaker ken burns (the civil war, baseball, jazz) discusses three films that have influenced his work at sva theatre (chelsea). $20. >>color>
7pm: join a friendly mario kart competition with prizes provided by melville house at a video game party for simon parkin’s new book, death by video game, which explores our obsession with virtual worlds. the diamond (greenpoint), free. >>color>
6:30pm doors: deepak chopra leads a summer solstice conversation on being, health, and relationships at abc carpet + home (flatiron). $20. >>color>
7pm (monthly): at the prose bowl, emerging fiction stylists (you could be one of them!) go at it in ‘brooklyn’s only semi-competitive, flash fiction, open mic, reading series…that we know of.’ pete’s candy store (williamsburg), $5 suggested donation. >>color>
7pm: public enemy brings the noise to a free summerstage concert at betsy head park (brownsville). >>color>
7:30pm: watch a preview screening of breaking a monster, a documentary following the breakout success of unlocking the truth, a brooklyn metal band made up of african american seventh graders. a live performance by the band follows. museum of the moving image (astoria), $15. >>color>
7:30pm (thru 6/26): rioult dance ny performs two programs including world and nyc premieres at the joyce theater (chelsea). $10+. >>color>
7:30pm: mewithoutyou, big eyes, and half waif play a red bull sounds select showcase at saint vitus (greenpoint). $3 with rsvp, $10 without. >>color>
7:30pm, 9pm (monthly): test your knowledge of rock musicals with the loud mouthed ladies of trivia at otto’s shrunken head (alphabet city). free. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): the story collider magazine/podcast celebrates its sixth anniversary with five stories about science from a biologist, a tinkerer, an ex-nun genderqueer author, a health educator, and story collider’s particle physicist founder. hosted by erin barker and ben lillie (moth storyslam champions). union hall (park slope), $10. >>color>
8pm (monthly): the tale storytelling show at three of cups lounge (east village) features ted rall (syndicated cartoonist), lee papa (the rude pundit), vanessa valero, amaru dixon, and tim eberle. hosted by harmon leon (this american life, vice). $5. >>color>
8pm (monthly): real-life couples + friends do stand-up sets together at the ‘in stereo: two comics, one stage’ show. tonight: keisha zollar + andrew kimler, damian bellino + anne rodeman, jeff hiller + neil goldberg, and dan wilbur + robert dean. hosted by naomi ekperigin (broad city writer, comedy central ‘comics to watch’) and andy beckerman (the pete holmes show, beginnings). hifi bar (alphabet city), free >>color>
8pm (monthly): saurin choksi (white guy talk show) hosts the brown privilege comedy show, with performances by liza treyger (horace + pete), molly austin (trutv), michael joyce (the fancy show), nore davis, and sameer naseem. friends and lovers (crown heights), free. >>color>
8pm: comedy show in a pizza shop: williamsburg’s two boots is the delicious setting for the guestroom comedy show, hosted by lucas connolly (comedy central) and david piccolomini (npr). tonight’s guests: frank conniff (mst3k), myq kaplan (comedy central), josh johnson (fallon), and peggy o’leary (hard, lonely, + vicious). bonus: free draft beer 8-8:30pm. free admission. >>color>
8pm: free outdoor movies: rushmore and the royal tenenbaums, our wicked lady’s rooftop (east williamsburg). >>color>
8pm (tuesdays thru 6/28): the 58th annual washington square music festival continues the season with the festival chamber ensemble performing music by hans eisler and david taylor. washington square park’s garibaldi plaza (greenwich village), free. >>color>
8pm (thru 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 mozart, rossini, and strauss at van cortland park in the bronx. >>color>
9:30pm: brave comedians share embarrassing footage of their earliest performances (and then do their current material) at the ’first set’ comedy show, hosted by giulia rozzi (chelsea lately, comedy central). tonight’s guests: mike lawrence, aparna nancherla, and jon fisch. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
thru 6/26: it’s lgbtq pride week in nyc, so there’ll be no shortage of goings-on, including the pride rally at hudson river park (friday), the annual pride march and festival (sunday), family-oriented events, and plenty of dance parties. various prices, many free. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
6/22 11am-2pm: enjoy free ice cream at the breyers 150th birthday bash in madison square park. >>color>
6/22 4-10pm (thru 6/26): step right up for games, rides and food at the annual astoria park carnivalcolor>. >>color>
6/22 5-10pm (ends today): bryant park’s spring outdoor dance party series wraps the season with a latin festival with mambo, salsa, and cha cha. dance lessons for each style precede each band. fountain terrace, free. >>color>
6/22 6pm: the new york transit museum’s after-hours platform series provides a literal and figurative platform for nine performance artists to take over the space with plays, installations, live painting, and more. $10 with promo code ‘skint10’ includes a beer (reg. $15). >>color>
6/22 6-8pm: the sva chelsea gallery hosts an opening reception for the mfa photography, video and related media class of 2016 thesis exhibition. free. >>color>
