around town today
various times: free outdoor movies:
almost famous, mccarren park (williamsburg) >>color>
audience vote: mary and max v. carol v. the warriors, riverside park south’s pier i (uws) >>color>
big night, elizabeth street garden (nolita) >>color>
captain america: civil war, prospect park’s long meadow north >>color>
cars, carroll park (carroll gardens) >>color>
labyrinth, prospect park bandshell >>color>
the hunger games: mockingjay- part 2, hudson river park’s pier 63 (chelsea) >>color>
suzhou river, socrates sculpture park (lic) >>color>
the peanuts movie, hoboken’s pier a park >>color>
the strange love of martha ivers, target brooklyn community garden (bedford stuyvesant) >>color>
6-9pm (+ 8/17): 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: learn the ins and outs of attending, hosting, and prepping for a food swap at the book launch for chicago food swap founder emily paster’s food swap: specialty recipes for bartering, sharing, and giving. nypl mid-manhattan, free. >>color>
7pm (weekly): the sensible show at the annoyance theatre (williamsburg) features comedy from kevin barnett (mtv2), anthony devito (comedy central), bowen yang (broad city), carolyn castigilia (comedy central), drew dowdey (the blackout), and zack bornstein (kimmel). hosted by evan kaufman (your love, our musical). $5. >>color>
7pm (thru 9/4) 6pm: tonight’s brooklyn cyclones baseball season promo day includes a 90s nickelodeon and ren + stimpy 25th anniversary theme with post-game everyone runs the bases. mcu park (coney island), $10. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: watch the second season of the pioneers, a comedy web series of an engaged brooklyn couple who (try to) open their relationship before they tie the knot, at tonight’s premiere party with free ommegang beer. fivemyles (crown heights), free admission. >>color>
7:30pm: color your face red (with booze) and pages any color (with markers, crayons and pencils) at this month’s edition of the coloring club drink and draw extravaganza, an adult coloring club featuring drawings of drag queens, celebrities, 90’s nostalgia and more at williamsburg’s new york distilling company. skint offer: save 40% in advance on admission + coloring book ($10.20, reg. $17) or admission + coloring book + cocktail ($19.20, reg. $32) with promo code ‘skint’. >>color>
7:30pm (monthly): can we learn something from a show about nothing? at this month’s ‘let’s get ethical’ show, calibrate your moral compass with dr. elizabeth yuko (‘everything i know about bioethics i learned from the golden girls’) and explore seinfeldian ethics with some help from josh gondelman (@seinfeldtoday), jennifer armstrong (seinfeldia), and more. q.e.d. (astoria), $6. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: smart people discuss things they’re passionate about while wasted at the drunk ted-style talks show. tonight’s theme: ‘get animated.’ littlefield (gowanus), $5. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: go gonzo at a gonzo the great edition of the muppet vault show, filled with classic, rare and unreleased muppet, sesame street and jim henson works, plus audience participation, sing-alongs, trivia and prizes. union hall (park slope), $8. >>color>
8pm (monthly): ridgefield middle school talent night: grown adults dylan marron (welcome to night vale) and jo firestone (the chris gethard show, punderdome 3000 co-host) perform an entire real-time middle school talent show. ucb (chelsea), $5. >>color>
8pm: (weekly): the let’s see, what else? comedy show at poco restaurant and bar (alphabet city) features mark normand (conan, comedy central’s ‘the half hour’), nick vatterott (fallon, comedy central’s ‘the half hour’), marlena rodriguez (unbreakable kimmy schmidt writer), giulio gallarotti (girl code), and jeff cerulli (ucb). hosted by courtney maginnis 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>
8pm doors, 8pm show: 70s glam-pop band milk ‘n’ cookies plays rough trade (williamsburg) with edward rogers + the biba crowd. $15. >>color>
9pm: zen mantra (yumi zouma’s sam perry) and fazerdaze play a free show at a flying nun records pop up store. elvis guesthouse (alphabet city). >>color>
9pm (bi-monthly): copycat cover song night celebrates its ninth anniversary with tributes to cartoon, tv, and movie themes performed by bands, dj xerox and guest djs. bonus: $5 way out cocktails all night. otto’s shrunken head (alphabet city), free. >>color>
11pm (monthly): embrace comedy chaos at the unexpectashow, a monthly grab bag of entertainment hosted by jo firestone. tonight, unfit comedians compete in extreme physical challenges for shame and glory. ucb (chelsea), $5. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
8/11 various times: free outdoor movies:
aladdin and the king of thieves, first park (les) >>color>
august rush, hunters point south park (lic) >>color>
