"Football Head" at La MaMa

La MaMa 68 East 4th St. , East Village, New York

Visual artist, performer, and gay stage icon Chris Tanner brings true-life tales, and, in his words, “humiliating stories of the sexual awakening of a nerdy…

$10 – $18

La Traviata

Sunshine Cinema 143 East Houston St, NY

You may not be able to hustle up the cash for a quick jaunt to London’s Royal Opera House (or even, for that matter, to…

$13.50

Steve Keene's Brooklyn Experience

Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, New York

Steve Keene, speed painter extraordinaire and cover artist for Pavement and Soul Coughing among others, is Brooklyn Public Library's artist-in-residence for the summer. An exhibition of…

Free

Hester Street Fair

Corner of Hester and Essex Street Hester and Essex, Lower East Side

Manhattan's counterpart to Brooklyn Flea has expanded into Seward Park this year, which means more food and vintage and craft vendors. Among those debuting this…

Free

Smorgasburg

East River State Park Williamsburg

Every week, rabid foodies bounce from stall to stall at this cornucopia of food vendors, each with their own gimmick. There tend to be lines…

Free

“The Party’s Over”

Topless 90-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway Beach

The inaugural exhibit of Topless, a new art gallery (that's right, art gallery) in Rockaway Beach. Features a trio of Brooklyn artists: there are paintings…

Manhattan Film Festival

Quad Cinema 34 West 13th Street, New York

The Manhattan Film Festival was founded in 2006, and showcases the work of independent filmmakers in order to help them reach a broader audience. In…

$11.00

The Bicycle Film Festival

Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue, East Village, New York

The Bicycle Film Festival is just what one might expect: a festival devoted to films featuring this beloved form of transport. The fest originated at Anthology…

PS1 Warm-Up

MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City

The lineup of this annual courtyard rave features a lot of new blood. Plus sets from Todd Edwards (a producer on Daft Punk’s last album),…

$18 – $20

The Quantum Eye at Theatre 80

Theatre 80 80 St Marks Pl , East Village

Mentalist Sam Eaton performs in this weekly magic and mentalism show that explores the limits of perception and deception.

$51 – $81

"King Kirby" at Comic Book Theater Fest

Brick Theater 579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

From the director: “’King Kirby’ is a play about the life of Jack Kirby, often called the ‘king of the comics,’ who had a career and…

Brooklyn Night Bazaar

165 Banker Street 165 Banker Street, Brooklyn

It used to be that Brooklyn Flea had the lock on North Brooklyn mega bazaars, but the BK Night Bazaar upped the ante with live…

Free

500 Years of Struggle and Resistance in Mexico: A Discussion

The Base 1302 Myrtle Ave, NY

In 1994, with the signing of NAFTA, the Zapatistas—a revolutionary leftist group—emerged in Chiapas, under the aegis of Subcomandante Marcos. Chiapas is an impoverished agrarian…

"Clown Bar" at The Box

The Box 189 Chrystie St, New York

Back for a limited-engagement encore, Clown Bar is a dark-comedy-slash-whodunit about a clown searching for the answers to his brother’s murder. The show is critically…

$25

What I Did For Love at UCB East

UCB East 153 E 3rd St , East Village

Some of Upright Citizens Brigade's top improvisers grill audience members for love life details then perform comedic versions of their tales.   Performers include, 30 Rock writer, Tracey…

$10

Mr. Choade's Upstairs Downstairs

Slipper Room 167 Orchard St, Lower East Side

This long-running variety show merges sideshow/vaudeville acts, go-go girls, comedy, and burlesque, often to raunchy effect (performers include Donny Vomit of Coney Island Sideshow fame…

$15 – $20