The Macaulay Culkin Show
2014-06-22 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
This stand-up show is hosted not by Macaulay Culkin but rather by Brett Davis, whose comic alteregos include wrestler Bobby Blayze, singer Craig Evanhalen and others. But just because Mac isn’t actually involved doesn’t mean the show doesn’t get its share of big names (in the comedy world, anyway) like Wyatt Cenac, SNL’s Sasheer Zamata, and Dave Hill. This installment features Gavin McInnes, Leo Allen, Aparna Nancherla, The Lucas Bros, Jo Firestone, Julio Torres, Anthony Atamanuik, John Early, and more.
Read More: The Macaulay Culkin Show Does Not Star Macaulay Culkin. Unless…

Nick Thune Vinyl Release Show
2014-06-22 20:00 - 23:00 | SubCulture, 45 Bleecker St., New York, NY, United States
Comedian Nick Thune, who did this funny bit about his baby’s penis on Conan, celebrates the vinyl release of his latest hour, Nick Thune: Folk Hero, currently available on Netflix. Wyatt Cenac, Hannibal Buress, Ben Kronberg, will be in the house. And rumor has it, a couple of massage therapists (actually comedians) will be giving 90 second massages to audience members. Doors at 7pm.

Play/Date
2014-06-22 20:15 - 23:55, 2014-06-23 20:15 - 23:55, 2014-06-24 20:15 - 23:55, 2014-06-25 20:15 - 23:55 | Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St, New York
Interactive and immersive, Play/Date isn’t really a show as much as an experience: it takes place at a lounge (Fat Baby in the Lower East Side), where the audience can either sit or meander while they watch performers move around the bar and perform a series of short plays. Sure, the plays’ subject—New York dating—has been beaten to death. But Play/Date is less about the stories and more about the interaction between the audience and the actors. Did we mention you’re encouraged to drink while you watch? Sold.

Jacob Tomsky at KGB
2014-06-22 21:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th St, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Tomsky is the author of Heads in Beds, a Times bestseller that’s essentially the Kitchen Confidential of the hotel industry.
Read: These North Brooklyn Writers Agree: Stop Talking Shit About Williamsburg

tUnE-yArDs at Webster Hall
2014-06-22 21:00 - 23:00, 2014-06-23 21:00 - 23:00 | Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., New York City , 10003, United States
Merrill Garbus heads up tUnE-yArDs, a four-piece project that defies genre: it’s pop, it’s rock, it’s funk, it’s jazz. Garbus, a former puppeteer, uses foot pedals to loop her voice and percussion during shows. The group’s latest album, “Nikki Nack,” made a big splash when it landed this spring, though the band’s been making records since ’09. They perform Sunday and Monday nights at Webster Hall.

Manhattan Film Festival
2014-06-23 13:00 - 22:00, 2014-06-24 13:00 - 22:00, 2014-06-25 13:00 - 22:00 | Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY, United States
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 2013, it was named by Moviemaker magazine one of 25 “coolest film festivals in the world.” The MFF also prides itself on coming up with creative solutions to help filmmakers pursue their careers, including a Filmmaker Revenue Sharing Program. This year, the festival boasts an eclectic mix of features, documentaries and short films. See the schedule here.

International Crime Month at Strand
2014-06-23 19:00 - 20:00 | The Strand, New York
Apparently it’s International Crime Month. That sounds like a recipe for global anarchy and intrigue, but is instead an opportunity for various publishing houses to introduce the (under-read?) genre of international crime writing to a broader audience. Marc Pastor is a Catalan master of the form, and his gothic book Barcelona Shadows has been recently translated into English to critical acclaim. Join the author for a discussion of “a book that makes the reader doubt the sanity of life itself,” and see whether crime fiction could be your new go-to.

Broken Comedy at Matchless
2014-06-23 20:30 | Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave., Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Michael Che (The Daily Show, etc.) was a regular host of this weekly comedy night until he rocketed to fame. He still drops in, as have Aziz Ansari, Judah Friedlandler, Todd Barry, and Hannibal Buress.
More: Matchless Is ‘An After-School Program For Late-Night Comedians,’ Thanks to This Guy

Trivial Dispute at Alligator Lounge
2014-06-23 21:00 | Alligator Lounge, 600 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, NY, United States
Photo: Gavin Thomas
Crocodile Lounge’s Brooklyn brother hosts its weekly trivia night every Monday (free pizza included!)

Mona's Monday Night Bluegrass
2014-06-23 21:30 | Mona’s, 224 Avenue B, New York, NY, United States
After just three years, this weekly jamboree led by guitarist Rick Snell has become an East Village tradition. Some of the city’s finest musicians drop in to play bluegrass, Texas swing, sea shanties, Irish trad, early jazz, civil war songs and more. Consider it the antidote to Mumford & Sons, and join in if you know your way around a mandolin or banjo.

