Sunday, May 19th & Monday, May 20th: Grounded Aerial Presents ‘Sneak Peek’
Grounded Aerial House of Yes (342 Maujer St., Brooklyn) 7pm $15 in advance Sneak Peak is an evening of theater, dance and aerial with enticing characters, gymnastic feats, original live music, and choreographic debuts of Grounded Aerial’s new repertoire. There is a fully stocked bar. We are a visceral aerial dance company that theatrically utilizes [...]
Saturday, May 18th: NYC Dance Parade & Dance Fest 2013
NYC Dance Parade & Dance Fest 2013 Parade: 1-3pm Dance Fest: 3-7pm Free Dance New Amsterdam is participating in the 7th Annual Dance Parade, “Unity Through Dance.” Join us! Sarah Burke will be teaching the dance for the parade route, and Suzanne Beahrs will be teaching class at Dance Fest from 5:00 – 5:30pm! Click [...]
Friday, May 17th: The Moth StorySLAM: Envy
The Moth StorySLAM: Envy Housing Works’ Bookstore Café (126 Crosby St., Manhattan) 7pm $8 10 stories, 3 teams of judges, 1 winner. $8 at the door. This event always sells out. Limited seating; please arrive early. Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Friday, May 17th: Harlem Dances
Harlem Dances West Harlem Piers Park, 125th St. & Marginal, Manhattan 6-7pm Free An Invigorating Performance Workout. Naomi Goldberg Haas, of Dances for a Variable Population, gets out to interactively demonstrate her dance moves. Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Get $10 Tickets to ‘The Fantasticks’
Click here for tickets to The Fantasticks starting at $10 (offered today only). When Matt and Luisa fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families, a modern-day Romeo and Juliet unfolds, with plenty of comedy, drama and music, along with a healthy dose of moonlight and magic. Featuring the beloved songs “Try to [...]
Thursday, May 16th: Laugh Track: Unconventional Comedy Careers in the Internet Age with Julie Klausner & Dave Hill
Laugh Track: Unconventional Comedy Careers in the Internet Age Housing Works’ Bookstore Café (126 Crosby St., Manhattan) 7pm Free Comedians no longer have the singular goal of getting their own sitcom to strive for. These days, there are all sorts of ways for folks to make names for themselves being funny, no network execs required. [...]
Thursday, May 16th: Tom Shillue’s Funny Story
Tom Shillue’s Funny Story Brooklyn Brewery (79 N. 11th St., Manhattan) 8pm $10 , includes a beer Comedian Tom Shillue’s Funny Story comedy show has become a mainstay of our monthly schedule here at the Brewery. The premise is simple: Tom and guests tell their best true stories, you drink Brooklyn beer and enjoy the [...]
Thursday, May 16th: The OkCupid Show with Julie Klausner
The OkCupid Show Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre (307 W. 26th St., Manhattan) 8pm $5, reservations suggested Love Doctors Eli Newell (Delocated) and Julie Klausner (I Don’t Care About Your Band, VH1) are international dating experts who specialize in online dating. They have PhDs in getting you laid and they want to use their insane skills [...]
Thursday, May 16th: Steamboat Comedy Show
Steamboat Comedy Show Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton St., Brooklyn) 7:30pm Free On the third Thursday of every month, comedian and author Bob Powers (author of Happy Cruelty Day) hosts the city’s best humor writers for a night of wine-addled, text-based hilarity. Tonight’s show features Owen Egerton, author of the apocalyptic novel Everyone Says That at [...]
Tuesday, May 14th: Comedian Wayne Brady (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to see Wayne Brady. B.B. King Blues Club welcomes Wayne Brady, comedian, actor, dancer, Grammy-nominated recording artist, improv specialist (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), game show emcee (Let’s Make a Deal) and Emmy-winning host of his own talk show. Armed with a bright smile and arsenal of talent, Brady’s [...]
Saturday, May 11th: Annual Tap Extravaganza
Click here for 50% off tickets to the Annual Tap Extravaganza. Direct from Queens, Flushing Town Hall presents the Annual Tap Extravaganza. Dance out loud with some of the city’s best hoofers at this 5th annual event, as plenty of nifty footwork will be on display during the celebration and appreciation of all things tap. [...]
Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘I’m a Stranger Here Myself’
Win a pair of tickets to I’m a Stranger Here Myself. To enter the giveaway, just enter your name & e-mail into the widget below or log in using Facebook. You must be a current subscriber to Nifty NYC’s e-newsletter at the time of the drawing to win. You can earn extra entries by following [...]
