# Trova — NYC Events *Sunday, May 3, 2026 · Events for the next 2 weeks* *Source: https://trova-nyc.vercel.app* ## ★ Nancy's Picks ### Keeping Our Humanity While Using AI Monday, May 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM · Morningside Institute · lectures > Join Alejo Sison (Navarra/Fordham) for this talk on the distinctive offerings of virtue ethics for discussion around humanity and AI. [Event page](https://www.morningsideinstitute.org/cal/2026/05/04/human-intelligence) ### Village Fête After Party 2026 Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM · Pioneer Works · parties > Celebrate Pioneer Works at the 2026 Village Fête After Party.The must-attend finale to our annual gala will include DJ sets by James Murphy and Pat Maho... [Event page](https://pioneerworks.org/programs/vf-after-party-2026) ### Pawn Chess Club celebrates three years at Casino Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM · Pawn Chess Club · culture > Pawn Chess Club will be celebrating three years with our first love, Casino, on Tuesday, May 5th. [Event page](https://luma.com/t7dsx1ba) ### C2C NYC 2026 Friday, May 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM · Knockdown Center · parties > C2C once again brings an unmissable lineup, with alternative music iconoclasts like Arca, Los Thuthanaka, Malibu and Avalon Emerson on the bill. [Event page](https://ra.co/events/2348793) ### Andrei Rublev Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM · Metrograph · film > The story of Rublev (Anatoly Solonitsyn), a medieval icon painter and Russian Orthodox monk who struggled against rampant brutality to produce works… [Event page](https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29780) ### Grey Gardens Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM · Metrograph · film > “I only care about three things: the Catholic Church, swimming, and dancing.” So goes the gospel according to Edith “Little Edie” Beale, who… [Event page](https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29798) ### Andy Stott, Debit Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM · Public Records · music > Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. [Event page](https://link.dice.fm/x60f447ca9f2) ### Andy Stott, Debit Monday, May 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM · Public Records · music > Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. [Event page](https://link.dice.fm/U91de64597d5) ### Introduction – NADA New York 2026 Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM · The Starrett-Lehigh Building · exhibitions > The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is the definitive non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art. [Event page](https://www.newartdealers.org/fairs/nada-new-york-2026/introduction) ### Frieze Art Fair Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM · The Shed · exhibitions > Frieze New York returns to The Shed from May 13-17. Discover the best contemporary art and today’s most compelling artists as we celebrate the vibrancy and creative spirit of New York’s art scene. [Event page](https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-new-york/tickets) ### Fair - Independent Art Fair Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM · Pier 36 · exhibitions > Really cool legit art fair [Event page](https://www.independenthq.com/fair) ### Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera · music > American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. [Event page](https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/el-ultimo-sueno-de-frida-y-diego/) ### Outer Heaven Records 001 Release Party Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM · Outer Heaven · parties > There's a lot to celebrate here. Manhattan club Outer Heaven toasts the inaugural release on its new record label; local legends Justin Strauss and Tim Sweeney go b2b for the first time; a special guest awaits. [Event page](https://ra.co/events/2350304) ### TEFAF New York Art Fair Friday, May 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM · Park Avenue Armory · exhibitions > We are proud to present the ninth edition of TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory May 15–19, 2026. [Event page](https://www.tefaf.com/fairs/tefaf-new-york) ### Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM · The Metropolitan Opera · music > American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. [Event page](https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/el-ultimo-sueno-de-frida-y-diego/) ## All Events ### Sunday, May 3, 2026 **Culture** - **The People’S Ball** — 10:00 PM held on the eve of the met gala, brooklyn public library’s annual people’s ball offers an alternative to expensive, exclusive galas with a participatory showcase of the diverse styles that make up new york city’s urban runway. this year’s guests of honor are model and activist bethann hardison, creative director and costume designer june ambrose, and designer patricia michaels. https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/peoples-ball-central-library-20260503-0700pm-0 **Comedy** - **Petey DeAbreu, Philipp Kostelecky, Daniel Simonsen, Aaron Chen, Blake Freeman, Brendan Sagalow** — 10:00 PM · Village Underground Petey DeAbreu HBO:THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE SHOW, NPR: WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME • Philipp Kostelecky BBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, COMIC RELIEF, METRO NEWSPAPER FUNNY NEW FACES • Daniel Simonsen WINNER NEW YORKS'S FUNNIEST FOR 2022 AT THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL, FROM SETH MYERS SHOW, BBC "RUSSELL HOWARD'S GOOD NEWS", BEST NEWCOMER EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Tristan Bowling, Marito Lopez, Peyton Ruddy, & More!** — 10:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12952/2026-05-03-220000-the-stand-presents-tristan-bowling-marito-lopez-peyton-ruddy-more - **Rich Aronovitch, Seaton C. Smith, Erin Maguire, Philipp Kostelecky, Josh Ocean Thomas, Tommy Brennan** — 10:30 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Rich Aronovitch ACCESS DAILY NBC, BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD NETWORK • Seaton C. Smith MENTIONED IN NEW YORK TIMES BEST OF 2023, FROM "MULANEY" ON FOX, FROM THE OPIE AND ANTHONY VIRUS TOUR AND THE NEW FACES SHOW AT JUST FOR LOUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL IN MONTREAL • Erin Maguire LATE SHOW W/COLBERT, COMICS UNLEASHED, COMEDY CENTRAL, SIRIUSXM, ALBUM ON 800LB GORILLA https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **James Mattern, Jared Waters, Daniel Simonsen, Philipp Kostelecky, Josh Ocean Thomas, Dave Attell** — 11:30 PM · Comedy Cellar James Mattern KEVIN HART'S"COMEDY IN COLOR, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NETWORK'S "PEOPLE TALKIN SPORTS" • Jared Waters DONT TELL COMEDY, THE TAMRON HALL SHOW, SERIOUS XM • Daniel Simonsen WINNER NEW YORKS'S FUNNIEST FOR 2022 AT THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL, FROM SETH MYERS SHOW, BBC "RUSSELL HOWARD'S GOOD NEWS", BEST NEWCOMER EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ ### Monday, May 4, 2026 **Film** - **Everyone Is Lying to You for Money** — 6:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556468~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 6:50 AM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556533~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 7:00 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556448~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Maintenance Artist** — 7:55 AM · IFC Center NYC's first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556474~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 8:20 AM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556434~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Last One for the Road** — 8:40 AM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556581~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped (Open Captioning)** — 8:55 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556545~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers** — 9:05 AM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556554~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 9:50 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555545~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 10:30 AM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556514~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Omaha (Open Captioning)** — 11:10 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556498~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 11:15 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557289~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Departures** — 11:20 AM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556458~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **American Dream** — 11:55 AM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555533~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 12:15 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 12:30 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 12:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **The Last One for the Road** — 12:45 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556583~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 1:15 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556435~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers** — 1:20 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556555~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 1:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556515~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 2:30 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555547~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 2:50 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **Omaha** — 3:00 PM · IFC Center A young girl discovers the truth about her family's seemingly spontaneous road trip in this poignant drama starring John Magaro (Past Lives). 6 wins & 9 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556490~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 3:20 PM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556534~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **PURELY BELTER** — 3:30 PM · Spectacle Theater Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team. 4 wins & 3 nominations total https://www.spectacletheater.com/tales-from-the-tyne/ - **The Last One for the Road** — 3:40 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556584~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Departures** — 3:45 PM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556459~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Erupcja** — 4:40 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **For Sama** — 5:00 PM · BAM Follow Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years in Aleppo amid the Syrian uprising. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-for-sama - **The Christophers** — 5:00 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556556~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **American Dream** — 5:10 PM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555535~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI** — 5:20 PM · Film Forum Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair. 8 wins & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/the-seduction-of-mimi - **OUR LAND** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 5:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556516~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 5:40 PM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557283~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 5:45 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556436~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **CYBERPUNK** — 6:00 PM · Spectacle Theater Stylistic documentary about the cyberpunk movement. William Gibson, author of cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, and Timothy Leary, famous advocate of psychedelic drugs, share their thoughts on the future of society and technology. https://www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-best-of-spectacle-2025/ - **Erupcja** — 7:10 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film** — 7:15 PM · BAM Lou Reed narrates this award-winning dive into the protest that sparked a movement. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-99 - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 7:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **BELLISSIMA** — 8:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **OUR LAND** — 8:10 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **Whisper of the Heart** — 9:00 PM · BAM Young Shizuku embarks on a quest for her true talent in this precious Studio Ghibli gem. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/whisper-of-the-heart **Music** - **Community Blood Drive** — 9:00 AM · Lincoln Center Presents Lincoln Center continues to work in partnership with New York Blood Center through community blood drives, and we are grateful to everyone who has donated. https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/community-blood-drive-2-673 - **A Special Advance Screening of PBS Great Performances: Suffs + Discussion** — 3:00 PM · The Town Hall The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical SUFFS, Town Hall, and The Public Theater will partner to present A Special Advance Screening of Great Performances: SUFFS.Following the screening, there will be a moderated panel conversation led by Grammy Award-winning actress Phillipa Soo between Tony Award winner Shaina Taub, Tony Award-nominee Leigh Silverman, and Tony Award winner Nikki M.... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/a-special-advance-screening-of-pbs-great-performances-suffs-discussion/ - **Michael Leonhart Orchestra** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20790/20791 - **gentle—noise** — 6:45 PM · Public Records A 75-minute immersive experience exploring breath, sound, and meditation led by Manoj Diaz. Regulate your nervous system, reconnect to your senses, and acces... https://link.dice.fm/C8b0d6c2aa9c - **RAVING CANES** — 8:00 PM · Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers It’s been a minute, but the collab of the century is BACK for the Last Day of Classes. 🐔🍗🎧 COLUMBIA DJ COLLECTIVE X RAISING CANE’S Your favorite student DJs are spinning for FIVE HOURS in the round at our local beloved Raising Cane’s with giveaways at the top of every hour! https://partiful.com/e/0pVVwZPDSJgeMtARdE9T **Culture** - **Waterfront Workouts At Brooklyn Bridge Park** — 12:00 PM brooklyn bridge park’s season of free outdoor workout classes with a view returns: zumba (mondays), sunset yoga (tuesdays), amp’d bootcamp (wednesdays), morning yoga (saturdays), and pilates (sundays). open to all ages and abilities. https://brooklynbridgepark.org/events/waterfront-workouts/ - **The Pet Gala** — 5:00 PM dress up your pet and hit the red carpet at nyu faculty housing’s annaual pet gala, held at bust of sylvette plaza, nyu silver towers (greenwich village). rain or shine. https://events.nyu.edu/event/pet-gala-2026 - **Mass Reading Of Howl With Adam Aleksic** — 5:30 PM linguist adam aleksic (@etymologynerd) leads a collective reading of allen ginsberg’s howl in washington square park (greenwich village), inviting attendees to take part in a live, communal recitation of the beat-era classic. bonus: free books for the first 300 attendees. https://partiful.com/e/pzrhitxWVJOC9nvOYS3h - **Experiential Producers Room IRL: NYC Garden Terrace Gathering** — 6:00 PM · Studio Saint-Michel On May 4th, we're gathering for the second time on the Garden Terrace at Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, one of the few outdoor spaces in New York that actually… https://luma.com/epr-nyc - **Fit + Lit On The High Line** — 6:30 PM get fit and lit at the high line’s outdoor dance cardio classes, led by instructor janeil mason. rain or shine (the space is covered). https://www.thehighline.org/events/fit-lit/ - **Biology On Tap** — 7:00 PM bio and beer blend at the biology on tap speaker series, featuring talks, trivia, and prizes. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission ($5 suggested donation). https://www.instagram.com/biologyontap/ - **Living Radio: Contemporary Radio Drama, With A Revisionist Twist** — 7:00 PM living radio stages live performances of five short radio plays inspired by the news, with results ranging from wacky to reflective. under st. https://livingradionyc.com - **Turning To Birds: Lili Taylor With Christian Cooper** — 7:30 PM actor lili taylor celebrates the paperback release of her book of birding essays, turning to birds: the power and beauty of noticing, at a launch event with christian cooper, author of better living through birding and host of extraordinary birder on national geographic. presented by greenlight bookstore at st. https://greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-05-04/lili-taylor-christian-cooper-sjny - **Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series** — 7:30 PM elyssa goodman and r. c. https://www.elyssamaxxgoodman.com/miss-manhattan-nonfiction-reading-series - **You Are Not Alone: An Uplifting Show About Depression** — 9:00 PM improvisers and artists that battle depression and mental illness in their day-to-day lives create scenes inspired by personal experiences, showing how laughter can be the best medicine. hosted by aaron gold and michael serpe. https://magnettheater.com/show/59686/ **Lectures** - **From Theory to Mechanism: Armin Strom’s Approach to Resonance** — 2:00 PM · The General Society Library Resonance is one of the most fascinating physical phenomena explored in watchmaking, where two oscillators influence each other and eventually synchronize. Since Christiaan Huygens’ 17th‑century observations with pendulum clocks, watchmakers have sought to harness it in wristwatches. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/from-theory-to-mechanism-armin-strom-s-approach-to-resonance/ - **Reading and Discussion of the Translation of Inès Cagnati’s "Crazy Genie"** — 2:00 PM · La Maison Française NYU With translator Liesl Schillinger and NYU PhD candidate Simon LeserThis evening, the translator Liesl Schillinger will read from, and discuss, her translation of Inès Cagnati’s Crazy Genie (Génie la folle). She will be in discussion with Simon Leser. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/reading-and-discussion-of-the-translation-of-ines-cagnati-s-crazy-genie/ - **Lecture | The Irish Literary Renaissance** — 2:30 PM · Grolier Club Award winning Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín will trace the legacy of the Irish Literacy Renaissance through successive generations of Irish writers. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/lecture-the-irish-literary-renaissance/ - **Half-Jew, Full Life** — 3:00 PM · Center for Jewish History Join us for an engaging evening with Dr. Georgette Bennett in conversation with Sir Simon Schama as they discuss Bennett’s new book, Half-Jew, Full Life: The Unlikely Journey of a Voluntary Jew from Nazi Persecution to the American Dream. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/half-jew-a-talk/ - **Storytelling Through Light** — 3:30 PM · The National Arts Club What if light could do more than illuminate? What if it could speak? https://thoughtgallery.org/events/storytelling-through-light/ - **Keeping Our Humanity While Using AI** ★ — 6:00 PM · Morningside Institute Join Alejo Sison (Navarra/Fordham) for this talk on the distinctive offerings of virtue ethics for discussion around humanity and AI. https://www.morningsideinstitute.org/cal/2026/05/04/human-intelligence **Tech** - **AI Pitch Blitz: $1K Cash Drop | by One Percent Back** — 5:00 PM · AI Pitch Blitz by One Percent Back Builders take the stage 🚀 Each gets 3 minutes to pitch their AI project LIVE, in front of founders, side-hustlers, and builders. Judges score. https://luma.com/7w2imhbx - **The Future of AI Agent Pricing — NYC Product & Monetization Leaders Dinner #AIAgentConference** — 6:30 PM · Orb Join Orb for an intimate, invite-only dinner at Le Grand Boucherie in NYC on May 4th, bringing together a curated group of product, pricing, and finance… https://luma.com/ai-agent-pricing-dinner-nyc **Comedy** - **The Stand Present: Matthew Broussard, Sean Patton, Aaron Berg, & More!** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12953/2026-05-04-190000-the-stand-present-matthew-broussard-sean-patton-aaron-berg-more - **Nick Griffin, Colin Quinn** — 7:00 PM · Comedy Cellar Colin Quinn Returns to The CQ Room — Nick Griffin 11 APPEARANCES ON "THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN", "LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT", COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS "THE HALF HOUR COMEDY SPECIAL" • Colin Quinn FROM THE MOVIE "TRAINWRECK", STAR OF ONE MAN SHOWS:"RED STATE BLUE STATE", "UNCONSTITUTIONAL", "LONG STORY SHORT" ON BROADWAY AND HBO, STAR OF COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD", SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC'S "THE COLIN QUINN SHOW'. https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Matt Richards, Emma Willmann, Brian Landers, Philipp Kostelecky, Blake Freeman** — 7:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Matt Richards From HQ trivia, Two Broke Girls, That Damn Michael Che on HBO Max • Emma Willmann From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, MTV, Vh1, host of The Check Spot on SiriusXM • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Andrew Fiori, Mike Yard, Emma Willmann, Daniel Simonsen, Erin Maguire, Jeff Bailey** — 7:35 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Andrew Fiori FROM COMEDY CENTRAL, HOST OF THE RAW REPORT ON SIRIUSXM • Mike Yard FROM "NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE", BAD BOYS OF COMEDY, DEF COMEDY JAM, AND SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO. • Emma Willmann From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, MTV, Vh1, host of The Check Spot on SiriusXM https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Sean Patton, Aaron Berg, TaTa Sherise, & More!** — 8:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12954/2026-05-04-200000-the-stand-presents-sean-patton-aaron-berg-tata-sherise-more - **Ashley Austin Morris, Emma Willmann, Brian Landers, Philipp Kostelecky, Brendan Sagalow** — 8:00 PM · Village Underground Ashley Austin Morris HULU (FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE), NETFLIX (INVENTING ANNA), HBO/MAX • Emma Willmann From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, MTV, Vh1, host of The Check Spot on SiriusXM • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **FRANTIC! FREE SHOW** — 9:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12955/2026-05-04-210000-frantic-free-show - **Matt Richards, Adam Ferrara, Jeff Bailey, Philipp Kostelecky, Kc Shornima, Blake Freeman** — 9:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Matt Richards From HQ trivia, Two Broke Girls, That Damn Michael Che on HBO Max • Adam Ferrara HBO's "NURSE JACKIE",FROM THE MOVIE "PAUL BLART: MALL COP", "DIRTY MOVIE", "WINTER OF FROZEN DREAMS", "DEFINITELY MAYBE", FX DENIS LEARY'S "RESCUE ME", COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD", ABC'S "THE JOB", AND "THE LETTERMAN SHOW". • Jeff Bailey FROM HBO, https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Petey DeAbreu, Brendan Sagalow, Eva Evans, Blake Freeman, Eleanor Kerrigan, Drew Dunn** — 9:35 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Petey DeAbreu HBO:THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE SHOW, NPR: WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME • Brendan Sagalow JFL new faces 2022 • Eva Evans NETFLIX, VH1, DON'T TELL COMEDY https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Ashley Austin Morris, Brendan Sagalow, Rafi Bastos, Shaun Murphy, Kc Shornima, Drew Dunn** — 10:00 PM · Village Underground Ashley Austin Morris HULU (FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE), NETFLIX (INVENTING ANNA), HBO/MAX • Brendan Sagalow JFL new faces 2022 • Rafi Bastos Netflix, Comedy Central, Fox, New York Times https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Rich Aronovitch, Matthew Broussard, Eva Evans, Rafi Bastos, Eleanor Kerrigan, Drew Dunn, Dave Attell** — 11:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Rich Aronovitch ACCESS DAILY NBC, BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD NETWORK • Matthew Broussard FROM CONAN, COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, FINALIST ON JEFF ROSS' "ROAST BATTLE" • Eva Evans NETFLIX, VH1, DON'T TELL COMEDY https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ **Exhibitions** - **Sva Bfa Fine Arts Open Studios** — 9:00 PM school of visual arts senior students will open their studios for public viewing, along with other exhibition spaces throughout the fine arts building (chelsea). free admission. https://sva.edu/events/bfa-fine-arts-open-studios-2026 ### Tuesday, May 5, 2026 **Culture** - **Sunrise Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge** — 6:00 AM · Idealist Events Hello dear friends! https://luma.com/59dmrv6n - **How to Make a Hit Show** — 6:00 PM · NeueHouse Productions With so many shows being produced today, what is it that separates the wheat from the chaff, the 30 Rocks from the shows you never hear about? https://luma.com/5w89prsc - **Pawn Chess Club celebrates three years at Casino** ★ — 7:00 PM · Pawn Chess Club Pawn Chess Club will be celebrating three years with our first love, Casino, on Tuesday, May 5th. https://luma.com/t7dsx1ba - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Film** - **Everyone Is Lying to You for Money** — 6:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556469~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Maintenance Artist (Open Captioning)** — 7:35 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556478~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Last One for the Road** — 8:40 AM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556586~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 8:55 AM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556536~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **American Dream** — 9:25 AM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555527~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 9:40 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556449~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 10:25 AM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556517~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Omaha** — 11:10 AM · IFC Center A young girl discovers the truth about her family's seemingly spontaneous road trip in this poignant drama starring John Magaro (Past Lives). 6 wins & 9 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556492~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Departures** — 11:25 AM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556460~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 11:30 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557291~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 11:55 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555539~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 12:15 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **The Last One for the Road** — 12:40 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556588~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 12:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **THE SMILING LIEUTENANT** — 12:50 PM · Film Forum An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side. Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total https://filmforum.org/film/the-smiling-lieutenant-the-lubitsch-touch - **Blue Heron** — 1:15 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556437~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers** — 1:20 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556557~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 1:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556518~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **UMM KULTHUM: A VOICE LIKE EGYPT** — 2:15 PM · Anthology Film Archives In English and Arabic with English subtitles, 1996, 67 min, 16mm-to-DCP https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61263 - **American Dream** — 2:30 PM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555530~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 2:50 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 2:50 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **TheyDream** — 3:00 PM · IFC Center A director and his mother document their Puerto Rican family over 20 years, facing loss. Through animation, they celebrate memories while realizing each creation involves a painful goodbye. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=547983~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped (Open Captioning)** — 3:20 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556546~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **SEVEN WOMEN, SEVEN SINS** — 3:30 PM · Spectacle Theater What constitutes a deadly sin today? Seven of the world's best-known women directors produce their own version of celluloid sin in this omnibus film. https://www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-best-of-spectacle-2025/ - **The Last One for the Road** — 3:40 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556589~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Departures** — 3:45 PM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556461~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Erupcja** — 4:40 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **THE CHALK GARDEN** — 4:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives 1964, 106 min, 35mm-to-DCP. With Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, and John Mills. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61265 - **My Imaginary Country + Chile’s Student Uprising** — 5:00 PM · BAM Explore the social movements that rocked Chile in the 2010s through two powerful docs. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-my-imaginary-country - **Harlan County USA** — 5:10 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555542~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI** — 5:20 PM · Film Forum Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair. 8 wins & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/the-seduction-of-mimi - **The Christophers** — 5:20 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556558~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 5:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556519~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 5:40 PM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557284~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 5:45 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556438~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE SMILING LIEUTENANT** — 6:00 PM · Film Forum An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side. Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total https://filmforum.org/film/the-smiling-lieutenant-the-lubitsch-touch - **THE WHITE, THE YELLOW, AND THE BLACK** — 6:00 PM · Spectacle Theater In the 19th century, when the Japanese Emperor sends a gift pony to the US President it gets stolen and ransomed by Indians but Sheriff Gideon aided by an inept Japanese servant offers to deliver the ransom. https://www.spectacletheater.com/dances-with-laowai/#whiteyellowblack - **Erupcja** — 7:10 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **For Sama** — 7:30 PM · BAM Follow Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years in Aleppo amid the Syrian uprising. