ongoing events

thru 9/27: bryant park and prospect park yoga: join hundreds of warrior posers in a series of free, outdoor yoga classes held at bryant park (tuesdays 10am on the upper terrace, wednesdays 6pm on the lawn) and prospect park‘s long meadow (thursdays at 7pm, thru 8/24). all experience levels welcome.

thru 9/29: tsq live: times square will be filled with 70 free outdoor events across two stages through the summer. curated by ailey extension, carnegie hall, elsewhere, jazz at lincoln center, new york live arts, pioneer works, soul summit, and other institutions, the weekday performance series will include dj sets, live concerts, dance workshops, and more. >>

thru 9/30: rooftop cinema club: rooftop movie season returns with to the skylawn rooftop bar at embassy suites in midtown. block out the city noise with wireless headphones and sit back in a lounge chair (both provided), and let the show begin. this month’s screenings include a nightmare on elm street, harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone, jaws, the sandlot, american psycho, grease, brown sugar, clueless, pee-wee’s bug adventure, and more. drinks, small bites, and classic movie snacks are available for purchase. $19.95+ admission. >>

thru 9/30: rooftop movies series at yotel times square: don a pair of headphones (provided by the venue), and enjoy an outdoor movie on the rooftop terrace of the green room 42 at yotel times square. this month’s selections include encanto, enchanted, mamma mia!, get out, mean girls, psycho, when harry met sally, little shop of horrors, and more. bonus: free popcorn at most screenings. $22. >>

thru 9/30: psychic self defense: here art center’s women-led season of world premieres opens with normandy sherwood’s psychic self defense, where curtains open and close, revealing and concealing characters, objects and scenes in hypnotic patterns. here arts center (south village), $25 general (there will be 10 tickets available for $10 each at every performance). >>

thru 9/30: (wednesdays + thursdays 5-7pm thru august, saturdays 10am-3pm, sundays 12-2pm thru 9/30): kayaking at brooklyn bridge park: book a 20-minute slot and enjoy the views while kayaking at brooklyn bridge park. all experience levels welcome. life vest, equipment, and instruction provided. free admission (advance registration is required). >>

thru 9/30: food in new york: bigger than the plate exhibition: from bodega bites to michelin-starred restaurants, dig into the history of new york’s food industry and the relationship between new yorkers and food at a new exhibition at the museum of the city of new york. with works by 20+ artists and designers, the exhibition presents potential solutions to local and global challenges of sustainability, labor justice, and food access. museum of the city of new york (east harlem), suggested admission: $20 general, $14 seniors/students. >>

thru september: waterfront workouts at brooklyn bridge park: work it out at free outdoor zumba, yoga, and fitness classes at brooklyn bridge park. open to all levels. free (registration required). >>

thru september: summer on the hudson: the annual summer on the hudson outdoor arts and culture festival fills riverside park with music and dance performances, movies, wellness activities, and more from 59th to 183rd street thru september. this weekend’s kickoff includes monuments tours, compost-inspired talks, a presentation by hudson: mansions, monuments, and marvels of riverside park author stephanie azzarone, and a 116th street overlook concert with french cookin’ blues. various locations, free. >>

thru september (every other friday at 10pm): silent disco: choose from three djs spinning different genres into your wireless headphones (provided) at the beer garden at bohemian hall (astoria). $15-30 (a credit or debit card is needed for the check-in process to use the required headphones). >>

thru the season: the rooftop at elsewhere opens: the bushwick bar + venue’s rooftop opens for its annual concert and party season. various prices. >>

thru the season: putting green mini golf: an 18-hole mini golf course on the williamsburg waterfront, showcasing problems and solutions for climate change issues, returns to river street + north 1st street for its third season. price tba (last year’s admission was $5-10 general, $2-5 seniors and children). >>

thru 10/1 (open fri-sun, plus memorial day and labor day): the arts center at governors island reopens: the first permanent home for arts and culture on governors island reopens for the season with three new exhibitions by a dozen artists. free admission. >>

thru 10/1 (7-11:30pm): slowdancing / nycb: in honor of the new york city ballet’s 75th anniversary season, a triptych of 40-foot screens on the façade of lincoln center’s david h. koch theater will be covered with artist david michalek’s hyper slow-motion films of nycb dancers performing iconic moments of the company’s repertory. free. >>

