cultural fests / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► sat 10am-5pm: greenlight bookstore sidewalk sale (fort greene). >>

► sat 10am-6pm: dragon fest + thai fest: 6th ave bet 22nd + 23rd streets >>

► sat 10am-6pm: japan fes (+ various dates thru 11/9): 6th ave bet 19th + 20th streets >>

► sat 10pm: oui oui bastille day party at house of yes (bushwick) with dimitri from paris, legitime, and ÿas. $15+. >>

► sun 10am-5pm: nyc summer vintage bazaar at grand bazaar nyc: indoors and outdoors at 100 w 77th st at columbus ave (uws). >>

► sun 11am-4pm: disability unite festival: central park’s naumburg bandshell and online. >>

► sun 11am-6pm: bbq day at smorgasburg prospect park, in partnership with little caribbean >>

► sun 12-5pm: fi:af’s annual bastille day celebration: madison avenue from 59th to 63rd streets. >>

► sun 5:30-10pm: bastille day celebration with iam, magic system, the avener, laurie darmon, and femi the scorpion at rumsey playfield in central park. >>

► sun 6pm: queer book fair and summer reading rendezvous at dromedary: coming out (bushwick) >>

► thru 7/21: our lady of mount carmel feast (giglio festival) at the area around our lady of mount carmel church in williamsburg (n 8th + havemeyer streets). >>

friday

thru 7/28: 23rd new york asian film festival: nyaff returns with a lineup of more that 90 new and classic films from china, south korea, japan, hong kong, taiwan, thailand, indonesia, mongolia, malaysia, the philippines, vietnam, and beyond. film at lincoln center, look cinemas w57, sva theatre, and korean cultural center new york. various prices. >>

thru 7/25: eno documentary: gary hustwit’s new documentary about musician and producer brian eno (roxy music, david bowie, talking heads, devo, u2) applies eno’s own concept of ‘generative’ art, utilizing software to produce a different film each time it’s screened. hustwit will be in-person for q+a following screenings on 7/12 + 7/13 at 7:20pm. film forum (south village), $17. >>

thru sun: wimbledon: the hill in new york: watch the wimbledon finals on a big screen at brooklyn bridge park’s recreation of wimbledon’s fan destination, the hill. note: registration/lottery for free tickets is closed, but walk-ins will be allowed after 7pm on friday and 9am on saturday and sunday pending capacity. >>

thru sun: west side fest: the second annual west side fest, now expanded to three days, offers free admission, special programming, performances, and more from 20 west side cultural network institutions in the west village and chelsea, including chelsea factory, the high line, hudson river park, the joyce, the kitchen, little island, nyc aids memorial, poster house, the whitney museum, and more. >>

thru sun: third annual lincoln center’s summer for the city: lincoln center hosts 200+ free or choose-what-you-pay concerts, dance parties, performances, films screenings, and more thru august. this weekend: india week events, including aakash odedra company’s samsara (fri 7:30pm), silent discos curated by dj rekha (fri 9pm, sat 9:30pm, and sun 6pm), comedy night with aasif mandvi, hari kondabolu, asif ali, aparna nancherla, and kiran deol (sat 7:30pm), and more, plus the living music underground series presents ringdown aka electronic cinematic pop duo caroline shaw and danni lee (fri 8pm). free and choose-what-you pay admission. >>

thru sun (various times): summerstage: nyc’s iconic summer performing arts festival returns with 85 free and benefit shows in central park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. this weekend: sounds of detroit: celebrating 50 years of j dilla featuring the pharcycde, slum village, breakbeat lou, and rich medina at bed-stuy’s herbert von king park (fri 6-9pm); the latin alternative music conference presents bresh at rumsey playfield in central park (sat 6-10pm); mike’s young world iv: earl sweatshirt, pete rock, skaiwater, myaap, stacy epps, baby osama, mike, sideshow, stahhr, and a²z at bed-stuy’s herbert von king park (sat 4-9pm); common + pete rock, amxxr, and dj eclipse at bed-stuy’s herbert von king park (sun 5-8pm); a bastille day celebration with iam, magic system, the avener, laurie darmon, and femi the scorpion at rumsey playfield in central park (sun 5:30-10pm); golden oldies on the boardwalk featuring frank pizarro (the platters), charlie thomas’ drifters with jeff hall, the marvelettes, bill haley jr’s comets, johnny farina, the excellents, the chiclettes, vinne medugno, the coda band, joe causi (wcbs), and sal abbatiello (fever records) at coney island amphitheater (sun 5-8pm). all free admission. >>

