cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):
► fri + sat: thx, it’s thrifted day-to-night market: 40 crosby street (soho). $10+ admission. >>
► sat 11am-7pm: hare krishna parade and festival: fifth ave from 45th street to washington square park. >>
► sat 12pm: fluffie’s hot chicken midtown grand opening: 100 free chicken sandwiches for the first 100 customers, plus free sliders all day (limit one per customer). >>
► sat 2-7pm: yoga block party: graham ave between scholes and meserole (east williamsburg). >>
► sat 4-9pm; queens irish heritage festival: culture lab lic (queens). >>
► sat + sun (sat 10am-6pm, sun 9am-6pm): and just like that… hot fellas bakery pop-up: librae bakery (east village). >>
► sat + sun (3-8pm): sip shop eat night market: hook studio (red hook). free+. >>
► sun 10am-6pm: the lay out’s fifth annual juneteenth celebration: fort greene park. >>
► sun 12-4pm: 24th annual egg rolls, egg creams, and empanadas festival: eldridge st between division st + canal st (les). >>
► sun 12am-9pm (monthly thru 9/6): korea fest: k-pop edition: culture lab lic (queens). $10 10am early admission, free after 2pm. >>
pride-themed events (many more to come throughout june!):
► fri 6-9pm: sunnypride: rally, march, and festival: sunnyside arch to lowery plaza (queens). free. >>
► fri 6:30pm: a mother apart documentary screening: queens botanical garden (flushing). $4-6. >>
► fri 6:40pm: brooklyn cyclones pride night: maimonides park (coney island). $18.50+. >>
► fri 7:30pm doors: gay takeover of little italy: an lgbtq+ comedy show: capish?! club misfit comedy space @ lunella restaurant. $5+ sliding scale admission. >>
► fri 7:30-11pm: the library after hours: pride edition: stephen a. schwartzman building (midtown). pay-what-you-wish ($15 suggested). >>
► fri 8pm-midnight: night at the museum: pride party: moma ps1 (lic). $25+. >>
► fri 8pm doors: Friday the 13th: a freaky friday the 13th pride party: footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood). $10+ >>
► fri 10pm: hot rabbit’s brooklyn pride lgbtq+ dance party: 3 dollar bill (bushwick). $20+. >>
► fri thru 6/18: pride on film screening series: quad cinema (greenwich village). $18. >>
► sat 12-10pm: brooklyn pride: street festival (12-6pm) and twilight parade (7:30pm): park slope. free. >>
► sat 4-9pm: big summer get down dance party: pride twirl: brooklyn bridge park’s pier 6 plaza. >>
► sat 7:30pm: undressed: the musical red eye ny (hell’s kitchen). $20 with promo code ‘ums10’ (reg. $30). >>
► sat 10pm: dyketopia comedy show: union hall (park slope). $12 adv, $15 door. >>
► sat thru 6/28: prism: a festival of new queer musicals: judson memorial church (greenwich village) + the brick theater (williamsburg), $25. >>
► sun 11am-6pm: folsom street east festival: bound together: west 27th street between 10th and 11th aves. $22.63. >>
► sun 5pm: everybooty pride party: brooklyn academy of music (fort greene). $25. >>
► mon 8pm: meat puppet presents: cult classics screening of paris is burning: purgatory (bushwick). $12+. >>
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friday
thru 8/16: 47th annual bric celebrate brooklyn! festival: new york city’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival returns to prospect park’s lena horne bandshell for two months. this weekend: a concert featuring mélissa laveaux, nathalie ‘talie’ cerin, and riva nyri précil (fri 6pm doors), and a family day celebrating pippi longstocking’s 80th birthday with the klezmatics (sat 3pm doors). >>
thru 8/9: lincoln center’s fourth annual summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual arts festival brings two months of free and choose-what-you-pay music concerts, performances, dance parties, film screenings, and more to its upper west side campus. this weekend: lulada club big band (fri 6:30pm), ninth annual jazztopad festival (fri + sat 7:30pm), discolocas (fri 10pm), caribbean day featuring etienne charles (sat 7pm) and coolblaze (sat 9pm), seen, sound, scribe (sun 6pm), and more. >>
sponsored: thru 6/30 (9:30pm): kb comedy hour: comedian kelly bachman (hysterical, reductress) takes over bushwick’s vino theater all month long, working out material for an upcoming special. jaffer khan (kawps) opens. byob. free admission (pay-what-you-wish at the exit). >>
thru 6/21: national association of women artists’ 136th annual members exhibition: nawa presents its annual showcase featuring works by member artists from across the country. opening reception 6/13 5-8pm. leonovich gallery (chelsea), free. >>
