around town today
various times: free outdoor movies:
dog day afternoon, riverside park south’s pier i (uws) >>color>
dumbo, carroll park (carroll gardens) >>color>
eat drink man woman, elizabeth street garden (nolita) >>color>
jurassic world, hoboken’s pier a park >>color>
rivers and tides, socrates sculpture park (lic) >>color>
stranger: bernie worrell on earth and stop making sense, commodore barry park (fort greene) >>color>
the big short, hudson river park’s pier 63 (chelsea) >>color>
the goonies, metrotech commons (downtown brooklyn) >>color>
the shining, hudson yards park (midtown west) >>color>
the wiz, st. nicholas park (harlem) >>color>
10 things i hate about you, mccarren park (williamsburg) >>color>
12-8pm (+ 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 bar and dj, 6:30pm band (ends today): the annual summer sessions waterfront concert series returns to battery park’s brookfield place with sinkane and a dj set by xander ferreira. free. >>color>
6pm: in conjunction with the exhibit realize your desires: underground press from the library of stefan brecht a panel discusses alternative periodicals of the 60s and 70s at printed matter (chelsea). free admission. >>color>
6-9pm (+ 8/3, 10, 17): across the street neighbors the museum of the city of new york and el museo del barrio co-host the third annual uptown bounce block parties, four evenings of musical performances, djs, dancing, gallery talks, art-making workshops, food, drinks, free admission and extended hours. fifth avenue at 104th street. free (rsvp required). >>color>
6:30pm: self-improvement maven gretchen rubin (the happiness project) discusses her new book on personal change, better than before: what i learned about making and breaking habits–to sleep more, quit sugar, procrastinate less, and generally build a happier life. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
6:30pm, 7pm (thru 8/13): the 46th annual lincoln center out of doors festival continues with an afropunk girrrl riot including live music by alice smith, sate, and the veevees at damrosch park (7pm), plus folks musician dane terry and a mostly mozart micro concert by international contemporary ensemble at hearst plaza (6:30pm). free. >>color>
7pm: teach them young. comedian and author michael ian black and illustrator marc rosenthal present a child’s first book of trump, their new book on a certain presidential candidate, along with fox news host and senator john mccain’s daughter meghan mccain. strand books (union square), purchase of the book ($15.99) or a $15 strand gift card required for admission. >>color>
7pm: art and propaganda. what differentiates them? hyperallergic editor-in-chief and cofounder hrag vartanian moderates a conversation probing historic imagery and it’s connection to today at smack mellon gallery (dumbo). free. >>color>
7pm: dying onstage: theatre historian michael lueger gives an illustrated lecture on how deaths, both real and imaginary, have been staged in the theatre over the centuries. morbid anatomy museum (gowanus), $8. >>color>
7pm (weekly): the sensible show at the annoyance theatre (williamsburg) features comedy from joe pera (seth meyers), matteo lane (comedy central), and more. hosted by josh gondelman (john oliver). $5. >>color>
7pm (ends today): the folks behind the brooklyn hip-hop festival bring a pair of free outdoor music performances to brooklyn bridge park, ending tonight with larry harlow and dj suave. pier 1’s harbor view lawn. >>color>
7pm, 8pm: two free summerstage shows tonight: dianne reeves and dj greg caz at queensbridge park (7pm) and complexions contemporary ballet and carolyn dorfman dance at central park (7pm doors, 8pm show). >>color>
7:30pm: play to win drinks, show tickets and cash at a team in training fundraiser edition of the park slope bingo club. union hall (park slope), free admission, $5 to play. >>color>
7:30pm: got a gem of a story to share? molly cameron and sharon spell co-host the gems storytelling show and mic, with lauren adams (unbreakable kimmy schmidt), mike brown (the comedy outliers), and the chance to tell your own. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (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. littlefield (gowanus), $5 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
8pm: josh zepps (huffpost live) hosts #wethepeople live, a town-hall style panel show for journalists and comics where guests take on world headlines, then each other. tonight’s guests include akilah hughes (it’s akilah, obviously!, fusion), kmele foster (the fifth column), and samhita mukhopadhyay (mic news). over the eight (williamsburg), free. >>color>
8pm (monthly): adam wade, steve whyte, jeff hiller, and jim o’grady share stories about ‘coming clean’ at this month’s edition of the nights of our lives storytelling show. hosted by david martin. ucb (chelsea), $5. >>color>
8pm (monthly): tonight at the ‘dear god, that’s stone cold’s music!’ comedy show: joe pera (seth meyers), anna drezen (reductress, how may we hate you?), truen kirk, jeff cerulli, and a few open mic spots. hosted by eric silver and joe stanton. bonus: beer samples from magic hat. bunga’s den (chelsea), free. >>color>
8pm: (weekly): the let’s see, what else? comedy show at poco restaurant and bar (alphabet city) features gary vider (conan), joe machi (fallon), ana fabrega (jim gaffigan show), and rae sanni. hosted by missy baker and tom delgado. free. >>color>
thru 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>
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coming up
7/28 various times: free outdoor movies:
annie (2014), thomas jefferson park (east harlem) >>color>
animation block party, 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 12pm (thursdays thru 8/4): get into your summer groove at bam’s 22nd annual r+b festival at metrotech, a free outdoor summer music series featuring both award-winners and up-and-coming r+b, funk, jazz, blues and other musicians. today: ‘ladies sing the blues’ with catherine russell, charenee wade, and brianna thomas. metrotech commons (downtown brooklyn), free. >>color>
7/28 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: waitress, natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812, kinky boots, fun home, and himself + nora. free. >>color>
7/28 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>
7/28 6pm: learn about the history of gin, from medicinal cure-all, to mothers’ ruin, and modern local distilleries. brooklyn brainery (prospect heights), $13. >>color>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 7:30pm (+ 8/15): 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: kids in the hall’s kevin mcdonald performs an old-school comedy/variety show with musical guest brad roberts (crash test dummies) and more tba at union hall (park slope). $15 adv, $20 dos >>color>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 8:30pm: jcc manhattan (uws) screens jim henson’s labyrinth (1986) up on their roof. sing-alongs welcome! $12. >>color>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
7/28 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>
ticket deals
heat dome be damned! dance away this cruel summer at this friday’s cruel summer 80s dance party, featuring live music by 10-piece band the engagements and party like it’s 1999’s dj steve reynolds. just $5 with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $10). >>color>
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