thru sun (various times): 46th annual bric celebrate brooklyn! festival: nyc’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival returns with concerts, films, dance, and more for 10 weeks. this weekend: travels over feeling: celebrating arthur russel (fri 7pm at the lena horne bandshell in prospect park), seun kuti + egypt 80, lollise, rich medina, and iam love (sat 7pm at the lena horne bandshell in prospect park), and the amours, girl codee, afro dominicano, and op! (sun 3pm at highland park amphitheater in queens). all free admission. >>

fri + sat (fri 8:20pm, sat 8:21pm) manhattanhenge: watch the setting sun line up perfectly with the manhattan street grid during this twice-annual astronomical event. best viewed when the skies are clear from the east ends of 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th streets, as well as tudor city overpass and hunter’s point south park in lic. bonus: the american museum of natural history is hosting a themed lecture and block party on friday ($20). >>

fri + sat (various dates thru 8/2): carnegie hall citywide: carnegie hall presents a series of free outdoor concerts across nyc. friday at 7pm: thandiswa mazwai at bryant park (midtown); saturday at 5pm: johnny mambo and friends featuring don sonero at al quiñones playground (bronx). >>

fri (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
beauty and the beast (2017) at hamilton fish park (les) >>
finding nemo at corporal john a. seravalli playground (west village) >>
i, tonya at north oculus plaza (lower manhattan) >>
top gun: maverick at wnyc transmitter park (greenpoint) >>

fri 4-10pm (fridays thru 8/16): warm up 2024: moma’s annual outdoor party series brings beats and bodies to ps1’s long island city courtyard for six nights. celebrating its 26th season, this year features a stage designed by artist stewart uoo and a lineup that includes djs and artists from new york city, detroit, miami, los angeles, london, and são paulo. tonight: kim anh, johnny dynell, gatekeeper, and dj miss parker. $18-22 general, $15-18 students. >>

fri 5-10pm (+ 7/19, 8/9): whitney museum + public records free music friday nights: brooklyn-based venue and public space public records teams up with the whitney museum’s free friday nights to present a series of free performances: bassoonist and composer joy guidry (tonight), multi-instrumentalist laraaji (7/19), and percussion duo nomon (8/9). >>

fri 5pm-sunset (fridays thru 8/16): summer sway at the shed: celebrating the roots of hip hop and digging into the artforms it inspired, djs, musical artists and dance collectives will take over the shed’s outdoor plaza for a series of free performances highlighting queer, trans, and bipoc community-based and community-born art. free admission. >>

fri 7pm (monthly): vocabaret: the weather retort: everything’s coming up proses at this monthly variety show for language lovers, where five of the the city’s best wordsmiths present slideshows, games, and other raucous entertainment inspired by a theme. tonight: the gang clears the air on how climate change and extreme weather are reshaping our language, chase down the origins of hurricane names, and attempt to answer whether we can ever truly predict the weather. hosted by sam corbin, tim donnelly, jerzy gwiazdowski, ally spier, and nikolai vanyo. caveat (les), $15 with promo code ‘caveatorb’ (reg $20 adv, $25 door). >>

fri 7pm: drunk planet earth: mst3k meets animal planet meets drinking game at brian morabito and stephen buckley’s participatory drunk planet earth show. the show revolves around watching animal planet iii, drinking, and the audience trying to stump the hosts with animal trivia. easy lover (williamsburg), free admission. >>

fri 7pm: acme revue: (a)rt (c)omedy (m)usic (e)nd of show: get three shows for the price of one at acme revue, a night of visual art, alt comedy, and live punk music at the gutter (williamsburg). tonight’s event features art by daizy dreamin and black iris, comedy by sahib singh, eliza hurwitz, jo sunday, matt albino, jaffer khan, and dukes, and music by frida kill. hosted by julia desmond. $15. >>