thru 6/19: john cazale: a 90th anniversary tribute: film forum (south village) presents a retrospective of the short career of actor john cazale (1935-1978), whose five films were all oscar best picture winners or nominees: dog day afternoon, the deer hunter, the godfather (parts i + ii), and the conversation. $17 general, $13 seniors / students / people with disabilities. bonus: free screenings of richard shepard’s 2009 documentary, i knew it was you: rediscovering john cazale. >>
thru mon: the metropolitan opera’s summer recital series: the met opera’s popular summer recital series returns with free outdoor concerts at staten island’s stapleton waterfront (fri 7pm), brooklyn bridge park (sat 7pm), socrates sculpture park in long island city (sun 7pm), and central park (mon 8pm). rain or shine. >>
fri + sat (7pm): bryant park picnic performances: contemporary dance: bryant park’s annual summer performance series is back with 25 evenings of free live music, theater, and dance in the heart of midtown. bring your own picnic or purchase food and drinks from on-site vendors. blankets and bistro chairs are provided for use. next up: contemporary dance featuring doug varone and dancers, kyle marshall choreography, and lanecoarts (fri) and jazzmobile presents the jimmy heath big band (sat). >>
fri + sat (fri 8pm, sat 7:30pm): rooftop films: cemetery shorts: the popular rooftop films series, one of the word’s longest-running and largest outdoor showcases for indie film, returns for its 29th season. friday: ‘poetic portraits’ shorts program @ the old american can factory (gowanus); saturday: bunnylovr @ new design high school (les). both events include filmmaker q+a and an afterparty with drinks. $20.
fri + sat (8pm): the chelsea symphony: ‘all seeing sky’: the chelsea symphony wraps its 19th season with a program that includes works by alexandre guilmant, elaine tai, john psathas, and dmitri shostakovich. the dimenna center for classical music (midtown), $30 adv for premium seating, or $20 suggested donation at the door. >>
fri various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
a bug’s life at athens square (astoria) >>
despicable me 4 at garfield lawn in prospect park >>
shutter island at mccarren park (williamsburg/greenpoint) >>
the birdcage at north oculus plaza (fidi) >>
wonka at robert moses playground (murray hill) >>
fri 2:45-5pm: free admission to anne frank: the exhibition: in honor of what would’ve been anne frank’s 96th birthday, the center for jewish history (flatiron) is offering free admission to anne frank: the exhibition today (reg. $24-31). first come, first served. >>
fri 6:30pm: the city reading series: emerging writers from the mfa and ma programs at the city college of new york return for an evening of poetry and prose at p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $5 admission can be applied towards any book or item in the café. >>
fri 6:30pm: hell on heels with bridget read and sarah leonard: join lux magazine and author bridget read for a discussion of her new book little bosses everywhere: how the pyramid scheme shaped america, followed by a screening of hell on heels, a made-for-tv film about mary kay starting shirley maclaine and parker posey. francis kite club (alphabet city), free admission. >>
fri 7pm (monthly): vocabaret: ivocabaret edition: wordplay takes center stage at vocabaret, a monthly variety show for language lovers. five of nyc’s wittiest wordsmiths serve up slideshows, games, and other entertainment—all inspired by a new theme each month. hosted by sam corbin, tim donnelly, jerzy gwiazdowski, ally spier, and nikolai vanyo. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘caveatorb’ (reg. $24-25). >>
fri 8pm (monthly): boyz in the woods comedy: kenice mobley, tawanda gona, josh stokes, and kofi thomas host this standup-meets-trivia show, where audience members can win free drinks by answering pop culture and hip-hop trivia questions between sets. featuring david drake (comedy central), jason cordova (hbo), meka mo (don’t tell comedy), karli marulli, and mustafe mussa. friends and lovers (crown heights), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
fri 8pm: slaughterfest: celebrate schlocky/campy horror at crystal lake brooklyn’s slaughterfest, where you’ll watch a surprise movie, play trivia, dance, and more. costume theme: ‘killer parents.’ crystal lake brooklyn (williamsburg), free admission. >>
fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include adam conover (adam ruins everything), pedro gonzalez (colbert), billy prinsell (comedy central), jon alcabes (clickhole), annette mullaney (@ho_grammer), and veronica kwiatkowski (@veronicakallday). free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>
fri 9pm: group chat approved: a live dating show (queer edition): watch as three contestants compete in a series of raunchy and flirty games to win a date with an eligible single. the twist? their friends have the final say on who gets the match. radegast hall + biergarten (williamsburg), free admission. >>
fri 9pm: drop up video: a panel of comedians roast the music videos that we love to hate. featuring nick naney, lukas arnold, lisa corrao, caitlin reese, joey rinaldi, and tom feeney. hosted by justin thompson. pine box rock shop (bushwick), $5 >>
fri 10pm (+ 7/4): 10pm (season ends tonight): str8 west coastin’: djs still life, eleven, and teeburr bring west coast summer hip-hop vibes to brooklyn’s friends and lovers (crown heights). $5 before 11pm with rsvp, $10 otherwise. >>
fri 11pm: the black parade: the black parade returns to the brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg) for a night of emo and pop punk spun by djs jet, swabby, and katastrophiee. $11.33+. >>
saturday
sat + sun (various times): eighth annual open garden nyc: hundreds of community gardens across nyc open their gates to the public for a weekend of free activities and exploration. rain or shine. >>
sat various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
captain america: brave new world at the unisphere in flushing meadows corona park >>
inside out 2 at cherry tree park (east harlem) >>
the parent trap at north oculus plaza (fidi) >>
the wild robot at valentino pier (red hook) >>
wicked at field 62-63 in randall’s island park >>
sat (various times): no kings protests: coinciding with today’s military parade in washington, d.c., nyc has six major rallies planned in protest of the trump administration: columbia university, bryant park, grace plaza, brooklyn’s grand army plaza, cadman plaza west, and forest hills. >>
sat 11am-7pm: schomburg centennial festival: schomburg center for research in black culture (harlem) celebrates its centennial and the african diaspora with a daylong event featuring authors, creators, and artists including roxane gay, david crownson, vinson cunningham, glory edim, imani perry, ibi zoboi, kiese laymon, chukwuebuka ibeh, and raquel willis— plus a cosplay showcase, marketplace, and block party with dj d-nice, slick rick, and more. free. >>
sat 12-8pm: pigeon fest at the high line: in celebration of national pigeon appreciation day and iván argote’s 17-foot-tall aluminum pigeon sculpture, the high line presents an all-day festival celebrating pigeons, urban ecology, and public art. taking place along the half-mile stretch of 30th street on the high line, the festival features pigeon-themed carnival games, a pigeon impersonation pageant, panel discussions, family-friendly art workshops, and a concert presented in collaboration with the birdsong project. free admission. >>
sat 7pm (monthly): flopsauce comedy show: the monthly stand-up showcase where comedians dish out their latest failures (flops) and successes (sauces) returns for more servings. featuring lauren cocroft, michael green, sheri ciprane, bini yamin, geo yankey, and kat smith. hosted by kayla kirk and emily baker. secret pour (bushwick / bed-stuy), free admission. >>
sat 8pm doors : boots! rainbow revue 60’s dance party: break out the fringe for boots!, a 60’s-inspired dance party featuring go-go dancers, rock ‘n soul dj sets with maxwell, sarah, and vee vee (wfmu), live music by the knight shades and mod lang, and more. bonus: prizes will be awarded for best dressed. alphaville (bushwick), $13.60+. >>
sat 8:30pm: improvised body horror film: improv group help me i’m drowning performs an hour-long improvised body horror film based on audience suggestions. brooklyn comedy collective pig pen (williamsburg), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
sunday
sun thru 9/30: outdoor yoga, fitness, and zumba on the waterfront: free outdoor yoga (sundays @ 9am + mondays @ 7pm), fitness (tuesdays @ 6:30pm), and zumba (wednesdays @ 6:30pm) classes return to hunters point south park (lic). all experience levels welcome. >>
