Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum

New Museum 235 Bowery, Lower East Side, New York

This exhibition is New York's first gallery-wide exhibition of artists from the Arab world, and is appropriately (and devastatingly) dedicated to exploring the ethics of representation and the…

$16

SummerScreen at McCarren Park

McCarren Park 776 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn

Chain your fixie to the fence for this wildly popular outdoor film fest featuring food vendors, live music curated by Todd P, and movies at…

Free

Drunken Smartass Olympics

Dempsey's Pub 61 East 2nd Ave., East Village

New York's longest-running weekly quiz is held every Wednesday at Dempsey's Pub. The quiz features 51 questions on topics ranging from ancient history to contemporary pop music, as well as "the best-curated audio round in the city." Bar food and drink specials serve as mental fuel.

Free

Get Me a Guy at Under St Marks

Under St. Marks 94 St. Marks Pl., New York

New Yorkers are not only constantly dramatizing their own already rather dramatic love lives, but also adore consuming dramatizations of other such love lives: see Sex…

$18

Professor Thom's Trivia Night

Professor Thom's 219 2nd Avenue, East Village

Teams of 6 or less compete in this weekly trivia night at Professor Thom's.

Free

The Big Terrific at Cameo Gallery

Cameo Gallery 93 North 6th Street , Brooklyn

Gabe Liedman, Max Silvestri and Jenny Slate host this weekly standup night featuring big name drop-ins like Aziz Ansari and Zach Galifianakis.

Free

Arrested Development Bingo

Videology 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn

Calling all never nudes! And just regular AD fans, too. Hang out with your friends (and make new ones--how can you not love a stranger…

Free

Shaken & Stirred Burlesque

The Delancey 168 Delancey St, New York

Every Wednesday night, a rotating cast of NY's hottest burlesque stars take to the stage at The Delancey for a night of dancing and debauchery.

Phox at Mercury Lounge

Mercury Lounge 217 E. Houston St., Lower East Side

Wisconsin indie band Phox may be twee, but that’s all part of the fun. They debuted their first LP last month, and have since presumably been shopping for…

$10