fri 8pm (monthly): boyz in the woods comedy: kenice mobley, tawanda gona, gabe pereira, 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 napoleon emill, nolawee mengist, neko white, and tiffany burke. friends and lovers (crown heights), $12. >>

fri 8:30pm: 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 adam conover (adam ruins everything), brendan scannel (netflix), alexandra kayhart (buzzfeed), peng deng, colleen genevieve, and skye grayson. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 9pm (monthly): cheap therapy by hoes with feelings: stand-up comedy meets group therapywhen hoes with feelings podcast hosts karolena theresa and melissa rich provide laughs and unsolicited advice to guest comedians and the audience. after each comic’s set, they’ll receive a ‘therapy session’ to unpack an issue and see what’s really hiding behind the jokes. audience members are also invited to enter their names for a chance to have a ‘session’ on stage. featuring sydnee washington and michelladonna. the living room at arlo soho, $15.71 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $23.18). >>

saturday

sat thru 8/11 (weekends 1-6pm): brooklyn waterfront artists coalition’s summer exhibitions: bwac’s seasonal art show takes over a 25,000 square foot gallery on the brooklyn waterfront: ‘the art of coney island’ juried show, ‘in the neighborhood’ bwac member show, and ‘the cardinal compass’ north carolina artists. bwac gallery (red hook), free admission (donations welcome). >>

sat + sun (11am-6pm): the poetry society of new york’s 13th annual new york city poetry festival: read­ings, open mics, per­for­mances, work­shops, instal­la­tions, writ­ing activ­i­ties, book­selling, chil­dren’s pro­gram­ming, food vendors, a beer gar­den, and more take over governors island’s nolan park for two days. this year’s headliners are kazim ali, katie farris, safia elhillo, and ilya kamisky. free admission. >>

sat (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
air of paris (l’air de paris) at seward park (les) >>
barbie at field 62-63 in randall’s island park >>
ratatouille at north oculus plaza (lower manhattan) >>
rooftop films presents: genre in translation at brooklyn army terminal >>

sat 10am (select saturdays thru 9/21): yoga on the brooklyn museum’s plaza steps: open your hips and heart at a yoga flow class and guided meditation session, held outdoors on the giant steps of the brooklyn museum’s iris cantor plaza (indoors in the event of inclement weather). all experience levels welcome. $20 ticket includes museum admission. >>

sat 3-7pm fort greene park jazz festival: local jazz icon eric frazier’s annual outdoor jazz festival returns to fort greene park. lineup tba. free admission. >>

sat 6:30pm: sunset barn dance at battery park city: brooklyn contra hosts an outdoor dance at battery park city’s esplanade plaza, led by caller alexandra deis-lauby with live music by five-piece some assembly required band. all levels welcome. free admission. >>

sat 7:30pm: sick-ass panther – comedy show in a tattoo parlor: eli yudin brings jokes, not jabs, to red baron ink (west village), where he hosts the sick-ass panther comedy show. featuring stand-up by kenice mobley (fallon), carmen lagala (colbert), yedoye travis (comedy central), dave ross (corden), and josh gondelman (last week tonight. $10. >>

sat 9pm: drunk texts: not another romeo + juliet: random access theatre’s thespians dust off a classical text, or a text made classical, in a performance that combines drinking games, improvisation, and audience participation. tonight, the team tackles romeo + juliet. the rat nyc (dumbo), $12. >>

sat 9pm (+ 8/10, 9/14): undressed: the musical: an all-male cast of performers takes to the stage in their underwear, ready to turn an audience member’s embarrassing story into an improvised broadway-style musical. magnet theater (chelsea), $20. >>

sunday

sun 2-4pm (sundays thru 8/18): harlem meer performance festival: the 31st annual harlem meer performance festival presents six afternoons of multicultural and family-friendly music, dance, and entertainment at central park’s charles a. dana discovery center. today: music on the inside (moti) presents oscar feldman’s latin jazz machine with guests marion cowings, dawud rahman, and chotay smith. >>

sun 9:30am-1pm (+ other tba dates thru summer): free bike helmets: the department of transportation continues its bike helmet distribution program this weekend, with an opportunity to get a personally fitted one at mcgolrick park (greenpoint). while supplies last. >>

