tuesday
thru 1/29: nominees on the big screen: if you’d like to catch the academy’s best picture nominees on the big screen, village east by angelika is showing a handful of them for just $5: hamnet, marty supreme, the secret agent, blue moon, sinners, one battle after another, and bugonia. >>
tues 6pm: miller theater’s pop-up concert series: the columbia university school of the arts’s musical happy hour returns for a new season of hour-long concerts where the audience is permitted to sit onstage with the performers and enjoy a free drink. this week, trinket ensemble (flute, guitar, violin, cello) makes its debut. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>
tues 7pm (monthly): we love a theme: a storytelling show: a lineup of performers tell funny, heartwarming, and cringe-inducing tales at bailey swilley’s monthly storytelling show. tonight’s ‘written in the stars’ theme features amanda gordon, shawn musgrave, valarie walker, and aida zilelian. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >>
tues 7pm: the vinyl word music book club: dive into the 33 1/3 book series at this music-minded book club, where each session spotlights a classic album and the short book written about it. tonight’s pick is radiohead’s kid a with a full album listen followed by themed vinyl dj sets. arlene’s grocery (les), free admission. >>
tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 2/24): union pool’s fouth annual free tuesdays: union pool’s annual free tuesday concert series is back for another winter season, continuing tonight with drew mcdowall and cube. >>
tues 8pm: live band karaoke at arlene’s grocery: pick your song, grab the mic, and be a star with your very own live band (nakatomi5) backing you up at arlene’s grocery (les). bonus: pre-sale ticket holders are entered in raffles to win drink tickets, skip-the-line song passes, and free admission to future shows. $10 adv, $15 day-of. >>
tues 9pm (monthly): sweet comedy show: ‘sweet games’ edition: seth herzog’s long-running comedy show returns with it’s annual ‘sweet games,’ where improvisers compete in comedy-related events for a panel of celeb judges. tonight’s judges include josh charles (best medicine), david krumholtz (the santa claus), cara buono (stranger things), and tariq trotter (the roots). the stand west (chelsea), $15. >>
sponsored
The Makers’ Ensemble presents:
SALVAGE
by Aspen Narain
Directed by Lizzie Leach
Auburn’s been reluctantly assigned the family task of taking her little sister Stella and her friends on a camping trip. Stella believes she knows Auburn’s secret. Jude is a control freak, and Peyton is smarter than Jude. Rowan’s along for the ride. So when one of them goes missing, the group must band together and uncover the secrets about their environment (and themselves) before it’s too late. SALVAGE starts out as a low toned, raw staged reading and within minutes quickly develops into a full staged horror picture.
SALVAGE features a dynamic ensemble of performers with bold voices in contemporary theater, and some of the most exciting new talent in the NYC theater scene- Aspen Narain, Emi Lulley, Esteban Chamorro, Emily Pazmino, and Simone Batiste.
Limited Run: February 4 – 15
The Makers’ Space
281 N. 7th St., Brooklyn, NY 11211
wednesday
sponsored: weds 7pm: selected shorts: o. henry prize stories with edward p. jones at symphony space: pulitzer prize–winning author of the known world and guest editor of the 2025 o. henry prize stories edward p. jones presents an evening of fiction curated from his selections for this year’s prestigious anthology. join us as stars of stage and screen perform stories from this mixtape of literary gems. featuring readings by yetide badaki (star trek: strange new worlds), sonia manzano (alma’s way), and morgan spector (the gilded age)! take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have selected shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance. skint readers can get a $20 tier 2 ticket using code: ‘henry’ (a $38 value) >>
weds 7pm: that show with chris gethard: comedian and writer chris gethard hosts a variety show featuring seasoned comedy vets experimenting, newcomers, and a live band. tonight’s show features kurt braunholer, maria randazzo, angel yau, dave ross, bada swing, kento morita, and more. ucb (east village). $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur team up to bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (south slope), with stand-up by jill weiner, emily walsh, christian conti, kat moore, and shivani davé. free admission. >>
weds 8pm (monthly): ditmas lit: a diverse range of fiction writers, storytellers, poets, and essayists share their work at the ditmas lit series, returning to the urbane arts club (ditmas park) with simona blat (élan vital), caroline hagood (weird girls: writing the art monster), francisco márquez (best american poetry), keith newton (revolutions among us), and guest host ben lasman. free admission. >>
