thru 5/23: bamcinématek's 'booed at cannes' series features 15 modern masterpieces that were originally panned at cannes: l'eclisse (antonioni), wild at heart (lynch), crash (cronenberg), taxi driver (scorsese), seconds (frankenheimer), more. $13. >>
thru 5/25: eyebeam presents exhibitons, screenings and moving image art during the annual video_dumbo festival. $5 screening, $10 day, $20 pass. >>
thru 5/26: all craft beer bottles are just $4 at idle hands this week (reg $8 and under) >>
thru 5/26: hubbard street dance chicago perform two programs featuring choreography by mats ek, ohad naharin, aszure barton, and robyn mineko williams. the joyce, $10+. >>
thru 5/26: nyc 1993: experimental jet set, trash and no star, the new museum's newest exhibit, is conceived as a time capsule that captures the culture, art, economy and politics (domestic and global) of a specific time period. $14 (free thursdays 7–9pm). >>
thru 5/27: internet week: techie meet-ups, parties, panels, performances, and more. many free or cheap. >>
thru 5/27: the metropolitan museum of art's 'impressionism, fashion, and modernity' exhibition includes paintings from bazille, caillebotte, cassatt, degas, manet, monet, renoir, and others, as well as costumes, photographs and illustrations. $25 recommended museum admission. >>
thru 5/31: the return of outdoor pop-up food market mad. sq. eats brings yummy goodness from 30 vendors including asiadog, calexico, dream scoops, eleni's new york, hong kong street cart, melt bakery, momofuku milk bar, red hook lobster pound, more. worth square (25th st @ 5th ave). >>
thru 5/31: in celebration of bike month, bikenyc.org has organized a number of events throughout may, including movie nights (the bicycle thief, the garden, more), bike maintenance classes, a bike expo and the 5th annual brooklyn bike jumble (a flea market for all things bikes) >>
thru 5/31: way back in march we mentioned the red bull music academy, a month-long program of 30+ music, film, talks and parties. highlights include producers discussing classic david bowie albums ($15), four tet ($5) and james murphy + dfa records parties ($30), and 77 million paintings, a constantly evolving sound and image-scape by brian eno ($5). many shows sold out immediately, but several are still available and there are free events as well. >>
thru 6/1: get $21.25 tickets (reg $61.25) to see new bollywood musical bunty berman presents..., from the producers of avenue q and the kid, at the acorn theatre at theater row >>
thru 6/2: stand ringside at mike bartlett's (c*ck [the cockfight play]) new play, bull, at 59e59 for $15 (reg $30) >>
thru 6/9: see the new york premiere of the golden dragon at the new ohio theater for $20 (reg $30) >>
thru 6/11: the 10th annual solonova arts festival brings ten different solo performances including memoirs, storytelling, comedy, music, more. barrow street theatre, culture project and irt theater, $20+. >>
thru 6/16: the brooklyn waterfront artists coalition's (bwac) 'wide open' national juried art show and ’on the waterfront’ spring group art show mark 21 years of art shows in red hook’s civil-war era space. 499 van brunt st, free. >>
thru 6/21: the tank's flint + tinder independent theater series showcases emerging artists performing original physical theater, puppetry, dance, clowning, more. $15, 3/$33, 5/$45. >>
thru 6/26: citi bike, nyc's new bike share program, hosts a slew of street skills classes that include the details of the program as well as tips for riding on nyc's streets. class participants get a 24-hour pass to try it out (reg $9.95). manhattan + brooklyn, free. >>
thru 6/29: the 34th annual marathon of one-act plays features sixteen performances in a three-series event. ensemble studio theatre, $10-$18. >>
thru 7/6 (saturdays @ 2pm): drama desk award-nominated radiotheatre brings back ‘the haunting of st. marks place’, a collection of spooky tales about old new york told with sound effects and an original orchestral score. under st. marks theater, $18 >>
thru 7/14, the skyscraper museum unveils its newest exhibit the woolworth building @ 100, exploring the design, architecture and technology of the historic 57-story, 20th century building. $5. >>
thru 7/16 (saturdays @ 4pm): drama desk-nominated radiotheatre put on a ghastly good time at their fifth annual h.p. lovecraft festival, featuring lovecraft's stories told with an elaborate soundscape and original orchestral score. $18 each, $30 for two. >>
thru 7/28: moma's expo 1: new york is a festival of exhibitions, a school, a cinema, more. opening weekend includes rain room, a book launch with hans ulrich obrist, a conversation between yoko ono, obrist, and klaus biesenbach, more. moma, moma ps1, and vw dome 2 (rockaway). various prices, moma ps1's full $10 suggested admission gets you a ticket valid for entrance to special expo 1 exhibitions at that venue. >>
thru 7/28: the brooklyn museum exhibits more than 90 of american artist john singer sargent's watercolors, many of which have not been displayed in decades. $12 suggested admission (free first saturdays 5-10pm) >>
thru 8/14: punk: chaos to couture, this spring's exhibit from the costume institute explores the punk subculture and its influence on high fashion. the metropolitan museum of art. $25 'recommended' admission. >>
thru 8/31 (saturdays 2:30pm doors, 3pm show): bargemusic neighborhood family concerts: enjoy an hour-long chamber music concert on a floating barge at the foot of the brooklyn bridge, followed by q+a with the musicians. free. >>