sun 1-10pm: ladies of hip-hop: ladies battle!: ladies of hip-hop, a black, women-led non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls and women through hip hop culture and arts, wrap their 2024 festival with an all-day dance-off featuring hip-hop, waacking, popping, and house battles. chelsea factory, free admission. >>

sun 2-5pm (+ 8/11, 9/8): fogo azul at brooklyn bridge park: nyc-based all-women, trans, and non-binary brazilian samba reggae drum line fogo azul return to brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn for an open studios performance. free admission. >>

sun 3:30pm (+ 8/11, 9/8): bang on a can music series at the noguchi museum: bang on a can and the noguchi museum present a series of hour-long concerts in the museum’s first floor galleries. today: kamran sadeghi: memory landscapes, a composition for modular synthesis and delay loops. the noguchi museum (lic), free with regular museum admission ($16 general, $6 seniors/students). >>

sun 6pm (monthly): public victories: from running the dishwasher to running a marathon, five performers and one audience member will each share a true story about a personal triumph great or small at the public victories storytelling show. featuring emily casden, christy hall, marina catala, and april boddie. hosted by mary-alice mcnab. young ethel’s (park slope), free (donations welcome). >>

sun 7pm (weekly thru 7/28): summer on the hudson: amplified sundays: the amplified sundays series returns with danceable live music accompanied by sunsets at riverside park south’s pier i (uws). tonight’s edition features falsa, performing contemporary sufi music and raga jazz fusion. free admission. >>

sun 7pm: movie surfers presents: mamma mia!: watch along and play trivia and drinking games with a trio of comedians as they dive into a screening of mamma mia! (2008), starring meryl streep, amanda seyfried, and pierce brosnan, at crystal lake brooklyn (williamsburg). $5 admission. >>

sun 7:30pm: this! live animated comedy: animators, cartoonists and other artists create on-the-fly drawings of live comedian routines, with often unexpected results. hosted by sam ruddy. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

sun 7:30pm: sun’s out, guns out! to benefit march fourth: comedy for a cause: march fourth, a non-partisan nonprofit dedicated to federally ban assault weapons, presents a comedy benefit show at the bell house (gowanus). featuring anthony devito, liza treyger, julia solomon, dina hashem, todd barry, and alison leiby. $15 with promo code ‘mfourth’ (reg. $20 adv, $25 day of). >>

monday

mon 4pm, 7pm (monthly thru december): classics in black + white: king kong: cinema 123 by angelika hosts a series of black + white classics, continuing tonight with king kong (1933). $22. >>

mon 6:30pm (mondays thru 8/5): broadway by the boardwalk: the sounds of broadway fill hudson river park’s clinton cove (hell’s kitchen) as broadway stars perform free concerts along the waterfront. tonight: eden espinosa (lempicka, wicked, rent). >>

mon 7pm: 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 anthony atamanuik (the president show), jeff hiller (somebody, somewhere), connor ratliff (the george lucas talk show), brian morabito (tiktok), morgan higgins (bad cinderella), mick szal (joker), and more. $15 with promo code ‘brick’ (reg. $20). >>

mon 7pm doors (+ 8/19, 9/30, 10/14): vale cinema series: the william vale hotel’s 23rd floor bar, the turf club, continues its summer screening series (‘the only rooftop cinema experience in brooklyn that features the iconic manhattan skyline’) with back to the future (2023). drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. $20-28. >>

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 confessions serve as inspiration for improv performers. batsu! (east village), $15 with promo code ‘dirtydirtydirty’ (reg. $20). >>

mon 8pm (lawn opens at 5pm): free outdoor movie (weather permitting): funny face at bryant park lawn (midtown) >>

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our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: art exhibits, film screenings, and more. >>

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– the skint

New York City’s iconic Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage festival is on its way to Brooklyn! From July 11 to the 14th, catch a lineup of FREE shows in Bed-Stuy’s Herbert Von King Park.

The run of shows kicks off on the 11th with a dance showcase presented in partnership with Works & Process featuring New York street performers It’s Showtime NYC!, the Maimouna Keita African Dance Company, performer and documentarian Kash Gaines’s Caged Birds, and The Missing Element set to the sounds of The Beatbox House.

