film fests/series:

► thru 9/24: teenage malady : quad cinema presents a mini screening series exploring the darker, more unsettling side of adolescence, featuring river’s edge, the virgin suicides, elephant, and totally f***ed up. quad cinema (greenwich village), $18 general, $16 seniors. >>

► thru 9/29: big + loud!: lawrence of arabia, west side story, the sound of music, marie antoinette, boogie nights, die hard, and more. the paris theater (midtown), $17 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

thru 9/11 (various fridays and saturdays at 9pm): astoria beer garden silent disco dance party: three djs, one beer garden, and a crowd dancing in near-total silence at this bi-weekly silent disco party. wireless headphones are provided so you can choose your vibe between dj sets. astoria’s bohemian hall + beer garden, $20-30 (a credit or debit card is needed for the check-in process to use the required headphones). >>

thru 9/13: neurotica fest: comedian and actor iris bahr’s neurotica fest is back at under st. marks theater (east village) with four days of solo shows, storytelling, book readings, and films. $7-25. >>

thru 9/13: ridgewood off-kilter film festival: embrace uncanny community-driven cinema at the annual ridgewood off-kilter film festival, screening feature-length films, animated and live-action shorts, short documentaries, and music videos by new york-based, domestic, and international filmmakers. stone circle theatre, trinity reformed church, and footlight underground at the windjammer. $10-15. >>

thru 9/13: 12th annual brooklyn americana music festival: folk, roots, and country blues take over dumbo, red hook, and the carroll gardens/columbia street waterfront district, with more than 20 artists playing stages at the dumbo archway and venues in dumbo, red hook, and the carroll gardens/columbia street waterfront district. $22-30 opening/closing night fundraisers, free admission all other days. >>

thru 9/13: beaches are open for the season: nyc’s public beaches across the five boroughs are open for swimming and relaxing through the season. >>

thru 9/13: nyc’s free outdoor pools open for the season: cool off at one of the city’s 50+ free public outdoor pools, now open in every borough. >>

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 9/16: dream up festival: theater for the new city’s annual festival of new works returns for its 14th year with 23 productions, including 18 world premieres. theater for the new city (east village), $15-20. >>

thru 9/16: outdoor fitness at domino park: brooklyn’s domino park brings movement to the williamsburg waterfront with a fitness series offering pilates, boxing, and dance cardio on saturdays at 10am, sunday yoga at 10am, and sunrise yoga on wednesdays at 6:30am.

thru 9/16: bryant park yoga: free outdoor yoga is back at bryant park for its 23rd year, with a rotating lineup of instructors leading all-levels classes. choose from tuesdays at 10am on the upper terrace or wednesdays at 6pm on the lawn, where hundreds of mats take over the grass for one of the city’s biggest collective stretches. byo mat, towel, and water. rsvp required. >>

thru 9/16: bryant park’s outdoor reading room: bryant park’s outdoor ‘reading room’ and series of free events returns for the 2026 season: books on broadway – a backstage look at broadway (select dates @ 12:30pm); quiet reading – a silent reading hour followed by discussion (select tuesdays 3-5pm, 5/12-6/15); poetry – readings by established and emerging poets (tuesdays @ 6pm, 5/25-9/1); author – authors discuss their latest books and writing process (wednesdays @ 12:30pm 5/27-8/26); reel talks – talks on movies, cinema culture, and filmmaking (mondays @ 12:30pm, 6/15-8/17); non-fiction – lectures and conversations with historians, authors, and thinkers (wednesdays @ 7pm 7/1-9/2); writers workshop – workshops geared to improve your writing skills (thursdays @ 6:30pm 7/9-8/13); and more. >>

thru 9/19 (select fridays + saturdays 5-9pm): summer by shea: the shea stadium crew brings another season of free outdoor indie and punk shows to rockaway beach’s rippers. >>

thru 9/19: bric celebrate brooklyn!: new york city’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival presents a summer of concerts and performances at prospect park’s lena horne bandshell. kicking things off 6/4 at 7pm: sheila e. + leon knight + dj spinna. >>

thru 9/20: free fashion week events: fashionista has rounded up free public events, pop-ups, exhibitions, and other ways to get in on the action without a runway-show-sized budget. >>

thru 9/20: 2-for-1 broadway week tickets: score broadway show tickets for less during this seasonal promotion! 2-for-1 tickets are now on sale for 25 shows, including buena vista social club, hadestown, maybe happy ending, oh, mary!, operation mincemeat, shmigadoon!, stranger things: the first shadow, the lost boys, and more. >>

