film fests / series:

► sponsored: thru 5/3: prismatic ground film festival: prismatic ground, an annual festival centered on experimental documentary and avant-garde film, returns for its sixth edition! this year’s festival will take place at venues across new york city, including brooklyn academy of music, dctv firehouse cinema, light industry, anthology film archives, and metrograph. $10-20. >>

► thru 5/3: first look film festival: museum of moving image’s annual festival highlighting adventurous new cinema presents a diverse slate of new york premieres, discussions and panels. museum of moving image (astoria), $17.50+. >>

► thru 5/4: 16th annual lower east side film festival: the lesff is back for its sweet 16 with a lineup of independent films, premieres, and downtown events. this year’s program features a slate of feature films, short showcases, a 25-year reunion of ghost world with thora birch and steve buscemi q+a, a late-night 16mm film installation from 1973 set inside a cannabis store, and a closing night party with a live vaudeville show paying homage to ’70s-’80s nyc public access tv stars. village east cinema, international center of photography, kbg bar, and sofaclub cannabis. get 2-for-1 tickets with promo code ‘skintles50’ >>

► thru 5/5: doc nyc selects: spring 2026: ifc (greenwich village). >>

► thru 5/7: the grandmaster: tony leung: film at lincoln center presents a career-spanning 13-film retrospective of hong kong actor tony leung, with leung in person for a number of special appearances. screenings include chungking express, hard boiled, hero, in the mood for love, internal affairs, silent friend, and more. $18 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

► thru 6/2: academy museum branch selects at the paris: the paris theater’s third annual branch selects screening series presents a series of films selected by each of the academy’s 19 branches. selections include: eraserhead (sound branch), the iron giant (animation branch), eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (cinematographers branch), star wars (visual effects branch), fruitvale station (producers branch), don’t look back (documentary branch), do the right thing (casting directors branch), and more. the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

thru 5/1: american watercolor society exhibition: the 159th international exhibition of the american watercolor society showcases works by 150 artists from around the world, working in a variety of watermedia including watercolor, gouache, and acrylic. opening reception 4/7 6-8pm (rsvp required). the salmagundi club, an historic four-story townhouse in greenwich village. free admission (donations welcome). >>

sponsored: thru 5/3: trouble, struggle, bubble and squeak at 59e59 theaters: award-winning theater maker and ‘fringe legend’ (time out) victoria melody joined a historical re-enactment society… because we all deal with divorce differently! bending storytelling and stand-up, past and present collide in this tale of hijinks and resistance celebrating the ordinary people still shaping history. part of the brits off broadway series at 59e59 theaters. $19 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $32). >>

thru 5/3: fleurs de villes: flora: hudson yards is in full bloom for this annual floral showcase, featuring 15 installations by new york female florists reimagining spring couture in flowers. located on level one of the shops at hudson yards. free admission. >>

thru 5/3: 66th annual abaa new york international antiquarian book fair: discover rare books, maps, manuscripts, photographs, prints, ephemera, and more from over 170 exhibitors, with specialties ranging from art, design, and pop culture to science, medicine, literature, history, and much more. park avenue armory (ues). save 25% on advance tickets with promo code ‘theskintxnyiabf’, students with valid id can get $10 tickets at the door. >>

thru 5/3: conductor: art fair of the global majority: the conductor art fair presents 28 gallery exhibitors, 19 installations, and programming showcasing artists from africa, latin america, the caribbean, south asia, southeast asia, the middle east, oceania, and indigenous nations around the globe. powerhouse arts (gowanus), $15 general / $12 for seniors, active military personnel, and retired veterans at the door / free for students and faculty at colleges in the tri-state area / free for ebt recipients. >>

thru 5/3: annual queens new music festival: random access music presents its annual showcase of contemporary and experimental music, with concerts, premieres, and cross-genre collaborations from emerging and established composers. culture lab lic, $20 general, $10 students. >>

thru 5/3: fresh fruit festival: all out arts’ annual celebration of lgbtq+ arts takes over the wild project (east village) for two weeks of theater, performance, poetry, comedy, spoken word, music, dance, and more by artists from around the world. $23 general, plus two staged readings priced $5-12. >>

thru 5/3: cumulo: whimsical and violent, emily batsford’s nonverbal puppet piece cumulo follows protagonist plum, plummeting through a skyscape of sentient clouds and creatures, exploring how we reclaim autonomy when life sends us into free-fall. the journey unfolds across a cotton candy set with embedded fans and a large-scale mobile of floating cloud islands. mitu580 (gowanus), $23.18+. >>

