we hope everyone’s staying safe! please note that the storm may have caused some events to be canceled or rescheduled after we’ve published. please check the venue’s website and/or social media for updates before heading out.

tuesday

sponsored: thru 3/1: myrtle avenue restaurant week: myrtle avenue restaurant week invites diners to savor the diverse flavors of fort greene and clinton hill! during this 10-day celebration, participating myrtle avenue restaurants are offering special three-course prix-fixe dine-in dinner menus at $25, $35, or $45, with options for every appetite and budget. explore a global mix of cuisines – from comforting classics to bold, international favorites – while supporting local, independently owned businesses. discover the restaurants, menus, and more here! >>

tues + thurs (7pm): kelsey day: the silent key: author kelsey day celebrates the launch of their new young adult thriller, the silent key, set in a virtual reality paradise turned hellscape where two ex-best friends find out just how deep their animosity goes. hive mind books in bushwick (reading, q+a, and signing: tuesday, free-$10 admission) and brooklyn pride center in crown heights (reading, signing, and queer collage workshop: thursday, 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 ‘love bombed’ theme features lauren davis, scott englund, ronna levy, and gregory meander. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >>

tues 7:30pm (monthly): astronomy live: the scientific discoveries led by citizen scientists: jackie faherty (associate curator in the american museum of natural history’s department of astrophysics) gives a crash course on how everyday people aka ‘citizen scientists’ can assist nasa in making new scientific discoveries and help accelerate our understanding of the universe. hayden planetarium space theater (uws), $20. >>

tues 8pm: mega viral: join hosts ana mccasland and tyler bessinger for a night devoted to going viral, featuring viral tips and tricks with some help from comedians brittany carney, ena du, erik martini, and sebass + lola. a portion of proceeds will go to crown heights mutual aid. singers (bed-stuy), $10 admission. >>

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 prizes like drink tickets, skip-the-line song passes, or free admission to future shows. $10 adv, $15 day-of. >>

sponsored

This is Real brings Target Margin Theater’s transgressive spirit to life for America in 2026. Created by 2025 Obie Award-winning director David Herskovits and a cohort of artists, this new work is inspired by the obsessions of the great French writer Jean Genet: power, sex, and revolution. This is a patriotic play.

A theater. A brothel. A business. In Target Margin’s new work This is Real, performers enact fantasies of American power while an insurrection rages just outside. As the dust settles, who among us will be left wearing the crown? And what sacrifices must be made?

Genet was a hero of the counter-culture—thief, drifter, prostitute—who wrote from prison; his work affronted convention and challenged audiences to question their own lives. His artistic descendants include Ludlam, Jack Smith, David Bowie, and us at Target Margin Theater! We admire Genet’s unflinching honesty in confronting power without fear. He does not judge. He is never prim or pious. Our work swells with that bravery. This is Real represents a vision of America as we have re-created it here and now.

“Every time you see one of [Herskovits]’ meticulously created shows, you leave more confused than ever, and you’re better for it” (2025 Obie Awards). For This is Real, Herskovits and company ask audiences to consider the beauty and wisdom of the outsider. Aren’t we, all of us, outsiders in our own ways?

This is Real runs March 1 through April 4 at the Doxsee Theater in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Tickets starting from $30: TargetMargin.org/ThisIsReal

wednesday

weds thru 3/1: seventh annual black women in comedy laff fest: founded by joanna m. briley in response to the lack of representation in major comedy festivals, this year’s black women in comedy laff fest returns during black history month with 27 shows over 5 days. various locations and prices (note: some events require a drink minimum). >>

weds 7pm: junk journal hang and zine trade: seasoned zine fans and newbies alike are welcome to hang and create junk journals at purgatory (bushwick). supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own to share. free admission. >>

weds 7pm: club internet presents my online awakening: the internet that made me: go deeper into the rabbit hole of our collective memory of the world wide web as internet culture experts discuss the online spaces that informed their childhoods, adolescence, and adulthood, and their lasting impacts in culture. littlefield (gowanus), $15. >>