thru 10/2: neue galerie reopens with reduced admission: following a three-month closing for upgrades, the neue galerie (ues) is offering reduced admission for a limited time, with access to select second-floor galleries featuring the exhibition ‘austrian masterworks from the neue galerie,’ gustav klimt’s portrait of adele bloch-bauer, and more. $8-10 (reg. $12-25). >>

thru 10/2 (closed sundays): two sva exhibitions: school of visual arts presents ‘illo comx preview,’ an exhibition showcasing highlights by 125 bfa illustration and bfa comics graduates from the class of 2023 (sva gramercy gallery) and ‘exploded views,’ a joint exhibition of short films, prints, and puppets by 25 students and alumni from bfa 3d animation and visual effects and bfa animation (sva flatiron gallery). free admission.

thru 10/4 (mon-sat 10am-6pm): underground images: a history: school of visual arts presents an exhibition of more than 200 posters from its subway poster collection, which have covered the walls of nyc transit stations over the past 75 years. with works by alumni and faculty including milton glaser, paula scher, marshall arisman, paul davis, gail anderson, and many others, the collection also features historical sketches, paintings, photographs, videos, and even a recreated nyc subway platform. sva chelsea gallery, free admission. >>

thru 10/8: three new exhibitions at brooklyn waterfront artists coalition (redhook) >>

thru 10/8 (5:30-7:30pm mondays + tuesdays thru 8/29, 1-6pm weekends thru 10/8): free kayaking at pier 96: manhattan community boathouse’s 2023 season of free public kayaking at hudson river park’s pier 96 (at west 56th street) kicks off this weekend. >>

thru 10/8 (second sundays 8am + 9am): vinyasa on a vessel: the south street seaport museum’s permanently-moored 1885 tall ship wavertree hosts a series of 60-minute vinyasa yoga session on the main deck, followed by a tour of the historic vessel for interested participants. all levels welcome. limited capacity. free admission (rsvp required). >>

thru 10/9 (10am-4:30pm weekends + holidays ): free kayaking at pier 26: downtown boathouse’s 2023 season of free public kayaking at hudson river park’s pier 26 (tribeca) kicks off this weekend. >>

thru 10/9: carole a. feuerman: sea idylls: artist carole a. feuerman’s hyper realistic swimmer sculptures are on display outdoors along park avenue between 34th + 38th streets and at galeries bartoux (midtown). free admission. >>

thru 10/10 (tuesdays 4-10pm): vegan night market: a new open-air food and drink festival celebrating plant-based foods will open at wollman rink in central park. vendor list tba. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

thru 10/13 (tues 8-9am, thurs 5-6pm, fri 5-6pm): bryant park birding tours: spot warblers, tanagers, thrushes, vireos, and more at nyc audobon-led birding tours of bryant park. free. >>

thru 10/14: pete and me: a non-depressing look at autism and family: comedian graham kay (colbert) uses levity to tell the story of his lifelong relationship with his autistic brother, reflecting on how it’s shaped his career, romantic relationships, and future. under st. marks theater (east village), $20. >>

thru 10/21: real rap: hip-hop star power on screen: celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the museum of the moving image highlights rappers who have performed on the big screen with screening series featuring a dozen films from the 1990s to the 2000s, including baby boy, house party, just wright, new jack city, poetic justice, 8 mile, and others. the series will include special introductions, discussions, a spoken word showcase, and a dance party featuring dj wiz of kid ‘n play, dj ultra violet, and bossman. museum of the moving image (astoria), $15 general, $11 seniors/students. >>

thru 10/22: africa fashion exhibition: the brooklyn museum presents an exhibition celebrating the global impact of modern and contemporary african fashion, featuring an array of garments and jewelry by 40 designers from 20 african countries, alongside music, film, visual art, and photography. $25 general, $17 seniors/students (ticket includes entry to africa fashion and general admission). >>

