givers go out and share books with others for the third annual world book night >>
4:15pm (thru 5/28): take a 90-minute lower manhattan skyline and statue of liberty cruise (drink included) aboard a 1920s-style vessel for $25.20 >>
5pm: writer/director/actor jon favreau (iron man, elf, swingers) talks about his new film, chef, as part of the tribeca film festival's 'meet the filmmakers' series. apple soho, free (rsvp). >>
6-8pm (wednesdays): the 'booze + yarn' knitting group returns for spring sessions at lady jay's. b.y.o. supplies. free admission. >>
7pm: senator elizabeth warren, d-mass., talks and does q+a about her new book, a fighting chance. b+n union square, free. >>
7pm: see williams shares tips on how she got her monthly bills to total only $8 dollars a month in her book, the big tiny. powerhouse arena, free. >>
7pm: labor and the locavore author margaret gray discusses her book with serious eats writer leah douglas and attorney patricia kakelec. jimmy's no. 43, free. >>
7pm: ‘our genes, ourselves; what can our dna tell us?’ a geneticist, a cell + molecular biologist, a professor of law + sociology, and a physician + investigator discuss the methods, results and implications of mapping our individual genomes at the american museum of natural history. $15. >>
7-10pm: got something you need fixed? bring it to the monthly fixers collective. bric house, $5 donation for each item (but no one will be turned away for lack of funds). >>
7pm doors, 8pm show: join bro + sis comedians john and molly knefel for a live taping of their political podcast, radio dispatch live!. lpr's gallery, free. >>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: beth hoyt and trish nelson's weekly 'big effing deal' comedy/variety show features ann carr, brett druck, livia scott, kenji america and joe schiappa. 2a (upstairs), free admission, no drink min. >>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: shouting at the screen: watch a blaxploitation film accompanied by mst3k-style commentary from wyatt cenac (the daily show, ‘night train’ host) and donwill (hip hop group tanya morgan). the bell house, $10 >>
7:30pm (thru 5/18): get tickets to see peddling, written and performed by harry melling (harry potter, west end), for $15 (reg $25) with promo code 'skint'. part of 59e59’s #britsoffbroadway festival. >>
7:30pm: fear of men plays a free show at baby’s all right before touring with the pains of being pure of heart. rsvp. >>
7:30pm doors, 8:30pm show: hellogoodbye, vacationer and heavenly beat play the bowery ballroom. $15. >>
8pm: max silvestri's weekly 'big terrific' comedy show at cameo features guests tba. free. >>
8pm: rifftown = an improvised stand-up show with guests pat dixon, sergio chicon, christian finnegan, hadiya robinson, tom shillue and house band the vigilante. the creek + the cave, free. >>
8pm: weekly trashy car/motorcycle flick series cine meccanica screens stephen king's maximum overdrive (1986). free popcorn, $2 bingo for prizes, bbq available for purchase. lady jay’s, free admission. >>
8pm (thru 4/30): get tickets to drunk shakespeare at quinn’s bar and grill for $14.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $29). >>
8pm: friends of mozart ends the season with an evening of piano quartets at christ + saint stephen's episcopal church (120 w. 69th st, bet. columbus ave + broadway), free. >>
8pm: the talea ensemble premieres french composer georges aperghis and belgian video-artist hans op de beeck's 'happy ending'. based on charles perrault's 'little thumb, the hour-long work features a 16-member ensemble with live electronics, projected video and prerecorded voices. roulette, free (rsvp). >>
8pm: july talk plays a free show at pianos. >>
8pm doors, 9pm show: fanfarlo and liles on mars play rough trade. $15 >>
8:30pm: the poetry project’s marathon reading of wiliam s. burroughs works includes readings by penny arcade, genesis breyer p-orridge, lydia lunch, elliott shar, more. free. >>
8:30pm (wednesdays): game of thrones bingo at videology kicks off with questions from the first 10 episodes. free. >>
8:30pm: the hot crowd comedy show at over the eight features gary gulman, seaton smith, adam mamawala, erin judge, sam evans and hosts joe zimmerman, jono zalay and taylor ketchum. free. >>
8:30pm doors: slonk donkerson, the teen age, heeney and bluffing play glasslands. $8. >>
9pm-midnight: see through, cheap blue yonder, desert stars and aqua nebula oscillator play pianos. $8. >>
9:30pm: scott rogowsky's 'running later', a stripped-down version of his 'running late' show, comes to the pit with guests shelby fero (‘hey girl’), jonathan kesselman (‘the hebrew hammer’), dan abramson (funny or die) and jacqueline novac (‘quality notions’). the pit, $5. >>
thru 4/24: earth day events at grand central terminal. >>
thru 4/25: in case you missed the giant fabergé easter eggs scattered around the boroughs, you can see them all at the same time in rockefeller center before they’re sold at auction for charity. >>
thru 4/26: the ultima oslo contemporary music festival brings contemporary and avant-garde scandinavian music to new york. issue project room, $10-15 (opening night is free with a $10 suggested donation). >>
thru 4/26: a traveling group art show celebrating the 30th anniversary of ghostbusters sets up in tribeca with original artwork, limited edition prints and apparel. gallery 69 (69 leonard st., bet. church + broadway), free. >>
thru 4/27: own a piece of art! paweł althamer's draftsmen’s congress, a collective painting project made from drawings and paintings by new museum visitors and community organizations, will be cut up and the pieces will be distributed for free. $16 admission (pay-what-you-wish thursdays 7-9pm). >>
check our website for a list of ongoing events.