After that, get ready for a weekend of hip-hop! On July 12, celebrate 50 years of late, great hip-hop producer J Dilla with performances by The Pharcyde, Dilla’s former group Slum Village, Breakbeat Lou, and Rich Medina.

Don’t miss MIKE’s Young World IV as MIKE brings a stacked lineup with Earl Sweatshirt, Pete Rock, Skaiwater, Myaap, and more to the park on July 13!

Not enough Pete Rock? He’s reporting for double duty this weekend by closing out the run with the legendary Common as they take their collaboration to the stage on July 14.

Learn more at SummerStage.org!

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cultural fests / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise):

► weds thru 7/21: our lady of mount carmel feast (giglio festival) at the area around our lady of mount carmel church in williamsburg (n 8th + havemeyer streets). >>

► thurs 4-10pm (second thursdays 4-10pm, thru october): uptown night market at 12th avenue and west 133rd street. >>

► thurs 12-9pm (thursdays thru 8/1): union square’s first-ever night market by urbanspace at union square park’s south plaza. >>

tuesday

thru 7/28: east to edinburgh festival: before heading to scotland for the edinburgh festival fringe, 16 shows from new york and around the country will take center stage right here in nyc during 59e59 theaters’ annual east to edinburgh festival. 59e59 theaters (ues), $18. >>

sponsored: tues 12-1pm (tuesdays thru 7/30): summer sounds at manhattan west: manhattan west (midtown west at 385 9th avenue) hosts a free series of weekly performances by musicians from around the globe. today: combo daguerre – these brooklyn-based rockers create a hybrid of french songs with the psychedelic latin influences of boléro, cumbia, 60s rock and french chanson. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): live dubbed sitcoms: comedians improvise new dialogue and plotlines over muted episodes of classic tv sitcoms at the live dubbed sitcoms show. tonight: saved by the bell and the king of queens. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘sitcom’ (reg. $22.35, $23 door). >>

tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 8/13): live at the gantries: kupferberg center for the arts presents live at the gantries, an annual outdoor concert series at gantry plaza state park. tonight: latin grammy winning artist, guitar player, dj, songwriter and producer josé luis ‘cheo’ pardo (afro latin, funk, and boogaloo). free admission. >>

tues 7:30pm (tuesdays thru 8/6): cherry on top comedy: dairy queens savannah desormeaux and jenny gorelick pair stand-up with ice cream at cherry on top, a comedy show in an ice cream shop that features a female, queer, and non-binary lineup. ice cream will be available for purchase before and after the show. the social (prosepct heights), $5-10 admission. >>

tues 7:30pm (+ 7/23, 8/6): naumburg orchestral concerts: outdoor orchestral concerts return to central park’s historic naumburg bandshell for a 119th season. tonight: a far cry, a self-conducted chamber orchestra, will perform works by kareem roustom, kinan azmeh, dinuk wijeratne, and leoš janáček. hosted by wqxr’s terrance mcknight. all concerts will be broadcast live. free admission. >>

tues 8pm: my dead wedding: a funeral for my canceled wedding: comedian chet siegel, who was dumped twice by her ex-fiancé during the pandemic, invites you to her solo show / ‘immersive nervous breakdown’ where she grieves her broken engagement and tries to figure out if she can get over it. littlefield (gowanus), $5.83 promo code ‘rip’ (reg $9.95 adv, $12 day of). >>

wednesday

weds thru 8/25 (wednesdays thru sundays): little island performances in the glade: little island’s 2024 season continues with a series of free live performances in the glade, a 200-seat outdoor venue. week one: ‘tell me more’: performance and conversation curated and hosted by pulitzer prize-winner suzan-lori parks. free admission (first come, first served). >>

weds thru 7/21: 17th annual japan cuts: festival of japanese film: north america’s largest festival of contemporary japanese film returns for its 17th year at japan society (midtown east) with 31 films. $12-25 general, $10-23 seniors/students. >>

weds thru sun: third annual lincoln center’s summer for the city: india week: lincoln center hosts 200+ free or choose-what-you-pay concerts, dance parties, performances, films screenings, and more thru august. this week: india week events, including comedy underground, ragamala dance company, silent discos curated by dj rekha, a social dance, a screening of rrr, and much more. free and choose-what-you pay admission. >>