sun 9:30am (+ 7/20, 8/17): vinyasa on a vessel: vinyasa on a vessel drops anchor with a 60-minute vinyasa yoga session aboard the south street seaport museum’s permanently-moored 1885 tall ship wavertree. find your flow on the open-air deck, surrounded by the breeze and views. all levels welcome. byo mat. free admission (rsvp required). >>
sun 5pm: fireside mystery theatre: fireside mystery theatre, a bi-monthly old-time radio-styled audio drama and podcast taping, presents ‘the sun worshippers: fireside’s summer solstice’—three terrifying tales of ritual magic, daylight suspense, and sundrenched horror performed and recorded live with a full cast, sound effects, and an improvised musical score. the slipper room (les), $20. >>
sun 5pm (+ 6/20): 20th scandinavian music festival in fort tryon park: new york scandia symphony presents a series of outdoor concerts performed by symphony members and guest artists at the cloisters lawn in fort tryon park. today: the scandia string orchestra performs works by danish composer carl nielsen and swedish baroque composer johan helmich roman, as well as commissioned works by danish composers nikolaj hess and josefine opsahl, and resident composer frank foerster. blankets and lawn chairs welcome. free admission. >>
sun 7pm (monthly): new tricks: good tales don’t age at this storytelling show where all of the performers are over 40. hosted by adrianne frost (the moth storyslam champion) with stories by ivy eisenberg, andrew ian bayroff, carla katz, rory scholl, and fabiana mattedi. tonight’s theme: ‘hot dog!’ q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>
sponsored: sun 7:30pm: pay-what-you-can admission at theatre for a new audience’s prosperous fools: for this performance of taylor mac’s brilliant and courageous exploration of philanthropy and its hypocrisies, loosely inspired by moliere’s le bourgeois gentilhomme, audiences can purchase cash-only pay-what-you-can tickets at the door starting at 6:30pm. while supplies last, first come, first served, one ticket per patron limit. directed by darko tresnjak at polonsky shakespeare center in downtown brooklyn. >>
sun 7:30pm (monthly): good god comedy show: audience members can anonymously share their craziest, cringiest secrets for the hosts to read aloud at this stand-up comedy variety show. tonight’s lineup: adam conover (adam ruins everything), george civeris (comedy central), brittany carney (comedy central), emma willmann (fallon), brittany cardwell (don’t tell comedy), and nick smith (i never liked you). union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
sun 8pm (monthly): beanie babe comedy: the standups and the stuffed animals are full of beans at this comedy show, where a donation will get you a vintage beanie baby to take home. featuring dave sirus (snl), fritz donnelly (bizarre bushwick), paulina breeze (comedy fight club), and juliana dudley (the diplomat). hosted by rebecca kaplan. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission (donations optional). >>
sun 8pm (monthly) disasterpiece movie night: ninja terminator: from the weird to the wondrous, disasterpiece unearths bad movies for a watch party complete with drinking games, trivia, pizza, and more. tonight: action-packed movie mashup ninja terminator (1985). wonderville (bushwick), free admission. >>
monday
mon 6pm: hollywood high : a totally epic, way opinionated history of teen movies: journalist, critic, and humorist bruce handy presents his new book—a history of teen movies from rebel without a cause and american graffiti to fast times at ridgemont high to mean girls—in a conversation with author and vanity fair contributing editor lili anolik (didion and babitz) at rizzoli bookstore (flatiron). free admission. >>
mon 7pm (monthly): and scene: anything could happen when actors and improvisors share the stage at ‘and scene,’ where the actors know their lines ahead of time and the improvisers make up their parts with no prior knowledge of the scenes. featuring marc evan jackson (the good place), neal bledsoe (othello), eden malyn (orange is the new black), cameron moir (daredevil: born again), erin darke (marvelous mrs. maisel), and more. hosted by mick szal. $18.76 with promo code ‘brick’ (reg. $24-25). >>
ongoing
our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: the 14th annual photoville festival, sargent and paris, sing for hope pianos, free outdoor fitness classes, and more. >>
stay safe and healthy
– the skint