6/22 6:30pm (wednesdays thru 8/10): sweat it out at flatiron public plaza’s free wellness wednesdays exercise classes. tonight: yoga shanti. >>color>
6/22 6:30pm: nyu professor karen karbiener gives an hour-long tour/talk on the impact that the brooklyn waterfront had on the work of walt whitman. brooklyn bridge park’s pier 1 entrance, $10. >>color>
6/22 6:30pm: six former members of the repohistory artist collective discuss queer spaces, a public art project marking lgbt historical sites in the village and beyond. the new school (union square), free (rsvp required). >>color>
6/22 6:30pm (+ 6/29): learn to make beer at home in the kitchen skillshare series at flux factory (long island city). free (donations accepted via a passing of the hat). >>color>
6/22 7pm: the danish girl author david ebershoff and novelist joe okonkwo talk about jazz moon, okonkwo’s debut novel, and gay sexual identity in the 1920s. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), free. >>color>
6/22 7pm: writer, editor, and performer lindy west (the guardian, i believe you | it’s not your fault) discusses her collection of personal essays, shrill: notes from a loud woman, with friend and comedian hari kondabolu at strand books (union square). purchase of the book ($26) or a $15 gift card required for admission. >>color>
6/22 7pm (thru 6/26): webroadway’s first women’s work festival showcases five full-length plays and musicals by women writers, including an all-female adaptation of shakespeare’s measure for measure. the playroom theater (theater district), $15. >>color>
6/22 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: explore agriculture’s influence on climate change at a screening of unbroken ground, followed by q+a, food and beer. patagonia soho, free. >>color>
6/22 7:30pm: lloyd handwerker, grandson of nathan’s famous hot dogs founder nathan handwerker, presents his new book on the history of his family’s business, famous nathan: a family saga of coney island, the american dream, and the search for the perfect hot dog. a reception with coney island lager follows. greenlight bookstore (fort greene), free. >>color>
6/22 7:30pm: got a gem of a story to share? molly cameron and sharon spell co-host gems, a new storytelling show and mic, with kambri crews (burn down the ground), paul oddo (lost in thought), and the chance to tell your own. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
6/22 7:30pm: nyc10: 10 emerging dance companies showcase their work for up to 10 minutes each and receive feedback and reviews. dixon place (les), $15 adv, $18 door. >>color>
6/22 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: it’s what’s on the inside that counts, especially at the fifth annual inner beauty pageant, where twelve of ‘nyc’s most warm-hearted oddballs’ display their questionable talents and homemade swimsuits for the audience to vote on. created and hosted by jo firestone. littlefield (gowanus), $5 adv, $7 dos (all proceeds will go to oneorlando). >>color>
6/22 8pm (monthly): adam wade, jeff hiller, julia wiedeman, and josh sharp share stories about ‘scars’ at this month’s edition of the nights of our lives storytelling show. hosted by david martin. ucb (chelsea), $5. >>color>
6/22 8pm (thru 6/26): the 16th annual bicycle film festival rolls into town with a ‘bikes rock’ screening of the impossible hour featuring a live score by blonde redhead’s amedeo and simone pace with jeanann dara and chamber ensemble (weds, free with requested rsvp), an art exhibition opening reception (thurs), and three programs of bike movies (fri-sun). various locations and prices. >>color>
6/22 8pm: musician olga bell presents an encore performance of ‘krai’, her 40-minute composition featuring five vocalists singing russian and supported by an electro-acoustic chamber ensemble of cello, electric guitar, bass, pitched drums, mallet percussion and electronics. 28 liberty (financial district), free. >>color>
6/22 8pm (+ 6/24, 7/7, 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’s opening takes place at central park’s summerstage. >>color>
6/22 8:30pm (monthly): awful vjs bill grandberg, cory cavin, and josh lay of comedy group awful dj set out to definitively rank every music video ever created, six at time. don pedro (east williamsburg), free. >>color>
6/22 8:30pm: free outdoor movie: chicago, corlears hook park (les) >>color>
6/22 9pm (bi-monthly): copycat cover song night celebrates its eighth annual tribute to devo with live bands, dj xerox and guest djs, and $5 pink pussycat cocktails all night. bonus: the first 25 folks get free jumpsuits. otto’s shrunken head (alphabet city), free. >>color>
6/22-7/9: the 15th annual new york asian film festival features 51 films from hong kong, japan, korea, taiwan, and southeast asia at the walter reade theater and sva theatre. $14 general, $11 students/seniors. >>color>
ticket deals
take a sunset cruise (drink included) aboard a 1920s-style yacht thru 8/29 for $34.80+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $58+). >>color>
go on a two-hour twilight cruise aboard the city’s largest sailing vessel, clipper city, thru 8/31 for $22.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $45+). >>color>
take a 90-minute architecture cruise of lower manhattan guided by narration from members of the american institute of architects thru 7/31. $28 (plus ticket fees, reg. $48) includes a glass of wine, champagne, or beer. >>color>
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