around town today
various times: free outdoor movies:
back to the future, lawrence virgilio playground (woodside) >>color>
basquiat, riverside park pier i, (uws) >>color>
beijing bicycle, elizabeth street garden (nolita) >>color>
harold + kumar go to white castle, mccarren park (williamsburg) >>color>
jaws, arrow field house (astoria) >>color>
jurassic world, pier 63 (chelsea) >>color>
l’atalante, socrates sculpture park (lic) >>color>
star wars: the force awakens, metrotech commons (downtown brooklyn) >>color>
the martian, hoboken’s pier a park >>color>
the princess bride, hudson boulevard park (midtown west) >>color>
buy a dozen krispy kreme doughnuts of any variety, get a second dozen original glazed for 79¢ in honor of their 79th birthday at participating locations. >>color>
12-8pm (wednesdays thru 8/3): the third annual game on! block party series returns to the financial district with shuffleboard, bocce, ping pong, arcade basketball, two beer gardens, djs, and more. coenties slip and water street, free admission. >>color>
5pm doors, 6pm show ( +7/13): southern alt-rock band drive-by truckers and singer-songwriters rayland baxter + valerie june close out the lowdown hudson music fest at brookfield place (battery park). free. >>color>
6pm: take a free beginners japanese lesson at tenri cultural institute (greenwich village). email to reserve a spot. >>color>
6pm: commemorate 1980’s street artist jean-michel basquiat at an historic plaque unveiling and ceremony marking the site of his former home and studio. free pizza will be provided by two boots. 57 great jones street (noho), free (rsvp requested). >>color>
6pm: the mostly mozart festival screens in search of mozart, phil grabsky’s 2006 documentary featuring interviews and performances by leading mozart interpreters. david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center (uws). free. >>color>
6-6:30pm: hot jazz ensemble the hot sardines perform a series of free stripped down, busking-style shows around the city, including dumbo’s shake shack with free french fries tonight, and the
union square
herald square subway station on 7/18. >>color>
6:30pm: do pheromones and aphrodisiacs really work? find out at 20-minute mini-workshop at williamsburg sexy shop shag. free. >>color>
7pm: award-winning ‘literary power couple’ ann and jeff vandermeer present the big book of science fiction, a 1200-page anthology showcasing classics from h.g. wells, arthur c. clarke, octavia e. butler, and many more. buzzfeed books editor isaac fitzgerald joins. powerhouse arena (dumbo), free. >>color>
7pm: art writer and curator judith e. stein launches her book on influential nyc avant-garde art dealer richard bellamy, eye of the sixties: richard bellamy and the transformation of modern art. 192 books (chelsea), free. >>color>
7pm (weekly): the sensible show at the annoyance theatre (williamsburg) features comedy from ashley brooke roberts (fresh out!), josh sharp (vulture’s ‘comics you should know’), drew michael (comedy central), rae sanni, willie zabar, and host chris duffy (you’re the expert). $5. >>color>
7pm (+ 7/14): triskelion arts’ (greenpoint) second annual dance film ‘feastival’ features 29 films over two days, plus post-show discussions with the artists and free pizza from tony’s pizzeria. $10. >>color>
7pm (ends today): arias and duets fill the air at the metropolitan opera’s summer recital series, with free outdoor performances in parks in each borough. tonight: crotona park (the bronx). >>color>
7:30pm: go ahead, color outside the lines if you want at the coloring club drink and draw extravaganza, an adult coloring club featuring drawings of drag queens, celebrities, 90’s nostalgia and more by local artist monica hammond. bring your writing skills too- the best caption creator wins a $25 bar tab. the kbh beer hall (park slope/gowanus), $5 adv, $7 door. >>color>
7:30pm: pump it upcolor> with 20 musicians paying tribute to elvis costello’s music from 1976-1981 at hifi bar (alphabet city). scheduled to perform: richie birkenhead, ted leo, shonali bhowmik, mike fornatale, and more. pay-what-you-wish ($5-10 suggested). >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): explore black holes and dark matter with yale astrophysicist and author priyamvada natarajan at this month’s secret science club lecture series. the bell house (gowanus), free. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: the not quite midnight late night talk show with stand-up comedians celebrates its second anniversary with performances and interviews from guests jacqueline novak (how to weep in public, james corden), joe pera (seth meyers, comedy central), carmen lagala (the vermont comedy divas), ryan t. bennett (late night snack), junior assassin, and more. hosted by chris calogero, courtney maginnis, steve whalen, and steve desiena. littlefield (gowanus), $5 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