Reverend Vince Anderson
2014-06-23 23:00 | Union Pool, 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
“In the ‘Dirty Gospel Soul Revue,’ Anderson and his Love Choir preach and sing, sometimes with fancy friends: the Roots’ ?uestlove and TV on the Radio’s Jaleel Bunton, for example.” –NYMag.com

Larry Clark’s “they thought i were but i aren’t anymore…”
2014-06-24 10:00 - 18:00, 2014-06-25 10:00 - 18:00, 2014-06-26 10:00 - 18:00 | Luhring Augustine Gallery, 531 West 24th St., new york, United States
Earlier this year Larry Clark practically gave away hundreds of his snapshots and then celebrated his birthday with many rounds of free beer. But this is the main event: on Saturday, Luhring Augustine launches an exhibition of his work from 1961 to the present, starting with his earliest portrait (taken with a camera he borrowed from his mom) and also including his more recent sculptures and paintings.
More: Hey, Kids! Larry Clark and Harmony Korine Are Showing Their Work

Movie Trivia at Videology
2014-06-24 20:30 - 22:00 | Videology, 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Every Tuesday night, gather your movie-loving friends for six rounds of trivia at Videology in Williamsburg. They present different categories throughout the night, like quotation, tagline and clip identification. Every week the winning team gets a free round of drinks, and at the end of the season the top three teams from the combined rounds win big prizes like a $150 bar tab. Word to the wise: get there early to snag a table.

Bernhoft at Bowery Ballroom
2014-06-24 21:00 - 23:00 | Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., New York
You might not recognize the name Bernhoft, but if you’ve been, well, almost anywhere on the Internet, you’ve probably seen his video for “Cmon Talk.” Bernhoft is a Norwegian soul musician who uses loop pedals to create a one-man band. It’s awesome to witness the way he creates the sound of an entire band with just his mouth and a guitar. This is a don’t-miss show. (Note: This show was moved from April 28 to June 24.)

Bridget Everett at Joe's Pub
2014-06-24 21:30 - 23:00 | Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St , NY, United States
She’s big, she’s baudy, and we once saw her serenade/abuse an audience member and then sit on his face. If you’re sitting in the front row of this cabaret-on-crack act, you’ll probably see things you can’t unsee, and good luck getting the beer out of your clothes. This is a special preview of “Rock Bottom,” a show co-written with Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz of the Beastie Boys, among others.

Mona's Hot Four
2014-06-24 23:00 | Mona’s, 224 Avenue B, New York, NY, United States
This jazz quartet consisting of Gordon Webster (piano), Nick Russo (banjo/guitar), Jared Engel (bass), and Dennis Lichtman (clarinet) isn’t exactly a well-kept secret anymore (they have two albums), but hearing them perform Prohibition-era jazz at Mona’s, an unassuming East Village spot, feels like a treat every time.

Classic Album Sundays at Baby's All Right
2014-06-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, United States
This international series of listening parties for classic albums amounts to a night of listening to a Pandora-like selection of music inspired by or related to the album, a word from the moderator, and a playing of the album that’s 100 percent free of interruptions from your GPS system. Tonight, in honor of Gay Pride: Grace Jones’s “Nightclubbing.”

Kim Gordon w/Raymond Pettibon
2014-06-25 19:00 - 20:00 | The Strand, New York
If you missed Raymond Pettibon’s exhibition of surfer paintings back in April, this is yet another chance to enter his warped pop-art world: the Venice, Calif.-based illustrator has just published a new book, Raymond Pettibon: To Wit, that documents his time as a sort of artist in residence at the David Zwirner gallery in Chelsea, and reproduces many of the drawings and paintings — of icons like Bob Dylan, Joe DiMaggio, and Bazooka Joe — that he created for an exhibition there last summer.
The book contains an interview with Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, and the two will reprise their talk live in the Strand’s Rare Book Room on June 25, at 7 p.m. You’ll just have to buy a copy of the book or a $20 Strand gift card in order to attend.
Read more: See Kim Gordon Chat With Raymond Pettibon About His New Book

"King Kirby" at Comic Book Theater Fest
2014-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Brick Theater, 579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
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 a life that spans almost the entire 21st century. Every important moment in comic history is pretty much relatable back to him. He drew his way out of the Jewish ghetto of the Lower East Side, he fought in France during WWII, and he created or co-created characters like Captain America, the X-Men, Thor, Avengers, and for that matter, he helped create romance comics. It’s a drama that takes place from when he was about 12 to 80. He died in 1992. And the point of the play is that a lot of people think that entertainment and pop culture just kind of gets cranked out by this faceless corporate machine, when in fact, it’s real human beings with real flesh-and-blood stories who make this stuff happen, and this is one of the most important people doing it, and yet very few people know his name.”
Read more:
3 Comic-Book-Inspired Dramatists Name Their Favorite Comics and Plays

The Big Terrific at Cameo Gallery
2014-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Cameo Gallery, 93 North 6th Street , Brooklyn , 11211 , United States
Gabe Liedman, Max Silvestri and Jenny Slate host this weekly standup night featuring big name drop-ins like Aziz Ansari and Zach Galifianakis.

White Lung at Saint Vitus
2014-06-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Saint Vitus Bar, 1120 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Feminist punk is having a moment, and White Lung is right in the mix. With this show, the Canadian band releases its third album, Deep Fantasy, which has been getting lots of positive press. Lead singer Mish Way has a thing for Courtney Love, and it’s obvious that Hole is a big influence on this latest release.

Arrested Development Bingo
2014-06-25 21:00 - 22:00 | Videology, 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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 in jorts?) while watching Arrested Development and playing bingo. How it works is you look for things like the stair car and the banana stand, and if that’s on your bingo card, you put down a chip. Win a game and you’ll get either a free drink or frozen banana. But come as a never nude and you’ll get both automatically.
