cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / pop-ups / parades (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► sat 11am-2pm: 41st westbeth flea market $10 bag sale: 55 bethune street (west village). >>

► sat 11am-5pm: thrift2death fall market: olly olly market (chelsea). free admission 1-5pm, $10 early bird admission 11am-1pm. >>

► sat 11am-6pm: morbid anatomy krampus holiday market: bkone tom kane theatre @ industry city (brooklyn). $5 admission 11am-6pm, $20 early bird admission 10-11am. >>

► sponsored: sat 1-4:30pm, 6-9:30pm: brooklyn cocktail fest: indistry city – building 5 (indoor event venue), save 40% with promo code ‘theskint’ >>

► sat thru 11/23: 20th latin american cultural week: various locations, free-$20. >>

► sun 10am-5:30pm: 2025 new york jewish book festival: the museum of jewish heritage – a living memorial to the holocaust (battery park). free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>

► sun 11am-5pm: fall sample sale + food pop-up: liz’s book bar (carroll gardens). >>

► sun + mon (sun 10am-6pm, mon 10am-+5pm): jewish book month 100 popup bookstore: 81 hester street (les). >>

three film fests (various prices):

► fri-sun: video art and experimental film festival: cinema village (greenwich village). >>

► fri thru 1/5/2026: american woman: reframing ’70s cinema: a woman under the influence, claudine, diary of a mad housewife, harlan county u.s.a., klute, paper moon, the way we were, 3 women, and more. museum of the moving image (astoria). >>

► sat 12-6pm: 4th annual reel works film festival: sva theatre (chelsea). >>

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Brooklyn Cocktail Fest
Saturday, November 15
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Industry City – Building 5 (Indoor Event Venue)
33 35th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232

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friday

sponsored: thru 11/23: swap your usual plans for a one-of-a-kind city experience with new york adventure club!:
► experience the secret eats of arthur avenue on a food crawl of the bronx’s little italy >>
► explore the secrets of tribeca: lofts, artists, and alleyways >>
► enjoy secret parlor jazz with a bbq dinner on the upper east side >>
► go a curator-led tour of the new york historical’s tiffany lamps collection >>
► venture underground and explore brooklyn’s oldest subway stations >>

thru 11/22: nyu’s game design days: nyu game center presents a week-long series of events highlighting the underground independent game development communities of nyc, kicking off with a chiptune kickoff party and culminating with the annual ‘no quarter’ exhibition. >>

thru sun: new york comedy festival: the annual new york comedy festival returns with more than 100 shows featuring 200 comics across the city. skint-priced shows thru sunday include: asssscat ny at ucb, best of flop house comedy club, end of the line at qed, nathan badalov: chosen fam at grove 34, peer revue at caveat, hazel brugger at the gutter, astigmatism comedy at p+t knitwear, calvin s. cato: disney single at qed, drunk planet earth at caveat, the 10th annual hot guy draft at littlefield, hyperfocus at caveat, three-day champion at caveat, and erica rhodes at ucb. >>

fri + sat (fri 6-9pm, sat 1-6pm): the international studio + curatorial program’s fall open studios: discover new works by 33 resident artists and curators from 22 countries. opening reception friday 6-9pm. iscp (east williamsburg), free admission. >>

fri + sat (fri 7:30pm, sat 3pm + 7:30pm): amas musical theatre presents: dubbo championship wrestling: an aussie rock musical: when an angry new york student picks the wrong fight at school, she begrudgingly finds herself back in her rural australian hometown, and thrown into a no-holds-barred smackdown for the survival of her family business – dubbo championship wrestling. expect head locks, power ballads, heart, and more. a.r.t./ny theatres (hell’s kitchen), $20.50. >>

fri 6-9pm: subway swing: a boogie for the ages: get into the swing of things at new york transit museum’s annual vintage-themed dance party. set in the decommissioned court street station among old subway cars and the museum’s exhibits, the evening will feature live music from three jazz bands and dance lessons to help get you started. $35 admission includes a drink. additional drink tickets will be available from a cash bar. >>

fri 7pm: keep your ear to the ground: a history of punk fanzines in washington, dc: archivist and the curator of special collections in performing arts at the university of maryland john r. davis discusses his book keep your ear to the ground: a history of punk fanzines in washington, dc with comedian, performer, author, and new yorker cartoonist emily flake at books are magic (cobble hill). $10 admission includes a store gift card, $39.95 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>