thru 9/21 (mondays thru thursdays): healthy on the hudson fitness classes: hudson river park’s free 60-minute riverfront fitness classes return to piers 25, 46, 64, and 97 for the season: conditioning (mondays), hiit (tuesdays), plates, strength and sculpt (wednesdays), and yoga (thursdays). byo water and mat. >>

thru 9/25: ars nova ant fest: ars nova’s annual ‘all new talent’ (ant) festival showcases new theater, comedy, music, and hybrid theater across two weeks. ars nova theater (hell’s kitchen), $20+. >>

thru 9/26: (wednesdays + thursdays 5-7pm, saturdays 10am-3pm, sundays 12-2:30pm): free kayaking at brooklyn bridge park: free kayaking returns to brooklyn bridge park with 20-minute paddles offering views of the brooklyn bridge and downtown manhattan skyline. life vests, gear, and basic instruction are provided. sunday sessions reserved for kids and their guardians. advance registration opens two weeks before each date. >>

sponsored: thru 9/27: molière in the park: don juan: brooklyn’s home for free, world-class theater invites you to experience don juan – a thrilling tale of desire, power, and hypocrisy. translated by stephen wadsworth, directed by lucie tiberghien, and featuring a live cello score by johnathan moore, don juan is a masterful blend of comedy, tragedy, and the supernatural. running from september 5 through 27 at prospect park’ lefrak center at lakeside. free reservations are encouraged. >>

thru 9/27: (sundays at 10am): yoga at socrates sculpture park: lic’s socrates sculpture park offers free, outdoor vinyasa yoga classes thru the summer. all experience levels welcome. byo mat or towel and water. >>

thru 9/28: two new exhibitions at international center of photography: yves saint laurent and photography and photobooks usa 2000-25. opening reception 6/11 5-8pm. international center of photography (les), $18 general, $14 seniors/students, $5 thursdays 5-8pm. >>

thru 9/29: outdoor yoga, fitness, and zumba at hunter’s point south park: free yoga (6/2-9/29: tuesdays 7pm and sundays 9am), fitness (6/2-9/29: tuesdays 6pm), and zumba (5/20-9/30: wednesdays 6:30pm) classes return to hunters point south park (lic). >>

thru 9/30: 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 september include amélie, casablanca, get out, gilmore girls, hocus pocus, it, obsession, sinners, speed, and many more. $21.75+ admission (15% off for military, 10% off for students). >>

thru 9/30: woven together: touch exhibition: get hands-on with fiber art at this annual community exhibition from intertwine arts, featuring works by artists from the disability arts community that are soft, textured, weighty, smooth, and meant to be experienced through touch. opening exhibition 9/10 5-8pm. positive exposure gallery (fidi), free admission. >>

thru 9/30 (except holidays and holiday weekends): waterfront workouts at brooklyn bridge park: brooklyn bridge park’s season of free outdoor workout classes with a view returns: zumba (mondays), sunset yoga (tuesdays), amp’d bootcamp (wednesdays), morning yoga (saturdays), and pilates (sundays). open to all ages and abilities. registration opens at the beginning of each month for that month’s classes. >>

thru the season: public barbecuing areas: from waterfront parks to neighborhood green spaces, nyc parks has released its annual guide to designated grilling spots where you can legally fire up the coals all summer long. >>

thru the season ( thurs-sat 12-8pm): smorgasburg central park: the outdoor food market heads uptown to the columbus circle entrance of central park with 25+ vendors. free admission. >>

thru the season: six coasts governors island grand opening: grab a drink and/or a bite and take in the harbor view from six coasts, a new open-air pan american seafood restaurant and cocktail bar from smorgasburg on governors island. >>

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 10/4: tarot! renaissance symbols, modern visions: a new exhibition at the morgan library + museum explores tarot’s journey from a 15th-century italian card game to an enduring source of artistic inspiration, bringing together rare historic decks, modern artworks, and film clips. the morgan library + museum (murray hill), $25 general, $17 seniors, $13 students, free admission fridays 5-8pm with rsvp, free for college students every first sunday. >>

thru 10/4 (monthly): pawp-up in the lot: meet adoptable dogs and cats and shop treats and gear from local vendors at culture lab lic’s monthly outdoor pet-friendly hang. already have a furry bestie? bring ’em along and meet other pet owners in the community. free admission. >>

thru 10/5 (monthly): fit + lit on the high line: get fit and lit at the high line’s outdoor dance cardio classes, led by instructor janeil mason. rain or shine (the space is covered). free admission (rsvp encouraged). >>

thru 10/10 (tuesdays 8-9am, thursdays + fridays 5-6pm): bryant park birding tours: join environmental educator and urban naturalist gabriel willow for a guided walk discovering the diversity of birds that pass through midtown’s bryant park during fall migration. newbies and bird nerds alike are welcome. free admission. >>

sat thru 10/11: free kayaking at piers 26 and 96: free public kayaking season returns to hudson river park’s piers 26 (tribeca) and 96 (hell’s kitchen). sessions last 20 minutes, and life vests are provided. weather cancellations will be noted on their websites and/or social media.