8pm: comedians baratunde thurston (the daily show with trevor noah, how to be black) and judah friedlander (30 rock) discuss the meaning of white privilege in today’s climate at the brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights). $10. >>color>
8pm: (weekly): the let’s see, what else? comedy show at poco restaurant and bar (alphabet city) features shane torres (conan), sarah tollemache (house party), emma willman (time out’s ‘top 10 funniest women in nyc’), and carmen christopher (comedy central). hosted by missy baker and tom delgado. free. >>color>
8pm (monthly): view a program of curated indie animated short films from around the world at 180 maiden lane (south street seaport). beer and wine will be available for purchase. free admission. >>color>
9pm (monthly): at the comedienne project show, comics are challenged to perform sets that are free of material about sex, dating or relationships. hosted by katie hannigan (collegehumor) and corinne fisher (guys we f*cked). the standing room (lic), $5 adv with promo code ‘sex’ (reg. $10). >>color>
9:30pm: the daily show writers perform an improvised comedy show at ucb (chelsea). $5. >>color>
9:30pm: kevin geeks out about star trek: comedian kevin maher presents an obsessive look at the sci-fi classic during tonight’s video variety show with experts, trivia, rare clips and more. nitehawk cinema (williamsburg), $15. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
7/14 various times: free outdoor movies:
harold and kumar go to white castle, brooklyn bridge park, pier 1 harborview lawn >>color>
home, herbert von king park (bedford stuyvesant) >>color>
next stop, greenwich village, tompkins square park >>color>
north by northwest, stuyvesant square >>color>
spider-man, hunter’s point south park (lic) >>color>
star trek iv: the voyage home, flight deck of the intrepid >>color>
the colors of love, kissena park (queens) >>color>
the girls in the band, st. mary’s recreation center (mott haven) >>color>
the muppets take manhattan, rainey park (lic) >>color>
the triplets of belleville with live score by benoit charest / jessica fichot, prospect park bandshell >>color>
7/14 12:30-1:30pm (thursdays thru 8/11): take in some broadway in bryant park when the biggest broadway and off-broadway shows perform numbers during this annual lunchtime series. today: chicago, the fantastiks, motown, and finding neverland. free. >>color>
7/14 6:30pm: ice cream battle! ‘historic gastronomist’ sarah lohman pits frozen desserts of yore against each other in an journey through this sweet treat’s history, with tastings provided by häagen-dazs. museum of food and drink lab (williamsburg), $20. >>color>
7/14 6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/25): the museum of modern art’s annual summer thursday music series continues in the sculpture garden with night beats. included with regular museum admission ($25 general, $18 seniors, $14 students). >>color>
7/14 6:30pm: historian scott d. seligman reads and discusses his book tong wars: the untold story of vice, money, and murder in new york’s chinatown, a true crime story set in prohibition-era manhattan chinatown. the museum of chinese in america, $10 general, $5 students/seniors, $30 includes a signed copy of the book. >>color>
7/14 7pm: where do stories come from? what makes the storytelling in game of thrones and call of duty so appealing in 2016? writer and game designer matthew weise discusses trends in storytelling and how pop culture fuels our imaginations. sva (flatiron), free (rsvp). >>color>
7/14 7pm: for the 20th anniversary edition of please kill me: the uncensored oral history of punk release, authors legs mcneil and gillian mccain give readings along with a dj set by phast phreddie the boogaloo omnibus. the ace hotel’s liberty hall (flatiron), free. >>color>
7/14 7pm: jam out at a david bowie listening party and book launch hosted by rolling stone columnist and author rob sheffield (turn around bright eyes, love is a mix tape), commemorating the release of his latest, on bowie. music critic and author amanda petrusich (do not sell at any price: the wild, obsessive hunt for the world’s rarest 78rpm records) joins. word bookstore (greenpoint), free. >>color>
7/14 7pm: the big book of science fiction editors ann and jeff vandermeer host a science fiction panel including ted chiang (stories of your life and others), john chu (clarkesworld), halimah marcus (electric literature, recommended reading), and nancy hightower (washington post). mcnally jackson (nolita), free. >>color>
7/14 7pm: hear the sweet words of rimbaud, baudelaire, and others at a french poetry party with small bites and drinks, just in time for bastille day. community bookstore (park slope), free. >>color>
7/14 7-9pm (thru 9/2): 30 international architects share their visions for the city’s future at the storefront for art and architecture (nolita) exhibition, sharing models: manhattanisms. opening reception tonight. free. >>color>
