friday
sponsored: thru 4/15: 15 tickets to a world premiere from labyrinth theater company at 59e59 theaters: sex, drugs, queerness, and punk-rock. welcome to border city life in el paso, texas, 1984. día y noche is an unfiltered coming-of-age story about class struggles and the search for acceptance between two unlikely friends. this production contains strong language, violence, nudity, and sexual content. use code skint to snag $15 tickets (+ service fee). code expires march 31. >>
thru 4/3: sunnyside restaurant week: 40+ sunnyside, queens restaurants are offering three-course dinners for $35 and special lunch menus thru the beginning of april. >>
thru 3/31 (closed sunday): shoe-inn warehouse sale: dress for less and save up to 80% on 100+ brands of women’s footwear. shoes start at $15, boots at $29. 260 madison ave (@ e 39th street), free admission. >>
thru sun: affordable art fair: peruse original contemporary artworks starting at $100 at the spring edition of the affordable art fair, which will bring 70 exhibitors to the metropolitan pavilion (chelsea). $30 general, $20 seniors/students, free admission hours friday 6-8pm. >>
thru sun: counterpointe: norte maar presents counterpointe, an annual series of new works by seven female choreographers who’ve been paired with seven female visual artists. the mark o’donnell theater at the entertainment community fund (downtown brooklyn), $30 general, $20 students/seniors. >>
thru sun: what the hell happened to blood, sweat + tears? with q+a: quad cinema (greenwich village) hosts screenings of john scheinfeld’s documentary on the ‘spinning wheel’ rock group’s controversial 1970 iron curtain tour, with q+a with scheinfeld and the band’s co-founder bobby colomby following select shows. $16 general, $13 seniors. >>
fri + sat (10:30pm. thru december): 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. >>
fri 7pm: story time with adam wade: at this storytelling mixer with a twist, aspiring storytellers can tell a three-minute tale based on a suggestion given on the spot. open to performers and audience members. hosted by adam wade, a 20-time moth story slam winner. magnet theater (chelsea), $5. >>
fri 7pm: duty free live!: foreign game shows get the comedy treatment when improvisers adapt ones that aren’t widely-known to american audiences for the stage. caveat (les), $13.50 with promo code ‘lessduty’ (reg. $15 adv, $20 door). >>
fri 7:30pm: ¡vaya! latin band dance music series: andrea brachfeld and son charanga: flutist and composer andrea brachfeld will be joined by her eight-piece orchestra son charanga at tonight’s installment of lincoln center’s ¡vaya! latin band dance music series at the david rubenstein atrium (uws). free admission. >>
fri 8pm (doors at 7pm): the town cryer: brooke finegold hosts this queer variety show/reading series, featuring music from franz charcoal (frankie cosmos), a reading from maddie connors, and comedy from jenna sherriton and richard perez. stick around after the show to get a personalized typewriter poem written on the spot with a suggested donation. purgatory (bushwick), $17. >>
fri 8:30pm (weekly): bitches brew comedy show: see what all the brew-ha-ha is about at this women-produced and hosted comedy show, returning to the back room at halyards (gowanus) with stand-up by jordan temple (atlanta), austin locke (sirius xm), kate sisk (the onion), michael abber (neighborhood darlings comedy), nick pupo (netflix), and lizabanks campagna. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>
saturday
sat thru weds: my neighbor totoro 35th anniversary screenings: hayao miyazaki’s 1988 animated classic returns to select theaters for five days. various prices. >>
sat 12-6pm (+ 4/1): nowhere artists at work: silkscreen printing workshop: learn the basics of silkscreen printing from artists featured in the current exhibition at nowhere gallery, and choose from eight designs to create your own printed t-shirt or tote. nowhere gallery (soho), $25 includes a t-shirt or tote. >>
sat 7:30pm: the odd rock comedy hour: comedy musician rob paravonian, known for his viral ‘pachelbel rant’ and other videos, hosts a comedy music variety show with performances by guests tim ellis, courtney maginnis, and devo spice at q.e.d. (astoria). $10. >>