weds + thurs (various times): summerstage: nyc’s iconic summer performing arts festival returns with 85 free and benefit shows in central park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. this week: lamc and latin grammy 25th anniversary: fonseca, israel fernandez, bruses, and dj gia fu at rumsey playfield in central park (weds 7pm, free), works + process: it’s showtime nyc!, maimouna keita african dance company, and kash gaines’s caged birds at bed-stuy’s herbert von king park (thurs 6pm, free), and counting crows at rumsey playfield in central park (thurs 6pm, ticketed benefit show). >>

weds (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
10 things i hate about you at resiliencity park (hoboken) >>
barbie at wync transmitter park (greenpoint) >>
howl’s moving castle at elizabeth street garden (nolita) >>
school of rock at prospect park’s long meadow (brooklyn) >>
the outsiders at pier i in riverside park south (uws) >>

weds (various times): free ice cream: to celebrate the piña colada’s 70th anniversary, discover puerto rico and van leeuwen have teamed up for a new piña colada ice cream flavor. score yourself a free scoop from a truck at three locations today: bryant park (11am-12:30pm), union square (1:15-2:45pm), and 787 coffee in the west village (4-5pm). >>

weds 6pm: on site opera: opera in the garden: enjoy selections from operas inspired by fairy tales in west side community garden’s floral setting. free admission. >>

weds 6pm (wednesdays thru 8/7): summer concerts at hudson yards: the annual bowery presents concert series returns to the public square + gardens at hudson yards. tonight: nbc’s the voice champion brynn cartelli with opener taylor bickett. free admission. >>

weds 6pm (various dates thru 8/2): carnegie hall citywide: carnegie hall presents a series of free outdoor concerts across nyc. tonight’s concert at madison square park (flatiron) features 2022 tiny desk contest winner alisa amador. >>

weds 7pm (monthly): fantastic fiction: the speculative-fiction reading series at kgb bar (east village), hosted by editor ellen datlow and writer matthew kressel, welcomes authors nat cassidy (when the wolf comes home) and a.t. sayre (signals in the static). free admission. >>

weds 7pm: stand-up science presents: volcano: learn while laughing as scientist turned stand-up comedian ben miller, who was recently artist-in-residence at hawai’i volcanoes national park, performs an hour of volcano-related jokes at grove 34 (astoria). $10. >>

weds 7pm: bailey swilley: gimme a sign!: writer and performer bailey swilley shares how she got through the darkest time in her life – the death of her father – with the help of family, pop culture and an obsession with looking for signs from ghosts. easy lover (east williamsburg), pay-what-you-want admission. >>

weds 7pm (wednesdays thru thru 8/14): jazz at pier 84: the jazz foundation of america presents its annual series of outdoor evening concerts at hell’s kitchen’s pier 84. tonight: santi debriano’s arkestra bembe. free admission. >>

weds 7:30pm: shitty mozart: hits, bits + shits: dressed in a cheap wig, shitty mozart (aron nemo, writer at the late show with stephen colbert) performs a chaotic one-man multimedia concerto—playing instruments he’s invented, performing duets with cartoons he drew, and more. brooklyn art haus (williamsburg), $15. >>

weds 7:30pm doors: ambush comedy show: josh johnson, lucas connolly, and brittany cardwell’s ambush comedy show returns to ebbs brewing co (williamsburg) with stand-up sets by adam conover (adam ruins everything), hari kondabolu (netflix), martin urbano (kimmel), mary santora (siriusxm), and jared waters (training day comedy). bonus: arrive early to be entered into a raffle for a free 6-pack. free admission. >>

weds 8pm: attack mode deluxe: an all-female lineup of comedians (‘and their pet man’) take over littlefield (gowanus) with their love of the dark side of humor. featuring michelle gold, brooke eliot, karli marulli, danielle clarke-fisher, whitley watson, and jordan defilippo. $8.92 with promo code ‘attack5’ (reg. $15+). >>

thursday

thurs thru 7/27: serials by the fled collective: watch teams of actors perform five original 10-minute episodic plays, then vote for your favorites to return for a new installment at the next cycle of the fled collective’s short play series. the tank (garment district), $20+. >>