Saturday, May 4th: Gemini & Scorpio’s Cantina at the End of the Universe
Gemini & Scorpio’s Cantina at the End of the Universe Gowanus, Brooklyn – RSVP for location 9pm-4am $15 after 12:30pm, $25 before, purchase tix here edis, Trekkers, Browncoats, Time Lords and Hitchhikers from all corners of the cosmos, follow us to a cantina at the end of the universe. There will be aesthetically pleasing air [...]
Saturday, May 4th: Paradise Lost: a (Meta)Physical Feast
Paradise Lost: a (Meta)Physical Feast RSVP for location, Brooklyn 2-11pm Free, 25 theatre artists have joined forces to serve up the fruit of their 6-month labor in a one-time-only, epic concert reading of a lusciously abridged version of Paradise Lost. Commingled to mount the seemingly insurmountable, this daring crew of upstart creatures reduces Milton’s masterpiece [...]
Friday, May 3rd: New School Improv and SAB Present: Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company
New School Improv and SAB Present: Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company Wollman Hall at The New School (66 West 12th St., 5th Fl., Manhattan) 7-9pm Free, RSVP here Get a free ticket to see live improvisation from one of the best improv theaters in the city! Click here for more free New York City events [...]
Thursday, May 2nd: Ask Roulette with Chris Gethard, Starlee Kine & Caissie St.Onge
Ask Roulette Housing Works’ Bookstore Café (126 Crosby St., Manhattan) 7pm Free During Ask Roulette, strangers ask each other any question they want, big or small, in front of a live audience. It’s not as intimidating as it sounds. In fact, it’s built on trust — you can only ask a question once you’ve answered [...]
Through Sunday, 5th: Urban Bear Weekend 2013
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Thursday, May 2nd: Another Round Storytelling Featuring Cammi Climaco
Another Round Storytelling LaunchPad (721 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn) 8pm $5 suggested The next edition of Another Round Storytelling takes place on Thursday, May 2nd, at 8:00 p.m. at LaunchPad (721 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, NY). This month’s installment features the amazingly talented Cammi Climaco of Ask Me Stories and Six x Six at The PIT! Please [...]
Tuesday, April 30th: Masonic Slapstick
Masonic Slapstick Observatory (543 Union St., Brooklyn) 8pm $8 An Illustrated lecture by John Goldsmith, Curator of the DeMoulin Museum accompanied by a one-night-only exhibition of initiation devices curated by Mike Zohn, co-star of TV’s “Oddities” Between 1890 and 1930, hundreds of thousands of men belonged to the Masons, the Elks, the Kiwanis, or another [...]
Monday, April 29th: Ask Me Another with Lizz Winstead
Ask Me Another with Lizz Winstead The Bell House (149 7th St., Brooklyn) 7:30pm $10 in advance Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal walk into a bar… No, it’s not the start of a joke. It’s the essence of Ask Me Another, a rambunctious hour that blends brainteasers and [...]
Friday, May 3rd-Tuesday, May 7th: ”night, Mother’: Pulitzer-Winning Drama (Get Free Tickets Now)
Click here for free tickets to ‘night, Mother, while supplies last. Jessie calmly tells her mother that by morning she’ll be dead, as she plans to commit suicide that evening in ‘night, Mother. As mother and daughter spend a high-stakes evening together, the ensuing debate between the two women is sometimes quiet and sometimes tempestuous. [...]
Sunday, April 28th: ‘Gravy’ Italian-American Food Comedy (Get $7.50 Tickets)
Click here for $7.50 tickets to Gravy. Angela, an Italian-American housewife, invites you to keep her company while she’s making dinner in the new comedy Gravy. All alone while preparing her meal, Angela shares her recipes, while also dishing up the dirt on her family and explaining various Italian customs, ranging from Christmas Eve preparations [...]
Sunday, April 28th: Found Footage Festival VS. FOUND Magazine
Found Footage Festival VS. FOUND Magazine Littlefield (622 Degraw St., Brooklyn) 7pm $10 in advance The two titans of the found universe, Found Footage Festival and FOUND Magazine, will go toe-to-toe in Brooklyn on Sunday, April 28th (7 p.m. doors) at Littlefield in a battle royale of found stuff. Both camps—Joe Pickett (The Onion) and [...]
Sunday, April 28th: The Secret City: The Earth
The Secret City: The Earth Dixon Place (161A Chrystie St., Manhattan) 11:30am $15 suggested This Sunday, April 28th, is our next service in New York, the theme will be THE EARTH! Our featured visual artist, Natalie Collette Wood, will present collage, sculpture and paintings that look like fractals, crystals and explosions. Melody Allegra Berger will [...]
