tuesday

thru 9/8: brooklyn cyclones baseball season: take me out to the ball game! brooklyn’s minor league baseball season along the coney island beachfront kicks off with the brooklyn cyclones at maimonides park. opening week promos include: everyone runs the bases, college student night, all-you-can-drink night, and more. $20+. >>

thru 4/27: ?!:new works festival: 40 artists over 17 nights. experimental artists from a variety of disciplines present new works at the brick theater (williamsburg). $20+. >>

thru thurs: dan savage’s hump! film festival: dan savage’s hump film fest is back with 24 brand-spanking-new short erotic films celebrating a range of body types, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishes. cinema village, $20 with promo code ‘hump24skint’ (reg. $25). nsfw link >>

tues 7:30pm (weekly): let’s see, what else? comedy show: courtney maginnis and tom deluged host this (seven years running) weekly stand-up show in the basement of lucky jack’s (les). tonight: judah friedlander (30 rock), courtney bee (wild n’ out), erin harkes (comedy central), andrew packer, and amy shanker. $10. >>

tues 8:30pm (weekly): i made you a playlist: comedy show and party: stand-up meets afterparty at this weekly comedy show and dance party, hosted by kelly bachman and jaffer khan. tonight’s show features ben katzner, ariel evans, andrew durso, rachel mccartney, and estar cohen. the three diamond door (bushwick), free admission. >>

tues 8:30pm (weekly): just come! comedy show: pamela ross, nolawee mengist, colleen genevieve, and kendall farrell bring the laughs to east williamsburg with standup by sienna hubert-ross (netflix), blake wexler (comedy central), darius dinkins (tiktok), andrea allen, shaun anthony, and tim smith. the graham (east williamsburg), $5. >>

wednesday

weds thru sat: 22nd fusion film festival: nyu’s student-run festival dedicated to celebrating women and non-binary creators in film, tv, and new media returns with four days of screenings, panel discussions, and talks. nyu tisch theater (greenwich village), free admission. >>

weds 6:30pm: just conversations: medical racism, an issue of life and death: the center for brooklyn history and brooklyn org present just conversations, a discussion series about injustices in the city and society and the change makers who are working towards a more equitable future. today’s topic, medical racism, features advancing health equity founder and author dr. uché blackstock (legacy: a black physician reckons with racism in medicine), dr. aletha maybank (the american medical association’s chief health equity officer), and journalist jenna flanagan. center for brooklyn history (brooklyn heights), free admission. >>

weds 7pm: april hirschman: desire makes me brave: a bisexual journey from california to the world: san francisco-based author, sex and relationship coach, and multimedia artist april hirschman brings her new book tour to nyc. presenting desire makes me brave, a memoir about self-discovery and erotic-awakening, the night will include readings, q+a, sex and relationship coaching, comedy, and art. von bar (noho), free admission. >>

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 robert levy (no one dies from love: dark tales of loss and longing) and jennifer marie brissett (destroyer of light). free admission. >>

weds 7pm: speakeasy: ‘the definitive speechwriting comedy show’: professional speechwriters and comedians who like speeches talk about the techniques they love, the clichés they hate, and the written remarks that rocked their world. hosted by chandler dean. caveat (les), $14.85 adv with promo code ‘speakcheaply’ (reg. $20+). >>

weds 7:30pm (weekly): we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (park slope), with stand-up by jenny gorelick (seth meyers), yedoye travis (colbert), mary cella (the new yorker), and joe briggs. free admission. >>

weds 7:30pm (weekly): 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 yedoye travis (comedy central), louis katz (comedy central), brittany carney (hbo), ben katzner (hello, my name is poop), and kendall farrell (just come comedy). free admission. >>

weds 7:30pm: (un)silent film: metropolis: the (un)silent film series at the new school presents a screening of fritz lang’s 1927 expressionist science-fiction classic, metropolis, with an original score by mannes school of music student amir sanjari performed live by the mannes orchestra. the new school’s john l. tishman auditorium (greenwich village/union square), free admission. >>

weds 7:30pm: catherine + critter’s copacabana: glamor meets camp at catherine + critter’s copacabana, a variety show hosted by catherine lindsay and critter fink featuring a lineup of comics, musicians, and performance artists. club cumming (les), $15 adv, $18 day of. >>

weds 8pm (monthly): mortified: you’re not the only one who had an awkward phase. from journals to angsty poetry to home movies, adults share their most embarrassing childhood artifacts at the mortified storytelling show. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>

thursday

thurs thru 4/15: queering the canon: besties: new york lgbtq+ film festival (newfest) presents an annual five-day retrospective of queer films that deserve increased recognition for their contribution to the queer canon. this year’s ‘besties’ themed lineup includes go fish, my own private idaho, set it off, summer vacation 1999, i think i do, and more, with q+as at select screenings. brooklyn academy of music (fort greene) and online, $18-20. >>

thurs 4-10pm: (second thursdays thru october): uptown night market: west harlem’s open-air food fest returns to the arches at 12th avenue and west 133rd street with 80 local vendors. free admission (pay-as-you-go). >>

thurs 6:30pm: 2024 whiting award winners reading: the new winners of the whiting awards, given annually to 10 emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama, will read from their work at mcnally jackson (seaport). hosted by michael r. jackson (a strange loop). drinks and light refreshments will be served. free admission. >>

thurs 7pm: opera america’s idea opera resident artists concert: opera america’s idea opera residency program (inclusion, diversity, equity, and access), designed to support creators of color living in nyc who are new to opera, presents a showcase of new work by resident artists laura jobin-acosta, bonita oliver, yosvany terry, and qian yi. a reception will follow. opera america’s national opera center (midtown west), $25. >>

thurs 8pm (weekly): savage! a comedy show: savage comedy returns to logan’s run in park slope. hosted by lizzie martinez, melissa rocha, nonye brown-west, and chloé chunha, tonight’s show includes performances by brittany carney (hbo), doug smith (comedy central), sunny laprade (queer enough), caitlin durante, and kendra dawsey. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win free drinks. free admission. >>

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: nora jeffries, micah walsh, and guest host madelein murphy smith. hosted by alysia hush, marisa riley, and kim dinaro. easy lover (east williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 10pm: planet yes: 80s prom: dust off your shoulder pads, don your best neon attire, and relive the glory days of leg warmers and cassette tapes at house of yes’s 80s prom party. house of yes (bushwck), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 50+ ongoing events and attractions: $20 off-broadway tickets, the orchid show, taproom yoga, and more. >>

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– the skint