Best things to do this week

Find the biggest and best events, activities and things to do in New York City this week, as chosen by Time Out's editors.

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1

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

Take it easy, baby, make it last all night—or all week, even, as the Floridian FM-radio champ and his trusty crew set up shop on the boomer-friendly Upper West Side.

  1. Beacon Theatre 2124 Broadway, at 74th St
  2. Thu May 23 - Sun May 26
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2

A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

This meditation on the animation icon offers plenty of weird surprises.

  1. Soho Rep 46 Walker St, between Broadway and Church St
  2. Wed May 22 - Sun Jun 9
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3

Fill the Void

A young bride-to-be rebels against tradition and her Orthodox community in first-time writer-director Rama Burshtein’s compelling Israeli drama.

4

Bicycle Fetish Day

  • Critics choice
  • Free

The yearly block party celebrates pedal-powered people movers of all stripes—from velodrome-ready fixies to ghetto-blaster-equipped low riders.

  1. City Reliquary Museum 370 Metropolitan Ave, at Havemeyer St
  2. Sat May 25
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5

Greg Proops Is the Smartest Man in the World

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

This comic, whom the general public will remember for his pompadour and appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, utilizes a tart tongue and—indeed—a sharp intellect in his "Proopcast."

  1. The Bell House 149 7th St, between Second and Third Aves
  2. Sat May 25
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6

Red Bull Music Academy: 12 Years of DFA

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

One of the city’s defining record labels of the current millennium celebrates a birthday in the mind-blowingly awesome setting of Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall.

  1. The Grand Prospect Hall 263 Prospect Ave , between Fifth and Sixth Aves
  2. Sat May 25
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7

Rub-a-Grub

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

Fill up on foie gras doughnuts and bottomless Bloody Marys at this backyard bash featuring DJs like A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

  1. Do or Dine 1108 Bedford Ave, between Lexington Ave and Quincy St
  2. Sun May 26
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8

The Shins

  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

Master indie-rock melodist James Mercer and his trusty band kick off Williamsburg Park’s summer season with help from energetic Philly crew Man Man.

  1. Williamsburg Park Kent Ave, at North 12th St
  2. Sun May 26
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9

Horse Meat Disco

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

Josh Wood brings the burly DJ combo to Brooklyn for Memorial Day Weekend; arrive early for opening sets by Spank's Sean B and Will Automagic.

  1. Cielo 18 Little W 12th St, between Ninth Ave and Washington St
  2. Sun May 26 - Fri Jun 28
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