coming up
more reservations are open (and will go very quickly) for raising the bar, an evening of 50 professors from nyu and columbia lecturing in 50 bars throughout manhattan on on 4/29. >>
new classes at brooklyn brainery: hunters point walking tour, street art photography, listening tour of prospect park, improve your knish iq, comic book super science, more. >>
4/24: happy national poem in your pocket day! find or write a poem, put it in your pocket, share it with your friends all day long. #pocketpoem >>
4/24 9am-5:30pm: get your emerging venture on (for free!) at the third annual ny techday, a kind of science fair for startups. 400+ exhibitors show off new products to tech enthusiasts, industry folks, job seekers, and consumers. pier 92 (12th ave @ 52nd st.), free (rsvp). >>
4/24 10am-7pm (thru 4/27): your internet cat addiction just got touchable thanks to the purina cat café pop-up shop. paw around with adoptable cats from long island’s north shore animal league while enjoying free specialty coffee and food. 168 bowery (bet. delancey + broome sts). >>
4/24 6pm: balloon animal artist jeff koons discusses the importance of small-scale bronze works, using examples of a current exhibit at the frick collection. free (regular museum hours are 10am-6pm with $20 admission). >>
4/24 6:30pm: get tickets to the 12th annual poetry + the creative mind reading event featuring meryl streep, tina fey, patrick stewart, kevin kline and more at lincoln center’s alice tully hall for $22.50-37.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $45-75). >>
4/24 7pm: veteran and new graffiti and d.i.y. artists explore the graffiti wall past, present and future in a multimedia conversation led by brooklyn street art founders steven p. harrington and jaime rojo. brooklyn museum, $12 includes admission to the museum. >>
4/24 7pm (+ 4/25): this weekend's brooklyn zine fest (4/26-27) gets a head start with two events at the brooklyn historical society. free (thurs, $8 fri). >>
4/24 7-10pm: mingle with like-minded veggie lovers at the monthly vegan drinks mixer/fundraiser. food by yeah dawg! will be available for purchase, and a raffle with prizes from local businesses will benefit friends of animals. fontana's, free admission. >>
4/24 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: subway and street musicians perform at the sixth annual nyc busker ball at spike hill. free (donations accepted at the door). >>
4/24 7:30pm: in three manhattan cinemas for one-night only: shatner’s world: we just live in it, william shatner's one-man broadway show takes you on his journey from classically-trained shakespearean actor to cultural icon. $15. >>
4/24 7:30-11pm: fill your dance card at the dance hall of beautiful, radiant things, inspired by the socials of the 20s-30s. $10 gets you entry, $1 additional to sway with one of the assigned taxi dancers. 1 knickerbocker @ johnson ave (bushwick). >>
4/24 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: get cheeky at asstopia! wasabassco burlesque's celebration of dazzling derrières. tonight's tushy throwdown also includes a fashion show and a free pre-show booty booster dance/workout class. >>
4/24 8pm: director/troma entertainment co-founder lloyd kaufman (the toxic avenger) and crew members come to videology for a screening of the original class of nuke 'em high (1986). free. >>
sales, deals, freebies
starts today: prices start at $19 for women's and men's clothing and accessories for the scoop closet cleanup sale. 875 washington st. @ w. 14th st. >>
thru 4/24: during the baskin-robbins scoop fest, all ice cream flavors are just $1/scoop. >>
thru 4/27: score $50 spa treatments all week long during spa week. >>
thru 4/29: grab a free cookie from the new insomnia cookies in the east village. 299 e. 11th st. @ 2nd ave. (printable coupon). >>
get tickets to see american ballet theatre’s spring season at the metropolitan house 5/14-6/6 for $27-76 (plus ticket fees, reg. $46-128) >>
get tickets to see singer/former first lady of france carla bruni perform at town hall 4/24 for $32-40.75 (plus ticket fees, reg. $79.50) >>
get orchestra tickets to see the lyon opera ballet perform at bam's howard gilman opera house 5/7-9 for $20 (plus ticket fees, reg $41.50) >>
get tickets to the annual nyc green festival at pier 94 4/26-27 for $5-10 (plus fees, reg. $10-20) >>
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