thru 5/3: streb: into thin air: the ‘action heroes’ of elizabeth streb’s extreme action ensemble execute choreographed feats of extreme athletic and technical skill in their latest performance, which features split-second ducking and dodging, trampolines, retractable ramps, suspended parallel bars, and more. streb lab for action mechanics (williamsburg), $25. >>

thru 5/4: sunnyside restaurant week: prix fixe dinners, discounts and happy hours at 75 restaurants and shops. >>

thru 5/6: greenwich house music school’s 12th annual uncharted concert series: six nyc-based artists-in-residence at greenwich house music school (west village) showcase works they’ve been developing and refining throughout their residency, with each evening featuring a double bill. $20. >>

thru 5/7: taste of science festival: science gets out of the lab and into the city with a lineup of casual talks in manhattan and brooklyn on topics from nyc air quality to forensic entomology, plus interactive events like birding in central park and a community scavenger hunt. free-$15. >>

sponsored: thru 5/10: corned beef (and other arguments): it’s 1890-ish, and two immigrants aboard a ship headed to ellis island are about to have beef. major beef. they just don’t know it yet. that’s the conflict that ignites corned beef (and other arguments), a duo comedy that’s best summed up as the odd couple meets mel brooks meets fiddler on the roof. the 19th-century romp follows a jewish immigrant and irishman on their quest for the american dream. but chaos erupts when they discover that they’re both sailing to new york city with the same mission: to bring corned beef to the new world. theater for the new city (east village), $20 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

thru 5/10: macy’s flower show: macy’s herald square bursts into bloom for its annual flower show, turning the flagship store into a tribute to state flowers, fiber arts, and craft traditions. free admission. >>

thru 5/10: la mama moves! dance festival: la mama experimental theatre club’s 21st annual dance festival presents five weeks of contemporary dance by more than 15 artists and companies. la mama (east village). $30 general, $25 seniors/students, $10 for the first 10 tickets to each performance. >>

thru 5/14 (wednesdays + thursdays; 6pm dance lesson, 7-8:30pm live music and dance): bryant park dance party: bryant park’s outdoor dance party returns for its 12th year, with free beginner-friendly lessons at the fountain followed by live music performed by a diverse selection of bands to put your new moves to work. food and drinks will be available for purchase. free admission. >>

thru 5/17 (4/23 7-9pm and weekends 12-6pm): the tower show: nyc’s rooftop staple gets the gallery treatment as 300 local artists reinterpret the humble water tower for gowanus arts’s annual group show. each 11×17 piece is priced at $200. opening reception 4/23 7-9pm. union channel (240 3rd ave, brooklyn), free admission. >>

thru 5/23 (mon-sat 11am-6pm): ‘ruglife’: a traveling contemporary art exhibition reimagines the rug as a platform for social, political, and cultural commentary, using unconventional materials and techniques to tackle topics like environmentalism, identity, and conflict. curated by ginger gregg duggan and judith hoos fox (c2–curatorsquared), the show features work by 14 international artists, including ai weiwei, andrea zittel, nicholas galanin, and slavs + tatars. pratt manhattan gallery (chelsea), free admission. >>

thru 5/31: keith haring exhibition: the brant foundation tracks keith haring’s rise from subway artist to pop-art icon in a major exhibition focused on his works from 1980–1983. the brant foundation (east village), $20 general, $18 seniors, $15 students, $15 east village residents. >>

thru 5/31: stories and set designs for the sopranos: drawing from creator david chase’s personal archive, museum of the moving image opens a new exhibition featuring scripts, notes, and research material from the sopranos that document story arcs and character trajectories as the show moved from a pilot into the first season. museum of the moving image (astoria), $20 general, $12 seniors/students, free thursdays 2-6pm. >>

thru 5/31: 45 years of pac-man exhibit: the paley center celebrates 45 years of chasing ghosts and chomping dots with a new exhibition filled with arcade cabinets, installations, rare artifacts, and fun facts that trace the history of pac-man in the arcade and pop culture. the paley center for media (midtown), included with regular museum admission ($20 general, $16 seniors/students/teachers/veterans/first responders). >>

thru 6/5 (tuesdays 8-9am, thursdays + fridays 5-6pm): bryant park birding tours: as migration hits midtown, join environmental educator and urban naturalist gabriel willow for a guided walk spotting birds in bryant park. morning and evening tours available, all experience levels welcome. free admission. >>