thru 10/15 (saturdays 9:30am + 11am, sundays 10am): vinyasa yoga at socrates sculpture park: socrates sculpture park’s annual outdoor vinyasa yoga sessions return weekends thru 10/15. all experience levels welcome. byo mat, towel, and water. socrates sculpture park (lic). free. >>

thru 10/22: the met museum’s new roof garden commission: lauren halsey: the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (i), artist lauren halsey’s site-specific installation, inspired by the museum’s temple of dendur and south central los angels, opens at the met’s iris and b. gerald cantor roof garden for the season. metropolitan museum of art (ues), free entry with museum admission (with pay-what-you-wish admission for new york state residents and ny, nj, and ct students, $30 general/$22 seniors/$17 students otherwise). >>

thru 10/22 (select saturdays + sundays): new york marble cemetery opens for the season: visit the oldest non-denominational cemetery in new york city, a tucked-away garden in the east village with marble vaults that date back to the 1830s. enter at 2nd avenue between e. 2nd + e. 3rd streets. free admission. >>

thru 10/23: : rockefeller center will host an installation of large-scale works by artist robert indiana, including the return of his iconic 12-foot-high love sculpture as well as one through zero (the ten numbers). free admission. >>

thru 10/27 (fridays): dreamland roller disco: roll with it at lola star’s weekly themed outdoor skate party at prospect park. $27 admission includes skate rental. >>

thru 10/28: the amazing maize maze: navigate your way out of this corn conundrum, queens county farm museum’s three-acre cornstalk maze (the only one in nyc), returning thru the halloween season. regular hours: fri+sun 9/15-10/28; moonlight hours: 6-10pm 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, and 10/27. $16-18. >>

thru 10/28 (various dates and locations): japan fes: the japanese food street fair returns for the 2023 season, with a rotating lineup of vendors from around the world. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

thru 10/28 (saturdays 5pm-midnight.): queens night market: the queens night market returns for its eighth season with foods from around the world served up by 60 local vendors, priced at $6 or less. new york hall of science at flushing meadows corona park, free admission. >>

thru 10/29: smorgasburg opens for the season: the seasonal outdoor food market returns for a 13th season with 80 sweet and savory vendors serving up dominican, filipino, indian, iranian, japanese, portuguese, malaysian, mexican, and peruvian dishes across three locations: world trade center (30 vendors, fridays 11am-7pm), williamsburg (60 vendors, saturdays 11am-6pm), and prospect park (65 vendors, sundays 11am-6pm). free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

thru 10/31: oktoberfest celebrations: time out new york has the scoop on the best oktoberfest events in nyc. various prices. >>

thru 10/31: new voices in french cinema 2023: previously known as ‘burning bright: new french filmmakers,’ the seventh edition of emerging french visual storytellers highlights nine new films and a shorts program. french institute alliance française (ues), free-$16. >>

thru 10/31: beyond the light at artechouse: artechouse’s latest immersive installation, developed in collaboration with nasa, is ‘an artistic exploration of our unseen universe’ featuring an original musical score created from galactic data. artechouse (chelsea market), $25 general, $20 seniors/students. ny + nj residents can save $5 mon-fri. >>

thru 10/31 (tuesdays + thursdays at 8:30am): power hour outdoor fitness classes at hudson yards: rhone activewear is offering a series of free, outdoor yoga, hiit and strength classes at hudson yards’ public square + gardens. >>

thru october: summerstage: nyc’s annual summer concert and performance fest returns with 80 free and benefit performances in 13 parks across all five boroughs. opening weekend benefit shows include hippo campus with gus dapperton (sat) and indigo girls with larkin poe (sun). free shows start 6/10. >>

thru october (last saturday of the month) 1pm-7pm: bronx night market: the bronx’s outdoor pop-up returns for its sixth season at fordham plaza with a curated selection of local food, beverage, and arts + crafts vendors. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

thru october (second thursdays thru october, 4-10pm): uptown night market: the annual open-air cuisine and culture fest returns for a third season to under the arches at 12th avenue and west 133th street (west harlem) with 60+ local vendors. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

thru october: harry potter: the exhibition: choose your hogwarts house, wand, and patronus, and make your way through a new immersive harry potter exhibition in herald square. $29.99+. >>

thru october: roller skating, boating and biking at prospect park: prospect park’s lefrak center kicks off outdoor spring/summer activity season with boating, biking, bumper cars, and roller skating, including lola star’s friday night dreamland roller disco parties. various prices. >>

thru october: coney island’s luna park and deno’s wonder wheel amusement park are open for the season.