fri 7pm: scrappy reading series: six emerging and established writers explore what it means to be ‘scrappy’—in their writing lives, personal lives, love lives, and any other type of life they’re living—at the scrappy reading series. held at compère collective in red hook, the evening features writers mattilda bernstein sycamore, sylvie baggett, mohsin zaidi, naomi gordon-loebl, jess tran, and ines bellina. drinks and snacks will be served. free admission. >>

fri 7pm (monthly): vocabaret: ‘the annual word championship’ edition: wordplay takes center stage at vocabaret, a monthly variety show for language lovers. four of nyc’s wittiest wordsmiths serve up slideshows, games, and other entertainment—all inspired by a new theme each month. hosted by tim donnelly, jerzy gwiazdowski, ally spier, and nikolai vanyo. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘caveatorb’ (reg. $24-25). >>

fri 7pm: close friends comedy show turns 1: comedians share material they usually save for their besties at the close friends comedy show. hosted by temi adeoye and chine ikoro, tonight’s first birthday lineup features sabrina wu, keara sullivan, shelby latterman, jelaney wright, and jason king. brooklyn comedy collective (williamsburg), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

fri 7:30pm: mary lattimore: la-based harpist and composer mary lattimore performs a free concert at lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws). >>

fri 8pm: laugh it off comedy show: bring your problems to the laugh it off comedy show, where audience members submit their everyday problems and comedians try their best to ‘fix’ them. boyb. melrose podcasts (east village), $16. >>

fri 8pm (monthly): boyz in the woods comedy: tawanda gona, joshua stokes, and jeff wright 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 talib baab, gabbie watts, ish gaynor, and max fine. friends and lovers (crown heights), $12 adv, $15 door. >>

fri 8pm (monthly): best night ever comedy show: audrey black and akshay sampath (cracked) host a night of stand-up at el santo taqueria (east williamsburg / bushwick). tonight’s lineup features chris fleming, matt goldich, grace johnson, ananya hegde, james tom, sara ruth brown, and keara sullivan. $12 adv, $16 day of. >>

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 naomi karavani, jamal russell, dale dunlap, lisa chanoux, daegan asfaha, and sammy mowrey. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 9pm: tale storytelling show: as part of the gotham storytelling festival, harmon leon (this american life, the new yorker) hosts an evening of performances by some of the city’s best storytellers, including gastor almonte, adam wade, erin baker, and annie tan. under st. marks, (east village), sliding scale admission. >>

fri 9:30pm: group chat approved: a live dating show: 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. stay after the show to mix and mingle. flop house comedy club (williamsburg). $12. >>

saturday

opens sat (ongoing. closed mondays + tuesdays): the studio museum in harlem reopens: championing artists of african descent since 1968, the studio museum in harlem reopens in its new 82,000 square-foot building at 144 west 125th street. free community day saturday, 11/15. regular suggested admission is $16 general, $9 seniors/students wednesday-saturday, and free on sundays. >>

sat + sun (sat 3pm, sun 1pm): wes anderson film screenings with colors of wes anderson author hannah strong: hannah strong celebrates the release of her new book, colors of wes anderson, with a pair of talks and signings at screenings this weekend: the royal tenenbaums at roxy cinema (tribeca) on saturday, and the grand budapest hotel at museum of the moving image (astoria) on sunday. various prices.

sat 6:30pm: brooklyn poets fall fellows showcase: seven fellowship winners from the fall poetry workshop season share their work during an evening of readings at brooklyn poets home base in brooklyn heights. free admission. >>

sat 7:30pm: washington heights chamber orchestra: season opener: washington heights chamber orchestra kicks off its 11th season with ‘the music that inspires us,’ a program that features works by reena esmail, caroline shaw, and igor stravinsky. our saviour’s atonement lutheran church (washington heights), $20 general, $15 seniors. >>

sat 8pm: bad movies night brooklyn: poultrygeist: night of the chicken dead: sip a cold one and revel in the badness of troma entertainment’s poultrygeist: night of the chicken dead (2006) with other bad movie lovers and troma editor sabrina mendoza at wild east brewing (gowanus). free admission. >>