thurs thru 7/14: third annual fun + dumb festival: brooklyn comedy collective celebrates all things improv with a four-day laugh fest featuring 160+ improv teams, 600 performers, and 18 workshops. eris and bcc pig pen (east williamsburg), $30. >>

thurs (various times): free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
barbie at the unisphere (flushing meadows corona park) >>
if at coney island beach + boardwalk >>
migration at ercel webb park (jersey city) >>
much ado about nothing at lawn in j. hood wright park (washington heights) >>
past lives at brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn (dumbo) >>
rrr at damrosch park (lincoln center) >>

thurs: free slurpee day: celebrate the date and cool down with a free slurpee at participating 7-eleven locations. >>

thurs 12:30pm (thursdays thru 8/1): broadway in bryant park: broadway and off-broadway stars perform some of their biggest hits at bryant park’s annual lunchtime performance series. today: back to the future, hell’s kitchen, the who’s tommy, the wiz, and water for elephants. hosted by litefm’s helen little. free admission. >>

thurs 6pm (thursdays thru 8/15): live at the archway: music + art in the dumbo archway: sights and sounds fill the public plaza underneath the manhattan bridge in dumbo. tonight: brasil summerfest presents stéphane san juan trio, with art by noah lyon. doors at 5pm. rain or shine. free admission. >>

thurs 6-8pm (thursdays thru 7/25): jazz in july at brooklyn botanic garden: bring a blanket and enjoy the surroundings and sounds of bbg’s outdoor jazz in july series. each night also features a tour or other garden activity. free with regular garden admission ($22 general, $16 seniors/students, and a selection of free community tickets are available). >>

thurs 6:30pm (thursdays thru 8/1): summer music series at bushwick inlet park: take in the sounds and sunset at friends of bushwick inlet park’s annual summer music series. tonight: george gray jazz coalition. 86 kent ave (williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 6:30pm doors (thursdays thru 8/1): river + blues concert series: battery park city’s annual river + blues concert series brings global and american folk, roots, and blues music to nelson a. rockefeller park for four evenings. tonight: los lobos with opener dj reagonomics. free admission. >>

thurs 7pm cue the sun! the invention of reality tv: new yorker staff writer and pulitzer prize-winning critic emily nussbaum presents her new book, cue the sun! the invention of reality tv, in a conversation with writer michael schulman (oscar wars). presented by books are magic at the invisible dog art center (boerum hill). free admission, $30 ticket includes a copy of the book. >>

thurs 7:30pm (thursdays thru 8/3): astoria park concert series: central astoria ldc’s annual concert series returns with four nights of live music on the astoria park great lawn. tonight: emerald city underground (90s-00s grunge and alt rock covers). free admission. >>

thurs 8pm (monthly): tip top tits comedy show: it’s comedy or bust at janet hyde and mary cella’s stand-up show, returning tonight with bret raybould (siriusxm), christiana jackson (cash cab), dan st. germain (conan), molly ruben-long (jfl), and taj osorio. bonus: $3 pbrs. tip-top bar + grill (bed-stuy), free admission. >>

thurs 8pm doors: rooftop films summer series: swamp dogg gets his pool painted: rooftop films presents isaac gale and ryan olson’s swamp dogg gets his pool painted (2024), followed by q+a with the filmmakers and an after party featuring a live performance from swamp dogg. industry city’s courtyard 5/6 (brooklyn), $18. >>

thurs 9pm (monthly): comedy ugly: a comedy strip show: comedians reveal more than just punchlines at comedy ugly, a standup show where performers remove an article of clothing between jokes. featuring: mark benjamin, david piccolomini, kenice mobley, and amanda hurley. hosted by alysia hush, marisa riley, and kim dinaro. easy lover (east williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 9pm: dave piontkowski: 3 kidneys no colon: comedian dave piontkowski’s 3 kidneys no colon, a solo show filled with jokes and stories chronicling his life battling chronic kidney disease and ulcerative colitis, comes to soho playhouse before heading to edinburgh festival fringe. $15 with promo code ‘anniversary’ (reg. $20). >>

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our roundup of 70+ ongoing events and attractions: art exhibits, film screenings, and more. >>

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– the skint