thru 11/12 (closed mondays + tuesdays): ¡moda hoy! latin american and latinx fashion design today exhibition: a new exhibition at the museum at fit (chelsea) explores fashion designers from latin american countries, as well as designers of latin american heritage living and working in the united states and europe. featuring more than 60 objects from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition includes deisgns by adolfo, víctor alfaro, maria cornejo, oscar de la renta, luis estévez, carlos falchi, carolina herrera, and isabel toledo. free admission. >>

thru 11/12: nicholas galanin: in every language there is land / en cada lengua hay una tierra: artist nicholas galanin’s 30-ft tall steel sculpture, constructed using the material and scale of the us/mexico border wall, and spelling out the word ‘land’ in a format similar to robert indiana’s love sculpture, is on view at the empire fulton ferry lawn in brooklyn bridge park. >>

extended thru 11/12: monet to morisot: the real and imagined in european art: featuring nearly 90 works by monet, picasso, matisse, kandinsky, degas, cézanne, pissarro, morisot, and their contemporaries, the latest exhibition at the brooklyn museum (prospect heights) explores how 19th and early 20th century european artists engaged with the objective and subjective when it came to issues of gender, class, labor, colonialism, and nature. the exhibit marks the reinstallation of the museum’s european art collection, and will be the first time these particular works have been shown together since 2016. suggested admission: $16 general, $10 students/seniors. >>

thru 11/13: ‘echos – a voice from unchartered waters’: a 55-foot-long steel whale, created by artist, designer and researcher mathias gmachl and installed on broadway plaza between 38th + 39th streets, invites viewers to reflect on the impact of everyday activities on nature and the environment. >>

thru 11/16: a deeper look: hollywood’s first 3-d wave, 1953-1954 at film forum (south village) >>

thru november (closed mondays): torch + crown beer garden in union square: torch + crown brewing company opens up a beer garden at the union square pavilion for your seasonal outdoor drinking and eating pleasure. >>

thru november (every other weekend 11am-6pm): hester street fair at the seaport opening weekend: the seaport’s annual outdoor market returns for the season with a curated selection of 60 food, drink, clothing, housewares, and gift vendors. free admission. >>

thru 12/4: jay-z tribute exhibition: the book of hov: the brooklyn public library hosts the book of hov, a surprise tribute exhibition created by roc nation celebrating the life and work of shawn ‘jay-z’ carter. the expansive exhibition features awards, stage wear, never-before-seen photos, original recording masters, videos, and much more. free admission (no library card or ticket needed). >>

thru 12/4: marking time: art in the age of mass incarceration: curated by dr. nicole r. fleetwood, the exhibition marking time: art in the age of mass incarceration explores the impact of the us prison system on contemporary visual art with works from artists who are or have been incarcerated, alongside artists who have not been incarcerated but whose practices expose aspects of the carceral state. opening reception 5/1 5-9pm. the schomburg center for research in black culture (harlem), free admission. >>

thru 12/10: art for the millions: american culture and politics in the 1930s exhibition: featuring paintings by georgia o’keeffe, charles sheeler, and stuart davis, prints by elizabeth olds, dox thrash, and riva helfond. photographs by walker evans and dorothea lange. footage of martha graham’s dance frontier, and more, this exhibition explores how artists in the 1930s u.s. expressed political messages and ideologies. the met fifth avenue, pay-what-you-wish admission for new york state residents and ny, nj, and ct students ($30 general, $22 seniors, $17 students otherwise). >>

thru 12/10: sheila pepe: my neighbor’s garden: artist sheila pepe’s outdoor installation, my neighbor’s garden, will fill madison square park with over 15,000 yards of crocheted materials made of nylon and cotton string, shoelaces, paracord, and rubber bands. free admission. >>