sat 8pm: fun gutter: four year anniversary show: punks and punchlines meet at fungutter, a stand-up comedy show with a punk house band. tonight’s fourth anniversary show, hosted by sasha von didkovsky and bailey pope, features standup from sabrina wu, jeff scheen, and abe gatling, a presentation from comedy duo marina and maarit, and house band the flaws. the cobra club (bushwick), free admission. >>

sat 9pm: the legend of you! the personalized improvised adventure: musical improv meets fantasy adventure meets your latest therapy session in ‘the legend of you: the personalized improvised adventure.’ each performance kicks off with an everyday problem shared by an audience member, which the cast transforms into an epic quest packed with bespoke monsters, magical treasures, and a big bad villain. the rat nyc (dumbo), $16.75 with promo code ‘followback’ (reg. $25). >>

sunday

sun 11am: 10th annual brooklyn cranksgiving fundraiser: cyclists of all skill levels hit the streets and pedal for a purpose at this annual scavenger hunt bike ride to benefit food justice. ride solo, as a team, or be paired with a team if you wish. all bikes (including citibike) are welcome, and costumes are encouraged. starts at principles gi coffee house (gowanus) and ends at transmitter brewing (brooklyn navy yard). donations will support community food justice organizations. >>

sun 12-6pm: chelsea art fair: the second edition of the chelsea art fair takes over the historic hotel’s bard room with contemporary works from five galleries. free admission (rsvp required). >>

sun 3pm: greenwich village orchestra: ‘fixations’ concert: the 70-person community orchestra continues its 39th season with an afternoon concert featuring works by debussy, shostakovich, and berlioz. the high school of fashion industries (chelsea), $20-30 adv, or pay-what-you-wish at the door. >>

sun 5-8pm: cozy climate fall fest: clothing swap! gift-crafting stations! mending circle! holiday confessions! music! cocktails! more! starr bar (bushwick), $13 admission. >>

sun 7pm: scientific controversies: deep thoughts of artificial minds: former meta chief ai scientist yann lecun and google deepmind research lead adam brown explore the boundaries of current machine learning and the possibility of machine consciousness at tonight’s edition of pioneer works’ scientific controversies series. hosted by barnard physics and astronomy professor and pioneer works director of sciences janna levin. food will be available for purchase, and stargazing with the amateur astronomers association will precede and follow the event. pioneer works (red hook), free admission (donations welcome). >>

sun 7pm (monthly): new tricks storytelling show: 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 eric vetter, chris james, anoush froundjian, johanna gohmann, and aida zilelian. tonight’s theme: ‘food for thought!’ q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>

sun 7:30pm (monthly): you are not alone: an uplifting show about depression: improvisers and artists that battle depression and mental illness in their day-to-day lives create scenes inspired by personal experiences, showing how laughter can be the best medicine. hosted by aaron gold and michael serpe. magnet theater (chelsea), $10. >>

sun 8pm (monthly) disasterpiece movie night: the legend of the titanic: from the weird to the wondrous, disasterpiece unearths bad movies for a watch party complete with drinking games, trivia, pizza, and more. tonight: orlando corradi and kim jun ok’s animated the legend of the titanic (1999). wonderville (bushwick), free admission. >>

monday

mon thru 1/7/2026: the annual shine bright and vessel lighting ceremony at hudson yards: the holiday season arrives at hudson yards with the sixth annual ‘shine bright,’ a neighborhood display of more than 2 million lights, 725 evergreen trees, and a 32-foot hot air balloon suspended in the shops. it all kicks off on monday, 11/17 at 6pm with its first-ever vessel lighting ceremony, featuring performances and appearances by kelsie watts (six on broadway), vy higginsen’s sing harlem choir, orchestra of st. luke’s brass band ensemble, and more hosted by lite fm’s helen little. free admission. >>

mon 4pm, 4:30pm, 7pm: classics in black + white: dr. strangelove, or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb: village east and cinema 123 by angelika host a series of classic black + white screenings, continuing tonight with stanley kubrick’s dr. strangelove, or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb (1964), starring peter sellers, george c. scott, and sterling hayden. $19-22.

mon 7:30pm: dirty little secrets improv show: see your secrets turned into comedy gold at the dirty little secrets show, where your anonymously-submitted secrets serve as inspiration for improv performers. the wara theatre (east village), $14.64 with promo code ‘skintsecrets’ (reg. $23.18). >>

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