Events & Festivals

Your guide to the best events and festivals in NYC

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The top New York Festivals you should know

From street-shuttering parades to eye-catching art fairs, here are the New York festivals to keep on your radar

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Things to do in New York today

All you could ever need today and more!

Art

The top five New York art shows this week

You won’t want to miss this week's New York art shows

Movies

The best movie events in New York this week

Every week, we round up the best movie events happening outside New York’s multiplexes

Music

The best parties in NYC this week

Check out the best parties in NYC, from club nights to label takeovers

This Week in New York: Critics' picks

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The Fuck You Revue

Zoe Ziegfeld and Fancy Feast have performed in NYC's most legendary burlesque shows, and now they join forces to throw their own wickedly fun monthly bash....

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Steve Ross: Here's to Us–– Festive Songs of Love and Friendship

Ross uses his polish and comic timing to conjure a vanished world of cultivated manners and deftly witty lyrics, but with a wistfulness that gives his work a...

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Comedy

Ellen Degeneres: I Simply Cannot Relate

Is Ellen DeGeneres really as squeaky-clean as she seems? Rogue genius Rachel Kaly unleashes the daytime mogul's dark side at this clever character...

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Kassa Overall

Overall is a Renaissance man: part chopsy, super-funky jazz drummer, and part rising producer-MC affiliated with Das Racist's Greedhead imprint. No telling...

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The top ten theater productions of 2018

Looking back on the theater I saw in 2018, I was surprised to find how many shows were in contention for my annual top-ten list. It hadn't seemed like a...

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Nitehawk is opening its Prospect Park theater on Thursday

On Thursday December 19, beloved Williamsburg movie theater Nitehawk will officially begin its Park Slope conquest with the launch of a brand-new,...

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Get a free cupcake at Baked by Melissa this Saturday

This Saturday is National Cupcake Day, and even though it's a holiday that's not as big as Christmas (yet), you can bet that we still love to celebrate it....