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-for-sama - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 7:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **BELLISSIMA** — 8:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **OUR LAND** — 8:10 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **Whisper of the Heart** — 9:00 PM · BAM Young Shizuku embarks on a quest for her true talent in this precious Studio Ghibli gem. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/whisper-of-the-heart **Lectures** - **Anthropological Frameworks for Brand Resonance: A Pearl Social Salon** — 2:00 PM · New York (Register for Location) The $10 Billion Lens: Decoding ICP Identity through Anthropology​How do you move your brand from being a choice to being a necessity? ​In 2014, Coach was a brand in crisis. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/anthropological-frameworks-for-brand-resonance-a-pearl-social-salon/ - **The U.S. Constitution with Melissa Murray** — 2:00 PM · Kimmel Center (NYU) As a host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, on MSNOW, in her classes at NYU School of Law, and in op-eds, Melissa Murray is known for her accessible explanations of constitutional law. In her new book, The U. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-us-constitution-with-melissa-murray-a-discussion/ - **Manoush Zomorodi Presents Body Electric, with Debbie Millman** — 2:30 PM · P&T Knitwear The next must-read for fans of Four Thousand Weeks and The Anxious Generation, and anyone else feeling trapped by their technology.P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Manoush Zomorodi to celebrate and discuss her new book Body Electric; a timely investigation into how screens and sitting are silently reshaping our bodies—and how a simple shift... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/manoush-zomorodi-presents-body-electric-with-debbie-millman/ - **Credit to the Nation, Rebecca Kobrin** — 2:30 PM · Center for Jewish History Join us for a compelling book talk celebrating Credit to the Nation: Jewish Immigrant Bankers and American Finance, 1870–1930. Historian Rebecca Kobrin uncovers a powerful and often overlooked story: how Jewish immigrants, shut out of traditional financial institutions, built their own systems of credit to survive and thrive in the United... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/credit--to-the-nation/ - **The Climate Museum Presents: A Book Launch & Celebration for Climate Wayfinding with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson** — 3:00 PM · Tribeca, address provided upon RSVP When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? In her new book Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home, best-selling, award-winning author Dr. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/climate-wayfinding/ - **Unlocking the Past to Predict Our Climate Future** — 3:30 PM · Ryan's Daughter As we’ve all learned from this roller coaster of a spring, extreme weather events are becoming more common not only here in NYC, but around the world. How do we know when weather swings are really “extreme,” or just part of normal variability? https://thoughtgallery.org/events/unlocking-the-past-to-predict-our-climate-future/ - **Open Door Mentor Firm Fair** — 6:00 PM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/05/open-door-mentor-firm-fair/ - **AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Awards 2026 Winners’ Event** — 6:00 PM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/05/aiany-aslany-transportation-infrastructure-design-awards-2026-winners-event/ - **Blood Meridian: Close-Reading the Anti-Western** — 6:30 PM · Index Greenpoint Read Cormac McCarthy’s quintessential frontier Gothic Blood Meridian in this salon-style seminar series, with special attention to the theory of regeneration through violence and its role in shaping the American myth. https://index-space.org/products/blood-meridian-close-reading-the-anti-western **Parties** - **Village Fête 2026** — 2:00 PM · Pioneer Works Pioneer Works, our Board of Directors, and the Village Fête Host Committee invite you to a special evening of cosmic revelry—a celebratory evening of ar... https://pioneerworks.org/programs/village-fete-2026 - **Village Fête After Party 2026** ★ — 6:00 PM · Pioneer Works Celebrate Pioneer Works at the 2026 Village Fête After Party.The must-attend finale to our annual gala will include DJ sets by James Murphy and Pat Maho... https://pioneerworks.org/programs/vf-after-party-2026 - **Somatic Resonance** — 8:00 PM · Light and Sound Design https://www.eventcreate.com/e/somatic-resonance-5-5 **Music** - **Dancing Conversation: Aging as Action** — 2:00 PM · Ballet Hispánico & The Ballet Hispánico School NCCAkron hosts a panel discussion with artists about what it means to deepen their creative process as they age. The National Center for Choreography (NCCAkron) hosts a Dancing Conversation: Aging as Action event May 5 at the Ballet Hispánico studios in New York, NY. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/dancing-conversation-aging-as-action/ - **Film Screening: WTO/99** — 3:00 PM · Interference Archive An archival documentary and conversation on the 1999 "Battle in Seattle"WTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/film-screening-wto-99/ - **The International Library: Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn and James Shapiro** — 3:00 PM · The Center for Fiction Join us for a conversation with translator, writer, and editor Daniel Hahn on his new book, If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation. Through playful and illuminating exploration, Hahn reveals how the world’s most famous playwright is continually reinvented across languages, cultures, and centuries. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-international-library-shakespeare-in-translation-with-daniel-hahn-and-james-shapiro/ - **Thalia Book Club: Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say** — 3:00 PM · Symphony Space The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and Tell Me Everything launches her poignant new novel. The Things We Never Say is the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life, a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, and parenthood from the maestro of exploring the human condition. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/thalia-book-club-elizabeth-strout-the-things-we-never-say/ - **Salsa Meets Jazz: Monk con Clave Album Release** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20793/20794 - **Eclectic NYCB II** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-ii/ - **Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin** — 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Iurii Samoilov makes his company role debut as the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/eugene-onegin/ **Tech** - **The Founder's Endgame: Fireside Chat w/ Ankur Nagpal** — 6:00 PM · Andrew's Yeung's Tech Events The Founder's Endgame Lessons from $300M+ in exits and what he thinks founders should be doing today with Ankur Nagpal. https://luma.com/fireside-ankur-andrew - **Agent builders night - NYC** — 6:00 PM · Braintrust Braintrust, Modal, LanceDB, and Augment Code are bringing together AI leaders and builders for an evening of relaxed conversations and cocktails. https://luma.com/agent_builders_nyc - **Voice AI Speakeasy hosted by LiveKit & Cartesia | #AIAgentWeek** — 6:00 PM · LiveKit Details Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Time: 6-9pm ET Location: Madame George NYC (10 min walk from Hilton Midtown) What To Expect In town for AI Agent Week and… https://luma.com/livekit-cartesia-voice-ai-speakeasy **Comedy** - **Infamous Ray** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12921/2026-05-05-190000-infamous-ray - **Robert Kelly** — 7:00 PM · Comedy Cellar Robert Kelly: A One Man Show: Final Fat — Robert Kelly FROM "THE TONIGHT SHOW", THE MOVIE "TRAINWRECK", FROM FX "LOUIE", AND COMEDY CENTRAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Jon Laster, Leonard Ouzts, Brian Landers, Erin Jackson, Dave Attell** — 7:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Jon Laster WINNER OF STAND UP NBC, • Leonard Ouzts FROM COMEDY CENTRAL, CONAN, NETFLIX'S MASTER OF NONE, • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Gray West, Mike Yard, Jamie Lee, Blake Freeman, Dean Edwards, Jeff Bailey** — 7:35 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Gray West "NY COMEDY FESTIVAL COMICS TO WATCH" • Mike Yard FROM "NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE", BAD BOYS OF COMEDY, DEF COMEDY JAM, AND SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO. • Jamie Lee HBO'S "CRASHING" AND "GIRLCODE" https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Pete Lee, Matthew Broussard, Onika McLean, Carmen Lagala, & More!** — 8:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12956/2026-05-05-200000-the-stand-presents-pete-lee-matthew-broussard-onika-mclean-carmen-lagala-more - **Rich Aronovitch, Jourdain Fisher, Brian Landers, Molly Kearney, Jeff Bailey** — 8:00 PM · Village Underground Rich Aronovitch ACCESS DAILY NBC, BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD NETWORK • Jourdain Fisher 2 TONIGHT SHOWS, JFL, BET, NBC • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Wil Sylvince, Orion Levine, Anthony Devito, Phil Duckett, Janet McNamara, Greer Barnes, Jeff Bailey** — 8:30 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Wil Sylvince SHOWTIME, HBO, SHORT CUTS FILM FESTIVAL • Orion Levine COMEDY CENTRAL, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN • Anthony Devito CBS LATE SHOW W/STEPHEN COLBERT, COMEDY CENTRAL ADAM DEVINE'S HOUSE PARTY, THIS AMERICAN LIFE https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Lukas McCrary, Sienna Hubert-Ross, TaTa Sherise, & More!** — 9:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12957/2026-05-05-210000-the-stand-presents-lukas-mccrary-sienna-hubert-ross-tata-sherise-more - **Jon Laster, Gregg Rogell, Regina DeCicco, Keith Robinson, Pete Lee, Philipp Kostelecky** — 9:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Jon Laster WINNER OF STAND UP NBC, • Gregg Rogell FROM THE "LOUIE" CK SHOW, "THE ARISTOCRATS", "THE CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW", COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD" AND "THE TONIGHT SHOW". • Regina DeCicco WARM UP COMIC FOR "THE VIEW", SIRIUS XM, AXS-TV, "SHERRI" https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Andrew Fiori, Simeon Goodson, Michael Rowland, Blake Freeman, LeClerc Andre, Regina DeCicco** — 9:35 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Andrew Fiori FROM COMEDY CENTRAL, HOST OF THE RAW REPORT ON SIRIUSXM • Simeon Goodson BET COMIC VIEW, COMEDY CENTRAL ARABIA COMEDY AL WAGIF • Michael Rowland FROM FOX'S "ANIMAL CONTROL", THE TONIGHT SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Leonard Ouzts, Jourdain Fisher, TaTa Sherise, & More!** — 10:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12958/2026-05-05-220000-the-stand-presents-leonard-ouzts-jourdain-fisher-tata-sherise-more - **Petey DeAbreu, Matthew Broussard, Greer Barnes, Blake Freeman, Sahib Singh, Brendan Sagalow** — 10:00 PM · Village Underground Petey DeAbreu HBO:THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE SHOW, NPR: WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME • Matthew Broussard FROM CONAN, COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, FINALIST ON JEFF ROSS' "ROAST BATTLE" • Greer Barnes FROM HBO'S "CRASHING", THE "DAVE CHAPPELLE SHOW", "TOUGH CROWD", "FOR LOVE OF THE GAME", AND "THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW". https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Hot Soup, Gary Vider, Katie Hannigan, Keegan Tindall, Liz Glazer, Matt Ruby** — 10:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Hot Soup in the FBPC — Hot Soup Hot Soup, the long-running Tuesday night comedy show, has a new home at the FBPC. This show is curated by Mark Normand, Gary Vider and Matt Ruby. • Gary Vider FROM CONAN, FINALIST ON AMERICA GOT TALENT • Katie Hannigan FROM THE LATE LATE SHOW, THE LATE SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL, HBOMAX, JFL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **James Mattern, Alex English, Daniel Simonsen, Brendan Sagalow, Eleanor Kerrigan, Amos Gill, Derek Gaines** — 11:30 PM · Comedy Cellar James Mattern KEVIN HART'S"COMEDY IN COLOR, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NETWORK'S "PEOPLE TALKIN SPORTS" • Alex English FROM SNL, THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE, PAUSE WITH SAM JAY, COMEDY CENTRAL • Daniel Simonsen WINNER NEW YORKS'S FUNNIEST FOR 2022 AT THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL, FROM SETH MYERS SHOW, BBC "RUSSELL HOWARD'S GOOD NEWS", BEST NEWCOMER EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ ### Wednesday, May 6, 2026 **Lectures** - **Progress and Preservation: Reuse for a Resilient City** — 4:30 AM · Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Join The Municipal Art Society for Progress and Preservation: Reuse for a Resilient City on Wednesday, May 6 at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/progress-and-preservation-reuse-for-a-resilient-city/ - **Symposium Panel | Librarians and Archivists on Jack Kerouac** — 11:00 AM · Grolier Club A lively panel discussion with members of the NYPL's Berg and Emory's Rose Library, which both hold substantial repositories of Jack Kerouac material. Carolyn Vega and Michael Inman from NYPL and Elizabeth Ott and Randy Gue from Emory all have a tremendous experience in archiving and working with Jack Kerouac... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/symposium-panel-librarians-and-archivists-on-jack-kerouac/ - **What Exactly IS a Dog Show? A Brief History** — 2:00 PM · The AKC Museum of the Dog What exactly is a dog show, and who are the people that make it happen? Why do these events produce such unforgettable characters and such excellent comedy? https://thoughtgallery.org/events/what-exactly-is-a-dog-show-a-brief-history/ - **Trinity Talks: Alexander Hamilton and the Making of America WAITLIST ONLY** — 2:00 PM · St. Paul's Chapel Historian Joanne Freeman on the era that shaped a man, a city, and a nation. Join us at St. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/trinity-talks-alexander-hamilton-and-the-making-of-america/ - **Symposium Panel | Noted Kerouac Scholars and Biographers** — 2:00 PM · Grolier Club https://thoughtgallery.org/events/symposium-kerouac-scholars-and-biographers/ - **The Magical City: George Morrison's New York By The Art Students League of New York** — 2:00 PM · The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery Learn about the early work and career of the Abstract Expressionist artist and Art Students League alumnus George Morrison with Dr. Patricia Norby, curator of The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-magical-city-george-morrisons-new-york-by-the-art-students-league-of-new-york/ - **Safety and Healing: Public Health and Discovery on Staten Island** — 2:00 PM · National Lighthouse Museum This talk traces Staten Island’s role in American public health and safety, beginning with the world-renowned Dr. Benjamin Rush and local leadership spearheaded by Dr. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/safety-and-healing-public-health-and-discovery-on-staten-island/ - **End-of-Semester Party** — 2:00 PM · Morningside Institute Join us for an end-of-the-semester celebration! https://www.morningsideinstitute.org/cal/2026/05/06/end-semester - **Asian Cultural Council (ACC) 2026 Gala** — 2:30 PM · The Rainbow Room (65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza at Rockefeller Center) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/asian-cultural-council-acc-2026-gala/ - **Book Launch: La Copine by Claire Wadsworth and Nikki Hill in Conversation with Helen Rosner** — 3:00 PM · powerHouse Arena https://thoughtgallery.org/events/book-launch-la-copine-by-claire-wadsworth-and-nikki-hill/ - **The Center for Fiction Presents Kyle McCarthy on Immersions with Leslie Jamison** — 3:00 PM · The Center for Fiction https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-center-for-fiction-presents-kyle-mccarthy-on-immersions-with-leslie-jamison/ **Film** - **Maintenance Artist** — 6:35 AM · IFC Center NYC's first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556475~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Everyone Is Lying to You for Money** — 6:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556470~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 6:50 AM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556537~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 8:25 AM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556439~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Last One for the Road** — 8:40 AM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556591~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 8:55 AM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556538~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 9:40 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556450~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 9:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555546~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 10:30 AM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556520~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Omaha** — 11:10 AM · IFC Center A young girl discovers the truth about her family's seemingly spontaneous road trip in this poignant drama starring John Magaro (Past Lives). 6 wins & 9 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556493~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Departures** — 11:25 AM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556462~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 11:30 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557292~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **American Dream** — 11:55 AM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555534~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 12:15 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 12:30 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **The Last One for the Road** — 12:30 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556593~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 12:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **MAD BILLS TO PAY** — 1:00 PM · Film Forum Rico's summer involves pursuing girls and selling homemade cocktails at Orchard Beach. His girlfriend Destiny stays with his family, leading to complications that disrupt his carefree lifestyle. https://filmforum.org/film/mad-bills-to-pay - **Blue Heron** — 1:15 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556440~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers** — 1:20 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556559~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 1:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556521~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 2:30 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555548~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE PLAGIARISTS** — 2:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2019, 76 min, DCP. Distributed by KimStim. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61186 - **OUR LAND** — 2:50 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **EC: CITIZEN KANE** — 3:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives 1941, 119 min, 35mm, b&w https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61168 - **Blue Film** — 3:00 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553984~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 3:20 PM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556539~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **BILL MASON SHORTS PROGRAM** — 3:30 PM · Spectacle Theater https://www.spectacletheater.com/the-song-is-still-here-if-you-know-how-to-listen/ - **The Last One for the Road** — 3:40 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556594~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **NO PICNIC** — 3:45 PM · Film Forum A black-and-white love letter to pre-gentrification New York City, Phil Hartman's NO PICNIC captures a remote time and place - the East Village circa 1985, a vibrant, seedy neighborhood populated by musicians, pimps and poets. Mac... 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/no-picnic - **Omaha (Open Captioning)** — 3:45 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556499~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Erupcja** — 4:40 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **MAIDSTONE** — 4:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives 1970, 110 min, 35mm. With Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, and Beverly Bentley. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61191 - **Petro** — 5:00 PM · BAM Witness Gustavo Petro’s presidential campaign and a movement that changed Colombia. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-petro - **American Dream** — 5:10 PM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555536~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers (Open Captioning)** — 5:15 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556564~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI** — 5:20 PM · Film Forum Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair. 8 wins & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/the-seduction-of-mimi - **OUR LAND** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 5:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556522~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 5:40 PM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557285~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 5:45 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556441~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE STRANGER AND THE GUNFIGHTER** — 6:00 PM · Spectacle Theater A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way. https://www.spectacletheater.com/dances-with-laowai/#strangergunfighter - **MAD BILLS TO PAY** — 6:00 PM · Film Forum Rico's summer involves pursuing girls and selling homemade cocktails at Orchard Beach. His girlfriend Destiny stays with his family, leading to complications that disrupt his carefree lifestyle. https://filmforum.org/film/mad-bills-to-pay - **Erupcja** — 7:10 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **Igualada + Landslide (Avalancha)** — 7:15 PM · BAM Two documentaries illuminate the past, present, and future political landscape of Colombia. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-igualada - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 7:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **BELLISSIMA** — 8:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **OUR LAND** — 8:10 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **NO PICNIC** — 8:30 PM · Film Forum A black-and-white love letter to pre-gentrification New York City, Phil Hartman's NO PICNIC captures a remote time and place - the East Village circa 1985, a vibrant, seedy neighborhood populated by musicians, pimps and poets. Mac... 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/no-picnic - **Whisper of the Heart** — 9:00 PM · BAM Young Shizuku embarks on a quest for her true talent in this precious Studio Ghibli gem. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/whisper-of-the-heart **Music** - **Lady Parts Screening in Collaboration with Beyond Basics PT** — 2:30 PM · The Town School, 540 E. 76th St. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/lady-parts-screening-in-collaboration-with-beyond-basics-pt/ - **The KPOP Effect: The Rise of a Global Phenomenon** — 2:30 PM · Manhattan (Location TBA) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-kpop-effect-the-rise-of-a-global-phenomenon/ - **2027 American Piano Awards Sneak Preview, Hosted by Emmet Cohen** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20669/20670 - **Le Conversazioni: An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates** — 3:00 PM · The New York Historical https://thoughtgallery.org/events/le-conversazioni-an-evening-with-joyce-carol-oates/ - **Dudamel & the Spanish Harlem Orchestra** — 3:30 PM · New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel leads the NY Phil and Harlem's three-time Grammy-winning Salsa and Latin Jazz band. Official Box Office. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/dudamel-and-the-spanish-harlem-orchestra/ - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **Cover Girl: Ashley Jackson** — 3:30 PM · Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) If the harp makes you think of arpeggios bubbling in the background at fancy-dress balls, time to update what you know. The instrument has been at the heart of music-making around the world for over 5,000 years, lending its distinctive sound to worship services and rituals, social celebrations and dances.... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/cover-girl-a-musical-performance-at-bam/ - **Eclectic NYCB II** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-ii/ - **Behzod Abduraimov, Piano** — 4:00 PM · Carnegie Hall https://thoughtgallery.org/events/behzod-abduraimov-piano/ - **Leifur James, Hawa** — 7:00 PM · Public Records **Leifur James** performs live for his New York debut at Public Records. Built around modular synthesis and drum machines, the show expands beyond song form... https://link.dice.fm/s42ec89aa1f7 - **Cover Girl** — 7:30 PM · BAM Harpist Ashley Jackson is featured in an evening of intimate conversation and performance. https://www.bam.org/music/2026/cover-girl **Tech** - **The Ethical Nightmare Challenge Book Release: Fireside Chat with Reid Blackman** — 6:00 PM · All Tech Is Human All Tech Is Human's popular Responsible Tech Author Series is back, celebrating the release of Reid Blackman's upcoming book, The Ethical Nightmare Challenge. https://luma.com/idlzfedg - **Agentics: Use AI coding agents effectively** — 6:00 PM · Agentics NYC Join Nori, Vellum, Cognee, and Modal in New York on May 6 for an evening of presentations from teams at the cutting edge of agentic development. https://luma.com/qxodw10l - **NYC Startup Pickleball Meetup #2** — 8:00 PM · NYC Startup Pickleball Meetup Join us for the second NYC Startup Pickleball Meetup #2 hosted by Comma Capital and Rho. https://luma.com/p07stsj2 **Culture** - **Lit Club x The Library Diaries Book Swap** — 6:30 PM · Lit Club NYC Calendar Join Lit Club and The Library Diaries for a book swap soiree at Apartment 5, a moody, literary-inspired space in the Lower East Side! https://luma.com/lru6trea - **Community Potluck For Public Television | food. curated.** — 7:00 PM · Personal "Bring a Dish. Build a Show. https://luma.com/0ylwk76i - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Comedy** - **Allie Mae & Na'im Ali Presents: DRIP** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12885/2026-05-06-190000-allie-mae-naim-ali-presents-drip - **Jim Norton** — 7:00 PM · Comedy Cellar An Hour with Jim Norton — Jim Norton FROM THE "LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN", HBO'S "LUCKY LOUIE", THE "OPIE & ANTHONY" RADIO SHOW, AND COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD". https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Jon Laster, Gina Brillon, Brian Landers, Mike Vecchione, Philipp Kostelecky** — 7:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Jon Laster WINNER OF STAND UP NBC, • Gina Brillon FROM THE DISNEY MOVIE "DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW", FROM "AMERICA GOT TALENT", FROM "THE FLUFFY MOVIE", LATE NIGHT W/SETH MEYERS, HOUR SPECIAL "PACIFICALLY SPEAKING" • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Rich Aronovitch, Mike Yard, Philipp Kostelecky, Gina Brillon, Mike Vecchione, Drew Dunn** — 7:35 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Rich Aronovitch ACCESS DAILY NBC, BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD NETWORK • Mike Yard FROM "NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE", BAD BOYS OF COMEDY, DEF COMEDY JAM, AND SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO. • Philipp Kostelecky BBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, COMIC RELIEF, METRO NEWSPAPER FUNNY NEW FACES https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Francis Ellis, Sahib Singh, Paul Virzi, Emma Willmann, & More!** — 8:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12959/2026-05-06-200000-the-stand-presents-francis-ellis-sahib-singh-paul-virzi-emma-willmann-more - **Ashley Austin Morris, Orion Levine, Colin Quinn, Brian Landers, Ethan Simmons-Patterson** — 8:00 PM · Village Underground Ashley Austin Morris HULU (FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE), NETFLIX (INVENTING ANNA), HBO/MAX • Orion Levine COMEDY CENTRAL, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN • Colin Quinn FROM THE MOVIE "TRAINWRECK", STAR OF ONE MAN SHOWS:"RED STATE BLUE STATE", "UNCONSTITUTIONAL", "LONG STORY SHORT" ON BROADWAY AND HBO, STAR OF COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD", SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC'S "THE COLIN QUINN SHOW'. https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Wil Sylvince, Orion Levine, Marina Franklin, Brendan Sagalow, Greer Barnes, Ethan Simmons-Patterson, Drew Dunn** — 8:30 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Wil Sylvince SHOWTIME, HBO, SHORT CUTS FILM FESTIVAL • Orion Levine COMEDY CENTRAL, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN • Marina Franklin FROM CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW, THE MOVIE "TRAINWRECK", "LOUIE", "THE NIGHTLY SHOW", "THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW" https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Paul Virzi, Marito Lopez, Sienna Hubert-Ross, & More!** — 9:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12960/2026-05-06-210000-the-stand-presents-paul-virzi-marito-lopez-sienna-hubert-ross-more - **Jon Laster, Gregg Rogell, Blake Freeman, Molly Kearney, Ethan Simmons-Patterson, Drew Dunn** — 9:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Jon Laster WINNER OF STAND UP NBC, • Gregg Rogell FROM THE "LOUIE" CK SHOW, "THE ARISTOCRATS", "THE CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW", COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD" AND "THE TONIGHT SHOW". • Blake Freeman JFL NEW FACES INTERNATIONAL, MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL BEST NEWCOMER https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Gray West, LeClerc Andre, Eleanor Kerrigan, Amos Gill, Molly Kearney, Blake Freeman** — 9:35 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Gray West "NY COMEDY FESTIVAL COMICS TO WATCH" • LeClerc Andre THE TONIGHT SHOW, • Eleanor Kerrigan ALBUM- LADYLIKE, BILL BURR PRESENTS THE RINGERS, LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE, THE BLUE SHOW ON SHOWTIME, DICE ON SHOWTIME, ENTOURAGE ON HBO https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Sean Patton, Francis Ellis, Leonard Ouzts, & More!