thru 12/16: drawing as practice exhibition: the national academy of design’s inaugural exhibition at its new location in the chelsea arts district highlights drawings by 78 artists and architects from the academy’s collection. opening reception 9/14 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru 12/31: fashionable dogs exhibition: opening during nyc’s fashion week, a new exhibition at the american kennel club museum of the dog (midtown east) chronicles how specific breeds of dogs have gone in and out of ‘fashion’ over the last 150 years. $15 general, $10 seniors/students. >>

thru december (monthly): the gynokid: following an award-winning run at the frigid fringe fest, the gynokid returns to the kraine theater (east village) as a monthly show thru december. clair ayoub’s comedy takes you through her experience growing up as the child of small-town gynecologists, and the untraditional and often mortifying adolescence that was destined to end in therapy. bonus: stick around after the show for q+a with health experts about a different topic each month. sliding-scale admission. >>

thru december (fri + sat @ 10:30pm): the infinite wrench: how’s this for short attention span theater? the new york neo-futurists present 30 two-minute plays in 60 minutes, every friday and saturday thru the end of the year at kraine theatre (east village). $20 general, $12 students. >>

thru 1/7/2024 (closed mondays + tuesdays): dreaming of home exhibition: the leslie-lohman museum of art (soho) opens dreaming of home, a group exhibition curated by gemma rolls-bentley featuring 20 international artists examining varying perceptions of queer and trans domesticity. opening reception 9/6 6-8pm. $10 suggested donation. >>

thru 1/13/2024: ed ruscha/now then at the museum of modern art (midtown). $25 general, $18 seniors, $14 students, free first fridays of the month from 4-8pm for nyc residents. >>

thru 1/14/2024: death is not the end at the rubin: explores notions of death and afterlife through the art of tibetan buddhism and christianity at the rubin museum of art (chelsea). the exhibition brings together 58 prints, oil paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and ritual items spanning 12 centuries. free admission opening weekend (reg. $19 general, $14 seniors/students, free fridays 6-9pm). >>

thru 3/10/2024: something beautiful: reframing la colección exhibition: el museo del barrio (east harlem) will present 500 artworks by 90 artists, including new acquisitions and artist commissions, through rotating displays over the course of a year. the first rotation, opening 5/19, is organized in eight sections plus seven artist spotlights. $9 general, $5 seniors/students. >>

thru 3/24/2024: taylor swift: storyteller exhibition: the museum of arts and design (midtown west) presents a costume exhibition highlighting t-swift’s music video and concert ensembles worn over the years, along with props, jewelry, ephemera, and projections. $25 ticket includes admission to the exhibition and museum. >>

thru 5/25/2024: juilliard’s 2023-24 season: the juilliard school’s 2023-24 season presents more than 700 music, dance, and drama performances by college and preparatory division students at juilliard and venues across nyc. free-$45. >>

thru 6/21/2024: this is new york: 100 years of the city in art and pop culture exhibition: in honor of the museum of the city of new york’s centennial year, a new exhibition features 400 objects depicting new york in film and television, visual and performing arts, music, poetry, literature, and more. highlights include carrie bradshaw’s tutu ensemble from sex and the city, taxi driver storyboards hand-drawn by martin scorsese, an interactive map of music inspired by the city’s streets and subways, and a 16-screen immersive film experience featuring footage from 400+ movies shot in and about nyc. museum of the city of new york (east harlem), suggested admission: $20 general, $14 seniors/students. >>

thru 9/2/2024: give me a sign: the language of symbols exhibition: from the stop sign to the laugh-cry emoji and beyond, a new exhibition at cooper hewitt, smithsonian design museum marks the 50th anniversary of henry dreyfuss’ symbol sourcebook: an authoritative guide to international graphic symbols and explores how symbols have evolved over time as they continue to play a role in everyday life. cooper hewitt (ues), $18 general, $12 seniors/students, pay-what-you-wish 5-6pm daily. >>

thru 9/2024: new high line art: pamela rosenkranz’s old tree: the high line unveils its latest plinth commission, swiss artist pamela rosenkranz’s old tree. resembling the branching systems of human organs, blood vessels, and tissue, the bright red and pink 25-foot-tall tree-shaped sculpture invites viewers to consider the connection between human and plant life. the high line at 30th street and 10th ave, free admission. >>

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