thru 9/2: 'subliming vessel' – the first museum exhibition devoted to artist matthew barney’s works on paper – opens at the morgan library + museum. film and video storyboards will also be on display. free fridays 7-9pm (reg $15). >>
thru 9/8: 28 international artists show works in a variety of mediums based on the current climate of widespread economic, social, and political instability at the international center of photography's triennial exhibit, a different kind of order. voluntary contribution fridays 5-8pm (reg $14). >>
thru 9/8: artist orly genger used 1.4 million feet of hand-knotted painted nautical rope for her large-scale installation red, yellow and blue to cover sections of madison square park >>
thru 9/15: the museum of art and design's exhibition, 'against the grain: wood in contemporary art, craft and design', features 90 installations, sculptures, furniture, and objects. pay-what-you-wish thursdays 6-9pm (reg $15). >>
thru 9/15 (10am-6pm): mcny's newest exhibit making room, showcases architectural models and drawings for proposed nyc housing. the exhibit also features a full-sized, 325 square-foot micro-studio apartment. free with $10 suggested museum admission. >>
thru 9/24 (tuesdays @ 6:30pm): take a free guided walking tour of the highline. meet at the 14th st passage @ west 14th st. >>
thru 9/26 (thursdays 5-10pm): hester nights: once again this season, the hester street fair expands to midtown to become manhattan's only artisanal-snack-filled night fair. the hotel eventi open air plaza (851 6th ave, bet. 29th + 30th sts.), free admission. >>
thru 9/29 (9:30am, 11am saturdays, 10am, 11am sundays): take free yoga and tai chi classes at socrates sculpture park. all experience levels welcome. >>
thru 9/29: clothes, accessories, lifestyle magazines, and more are on display at moca exhibition 'shanghai glamour: new women 1910s-40s'. $10 (free thursdays). >>
thru 10/13: exhibition 'a beautiful way to go: new york's green-wood cemetery' continues at mcny, $10 suggested admission >>
thru 10/14 (11am-7pm, closed tuesdays): brooklyn bridge park's jane's carousel kicks off summer hours. $2/ride, $20/12. >>
thru 10/18 (hours vary): the high line food vendors open for the season: delaney barbecue's smokeline, melt bakery, peoples pops, taco truck, blue bottle coffee, a full service cafe with wine + beer, more >>
thru 10/26 (saturdays 10am-6pm): the hester street fair returns to the l.e.s. for it's fourth season with 65+ indie designers and artisanal food purveyors. hester @ essex. free admission. >>
thru 10/29 (tuesdays 7:30-9:30pm, weather permitting): stargaze on the highline with the amateur astronomers association of new york. look for the telescopes set up between w. 13th st @ w. 14th sts., free. >>
thru 1/5: hop to it! frogs: a chorus of colors returns to the amnh with more than 150 live frogs (including the pretty poisonous ones), representing 25 species from around the world. included with $19 suggested museum admission. >>
ongoing: le bingo!: win wacky prizes or a cash jackpot each month in lpr’s gallery. hosted by drag queen linda simpson. free admission, $2 per bingo card. >>
weekly: enjoy the new york philharmonic for a fraction of the price of regular performances during their open rehearsals at avery fisher hall, $18 >>
first mondays: spelling correctly with autocorrect is hard enough -- try it with alcohol! reminisce about grammar school at the monthly williamsburg spelling bee at pete's candy store. free. >>
fourth mondays @ 9pm: 12-member band, the titanics, and guest musicians play cover versions of current billboard chart-toppers at the ace hotel, $10 >>
third tuesdays @ 9pm: show off your drunk-spelling chops at 'the slurring bee,' where you'll receive a free drink for every round you move on to. last exit, $5 to compete, free to watch. >>
first wednesdays: enjoy free homecooked food and free music + dance performances at bailout theater at judson church >>
2nd wednesdays @ 8pm: anyone can bring an object to talk about at paul lukas's 'show-and-tell' at freddy’s, free >>
second wednesdays: show off your smarts to potential dates (and win drinks and shots!) at 'missed connections' speed dating and trivia. trash bar (williamsburg), free. >>
thursdays 5-9pm: the jewish museum begins pay-what-you-wish admission (reg $12) thursday evenings
thursdays @ 10pm: the love show’s ‘mon petit chou’ gives you an elegant yet playful evening of burlesque, dance, and magic. hotel chantelle, $5. >>
thursdays 8:30pm: bushwick's la gringa taqueria continuesits new thursday night lgbt movie series. free. >>
first thursdays @ 8pm: you'll need to know more than the difference between nelson and kearney to win at classic simpsons trivia (90s episodes only!). williamsburg's berry park. $10/team, $5/solo. >>
every other thurs @ 8pm: drink unlimited beer while making drawings and monotypes of a live costumed model at gowanus print lab’s ‘pints n’ prints figure drawing,’, $15 (kinda nsfw image at the jump) >>
every 3rd thurs @ 7:30pm: brave adults share their diaries, poems, letters and more from their humiliating teenage years at the 'cringe' monthly reading series. freddy's, free. >>
select fridays: brooklyn creative offers $5 art + photography evening classes >>
saturdays 2:30-5:30pm: the kings county distillery offers $8 tours that include tastings of moonshine, bourbon, and chocolate whiskey >>
weekends + holidays: enjoy free kayaking at manhattan's pier 40 (sat-mon 9am-6pm), pier 96 (sat-mon 9am-6pm), and 72nd st (sat-sun 10am-5pm) >>
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