** — 10:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12961/2026-05-06-220000-the-stand-presents-sean-patton-francis-ellis-leonard-ouzts-more - **Ardie Fuqua, Michael Rowland, Emma Willmann, Greer Barnes, Elle Orlando, Drew Dunn** — 10:00 PM · Village Underground Ardie Fuqua FROM THE "LOUIE CK SHOW" ON FOX, HBO'S "BAD BOYS OF COMEDY", AND COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD". • Michael Rowland FROM FOX'S "ANIMAL CONTROL", THE TONIGHT SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL • Emma Willmann From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, MTV, Vh1, host of The Check Spot on SiriusXM https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Simeon Goodson, LeClerc Andre, Eleanor Kerrigan, Emma Willmann, Shaun Murphy, Drew Dunn** — 10:30 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Simeon Goodson BET COMIC VIEW, COMEDY CENTRAL ARABIA COMEDY AL WAGIF • LeClerc Andre THE TONIGHT SHOW, • Eleanor Kerrigan ALBUM- LADYLIKE, BILL BURR PRESENTS THE RINGERS, LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE, THE BLUE SHOW ON SHOWTIME, DICE ON SHOWTIME, ENTOURAGE ON HBO https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Richie Redding, LeClerc Andre, Eleanor Kerrigan, Amos Gill, Daniel Simonsen, Shaun Murphy, Dave Attell** — 11:30 PM · Comedy Cellar Richie Redding KEVIN HARTS LOL NETWORK, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO • LeClerc Andre THE TONIGHT SHOW, • Eleanor Kerrigan ALBUM- LADYLIKE, BILL BURR PRESENTS THE RINGERS, LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE, THE BLUE SHOW ON SHOWTIME, DICE ON SHOWTIME, ENTOURAGE ON HBO https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ **Parties** - **Bloom: Recycled Listening** — 8:00 PM · Light and Sound Design https://www.eventcreate.com/e/recycled-listening - **Green Room presents Eris Drew b2b Mike Servito, S4M23** — 9:00 PM · Green Room NYC https://ra.co/events/2418602 ### Thursday, May 7, 2026 **Film** - **Everyone Is Lying to You for Money** — 6:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556471~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 6:50 AM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556540~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 7:00 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556451~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Maintenance Artist** — 7:25 AM · IFC Center NYC's first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556476~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Last One for the Road** — 8:40 AM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556596~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 8:55 AM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556541~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers (Open Captioning)** — 9:05 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556565~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **American Dream** — 9:25 AM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555528~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 10:30 AM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556523~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Omaha** — 11:10 AM · IFC Center A young girl discovers the truth about her family's seemingly spontaneous road trip in this poignant drama starring John Magaro (Past Lives). 6 wins & 9 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556495~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 11:15 AM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557290~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Departures** — 11:20 AM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556463~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 11:55 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555540~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 12:15 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 12:30 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 12:45 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **The Last One for the Road** — 12:45 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556598~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **MAD BILLS TO PAY** — 1:00 PM · Film Forum Rico's summer involves pursuing girls and selling homemade cocktails at Orchard Beach. His girlfriend Destiny stays with his family, leading to complications that disrupt his carefree lifestyle. https://filmforum.org/film/mad-bills-to-pay - **Blue Heron** — 1:15 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556443~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Christophers** — 1:20 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556560~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 1:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556524~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **American Dream** — 2:30 PM · IFC Center Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut. Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 3 nominations total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555531~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 2:50 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 3:00 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN / BAJO LAS BANDERAS, EL SOL** — 3:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives In Guarani, Spanish, German, French, English, and Portuguese with English subtitles, Paraguay/Argentina/USA/France/Germany, 2025, 92 min, DCP https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61222 - **Blue Film** — 3:00 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557070~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Swapped** — 3:20 PM · IFC Center Ever thought of swapping your Dad for a couple of goldfish? 2 wins & 1 nomination https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556542~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **NARROW ROOMS: TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES / DIE ZÄRTLICHKEIT DER WÖLFE** — 3:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives In German with English subtitles, 1973, 82 min, 35mm-to-DCP https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61226 - **TISH** — 3:30 PM · Spectacle Theater Letitia "Tish" Carberry, an eccentric New England spinster, lives with her nephew, Charlie Sands, and her two cronies, Aggie Pilkington and Lizzie Wilkins, live in a near-by boarding house. Cora Edwards also lives at the boarding ... https://www.spectacletheater.com/tales-from-the-tyne/ - **The Last One for the Road** — 3:40 PM · IFC Center Charmingly shaggy, this scruffy road movie/casual caper/intergenerational odyssey offers a tribute to a vanishing Italy and a free-flowing bender through time and space. Two small-time Italian crooks face the impending mediocrity of middle age. Along their slow-motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556599~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **NO PICNIC** — 3:45 PM · Film Forum A black-and-white love letter to pre-gentrification New York City, Phil Hartman's NO PICNIC captures a remote time and place - the East Village circa 1985, a vibrant, seedy neighborhood populated by musicians, pimps and poets. Mac... 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/no-picnic - **Departures** — 3:45 PM · IFC Center Benji encounters Jake at an airport gate, sensing attraction. Their relationship unfolds through Amsterdam trips and intimacy, revealing complex power dynamics. “Memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy.” – The Guardian https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556464~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Erupcja** — 4:40 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **Scenes from the Barricades** — 5:00 PM · BAM In this modern gothic fairytale, a student pursues connection in the wake of an accident. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-scenes-from-the-barricades - **The Christophers** — 5:00 PM · IFC Center The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. 1 win & 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556561~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Harlan County USA** — 5:10 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=555543~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **OUR LAND** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **BELLISSIMA** — 5:30 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **Steal This Story, Please!** — 5:30 PM · IFC Center A reporter's personal journey and major news coverage intersect in this film debuting at DC/Dox, emphasizing journalism's vital role in revealing truth during an era when independent reporting faces challenges. https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556525~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D** — 5:40 PM · IFC Center New 6K Restoration! 15th Anniversary! 15 years after becoming one of IFC Center’s biggest hits of all time, Werner Herzog’s landmark documentary returns in a dazzling new 6K restoration, fully remastered and more immersive than ever.The visionary filmmaker leads us on an unforgettable journey 32,000 years back in time to explore the earliest known images [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557286~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Heron** — 5:45 PM · IFC Center A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child. 1 nomination total https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=556444~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **MAD BILLS TO PAY** — 6:00 PM · Film Forum Rico's summer involves pursuing girls and selling homemade cocktails at Orchard Beach. His girlfriend Destiny stays with his family, leading to complications that disrupt his carefree lifestyle. https://filmforum.org/film/mad-bills-to-pay - **STORMY MONDAY** — 6:00 PM · Spectacle Theater A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot. 1 win & 2 nominations total https://www.spectacletheater.com/tales-from-the-tyne/ - **THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI** — 6:15 PM · Film Forum Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair. 8 wins & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/the-seduction-of-mimi - **The Square** — 7:00 PM · BAM This Academy Award-nominated documentary immerses viewers in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/history-as-hashtag-the-square - **Erupcja** — 7:10 PM · BAM A couple (Charli xcx, Will Madden) are stranded in Poland in the wake of a volcanic eruption. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/erupcja - **BELLISSIMA** — 8:00 PM · Film Forum A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/bellissima - **DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES** — 8:00 PM · Spectacle Theater A cocky Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Berkeley to Boston. His girlfriend gets busted with the second load. He and a friend go against a dirty cop and a Cuban gangster to get the load and the girl back. https://www.spectacletheater.com/stone-zone-hangover/#dealing - **OUR LAND** — 8:10 PM · Film Forum A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature. https://filmforum.org/film/our-land - **NO PICNIC** — 8:30 PM · Film Forum A black-and-white love letter to pre-gentrification New York City, Phil Hartman's NO PICNIC captures a remote time and place - the East Village circa 1985, a vibrant, seedy neighborhood populated by musicians, pimps and poets. Mac... 1 win & 1 nomination https://filmforum.org/film/no-picnic - **BERNSTEIN'S WALL** — 8:40 PM · Film Forum A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall. 4 wins & 3 nominations https://filmforum.org/film/bernsteins-wall - **Whisper of the Heart** — 9:00 PM · BAM Young Shizuku embarks on a quest for her true talent in this precious Studio Ghibli gem. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/whisper-of-the-heart **Music** - **42nd Annual Young Musicians Concert** — 7:00 AM · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/25-26/42nd-annual-young-musicians-concert/ - **Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music** — 9:00 AM · The Frick Collection Pianist George Fu, violinist Adriana Bec, and cellist Alex Lavine deliver a richly conceived concert focused on themes of landscape and memory. The trio performs Takemitsu’s meditative Between Tides, James B. https://frick.trumba.com/frick-concerts?trumbaEmbed=view%3devent%26eventid%3d186441678 - **Spring Gala** — 3:00 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/spring-gala-2 - **Nicholas Payton Trio ft. Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20796/20797 - **Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Detention** — 3:00 PM · e-flux, 172 Classon Ave. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/architectural-league-event-deportation-inc/ - **Dudamel & the Spanish Harlem Orchestra** — 3:30 PM · New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel leads the NY Phil and Harlem's three-time Grammy-winning Salsa and Latin Jazz band. Official Box Office. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/dudamel-and-the-spanish-harlem-orchestra/ - **Joe Pernice, Pete Mancini** — 7:00 PM · Public Records Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. https://link.dice.fm/cd1efbae0b31 - **Paul Beaubrun** — 7:00 PM · BAM Haitian artist Paul Beaubrun weaves together cultural history, guitar skills, and rich vocals. https://www.bam.org/music/2026/bfm-paul-beaubrun - **Shirley’s Temple** — 9:00 PM · Pete's Candy Store See you there, Love, Shirley ❤️ @petescandystore 709 Lorimer St https://partiful.com/e/NnNpWhF5r7Ok4rnirJYP **Lectures** - **The Archaic Gap of Crete and the New Archaeological Discoveries at Lyktos** — 11:00 AM · The National Arts Club https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-archaic-gap-of-crete-and-the-new-archaeological-discoveries-at-lyktos/ - **Allies in Mental Health: Centering Survivors** — 2:00 PM · 145 West 15th Street https://thoughtgallery.org/events/allies-in-mental-health-centering-survivors/ - **Civic Advocacy: Lessons Learned in the Aftermath of 9/11** — 2:00 PM · National September 11 Memorial & Museum After the 9/11 attacks, rescue and recovery worker John Feal took on a new role as an advocate for the people suffering and dying from exposure to toxic air at and around Ground Zero. His forthcoming book, "I Will Follow You Anywhere: The True Story of the 9/11 Responders Who Took on Congress,"... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/civic-advocacy-lessons-learned-in-the-aftermath-of-9-11/ - **Person Place Thing — MTA Arts & Design Edition** — 2:00 PM · New York Transit Museum https://thoughtgallery.org/events/person-place-thing-christopher-payne/ - **Public Art Fund Talk: Woody De Othello SOLD OUT** — 2:30 PM · The Cooper Union https://thoughtgallery.org/events/public-art-fund-talk-woody-de-othello/ - **Olympic Team Israel: The Blue and White Quest for Gold** — 2:30 PM · Temple Emanu-El https://thoughtgallery.org/events/olympic-team-israel-the-blue-and-white-quest-for-gold/ - **AAPI Poets: Power and Presence** — 2:30 PM · Asia Society and Museum https://thoughtgallery.org/events/aapi-poets-power-and-presence/ - **Fashion of the Founding Fathers: George Washington** — 2:30 PM · Museum of the City of New York Step into the Revolutionary era through the wardrobe of America’s first president. Join Summer Anne Lee, fashion historian and educator at FIT, and Philip De Paola, tailor and menswear historian, to explore how George Washington used clothing to construct authority, identity, and national symbolism. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/fashion-of-the-founding-fathers-george-washington/ **Culture** - **Design Chat with Dylan Babbs, CTO at Profound** — 5:00 PM · South Park Commons South Park Commons is delighted to host Dylan Babbs for our Design Chat series with Soleio, in collaboration with First of Kind. https://luma.com/dylan-babbs-spc - **Inner Child Art Nyte** — 7:00 PM · Fabrik ☝🏼 Tickets above! ☝🏼 🎨 A joy-filled evening of creativity and play. https://partiful.com/e/c40vDDzZbfHq2WhDNFJq - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet - **SHORT FILM NIGHT** — 10:00 PM · The Earl A night of short films made by Office Cowboy Productions and friends! Featuring the premiere of our newest short film I'M YOUR MAN. https://partiful.com/e/4hjYX6S5VBH0ibdFYuOX **Comedy** - **Ashley Austin Morris, Pete Lee, Brian Landers, Janet McNamara, Greer Barnes** — 6:45 PM · Comedy Cellar Ashley Austin Morris HULU (FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE), NETFLIX (INVENTING ANNA), HBO/MAX • Pete Lee COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, FROM THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW, NBC'S LAST COMIC STANDING, VH1'S BEST WEEK EVER • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Knockouts Comedy** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12982/2026-05-07-190000-knockouts-comedy - **FEMBOTS** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12919/2026-05-07-190000-fembots - **Rich Aronovitch, Seaton C. Smith, Josh Gondelman, Sahib Singh, Elle Orlando, Jordan Carlos** — 7:00 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Rich Aronovitch ACCESS DAILY NBC, BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD NETWORK • Seaton C. Smith MENTIONED IN NEW YORK TIMES BEST OF 2023, FROM "MULANEY" ON FOX, FROM THE OPIE AND ANTHONY VIRUS TOUR AND THE NEW FACES SHOW AT JUST FOR LOUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL IN MONTREAL • Josh Gondelman WRITER ON "MRS, MAISEL", SEEN ON CONAN AND @MIDNIGHT, TWICE EMMY WINNING WRITER FOR LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Andrew Fiori, Gina Brillon, Brian Landers, Mike Vecchione, Blake Freeman** — 7:30 PM · Village Underground Andrew Fiori FROM COMEDY CENTRAL, HOST OF THE RAW REPORT ON SIRIUSXM • Gina Brillon FROM THE DISNEY MOVIE "DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW", FROM "AMERICA GOT TALENT", FROM "THE FLUFFY MOVIE", LATE NIGHT W/SETH MEYERS, HOUR SPECIAL "PACIFICALLY SPEAKING" • Brian Landers FROM NETFLIX https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Anjelica Scannura, Matthew Broussard, Aaron Berg, Onika McLean, & More!