7/14 7pm doors: heliotropes plays a record release show on the roof of east williamsburg’s our wicked lady with support from the yin yangs and amy klein. $6 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
7/14 7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): get your dose of schadenfreude at mortified, a tribute to teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more) shared by their original authors. littlefield (gowanus), $10. >>color>
7/14 7pm doors, 8pm show: hotsy totsy burlesque pays tribute to the magical worlds of harry potter and newt scamander the best way they know how: by making (most of) their clothes disappear. the slipper room (les), $10. >>color>
7/14 7:30pm (monthly): performers, writers, and regular folks tell stories about mental health (or the lack thereof) at the talk therapy storytelling + open mic show. tonight features standup by jenny rubin, stories by lauren brown and kurt sass, plus open mic slots. hosted by lori baird. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
7/14 7:30pm (thursdays thru 8/18): the astoria waterfront concert series brings song to the soil for six thursdays this summer, including avalon jazz band, bon jovi/journey cover band bon journey, and tonight’s opener the devotions doo-wop band. astoria park great lawn, free. >>color>
7/14 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: carolyn castiglia’s right now! live talk show combines comedy, live music, and activism in a fundraiser for moms demand action and human rights watch. featuring comedy by naomi ekperigin (broad city writer, comedy central’s the half hour), music by country music comedy duo reformed whores, and panelists including kevin allison (the state, risk!), chema (keith and the girl), representatives from moms demand action and human rights watch, and others. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $12 doors. >>color>
7/14 8pm: the funny sexy sad reading series presents written works about, well, you guessed it. tonight, they’ve got alana levinson (npr, medium), lucas gardner (quietly, from afar, shouts and murmurs), cassie j. sneider (fine, fine music, xojane), mara jebsen (american poetry review), and corey eastwood (book thug nation). hosted by amira pierce and nate waggoner. molasses books (bushwick), free. >>color>
7/14 8pm: (monthly): comedians and storytellers just can’t hold it in at the awkward poop… and the city storytelling show. tonight’s unfortunate tales come from katie haller (barkpost), becca beberaggi (xojane) and eric silver (dear god, that’s stone cold’s music!). bonus: free beer! the creek and the cave (lic), free admission. >>color>
7/14 8pm: girl band, greys, and bambara play baby’s all right. $12. >>color>
7/14 8:30pm (monthly): liz barrett’s puntastically named grin + barrett comedy show features work by women, lgbtq folk, and even some of those ever-elusive straight men in comedy. tonight’s third anniversary show includes doug smith (conan), corinne fisher (guys we f*cked), tim dillon (last comic standing), kate hendricks (the view), charles mcbee (mtv), chrissy mayr (laughs), and ashlee voorsanger. beauty bar (gramercy), free. >>color>
7/14 9pm: enjoy some beer with bizet as opera on tap singers ring in bastille day with an assortment of grand opera and classic french songs. freddy’s (south slope), free admission. >>color>
7/14 9:30pm: raiders of the lost ark… entirely from memory: eight performers attempt to recreate the indiana jones story after watching the movie once, and with additional audience-written lines and random sound effects added in. the pit (flatiron), $10. >>color>
7/14 11pm (thurs-sat thru 7/23): #serials@theflea: vote for your favorite of five ten-minute episodic plays to see the next installment the following week. the flea theater, $12 admission includes a beer. >>color>
7/14-18: score at babeland’s customer appreciation sale: save $30 on purchases of $150+, plus enjoy free drinks, cheese and chocolate at various locations throughout the weekend. >>color>
7/14-24: the 10th annual japan cuts festival of new japanese film returns to japan society (midtown east) with blockbusters, documentaries, animations, new classics and avant-garde selections. $14 general, $11 students/seniors. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to drunk shakespeare at the lounge at roy arias studios thru 7/30 for $20+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $59+). >>color>
get tickets to the imbible at soho playhouse, including three cocktails, 7/14-10/1 for $20+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $65). >>color>
get tickets to see the new york yankees vs the toronto blue jays on t-shirt night 8/15 for $27.50+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $55+). >>color>
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