sat 8pm (+ 5/20): new york repertory orchestra 2022-23 season: the all-volunteer, community-based orchestra is back with a new season of concerts, continuing tonight with mahler’s adagietto from symphony no. 5, coleridge-taylor’s symphony in a minor, and bacewicz’s partita. the church of st. mary the virgin (times square), free ($15 suggested donation). >>
sat 9:30pm: comedytown: next stop… comedytown. john randall and trent dozier host a traveling variety show featuring molly kearney (snl), hoodo hersi (seth meyers), sabrina wu (fallon), holmes (welcome to flatch), and richard perez (the bell house). caveat (les), $10 with promo code ‘cmdytwn’ (reg. $15 adv, $20 door). >>
sunday
sun thru 4/10 (closed 4/9): macy’s flower show: flower power! thousands of beautiful blooms fill the mezzanine level of the macy’s herald square flagship for more than two weeks during the retailer’s annual flower display. free admission. >>
sun 10am-6pm (various dates and locations thru 10/28): japan fes opening day: the japanese food street fair returns for the 2023 season, with a rotating lineup of vendors from around the world. astor place, between broadway + lafayette street (east village), free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>
sun 12pm: 35th annual phagwah parade: richmond hill’s annual colorful phagwah parade makes its way from 133rd st + liberty ave to phil rizzuto park. >>
sun 2pm: peoples’ symphony concerts classical music series: the 123rd season of peoples’ symphony concerts continues with dover quartet performing an all beethoven program at town hall (theater district). $21-25 general, $10 students + essential workers. >>
sun 8pm: ride or die with sara hennessey: comedian sara hennessey hosts a premiere screening show for her new action comedy short, featuring comedy by amy zimmer, ike ufamadu, zach schiffman, as well as other shorts by home planet, rachel coster, and graham mason. littlefield (gowanus), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
monday
mon 4-9pm: spring forward clothing swap: bring a bag of gently-used spring/summer clothing to swap or donate, and pick up some new (to you) threads at footlight underground at the windjammer’s annual spring clothing swap. all gender identities welcome. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $5 suggested donation will benefit safe horizon. donations of gently used housewares, unused toiletries, menstruation products, and diapers are welcome, and will be donated to bushwick ayuda mutua. >>
mon 7:30pm (monthly): movie musical mondays: a monthly series of iconic musicals hits the big screen at village east by angelika, continuing the 2023 season tonight with blake edwards’s victor/victoria (1982), starring john rhys-davies, julie andrews, lesley ann warren, james garner, and robert preston. $16. >>
mon 7:30pm: (weekly): u host? lgbtq+ comedy: host griffin leeds presents a lineup of lgbtq+ comedians at the rosemont (williamsburg), including justin covington (netflix), drew lausch (showtime), michelladonna (bark and bite comedy), sienna hubert-ross, and james tison. bonus: $5 happy hour. free admission (donations welcome). >>
mon 8pm (weekly): butterboy comedy: the comedy show helmed by jo firestone and maeve higgins with dj donwill returns with stand-up by amy miller (comedy central), aminah imani (comedy central), charla lauriston (comedy central), alex english (snl), and drew anderson (reductress). littlefield (gowanus), $10 adv, $12 day-of. >>
sponsored: mon 8pm: $9 tickets to john rutter’s requiem at carnegie hall: join manhattan concert productions for an evening of choral music-making! allen hightower will lead the masterwork festival chorus and new york city chamber orchestra in a breathtaking performance of john rutter’s requiem. to contrast the requiem, cameron weatherford will lead the octavo series chorus in a set of six eclectic works. listeners can delight in selections from all eras, with a program ranging all the way from rheinberger to dolly parton! the concert will also feature a solo performance by the jacksonville state university a cappella choir. use promo code ‘tsk39816’ for $9 tickets (up to a $110 value!). facility or service fee may be applied. >>
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– the skint