thru 6/13: dalí: the great years 1929–1939: di donna galleries presents a look at salvador dalí’s most transformative decade, when the artist collaborated with luis buñuel, designed for coco chanel, and arrived in new york. the most significant showing of dalí’s work in new york since the 2008 exhibition at the museum of modern art, the exhibition brings together paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and archival material from major private and public collections—including the dalí museum, the art institute of chicago, the san francisco museum of modern art, and the philadelphia museum of art. opening reception 4/16 6-8pm. di donna galleries (ues), free admission. >>

thru 6/21 (closed tuesdays): out of silence: a 15-minute sound installation by hans rosenström takes over franklin d. roosevelt four freedoms state park (roosevelt island). inspired by the music of the composer arvo pärt and architect louis kahn’s memorial to president fdr, the piece features recorded vocals by estonian vocal ensemble vox clamantis and runs on the hour. free admission. >>

thru 6/26 (fridays 5-8pm, weather-permitting): kingsland wildflowers green roof friday evening open hours: head up to the kingsland wildflowers green roof in greenpoint for golden hour among native plants and skyline views. explore the meadows, learn about the green roof and newtown creek, enjoy live music, and check out (and shop) plants grown on-site. free admission (rsvp). >>

thru 6/27 (tues+sat 10am-6pm): marcel duchamp at gagosian: gagosian opens its new upper east side gallery with an exhibition of key works by marcel duchamp, coinciding with moma’s retrospective and featuring many of the artist’s iconic ‘readymades.’ 980 madison ave at e 76th street, free admission. >>

thru 6/28: raphael: sublime poetry: the first comprehensive exhibition on raphael (1483–1520) in the united states brings together more than 170 works spanning his rise from urbino to florence and his final years in rome. drawings, paintings, and tapestries from private and public collections trace the arc of one of the renaissance’s biggest names. the met fifth ave (ues), pay-what-you-wish admission for new york state residents and ny, nj, and ct students, $30 general/$22 seniors/$22 visitors with disabilities/$17 students otherwise). >>

thru 6/29: the bronx museum’s seventh annual aim biennial: ‘forms of connection’: 28 emerging artists from the 2024-2025 cycles of the bronx museum’s artist in the marketplace (aim) fellowship program unveil new works. opening party 1/23 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru 7/11: mystery and wonder: a legacy of golden age magicians in new york city: step behind the curtain at the new york public library for the performing arts (uws) with an exhibition devoted to the city’s golden age of magic. drawing from rare archival materials, the show explores how turn-of-the-century magicians blurred the lines between spiritualism, vaudeville, circus, and theater, alongside emerging science and technology. photographs, posters, and artifacts trace the careers of legendary figures like harry houdini, harry kellar, alexander and adelaide herrmann, and others. the exhibition is accompanied by a series of free public programs, including magic performances, conversations, and film screenings. free admission. >>

thru 8/16: art of noise: a new exhibition at cooper hewitt celebrates the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past century. organized by the san francisco museum of modern art and adapted to the history of the new york music scene for its east coast presentation, the exhibition features over 300 works from concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, plus immersive audio installations by teenage engineering and devon turnbull. cooper hewitt (ues), $22 general, $16 seniors, $10 students, pay-what-you-wish 5-6pm daily. >>

thru 8/22: marcel duchamp at moma: the museum of modern art presents the first retrospective of marcel duchamp’s work in the united states since 1973, featuring 300 works spanning his multifaceted career across all media from 1900 to 1968. moma (midtown), $30 general, $22 seniors, $22 visitors with disabilities, $17 students, free for new york state residents fridays 5:30-8:30pm. >>

thru 8/23: whitney biennial 2026: the 82nd edition of america’s longest-running contemporary art survey brings together 56 artists, duos, and collectives for a wide-ranging look at life right now. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free for all every friday 5-10pm and every second sunday. >>

thru 8/25 (tuesdays 7:30am): tai chi in bryant park: bryant park’s free outdoor tai chi classes return for the 2026 season. open to all experience levels, sessions are held at the park’s fountain terrace, rain or shine. >>

thru 9/6: brooklyn cyclones baseball season: the crack of the bat returns to coney island as the brooklyn cyclones take the field at maimonides park, located along the iconic boardwalk. opening week promos include post-game fireworks (friday), everyone runs the bases (saturday), free ice cream for the first 500 kids (sunday), and more. $14+. >>