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 10/25: revolution women: through love letters, petitions, military correspondence, archeological objects, paintings, and more, the new york historical’s revolution women exhibition explores how the american revolution and the experience of war shaped the lives of women in new york—and how women shaped the revolution in return. the new york historical (uws), $24 general, $19 seniors, $13 students, pay-what-you-wish 5-8pm on fridays. >>

thru 10/28 (wednesdays 6-9pm): washington square park salsa social: mi salsa dura baile’s open-air salsa dance nights return to washington square park (greenwich village) every wednesday thru october. each class starts off with a lesson followed by an open dance floor. free admission. >>

thru 10/30 (tuesdays 6pm + fridays 9am): rooftop yoga on the brooklyn grange rooftop: brooklyn grange, a rooftop farm at brooklyn navy yard, welcomes all experience levels for free yoga classes with skyline views. byo yoga mat and water bottle. free admission. >>

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 october (weekends): live in the lot: free outdoor concerts return to the lot at culturelab lic every weekend, kicking off with l train brass band, uncle brother, gentleman brawlers, liftoff brass, and tony santos band. >>

thru october: summer on the hudson: riverside park’s annual arts and culture festival returns with nearly 400 free events between 59th + 153rd streets, including festivals, concerts, dance parties, movies, fitness classes, and more. >>

thru 11/1 (saturdays + sundays 11am-4pm): the amazing maize maze: get lost in some corny fun at queens county farm museum’s three-acre labyrinth, nyc’s only corn maze. follow clues, solve puzzles, and make your way through the stalks to victory bridge, where you can look back on the maze in a-maze-ment. queens county farm museum (floral park), $17 general, $10 children ages 3-11. >>

thru 11/10 (tuesdays): nyc in transit: celebrating the 50th anniversary of new york transit museum, film forum presents a tuesday night series highlighting films where new york’s transportation system takes a starring role: speedy, the naked city, the french connection, the warriors, death wish, gloria, a bronx tale, and more. film forum (south village), $18-19.50. >>

thru 11/23 (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 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 12/12: paper cuts: independent publishing in the united states, 2000-2025: center for book arts’s fall exhibition, curated by christopher kardambikis, showcases a selection of zines and small-press diy publications collected and researched for paper cuts zines podcast. in addition to the main selection of works, guest curators kyle quinn, christina long, and caroline kern present thematic reading tables focused on queer publishing, black-led editorial platforms, and diy print networks. center for book arts (chelsea), 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 12/6: iris van herpen: sculpting the senses: brooklyn museum (prospect heights). $30 general, $21 seniors/students (tickets include general admission to the museum). >>

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. >>

thru 1/10/2027: guggenheim pop: 1960 to now: exploring the guggenheim museum’s history with pop art and its influence on artists today, this exhibition presents works from the 1960s-1990s alongside contemporary pieces. highlights include works by andy warhol, roy lichtenstein, claes oldenburg and coosje van bruggen, and maurizio cattelan, as well as a special presentation of one of yayoi kusama’s infinity mirror rooms. note: due to the popularity of the infinity mirror room, visitors are required to join a virtual queue upon arrival at the museum. $30 general, $19 seniors/students, pay-what-you-wish admission tues + sun 4-5:30pm. >>

thru 1/10/2027: costume art: the costume institute at the met fifth avenue’s latest exhibition pairs garments with works of art from the museum’s collection. breaking in the new condé m. nast galleries, the exhibition features nearly 400 objects. admission to the exhibition is included with regular museum admission (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 1/17/2027 (closed mondays): art of the street: selections from the elie and sarah hirschfeld collection: take a stroll through new york as captured in works by karel appel, jean-michel basquiat, keith haring, and red grooms in an exhibition celebrating graffiti, street art, and public art at the new york historical (uws). $24 general, $19 seniors, $13 students, pay-what-you-wish fridays 5-8pm. >>

thru summer 2027: it’s alive!: a century of animation from the collection: from gertie the dinosaur and felix the cat to experimental films and mtv-era animation, the museum of modern art traces 100+ years of the medium through original artwork, film clips, and behind-the-scenes materials, with a spotlight on new york’s role in animation history. moma (midtown), $30 general, $22 seniors, $22 visitors with disabilities, $17 students, free for new york state residents fridays 5:30-8:30pm. >>

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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