weds 8pm: the moth storyslam: the popular community-based open mic storytelling competition, where anyone can share a five-minute tale based on the evening’s theme to an attentive audience, returns to the bell house (gowanus). tonight’s theme: ‘rush.’ $19.65. >>
weds 8:30pm: comedy on kingston: the comedy on kingston show returns with a night of stand up featuring cipha sounds, salma zaky, talib babb, stephon hightower, and daddy. hosted by nolawee. salon on kingston (crown heights), $15. >>
weds 9:30pm: nyc college comedy night at ucb: four comedy teams from colleges all around the city take the upright citizen brigade stage. tess restaino and patricia lee. ucb (east village), $10 general, $5 with college id. >>
thursday
thurs thru 4/27 (closed tuesdays + wednesdays): pat oleszko: fool disclosure: sculpturecenter (lic) presents the first nyc solo exhibition in over 35 years of pat oleszko. the show fills both floors of the space with dozens of large-scale inflatable works, costumes, films, and more. opening reception 1/29 6-8pm. free admission. >>
thurs 3pm: free gnocchi: gnocchi on 9th celebrates national gnocchi day with free gnocchi alla vodka with burrata for the first 200 guests at its new kips bay location. ($6 after if you show them this instagram post) >>
thurs 6:15pm: ice theatre of new york: 2025-26 city skate pop-up performances: ice theatre of new york’s annual ice dance performance series returns to public outdoor skating rinks for the fall-winter season. tonight: wollman rink (central park). free admission. >>
thurs 6:30pm: winging it: an open mic night at lofty pigeon books: share your script, your poem, your music, your jokes, or just your support at this open mic night held at kensington’s lofty pigeon books, hosted by comedian, performer, author, and new yorker cartoonist emily flake. light refreshments will be served, and attendees will save 10% on store purchases. free admission. >>
thurs 7pm: black dahlia: murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury hollywood: novelist, biographer, and hollywood historian william j. mann (tinseltown: murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of hollywood) presents his new account of the unsolved 1947 black dahlia murder, sharing his theories about who killed elizabeth short after five years of research. powerhouse arena (dumbo), $5 admission includes a store gift certificate, $34 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>
thurs 7pm: emdash (oral)ity poetry reading: emdash, a bi-monthly poetry events calendar, hosts a poetry night with a social twist. between featured readers, attendees pair up with someone they’ve never met and read a poem aloud to each other (bring your own, pick a favorite, or choose from poems provided at the door). bonus: free wine and espresso martinis. river office (bushwick), free admission. >>
thurs 7pm (bimonthly): the dead ladies show nyc: the bimonthly dead ladies show features presentations on three deceased dames who made an impact on the world during their lifetimes. tonight’s subjects: belle moskowitz, a political operator who ran new york from the shadows; pearl s. buck, a writer who lived between cultures and thought seriously about power, responsibility, and belonging; and janis joplin, a rocker who turned frustration into music that still holds up. the private curtain at kgb (les), $10 adv, $15 door. >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): not in my backyard! a political comedy roundtable: a panel of opinionated nyc comedians, journalists, and politicians debate the local issues causing drama in your neighborhood’s facebook group. hosted by cody lindquist (colbert) and charlie todd (improv everywhere), with panelists chandler dean (abolish everything!), tim donnelly (the new york groove), and glo tavarez (ucb). each show will also include a pop quiz on nyc knowledge. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
thurs 7pm (monthly): golden spiral comedy show: at mindy raf and katie compa’s golden spiral comedy show, stand-up set lengths follow the fibonacci sequence (5, 8, 13, and 21 minutes each). tonight’s show at whiskey cellar nyc (east village) features james tom, marla alpert, max wittert, yemi afolabi, and jim tews. advance ticket purchase includes a raffle ticket for a free drink. a limited number of tickets are available for $7.18 with promo code ‘skintspiral’ (reg. $10.38+). >>
thurs 7:30pm: the love show with saundra lezzenbaum: ‘america’s queen of hearts’ saundra lezzenbaum answers your burning love questions at this variety show featuring special guests, interactive games, love songs, and ‘love lezzons.’ madame x (greenwich village), save $5 with promo code ‘solved’ >>
thurs 8pm: shibuya69: new year neo gal: shibuya69 (eurobeat jenny and camila) brings the eurobeat to wonderville (bushwick), free admission (donations welcome). >>
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– the skint