thru 9/6: new exhibitions at poster house: poster house, the first museum in the united states dedicated to the global history of posters, presents four new exhibitions for the spring 2026 season. first up: act black: posters from black american stage + screen and love + fury: new york’s fight against aids. $15 general; $10 seniors, students, educators, veterans, visitors with disabilities; free admission every friday and every third sunday. >>

thru 9/13 (weds-sun 11:30am-6pm): new exhibitions at the folk art museum: folk nation: crafting patriotism in the united states and self-made: a century of inventing artists. folk art museum (uws), free admission. >>

thru the season: rooftop cinema club: catch movies under the open sky at the embassy suites skylawn rooftop in midtown, where this seasonal series screens a mix of cult favorites, classics, and newer releases. wireless headphones help block out the city noise, and drinks and classic cinema concessions are available for purchase. screenings thru may include amélie, american psycho, casablanca, get out, one battle after another, past lives, sinners, the dark knight, the original star wars trilogy, the princess bride, top gun, when harry met sally, and many more. $21.75+ admission (15% off for military, 10% off for students). >>

thru the season: prospect park’s lefrak center at lakeside spring/summer opening: warmer weather brings the return of roller skating, pickleball, rowboating, and kayaking to brooklyn’s prospect park. various prices. >>

thru the season (12-5pm thurs-sun and holidays): prospect park carousel: go for a ride with 53 horses, a lion, a giraffe, a deer, and two dragon-pulled chariots on prospect park’s historic carousel, designed by charles carmel in 1912 and lovingly restored in 1990 and 2020. $3/ride, $13/book of 5 tickets. >>

thru october (sundays 4-7pm, weather permitting): central park swings: swing by central park for open-air evenings of music and social dancing, with big band swing, rhythm and blues, hot jazz, latin, and more to get your feet moving. a beginner-friendly lesson kicks things off, with additional instruction during set breaks. the season opener features dj shufflepuck, and live music will begin may 17 (rain date may 31). king jagiello plaza (located near e 79th street and east drive, on the east side of turtle pond), free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>

thru 10/18 (select saturdays + sundays 12-4pm): new york marble cemetery: slip down a 100-foot alley off 2nd avenue and into new york marble cemetery, the city’s oldest public non-denominational cemetery, dating back to 1830. eclosed by 12-foot marble walls, the quiet, garden space is a designated nyc landmark and on the national register of historic places. enter at 2nd avenue between e. 2nd + e. 3rd streets. free admission. >>

thru 10/19: andy warhol: family album: the whitney museum presents a collection of hundreds of andy warhol’s polaroids from 1972 to 1973, drawn from one of six ‘family albums’ that the artist assembled as a personal archive. the exhibition features portraits, candid snapshots of collaborators and friends, scenes from his home in montauk, and more. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free for all every friday 5-10pm and every second sunday. >>

thru 11/30 (7am-10pm): extended seasonal hours on the high line: longer days, longer strolls. starting wednesday, 4/1, the high line stays open for two extra hours of wandering, people-watching, and soaking up views above the streets. free admission. >>

thru 12/1: orwell + truth: the legacy of author george orwell: with big brother all around us, a new outdoor exhibition at nyu showcases rare archival materials from university college london’s george orwell archive, tracing the evolution of george orwell from eric blair, colonial police officer in burma, to one of the 20th century’s most influential truth-tellers. spread across 13 windows, the exhibition includes wartime diaries, personal letters, research notes for the road to wigan pier, and the unpublished preface to animal farm. free admission. >>

thru 12/27 (weekends thru 12/27): bargemusic: bargemusic’s chamber music concerts return to brooklyn bridge park’s pier 5’s boathouse, offering floor-to-ceiling window views of the east river and lower manhattan skyline. free admission (doors open 20 minutes before the concert. no reservations). >>

thru december (weekends 10am-5pm): brooklyn flea: dumbo’s outdoor flea market returns for its 18th season under the manhattan bridge archway with a curated assortment of vintage, antique, handcrafted, and local design vendors, plus food and drink offerings. free admission. >>

misc.

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10 old-fashioned candy stores in nyc: get your sweet treats at these shoppes, rounded up by untapped new york. >>

where to find manhattan’s passageways named after theatre stars: find yourself walking on a street dedicated to leonard bernstein, humphrey bogart, katherine hepburn, jerry orbach, paul robeson, cecily tyson, and others whose work has graced the new york stage. >>

eight places to see art by keith haring in nyc >>

24 exceptional subway artworks to see in nyc: the folks at hyperallergic highlight some of the most interesting subway art installations across the boroughs. >>

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