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 katie hartman, janelle draper, raj suresh, and alex shklar. free admission. >>

sponsored: weds 8pm: $30 tickets for chamber music at carnegie hall: orchestra of st. luke’s chamber ensemble returns to carnegie hall’s weill recital hall for an intimate evening! tonight, internationally acclaimed baritone john brancy joins the ensemble for a distinctly american program centered on samuel barber paired with leonard bernstein and stephen sondheim. use code ‘osl53914’ at checkout to access this $30 ticket offer! >>

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 brendan c. byrne (another world isn’t possible), ilise s. carter (the red menace: how lipstick changed the face of american history), jonathan dixon (convergence), nhu an do (the moth story slam), and guest host colin dickey (under the eye of power: how fear of secret societies shapes american democracy). 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: ‘zero chill’ (from slammed doors to public rants to perfectly-timed dramatic exits). $22.05. >>

weds 8:30pm: comedy on kingston: the comedy on kingston show returns with a night of stand up featuring onika mclean (hbo), tawanda gona (desus + mero), lauren davis (subway takes), sammy anzer (siriusxm), and marito lopez. 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. hosted by tess restaino and patricia lee. ucb (east village), $10 general, $5 with college id. >>

thursday

thurs thru 3/12: doc fortnight 2026: the museum of modern art’s annual festival of international nonfiction film and media marks its 25th year with screenings of 33 new nonfiction films by both emerging and established directors. museum of modern art (midtown west), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

thurs thru 3/8: regina opera: suor angelica: brooklyn’s regina opera presents a fully-staged performance of puccini’s one-act suor angelica at our lady of perpetual help auditorium (sunset park). the performance, sung in italian with english supertitles, will be presented with sets, lights, costumes, and live orchestral accompaniment. free open dress rehearsal 2/26; performances 2/28-3/8 are $25 general, $20 seniors/students. >>

thurs + fri (thurs 7:30pm, fri 7:15pm): for worse with amy landecker and bradley whitford: quad cinema (greenwich village) presents a pair of screenings of amy landecker’s new rom-com for worse, followed by in-person q+a with actor/producer bradley whitford (the handmaid’s tale) and writer/director/actor/producer landecker (transparent). $18 general, $16 seniors. >>

thurs 6pm (filmmaker mixer at 6pm, screenings at 7:30pm): artists + beers: pair cinema with cervezas at ‘artists + beers,’ a semi-monthly screening series highlighting short films, docs, and music videos by local filmmakers. hosted by nancy pop, curran banach, and chip parham. threes brewing (gowanus), free admission. >>

thurs 7pm: nyc magic ensemble: expect the unexpected as the nyc magic ensemble presents a night of magicians and mentalists at young ethel’s (south slope). $10 (a limited number of 2-for-$15 tickets are also available). >>

thurs 7pm: arounded: it’s 20 vs. 1 in this comedy show parody of jubilee’s surrounded, where comedians give their hot takes (think subway takes) and have to defend them against a circle of 20 other comedians. brooklyn art haus (williamsburg), $15. >>

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 liz barrett (siriusxm), mo meka (hbo), shelly colman (funny women of a certain age), aaron kominos-smith (comedy central), and sammy anzer (the apollo). 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 7pm: a.i. vs human roast battle: three-year anniversary show: a human rapper takes on machine-learning a.i. in a comedy/rap roast battle of the times. hosted by harmon leon. the players theatre (greenwich village), a limited number of $10 tickets are available with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $42). >>

thurs 8pm: chloe radcliffe album recording: attend a taping of comedian chloe radcliffe’s (is this thing on?, the tonight show) first album at grove 34 (astoria). $20. >>

thurs 8pm doors: landline comedy at wild east brewing co.: landline comedy serves up pints of hoppy humor straight from the barrel cellar at wild east brewing co. (gowanus). tonight’s lineup includes kate willett (colbert), jarrett campbell (siriusxm), sam evans (siriusxm), brittany carney (adult swim), and gabe pacheco. hosted by andre medrano. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>

thurs 8:30pm: heated rivalry, but gayer: two teams of nyc’s ‘gayest, queerest, most lgbtq+’ improvisers go head-to-head in their hottest sports ‘costumes’ to see who comes out on top. ucb (east village), $15. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets, ice skating, art shows, and more. >>

stay safe and healthy
– the skint