** — 8:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12881/2026-05-07-200000-the-stand-presents - **Gray West, Orion Levine, Gary Vider, Kc Shornima, Mike Vecchione, Philipp Kostelecky** — 8:30 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Gray West "NY COMEDY FESTIVAL COMICS TO WATCH" • Orion Levine COMEDY CENTRAL, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN • Gary Vider FROM CONAN, FINALIST ON AMERICA GOT TALENT https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Ashley Austin Morris, Gregg Rogell, Philipp Kostelecky, Blake Freeman, Chris Gethard, Aaron Chen** — 8:45 PM · Comedy Cellar Ashley Austin Morris HULU (FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE), NETFLIX (INVENTING ANNA), HBO/MAX • Gregg Rogell FROM THE "LOUIE" CK SHOW, "THE ARISTOCRATS", "THE CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW", COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD" AND "THE TONIGHT SHOW". • Philipp Kostelecky BBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, COMIC RELIEF, METRO NEWSPAPER FUNNY NEW FACES https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Eric Neumann, LeClerc Andre, Pete Lee, Phil Duckett, Alvin Kuai, Kc Shornima, Derek Gaines** — 9:00 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Eric Neumann FROM THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRINGJIMMY FALLON, NETFLIX, COMEDY CENTRAL, IFC • LeClerc Andre THE TONIGHT SHOW, • Pete Lee COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, FROM THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW, NBC'S LAST COMIC STANDING, VH1'S BEST WEEK EVER https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Wil Sylvince, Josh Ocean Thomas, Eva Evans, Jordan Carlos, Blake Freeman, Aaron Chen** — 9:30 PM · Village Underground Live stand-up from the Village Underground streaming on Mint Comedy — Wil Sylvince SHOWTIME, HBO, SHORT CUTS FILM FESTIVAL • Josh Ocean Thomas "NETFLIX IS A JOKE", 2025 COMICS TO WATCH, DON'T TELL COMEDY • Eva Evans NETFLIX, VH1, DON'T TELL COMEDY https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **The Stand Presents: Matthew Broussard, Leonard Ouzts, Anna Roisman, & More!** — 10:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12962/2026-05-07-220000-the-stand-presents-matthew-broussard-leonard-ouzts-anna-roisman-more - **Petey DeAbreu, Matthew Broussard, Shafi Hossain, Alex English, Michael Rowland, Blake Freeman** — 10:30 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Petey DeAbreu HBO:THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE SHOW, NPR: WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME • Matthew Broussard FROM CONAN, COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, FINALIST ON JEFF ROSS' "ROAST BATTLE" • Shafi Hossain HOUR SPECIAL "NOT FROM HERE", ROAD COMICS ON PEACOCK, https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Andrew Fiori, Dan Davies, Daniel Simonsen, Jamie Wolf, Aaron Chen, Rafi Bastos, Dave Attell** — 10:45 PM · Comedy Cellar Andrew Fiori FROM COMEDY CENTRAL, HOST OF THE RAW REPORT ON SIRIUSXM • Dan Davies COMICS TO WATCH, CBS • Daniel Simonsen WINNER NEW YORKS'S FUNNIEST FOR 2022 AT THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL, FROM SETH MYERS SHOW, BBC "RUSSELL HOWARD'S GOOD NEWS", BEST NEWCOMER EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Simeon Goodson, Shafi Hossain, Matthew Broussard, Alex English, Daniel Simonsen, Jamie Wolf** — 11:00 PM · Fat Black Pussy Cat Simeon Goodson BET COMIC VIEW, COMEDY CENTRAL ARABIA COMEDY AL WAGIF • Shafi Hossain HOUR SPECIAL "NOT FROM HERE", ROAD COMICS ON PEACOCK, • Matthew Broussard FROM CONAN, COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, FINALIST ON JEFF ROSS' "ROAST BATTLE" https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Ardie Fuqua, Mike Feeney, Erin Maguire, Matthew Broussard, Pat Burtscher, Andre D Thompson, Jon Rudnitsky** — 11:30 PM · Village Underground Ardie Fuqua FROM THE "LOUIE CK SHOW" ON FOX, HBO'S "BAD BOYS OF COMEDY", AND COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD". • Mike Feeney FROM THE TONIGHT SHOW, COMEDY SPECIAL "A NIGHT AT THE COMEDY CELLAR", DEBUT ALBUM "RAGE AGAINST THE ROUTINE" PREMIERED AT #1 ON ITUNES COMEDY CHARTS AND #6 ON BILLBOARD CHARTS.. • Erin Maguire LATE SHOW W/COLBERT, COMICS UNLEASHED, COMEDY CENTRAL, SIRIUSXM, ALBUM ON 800LB GORILLA https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ **Parties** - **Water Pocket + Cholla + Mimi will Present Sounds** — 8:00 PM · Light and Sound Design https://www.eventcreate.com/e/waterpocketchollamimi - **Underground & Black: Analog Soul, JADALAREIGN, Ash Lauryn** — 10:30 PM · Public Records Public Records aims to provide a safer space. We reject all forms of discrimination, including racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, and other a... https://link.dice.fm/T78a6cff3e5f ### Friday, May 8, 2026 **Music** - **Free Zara Larsson Concert** — 5:15 AM · Rockefeller Center Zara Larsson is performing LIVE in New York City as part of the Citi Concert Series on TODAY Check-in: by 5:15 a. m. https://partiful.com/e/6pg4UCtfmTYWrDbMD0CI - **Film Screening: "Santitos" (Mexico, 1999)** — 2:00 PM · Graduate Center, CUNY https://thoughtgallery.org/events/film-screening-santitos-mexico-1999/ - **Amader Dawat, Apicha CHC, DRUM Presents: "Elijah" (Screening & Discussion)** — 2:00 PM · Apicha Community Health Center - Jackson Heights-Queens https://thoughtgallery.org/events/amader-dawat-apicha-chc-drum-presents-elijah-screening-discussion/ - **Soulstice With Tamara Jade** — 2:30 PM · Lincoln Center Presents Originally from the Washington, D. C. https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/soulstice-with-tamara-jade-984 - **Nicholas Payton Trio ft. Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20796/20799 - **AGBU Arts Presents Musical Tapestry in Motion** — 3:00 PM · Carnegie Hall Musical Tapestry in Motion: A Celebration of Music, Dance & PoetryAGBU Arts celebrates the next generation of young Armenian artists who have benefited from the AGBU Performing Arts scholarship program. Returning to Carnegie Hall for the first time since 2022, relish in a diverse program of traditional Armenian and Western... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/agbu-arts-presents-musical-tapestry-in-motion/ - **Dudamel & the Spanish Harlem Orchestra** — 3:30 PM · New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel leads the NY Phil and Harlem's three-time Grammy-winning Salsa and Latin Jazz band. Official Box Office. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/dudamel-and-the-spanish-harlem-orchestra/ - **Oscar Peterson: A Centennial Celebration** — 3:30 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center Piano titan Oscar Peterson looms large as one of the 20th century’s great improvisers. Join us for a star-studded night in honor of one of the piano’s greatest practitioners. https://ticketing.jazz.org/18744/18745 - **Matriline** — 3:30 PM · Theaterlab 357 W. 36th St third floor https://thoughtgallery.org/events/matriline/ - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **Innovators & Icons** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/innovators-and-icons - **Please Come See Our Band PLEASE** — 6:15 PM · The Delancey Hi! On May 8 at 6:15 our band the MULTICOLORED MEAT CUBE FROM HELL is playing at The Delancey (conveniently located directly across from the Williamsburg bridge). https://partiful.com/e/Mzxym5geLpjzwmeZj5Vu - **Screening of Jennifer’s Body x Rock Show** — 6:30 PM · Sugar Mouse Ever been to a rock show where they showed an iconic y2k film after? Me neither so here we are 🙂‍↕️ This is an EP release show for my first project that came out March 27th!!! https://partiful.com/e/iNzi4s3PzX6WOYzAmQox - **JJJJJerome Ellis, Simone White** — 7:00 PM · Public Records Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. https://link.dice.fm/I0a0c036797f - **EMO SHOW: Break Right ft. Tennis Courts + A.Leech** — 7:30 PM · Cassette EMO SHOW Basement show. Sweaty. https://partiful.com/e/aVIOpzn63Qpb8C01tSLI - **GET FUNDRAISED** — 8:00 PM · The Maybury YOU’RE INVITED TO: GET FUNDRAISED 📀🌸🦄🌈🧁🩷👙🌃🌙💎💜🎧 We're raising money for GET FUCKED: NYC’s funniest, raunchiest new sex comedy about sexually active 20-somethings. Come hang, drink, flirt, and maybe win something X-rated 🥨👩‍❤️‍👩 TICKET PRICING 🩷CASUAL BOYFRIEND - $18 💛SUGAR DADDY - $23 (includes 3 raffle tickets) Venmo: @reesevillella BENEFIT TO GETTING UR RAFFLE TICKETS EARLY: 🎟️ $5 → 3 raffle tickets (if purchased with rsvp fee) RAFFLE TICKET PRICES AT THE EVENT: 🎟️ 1 for $5 🎟️ 3 for $10 🎟️ 8 for $20 Your donation goes directly toward making Get Fucked happen: compensating the sickening greed of my actors, paying for props/set, covering rehearsal rental space costs, etc. https://partiful.com/e/gSVYviSoD5KapyK8AW0i - **CLOWN KARAOKE NIGHT** — 8:30 PM · Bar Freda This isn’t your local bar’s typical karaoke night, this is CLOWN KARAOKE NIGHT! All singers are required to wear a red clown nose* while performing and submit to the demands of the Karaoke Clown God: Julia Finke. https://partiful.com/e/XD0MakIvKO8VGpBa60AV - **CLUB MOLEDRO @ Mood Ring** — 10:00 PM · Mood Ring *THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT PLS PURCHASE YOUR TIX AT THE LINK ABOVE, RSVP HERE DOES NOT = ENTRY* FREE RSVP BEFORE 11PM ON RA $10 for 1! $15 for 2 available! https://partiful.com/e/fthxQ6KWo9G7kUoUNPHE **Lectures** - **Internet of Animals: How Wildlife Can Help Forecast Environmental Change** — 6:30 AM · 873 Broadway Technology & Climate: The Outer Space Frontier lecture and conversation - part of the Next Frontiers SymposiumThe collective wisdom of the Earth's animals provides an immense bio-treasure of unprecedented information for humankind. Learning from animals in the "Internet of Animals" can help us predict natural catastrophes, forecast global zoonotic disease... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/internet-of-animals-how-wildlife-can-help-forecast-environmental-change/ - **ICP Photobook Fest** — 8:00 AM · International Center of Photography (ICP) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/icp-photobook-fest-2/ - **AI, Attention Activism, and Environmental Justice: An Evening of Discussion** — 2:30 PM · Strother School of Radical Attention https://thoughtgallery.org/events/ai-attention-activism-and-environmental-justice-an-evening-of-discussion/ **Culture** - **Pioneer Works on The Lot Radio** — 8:00 AM · Pioneer Works Tune into Pioneer Works' monthly residency on The Lot Radio featuring current and past artists-in-residence. The Lot Radio streams live online from an o... https://pioneerworks.org/programs/pioneer-works-on-the-lot-radio-may-2026 - **ISO Launch Party 26: Spectacle** — 6:00 PM Join us at the launch party of our Spring 2026 zine issue SPECTACLE! Everyone is welcome - come view the official printed issue by ISO MAG and celebrate our featured artists! https://partiful.com/e/EdaCFZjRAyi3QMZKo0nL - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet - **Street Cats - A Zine Release Party!** — 7:30 PM · Abe's Pagoda Bar Hey! I'm releasing a zine! https://partiful.com/e/RZO4ON0IAsQTNYKr0mXX - **Experiments in PlayDating** — 9:30 PM · MetroRock Brooklyn PSA 2 separate nights Skin in the Game is a playful, immersive connection + dating experience with games, music, and guided activities. Come alone, with friends, with a lover(s), and be curious & ready to move! https://partiful.com/e/BchTkViqfXLdNizsKNCP **Film** - **Blue Film** — 8:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557227~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Clueless** — 9:00 AM · Metrograph Q&A by actor Wallace Shawn moderated by John Early and Lucas Kane on Friday, May 8th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29808 - **Wolf Children** — 9:30 AM · Metrograph Hosoda’s second original animated feature is a startlingly original, lovingly detailed animist fantasy drama tracking the travails, over the course… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29773 - **The Graduate** — 9:30 AM · IFC Center Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college and disillusioned with life, finds himself stuck between his older lover, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and her daughter (Katharine Ross). “Be agog at Anne Bancroft’s Mrs. Robinson in some of the most hilariously icky seduction scenes ever filmed. See Mike Nichols (with help from Simon & Garfunkel) [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553957~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Film** — 10:55 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557238~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Southland Tales** — 11:45 AM · Metrograph Introduction by playwright, actor, and screenwriter Wallace Shawn, director and series curators Lucas Kane and John Early on Friday, May 8th https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999002500 - **Oasis** — 12:00 PM · Metrograph Jong-du (Sul Kyung-gu), just out of prison, very little reformed, and shunned by his family, finds an unlikely soulmate in the person of Gong-ju (Moon… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29774 - **Harold and Maude** — 2:30 PM · IFC Center “You sure have a way with people.” In a year that also saw the Manson Family trial, the Attica Prison uprising, and a seemingly endless war, Hal Ashby (Shampoo) delivered a tender and funny cult classic about the things that make life worth living. When depressed Harold (Bud Cort) befriends enlightened septuagenarian Maude (Ruth Gordon), [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553954~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Carrie Mae Weems selects No Country for Old Men** — 2:45 PM · Metrograph Introduction by artist Carrie Mae Weems and Q&A with director Joel Coen moderated by Jeffrey Fraenkel, founder of the Fraenkel Gallery, on Friday, May… https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999004813 - **Mother** — 3:00 PM · Metrograph A magnificent Kim Hye-ja plays the title role in Bong’s noir-tinged thriller, the impoverished widowed mother of a quiet, mentally disabled… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29775 - **EL SIGNO VACÍO / THE EMPTY SIGN (FILMMAKER IN PERSON!)** — 3:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives In English and Spanish with English subtitles, 2023, 75 min, 35mm https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61230 - **MAL VIVER** — 3:00 PM · Spectacle Theater https://www.spectacletheater.com/mal-viver-bad-living-viver-mal-living-bad/ - **Blue Film** — 3:20 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557241~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **THE MISCONCEIVED** — 3:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2026, 88 min, 35mm https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61174 - **Pusher** — 3:30 PM · IFC Center 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration! US Theatrical Premiere! PUSHER is the story of Frank (Kim Bodnia), a small-time drug dealer who is about to experience the worst week of his life. After a complicated heroin deal goes wrong and he loses both the money and the merchandise, Frank finds himself massively in debt to the Balkan [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557182~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Mr Arkadin** — 4:15 PM · BAM A mystery that zips around postwar Europe, this Orson Welles masterpiece screens on 35mm. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-mr-arkadin - **They Came Together** — 4:45 PM · IFC Center David Wain’s criminally underseen parody puts Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd in a classic rom-com setup. When businessman Joel (Rudd) plans to bring his company’s big candy brand to her town, small sweet shop owner Molly (Poehler) is furious, and the pair begin on bad terms. However, something begins to blossom between the unlikely couple, [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553952~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **VIVER MAL** — 5:30 PM · Spectacle Theater https://www.spectacletheater.com/mal-viver-bad-living-viver-mal-living-bad/ - **Blue Film** — 5:35 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557252~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **The Taste of Tea** — 5:45 PM · Metrograph Playing in a sterling new transfer, Ishii’s third feature is a uniquely gonzo take on the Japanese shokin-geki (literally: “common people… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29777 - **Pusher II: With Blood on my Hands** — 5:55 PM · IFC Center New 4K Restoration! US Theatrical Premiere! PUSHER II tells the story of Tonny, (Mads Mikkelsen) a petty hood from the Copenhagen underworld whose previous run-in with a baseball bat has left his mind addled and unreliable. Having just been released from prison, Tonny tries to bring order to his life and gain the respect of [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557188~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Margin Call** — 6:00 PM · Metrograph Chandor (All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year) made his auspicious feature debut with this Sundance standout, a story of slow-spreading panic in the… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29776 - **Inherent Vice** — 6:30 PM · BAM This neo-noir follows a bungling private investigator fumbling through LA’s underworld. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-inherent-vice - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Duck Soup** — 9:30 PM · BAM Two nations go to war as antics beget global consequences in this Marx Brothers classic. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-duck-soup **Exhibitions** - **Opening Reception for Jordan Eagles, Khajistan, and Duke Riley** — 3:00 PM · Pioneer Works Join Pioneer Works in a public opening celebration of Jordan Eagles: Bases Loaded, Khajistan: Office of War Information (O. W. https://pioneerworks.org/programs/opening-reception-for-jordan-eagles-and-khajistan - **UNDERFOOT: Pushup Gallery** — 6:00 PM · Pushup Gallery Pushup Gallery is pleased to present UNDERFOOT- a group show curated by Elizabeth Sundahl featuring painting, sculpture, and installation works. Featuring the works of: Rory Tortensson Liv Davidson Molly Burt-Westvig Matthew Diesing Lauren Kolesinskas Marin Carr-Quimet Andrea Matthews Erin O’Flynn Xinchen Li Samuel Leone Caleb Stoltzfus Sara Carlsen Opening May 8th 6-9pm. https://partiful.com/e/IZ15Dp6DRmJ9YvObbYGy - **Come What May, A Flor de Piel ~ Opening Reception** — 7:00 PM · Nassau Avenue Gallery Please join us at Nassau Avenue Gallery to celebrate the opening reception of Come What May, A Flor de Piel: a solo show by Gisela A. Lazarte. https://partiful.com/e/Qs3yLjDrFaOptfjZZ0iS - **Reading Room Opening Night** — 8:00 PM The official opening night of Reading Room, a new art salon, in the heart of Williamsburg. Presented by Supernova. https://partiful.com/e/K1WKxIvtgRq5E8Q9jJ9J **Comedy** - **The Stand Presents: Josh Ocean Thomas, Anjelica Scannura, Lukas McCrary, & More!** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12964/2026-05-08-190000-the-stand-presents-josh-ocean-thomas-anjelica-scannura-lukas-mccrary-more - **The Stand Presents: Kyle Dunnigan, Mike Vecchione, Matthew Broussard, & More!** — 8:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12965/2026-05-08-200000-the-stand-presents-kyle-dunnigan-mike-vecchione-matthew-broussard-more - **Outdoor Patio Show** — 8:30 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12966/2026-05-08-203000-outdoor-patio-show - **The Stand Presents: Mike Vecchione, Matthew Broussard, Kitty Reynolds, & More!** — 9:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12967/2026-05-08-210000-the-stand-presents-mike-vecchione-matthew-broussard-kitty-reynolds-more - **The Stand Presents: Kyle Dunnigan, Mike Vecchione, Matthew Broussard, & More!** — 10:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12968/2026-05-08-220000-the-stand-presents-kyle-dunnigan-mike-vecchione-matthew-broussard-more - **The Stand Presents: Onika McLean, Matthew Broussard, Oscar Aydin, & More!** — 11:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12950/2026-05-08-230000-the-stand-presents - **The Stand Presents: Chris Riggins, Peyton Ruddy, Onika McLean, & More!** — 11:55 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12969/2026-05-08-235500-the-stand-presents-chris-riggins-peyton-ruddy-onika-mclean-more **Parties** - **Cardinals at Main Drag** — 7:00 PM · Main Drag https://ra.co/events/2333371 - **Sweethearts Club: Niyah West, beshkan, Mengze, Simisola** — 8:00 PM · Light and Sound Design https://www.eventcreate.com/e/sweetheartsclubmay8 - **C2C NYC 2026** ★ — 8:00 PM · Knockdown Center C2C once again brings an unmissable lineup, with alternative music iconoclasts like Arca, Los Thuthanaka, Malibu and Avalon Emerson on the bill. https://ra.co/events/2348793 - **Diamond CLUB: Rosa Pistola, JOSELO, MPeach + Spray, BLAIZE** — 9:30 PM · Paragon https://ra.co/events/2389616 - **Objekt All Night** — 10:00 PM · Nowadays https://ra.co/events/2407713 - **Mala Junta: DJ TOOL / Yazzus / Bapari / Zombies In Miami / Kim Ann Foxman / DJ Miss Parker** — 10:30 PM · BASEMENT https://ra.co/events/2413894 - **RIFT 002** — 11:00 PM · 20 Meadow These experimental techno provocateurs, from Basement resident LYDO to Dynoman of Rare Frequency Transmissions, will expand your musical range. https://ra.co/events/2410505 - **SPF 50 [Live], deep creep b2b adopeprincess / Jump Source, DJ Healthy / Yibing** — 11:00 PM · Public Records deep creep and adobeprincess bookend a deep and rolling live set from SPF 50. 50’s driving psychedelia has been enveloping New York’s best dancefloors in clu... https://link.dice.fm/cf86db315a34 ### Saturday, May 9, 2026 **Film** - **Andrei Rublev** ★ — 7:00 AM · Metrograph The story of Rublev (Anatoly Solonitsyn), a medieval icon painter and Russian Orthodox monk who struggled against rampant brutality to produce works… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29780 - **The Taste of Tea** — 8:10 AM · Metrograph Playing in a sterling new transfer, Ishii’s third feature is a uniquely gonzo take on the Japanese shokin-geki (literally: “common people… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29781 - **Blue Film** — 8:45 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557228~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Bringing Up Baby** — 9:30 AM · IFC Center While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist (Cary Grant) is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby. “There’s a strong sense that this couple scares each other long after we leave their frenetic company. Maybe that’s why it’s so goddamned [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553950~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Film** — 10:55 AM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557239~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Oasis** — 11:15 AM · Metrograph Jong-du (Sul Kyung-gu), just out of prison, very little reformed, and shunned by his family, finds an unlikely soulmate in the person of Gong-ju (Moon… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29782 - **MAIDSTONE** — 11:45 AM · Anthology Film Archives 1970, 110 min, 35mm. With Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, and Beverly Bentley. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61192 - **Who Framed Roger Rabbit** — 1:00 PM · BAM A grizzly private detective must prove the innocence of a poorly-performing cartoon star. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-who-framed-roger-rabbit - **EL SIGNO VACÍO / THE EMPTY SIGN (FILMMAKER IN PERSON!)** — 1:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives In English and Spanish with English subtitles, 2023, 75 min, 35mm https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61231 - **Martine Gutierrez selects Princess Mononoke [OV]** — 1:45 PM · Metrograph Introduction by artist Martine Gutierrez on Saturday, May 9th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29787 - **Speciwomen Focus: Kim Torres** — 2:00 PM · Metrograph Q&A with artist Kim Torres moderated by Philo Cohen, Founder of Speciwomen, on Saturday, May 9th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29783 - **Polyester** — 2:30 PM · IFC Center Odorama Screenings! For his first studio picture, filth maestro Waters took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. Blessed with a keen sense of smell and [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553948~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Los Angeles Plays Itself** — 3:15 PM · BAM Explore the tapestry woven between Los Angeles and the myriad works created within it. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-los-angeles-plays-itself - **Blue Film** — 3:20 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557242~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **SZINDBÁD** — 3:30 PM · Spectacle Theater Szindbád embarks on his eighth journey to eliminate the evil genie's domination of the earth. https://www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-best-of-spectacle-2025/ - **POURING LIBATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS FROM/ON PUERTO RICO, PGM 1** — 3:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61234 - **Pusher III: I’m the Angel of Death** — 3:30 PM · IFC Center New 4K Restoration! US Theatrical Premiere! PUSHER III takes place over the course of a single day, with the now middle-aged Milo (Zlatko Buric) struggling to prepare his daughter’s 25th birthday party. As Milo fights his own personal demons in the form a drug addiction he’s trying to kick, his business day proves equally challenging [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557193~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Wardell Milan selects Hereditary** — 4:30 PM · Metrograph Introduction by artist Wardell Milan on Saturday, May 9th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29788 - **Margin Call** — 4:35 PM · Metrograph Chandor (All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year) made his auspicious feature debut with this Sundance standout, a story of slow-spreading panic in the… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29784 - **The Jerk** — 4:45 PM · IFC Center A simpleminded, sheltered country boy (Steve Martin) suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy. “Funny, vulgar and backhandedly clever, never more so than when it aspires to absolute stupidity.” – Janet Maslin, The New York Times [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=553944~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Blue Film** — 5:35 PM · IFC Center https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557253~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **Pusher** — 5:55 PM · IFC Center 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration! US Theatrical Premiere! PUSHER is the story of Frank (Kim Bodnia), a small-time drug dealer who is about to experience the worst week of his life. After a complicated heroin deal goes wrong and he loses both the money and the merchandise, Frank finds himself massively in debt to the Balkan [...] https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=557183~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769& - **FROM THE DEAD OF NIGHT** — 6:00 PM · Spectacle Theater After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turn... https://www.spectacletheater.com/from-the-dead-of-night/ - **The Big Lebowski ** — 6:35 PM · BAM In a case of mistaken identity, an LA slacker is thrust into an over-the-top mystery. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-big-lebowski - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Vive L'Amour** — 7:00 PM · Metrograph Tsai’s second theatrical feature drew understandable comparisons to Antonioni’s chilly studies in urban ennui on initial release, but this bizarre… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29785 - **Panic Room** — 7:00 PM · Metrograph Newly divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her sullen adolescent daughter Sarah (a pre-Twilight Kristen Stewart) have just begun to acquaint… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29786 - **Repo Man ** — 9:05 PM · BAM Cox’s out-of-this-world comedy follows a punk and repo man on a series of adventures. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-repo-man **Exhibitions** - **Venice Biennial 2026 | In Minor Keys** — 7:00 AM · Salon 94 Congratulations to the participating artists in the 61st International Art Exhibition. We look forward to see the presentation of Kennedy Yanko & Celia Vasquez Yui in the exhibition in Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh. https://salon94.com/exhibitions/venice-biennial-2026 **Lectures** - **Washington & Hamilton in New York City Walking Tour** — 7:00 AM · Fraunces Tavern Museum Walking Tour Led by Bruce Racond*American history comes alive on the streets where it happened in historic locations critical to the lives and partnership of Alexander Hamilton and George Washington! Relive the first reading of the Declaration of Independence and the subsequent revolt, honor the fallen American troops in the... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/washington-hamilton-in-new-york-city-walking-tour/ - **Cameras and Coffee: Photobook Swap—Community Meet-Up** — 7:00 AM · International Center of Photography (ICP) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/cameras-and-coffee-photobook-swap-community-meet-up/ - **Chanoyu in the Everyday: A Guide to the Zen Tea Ceremony and Its Evolution** — 8:00 AM · Japan Society If you are interested in this event, please also join us for Soryo Matsumura’s Table Style Tea Ceremony also on May 9th. The Japanese art of the tea ceremony, known as chanoyu, is one of the country’s most distinguished traditions. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/chanoyu-in-the-everyday-a-guide-to-the-zen-tea-ceremony/ - **Flying High with the Birds: A Guided Walk** — 10:00 AM · Engineer's Gate (Central Park) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/flying-high-with-the-birds-a-guided-walk/ - **Salon d’Ayiti: A Living Tribute to René Depestre** — 12:00 PM · The Center for Fiction Haiti Cultural Exchange and The Center for Fiction collaborate to celebrate the work & living legacy of Haitian author René Depestre.“The real conversation between spirit and flesh most likely takes place in some undefined realm, a place neither here nor there, where the soul pounds into the body—or flees the... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/salon-d-ayiti-a-living-tribute-to-rene-depestre/ **Culture** - **Butter Babe Bakery Pop-Up!