grease, union square park’s north plaza >>color>
romeo + juliet (1996), tompkins square park (east village, alphabet city) >>color>
selma, brooklyn bridge park, pier 1 harborview lawn >>color>
star trek (2009), flight deck of the intrepid >>color>
8/11 12:30-1:30pm (ends today): take in some broadway in bryant park when the biggest broadway and off-broadway shows perform numbers during this annual lunchtime series. today: phantom of the opera, something rotten, cagney, and ruthless. free. >>color>
8/11 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, and more. tonight: harlem swing dance society with music by the jnote quintet and a beginner’s dance class. free. >>color>
8/11 6:30pm: chilly rooms aren’t as cool as you think: stan cox, author of losing our cool: uncomfortable truths about our air conditioned world, discusses the environmental impact of air conditioning on new york city. the new york academy of medicine (east harlem), free (rsvp required). >>color>
8/11 6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/25): the museum of modern art’s annual summer thursday concert series continues in the sculpture garden with mackenzie scott’s indie rock nom de plume torres. included with regular museum admission ($25 general, $18 seniors, $14 students). >>color>
8/11 7pm: can one person’s dreams predict the afterlife of another? dream researcher stanley krippner shares his findings from a recent study conducted on an assistant army chaplain who dreamt of fallen soldiers, with an introduction by lisette coly, president of the parapsychology foundation. morbid anatomy museum (gowanus), $12. >>color>
8/11 7pm: get some bad advice from bad women (authors) as they read from their works in this special edition curated by emily books, featuring chloe caldwell (women), natasha stagg (surveys), jade sharma (problems), niina polari (dead horse), melissa gira grant (playing the whore), charlotte shane (prostitute laundry), and ruth curry (emily books cofounder). word bookstore (greenpoint), free. >>color>
8/11 7pm: relax your funny bone at the loose comedy show, hosted by ‘comedic mad scientist’ jo firestone with josh rabinowitz. this month’s installment features gary richardson, sal vulcano, simeon goodson, aparna nancherla, lizzy cooperman, and more. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), $10 admission includes a drink. >>color>
8/11 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: india, with a performance by ajna dance company and a screening of dhanak/rainbow (2016). flushing meadows corona park, free. >>color>
8/11 7-10pm: handsome ghost and drowners play a free outdoor concert at industry city’s courtyard (sunset park). >>color>
8/11 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>
8/11 7pm doors, 8pm show: see kirk, spock, uhura, and a whole lot more at hotsy totsy burlesque’s tribute to star trek, (in)appropriately titled ‘boob trek’. the slipper room (les), $10. >>color>
8/11 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’s theme is ‘escape’ and includes stories by lucas connelly and jenn wehrung, plus open mic slots. hosted by lori baird. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
8/11 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: brave comedians share embarrassing footage of their earliest material and then perform current material at the ’first set’ comedy show, hosted by giulia rozzi (chelsea lately, comedy central). tonight’s guests: adira amram (‘the experience,’ funny or die), rob cantrell (totally biased, comedy central), selena coppock (the new rules for blondes), and seaton smith (seth meyers). union hall (park slope), $7. >>color>
8/11 7:30pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): you’ll get complimentary homemade baked ziti at the one year anniversary of the it’s all happening! stand-up show. this month’s guests: sam morril (the late show), matteo lane (mtv), marina franklin (trainwreck, louie), hadiyah robinson (bet), and simeon goodson. hosted by brian parise and janelle james. frank’s lounge (fort greene), $5. >>color>
8/11 8pm: (monthly): comedians and storytellers just can’t hold it in at the awkward poop… and the city storytelling show. tonight’s ill-timed tales come from jamie brickhouse (dangerous when wet: a memoir of booze, sex, and my mother), nathaniel cocca-bates (moth story slam winner), val roder (story time with val roder), and karolena theresa. bonus: free beer! the creek and the cave (lic), free admission. >>color>
8/11 8pm: canadian crooners rosie and the riveters bring their retro harmonies to the us for the first time ever, by way of rockwood music hall’s stage 1 (les). free (a tip jar will be passed around). >>color>
8/11-22: more than 100 bk restaurants offer $28 prix fixe dinners, $15 lunches, and $12 brunches during dine in brooklyn. >>color>
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