Your perfect Sunday
May 26
Wed May 22 2013
Sweet Spot Festival
- Free
Harlem's roving monthly dance party and market kicks off with the Freedom Party's Herbert Holler, Elbow Greasy and Redlox behind the decks. Upcoming dates include a reggae night (Aug 17) and a season-closing roller-skating jam (Sept 22). If you're a
- Jackie Robinson Park Amsterdam Ave, at 145th St
- Sun May 26 - Tue Oct 22
History of Art, Crime, Drugs and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side
- Price band: 4/4
- Critics choice
From grimy clubs to gang hangouts, stops along this three-hour tour show the connection between crime and artistry in one of Manhattan’s most complicated communities. Tour guide and Cro-Mags frontman John Joseph leads this walking autobiography, as
- Astor Place Cube E 8th St, at Fourth Ave
- Sun May 26 - Sun Oct 27
Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional
- Rated as: 3/5
- Price band: 3/4
Theater review by Jenna Scherer. Barrow Street Theatre (see Off Broadway). By Colin Quinn. Dir. Rebecca A. Trent. With Quinn. 1hr 10mins. No intermission. Colin Quinn is no stranger to biting off big chunks of material and seeing how quickly he can
- Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow St, at Seventh Ave South
- Sat May 25 - Mon Jun 3
RHAW
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW) offers a street-dance program, including Harris's dances Brother, Three B-Boys & a Girl and Bohemian Rhapsody.
- New Victory Theater 209 W 42nd St, between Seventh and Eighth Aves
- Sat May 25 - Sun May 26
Pandora Boxx: Lick This Boxx!
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The beloved RuPaul's Drag Race alum Pandora Boxx shares salacious stories in this autobiographical night of music and comedy. For more information, go to spincyclenyc.com.
- Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café 407 W 42nd St, between Ninth and Tenth Aves, downstairs, 10036
- Sat May 25 - Sun May 26
The Shins + Man Man
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
The band hitting Terminal 5 this week for a three-night stand shares exactly one member with the group Natalie Portman famously promised would change your life: frontman James Mercer, who followed up 2007’s Wincing the Night Away by replacing his
- Williamsburg Park Kent Ave, at North 12th St
- Sun May 26
Horse Meat Disco
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Josh Wood Productions brings the disco daddies of Horse Meat Disco all the way from the South London headquarters of the Eagle for a night of sweaty, holiday-weekend fun, hosted by Desi Monster, Ladyfag, Viva Ruiz and Cameron Cooper. Spank's Sean B
Macy Gray Performs On How Life Is
- Price band: 3/4
Is there any human being who did not shed a tear at "I Try" or "Still" when Macy Gray's phenomenal debut album, On How Life Is, came out in 1999? Well, lucky us, the dazzling, temperamental singer hits NYC this week for two shows at the City Winery
- City Winery 155 Varick St, at Vandam St
- Sat May 25 - Sun May 26
Body & Soul
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
John Davis is back with another edition of his beloved shindig. As always, Joe Claussell, François K and Danny Krivit will pack the dance floor via their selections of deep and soulful house, classics, Afro-Latin rhythms and more; Ariel is the man
- XL Nightclub, Cabaret & Lounge 512 W 42nd St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves, 10036
- Sun May 26
Oh! You Pretty Things: The New Romantic Ball III
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Glittering strains of androgynous music once again waft their way through Le Poisson Rouge courtesy of Michael T, Benjamin Ickies, Twig the Wonderkid and Mandana. Tonight's edition once again salutes the New Romantic movement of the late ’70s and
- Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker St, at Thompson St
- Sun May 26
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