Your perfect Sunday
May 19
Thu May 16 2013
Shuck You!
- Price band: 1/4
The cocktail geeks at Evelyn Drinkery link up with boat-to-table start-up Village Fishmonger for this evening dedicated to booze and bivalves. Sip bubbly and suck down New Jersey–sourced oysters from Parsons Seafood, as eight amateur chefs whip up
- Evelyn Drinkery 171 Ave C, between 10th and 11th Sts, 10009
- Sun May 19
Pop Souk
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
For the fourth year, more than 50 hip vendors are taking over the Standard —as well as spilling out onto the sidewalk around the hotel—hawking handmade clothing, accessories and one-of-a-kind vintage items. Sip gratis Perrier champagne and shop
- The Standard 848 Washington St, at W 13th St, 10014
- Sun May 19
The Olde Time Coney Island Strongman Spectacular
- Critics choice
- Free
Have your cameras ready at this old-timey display, where brawny he-men perform ridiculous feats outside the Coney Island landmark. Snap a truck driving over Stanley “Stanless Steel” Pleskun, or capture Chris “Hairculese” Rider as he uses his locks
- Sideshows by the Seashore 1208 Surf Ave, at 12th St, 11224
- Sun May 19
Sacred Sites Open House Weekend
- Free
History and architecture buffs will relish the special access afforded them by the New York Landmarks Conservancy this weekend, when more than 30 NYC religious institutions throw open their doors. Explore midtown’s Art Deco–style Temple Emanu-El,
- Various locations
- Until Sun May 19
The Great GoogaMooga
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The cool-kid food-and-music extravaganza is back in Brooklyn for its second year, kicking off with a Friday night concert, headlined by NYC alt-rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Flaming Lips, and a marathon lineup of grub from a whopping 85 joints.
- Prospect Park Prospect Park West to Flatbush Ave, between Prospect Park Southwest and Ocean Ave
- Sun May 19
Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge with Philip Glass and Friends
- Critics choice
Concluding a weeklong celebration of controversial literary lion Henry Miller and the artist-magnet library that bears his name in Big Sur, CA, composer-pianist Philip Glass offers an evening of music with a range of friends including Bryce Dessner
- Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North 6th St, between Kent and Wythe Aves
- Until Sun May 19
Anthony Jeselnik
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
This comic regularly proves—in specials such as Caligula and on his new series, The Jeselnik Offensive—that he can make the crowd love him in spite of themselves. Sure, people want to stare because he's handsome; but his one-liners are so sly and
- Carolines on Broadway 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th Sts
- Until Sun May 19
The Met Orchestra
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Barring catastrophe, this afternoon's concert brings the highly awaited, much discussed and critically important return to the podium of Met music director James Levine, whose two-year hiatus—due to injuries and ill health—has prompted no small
- Carnegie Hall 154 W 57th St, between Sixth and Seventh Aves
- Until Sun May 19
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by Adam Feldman. York Theatre Company (Off Broadway). By Mark Nadler. Music and lyrics by various writers. Dir. David Schweizer. 1hr 45mins. One intermission. Where ivories are concerned, Mark Nadler tends to favor the slap over the
- York Theatre Company at St. Peter's Church Citigroup Center, 619 Lexington Ave, at 54th St, downstairs
- Tue May 28 - Sun Jun 9
Output: Chris Liebing
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This Williamsburg underground-dance-music headquarters features an early-starting session of tough-as-nails techno, courtesy of the CLR label's top man, the veteran Chris Liebing. Adding to the hoopla, the party doubles as superpromoter (and
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