** — 8:00 AM Come join me as Butter Babe Bakery takes over the sidewalk near Fort Greene Park! I'll be serving up: • Buttermilk biscuits (classic + seasonal flavors) • Salted chocolate chip cookies • Gruyère & herb cheese straws All made with grass-fed butter from New York State. https://partiful.com/e/ymARsZiSyOv2h3rWjY94 - **How to Riso Workshop** — 8:00 AM · Pioneer Works PW builds community through the arts and sciences to create an open and inspired world. Discover experimentation and production in art, science, music, and technology at PW. https://pioneerworks.org/programs/how-to-riso-workshop - **Miracle Market** — 11:00 AM POSSIBLY THE MOST DIY MARKET IN NYC Two dozen local artists! Live DJ! https://partiful.com/e/BNdPzRFNQNyO7QzE3jME - **SUNNYDAY art market** — 12:00 PM welcome to the SUNNYDAY art market! a place for trinkets, original art, and delicious snacks. https://partiful.com/e/2VGcXAkWqFe3Ve7ovWcC - **Hamlet** — 1:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Music** - **Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin** — 9:00 AM · The Metropolitan Opera Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Iurii Samoilov makes his company role debut as the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/eugene-onegin/ - **The Harlem in Havana Story: Film Screening & Panel Discussion** — 9:00 AM · New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Step behind the velvet curtain for the New York premiere of JIG SHOW | Leon Claxton’s Harlem in Havana, a documentary by filmmaker Leslie Cunningham. Dive into a sizzling, untold chapter of American entertainment—where Black brilliance, Cuban rhythm, and early burlesque lit up the big top and defied segregation. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-harlem-in-havana-story-film-screening-panel-discussion/ - **Eclectic NYCB III** — 10:00 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-iii/ - **Movies at the Morgan: Amadeus (1984)** — 10:00 AM · Morgan Library & Museum Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham). https://thoughtgallery.org/events/movies-at-the-morgan-amadeus-1984-2/ - **Famagusta Film Festival Kick Off Party** — 3:00 PM · Medusa Arts Studio - 18-14 Astoria Blvd, Astoria, NY 11102 Join us for an evening where film, music and community members can come together before the screenings for the first Famagusta Film Festival can commence. This special events brings together film lovers and industry professionals into the same place for a night of connection, conversation, and celebration set to the... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/famagusta-film-festival-kick-off-party/ - **Nicholas Payton Trio ft. Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20796/20801 - **Brown Skin Showgirls** — 3:30 PM · Lincoln Center Presents *Please note: This performance contains partial nudity and other adult themes. Audience discretion is advised. https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/brown-skin-showgirls-438 - **Dudamel, NY Phil & Spanish Harlem Orchestra** — 3:30 PM · New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel leads the NY Phil and Harlem's three-time Grammy-winning Salsa and Latin Jazz band. Official Box Office. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/united-palace/ - **Contemporary Choreography III** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/contemporary-choreography-iii/ - **Oscar Peterson: A Centennial Celebration** — 3:30 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center Piano titan Oscar Peterson looms large as one of the 20th century’s great improvisers. Join us for a star-studded night in honor of one of the piano’s greatest practitioners. https://ticketing.jazz.org/18744/18746 - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 4:00 PM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **La India** — 4:00 PM · Lehman College https://thoughtgallery.org/events/la-india/ - **New England Symphonic Ensemble plays Rutter, Bernstein, Copland** — 4:30 PM · Carnegie Hall The New England Symphonic Ensemble presents John Rutter’s Gloria, conducted by Lynn Brinckmeyer, and Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, led by Rick Hoffenberg. The program includes the world premiere of Inscriptions by Christian Guebert, conducted by the composer. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/new-england-symphonic-ensemble-plays-rutter-bernstein-copland/ - **Nublu 5/9: FRYBOYS, PATCHES, & DATELA DARLING** — 6:30 PM · Nublu NUBLU - SATURDAY - MAY 9 7pm doors TICKETS: https://posh. vip/e/fryboys-patches-dtela-darling FRYBOYS - MERCH: https://slizzerd. https://partiful.com/e/U5BsxpsoqrrIPcwliTfC - **Quiet Light, Ari** — 7:00 PM · Public Records Quiet Light \[aka Riya Mahesh\] is a Texas-based producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. Her songs are, in her own words, “dream sequences” — her Lynchi... https://link.dice.fm/M33d96762adb **Parties** - **ØPEN AIR // IMPULSE CØNTROL x Le Petit Box** — 12:00 PM · TBA - Brooklyn Open Air https://ra.co/events/2424794 - **Sonny Fodera & Friends: Day & Night** — 3:00 PM · Knockdown Center https://ra.co/events/2359880 - **Phantasma: Actress, TYGAPAW, MORENXXX + Ms Carrie Stacks b2b Telfar, Sippin T** — 9:30 PM · Paragon https://ra.co/events/2411674 - **OFFICE HOURS** — 10:00 PM · Qncc Get to know some new names in the scene at QNCC with club sounds from Newark's Tah, Uptowner ALEXIS DE LA ROSA and the Bronx's Madre Guía https://ra.co/events/2390858 - **Nonstop: Andi, Dynoman, Gonno, Identified Patient, Lena Willikens, Vladimir Ivkovic, Zara Dekho** — 10:00 PM · Nowadays https://ra.co/events/2407742 - **Bassiani Night: Newa / Kancheli b2b 98dots / LYDO / DJ Minx / Jason Kendig / Kilopatrah Jones** — 10:30 PM · BASEMENT https://ra.co/events/2413896 - **Stretch Your Legs @ Elsewhere** — 10:30 PM · Elsewhere Don’t start your Summer party season without a good stretch! Stretch Your Legs returns with a gang of usual suspects taking over a venue we’ve had our eye on for quite some time, The Loft at Elsewhere. https://partiful.com/e/PdlLmRo9RxksYFq3ZiGc - **Moxie, Louise Chen / Make A Dance** — 11:00 PM · Public Records Moxie and Louise Chen continue their steadfast residency as unrelenting party-starters. Make A Dance is the lovechild of Ben Lewis and Josh Ludlow. https://link.dice.fm/gf7900690033 **Comedy** - **The Mike & Benny Show** — 5:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12710/2026-05-09-170000-the-mike-benny-show - **The Stand Presents: Tristan Bowling, Sienna Hubert-Ross, Lukas McCrary, & More!** — 7:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12970/2026-05-09-190000-the-stand-presents-tristan-bowling-sienna-hubert-ross-lukas-mccrary-more - **The Stand Presents: Marina Franklin, Aaron Berg, Kyle Dunnigan, & More!** — 8:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12971/2026-05-09-200000-the-stand-presents-marina-franklin-aaron-berg-kyle-dunnigan-more - **Outdoor Patio Show** — 8:30 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12973/2026-05-09-203000-outdoor-patio-show - **The Stand Presents: Aaron Berg, Josh Ocean Thomas, Marina Franklin, & More!** — 9:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12974/2026-05-09-210000-the-stand-presents-aaron-berg-josh-ocean-thomas-marina-franklin-more - **The Stand Presents: Marina Franklin, Aaron Berg, Kyle Dunnigan, & More!** — 10:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12975/2026-05-09-220000-the-stand-presents-marina-franklin-aaron-berg-kyle-dunnigan-more - **The Stand Presents: Oscar Aydin, Peyton Ruddy, Josh Ocean Thomas, & More!** — 11:00 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12976/2026-05-09-230000-the-stand-presents-oscar-aydin-peyton-ruddy-josh-ocean-thomas-more - **The Stand Presents: Daniel Bridge-Gadd, Chris Riggins, Peyton Ruddy, Onika McLean, & More!** — 11:55 PM · The Stand https://thestandnyc.com/shows/show/12972/2026-05-09-235500-the-stand-presents-daniel-bridge-gadd-chris-riggins-peyton-ruddy-onika-mclean-more ### Sunday, May 10, 2026 **Film** - **Late Autumn** — 7:00 AM · Metrograph The sublime, serene Setsuko Hara, whose appearances for Ozu include that of a daughter being reluctantly primed for marriage by a single parent in… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29789 - **Wolf Children** — 7:15 AM · Metrograph Hosoda’s second original animated feature is a startlingly original, lovingly detailed animist fantasy drama tracking the travails, over the course… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29790 - **Mother** — 9:40 AM · Metrograph A magnificent Kim Hye-ja plays the title role in Bong’s noir-tinged thriller, the impoverished widowed mother of a quiet, mentally disabled… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29791 - **Forever a Woman** — 10:00 AM · Metrograph Actress-cum-director Kinuyo Tanaka’s third feature features Yumeji Tsukioka giving a performance of fierce dedication as Fumiko Nakajo, a tanka poet… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29799 - **THE PLAGIARISTS** — 12:15 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2019, 76 min, DCP. Distributed by KimStim. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61187 - **Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore** — 12:20 PM · Metrograph When her husband dies unexpectedly, Alice (Ellen Burstyn), a New Mexico housewife and mother of a 12-year-old boy, decides to start over from scratch,… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29792 - **Grey Gardens** ★ — 12:30 PM · Metrograph “I only care about three things: the Catholic Church, swimming, and dancing.” So goes the gospel according to Edith “Little Edie” Beale, who… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29798 - **One Battle After Another** — 1:00 PM · BAM Loosely based on Vineland, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Best Picture winner returns to BAM. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-one-battle - **EL SIGNO VACÍO / THE EMPTY SIGN (FILMMAKER IN PERSON!)** — 1:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives In English and Spanish with English subtitles, 2023, 75 min, 35mm https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61232 - **The Taste of Tea** — 2:40 PM · Metrograph Playing in a sterling new transfer, Ishii’s third feature is a uniquely gonzo take on the Japanese shokin-geki (literally: “common people… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29793 - **Portrait of a Lady on Fire** — 2:45 PM · Metrograph Set in late 18th-century France, Sciamma’s acclaimed queer period romance, luminously shot by Claire Mathon, concerns the blossoming romance between… https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999003837 - **POURING LIBATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS FROM/ON PUERTO RICO, PGM 2** — 3:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61236 - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Mr Arkadin** — 4:15 PM · BAM A mystery that zips around postwar Europe, this Orson Welles masterpiece screens on 35mm. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-mr-arkadin - **The Eternal Daughter** — 5:30 PM · Metrograph Arriving at an hotel in the fogbound Welsh countryside where everything seems ever-so-slightly off and things go bump in the night, a middle-aged… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29796 - **Funny Games** — 5:30 PM · Metrograph Austrian provocateur Haneke’s original squirm-inducing, audience-indicting home invasion thriller, shot by the great German cinematographer Jürgen… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29795 - **Miracle Mile ** — 6:30 PM · BAM This real-time thriller follows the minutes before a nuclear missile is set to wipe out Los Angeles. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-miracle-mile - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Trouble in Mind ** — 8:30 PM · BAM This ensemble movie follows ex-cop Hawk (Kris Kristofferson) as he returns from prison. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-trouble-in-mind **Culture** - **Second Sundays: May 2026** — 8:00 AM · Pioneer Works Since 2013, Pioneer Works has hosted Second Sundays, a free monthly open house. Highlighting our programs, artists-in-residence, and Red Hook community ... https://pioneerworks.org/programs/second-sundays-may-2026 - **SUNNYDAY art market** — 12:00 PM welcome to the SUNNYDAY art market! a place for trinkets, original art, and delicious snacks. https://partiful.com/e/NS6aR3VnltzPqIJeVkFa - **a mass convening of the wasians** — 3:00 PM · Tompkins Square Park we're assembling the biggest crowd of wasians/hapas in NYC. ever. https://partiful.com/e/rOCEoQJOUlYy8LMcvsQT - **Hamlet** — 3:00 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Lectures** - **The Role of Faith Communities and Leaders in Shaping Public Discourse** — 9:00 AM · Cathedral of St. John the Divine https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-role-of-faith-communities-and-leaders-in-shaping-public-discourse/ **Music** - **Eclectic NYCB II** — 11:00 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-ii/ - **Oxford Philharmonic Soloists & Friends: Encounters with Gershwin** — 11:00 AM · Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall https://thoughtgallery.org/events/oxford-philharmonic-soloists-friends-encounters-with-gershwin/ - **New Voices Festival: Longing II Premium Tickets** — 1:00 PM · Roulette Intermedium https://thoughtgallery.org/events/new-voices-festival-longing-ii-premium-tickets/ - **Andy Stott, Debit** ★ — 7:00 PM · Public Records Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. https://link.dice.fm/x60f447ca9f2 **Parties** - **Mister Sunday Season Opener: Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin** — 3:00 PM · Nowadays https://ra.co/events/2419886 - **The Nursery: HAAi All Day Long** — 4:00 PM · Public Records This year's Nursery Sundays begin with an all-day set from HAAi. The London-based, Australian-born producer, songwriter and DJ is known for her unique blend ... https://link.dice.fm/jf0e5854bc48 **Comedy** - **Roast Battle League, Brian Moses** — 4:00 PM · Village Underground Roast Battle League LIVE in the Village Underground — Roast Battle League The Roast Battle League comes to The Comedy Cellar for the first time. Comics from all over the globe will go head-to-head with four battles lined up, nothing is off-limits, and no ego is safe. Come see the first sport that’s also a comedy show live in the Mecca of ball busting and trash talking. Let’s Roast! • Brian Moses CREATOR AND HOST OF "ROAST BATTLE" https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Jon Laster** — 5:00 PM · Comedy Cellar Jon Laster and Friends — Jon Laster WINNER OF STAND UP NBC, https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ ### Monday, May 11, 2026 **Lectures** - **Artist Talk With Aaron Cobbett and Bart Mueller** — 1:00 PM · KAPOW NYC artist Aaron Cobbett and stylist/costume designer Bart Mueller discuss punk, glamour, and social commentary in art and fashion.Artist Talk With Aaron Cobbett and Bart MuellerJoin us for a conversation with NYC based multimedia textile artist Aaron Cobbett and blockbuster stylist/costume designer Bart Mueller as they discuss Cobbett's current show... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/artist-talk-with-aaron-cobbett-and-bart-mueller/ - **"Work to Do" Book Discussion with Jules Wernersbach** — 2:30 PM · Lofty Pigeon Books https://thoughtgallery.org/events/work-to-do-book-discussion-with-jules-wernersbach/ **Music** - **Lectures on Tap—"The 1960s, The Monkees, and the Counterculture Era"** — 2:30 PM · Williamsburg (LOCATION TBA) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/lectures-on-tap-the-1960s-the-monkees-and-the-counterculture-era/ - **Inside NYCB** — 2:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/educate/public-programs/inside-nycb/ - **Next Wave Jazz Orchestra with Kate Kortum** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20844/20845 - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 3:00 PM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **Make Your Own Mix CD Workshop 5/11** — 7:00 PM Send over your custom playlist to aj. dibetta@gmail. https://partiful.com/e/k9VQzGKc7Hc7dj1HBWkg - **Andy Stott, Debit** ★ — 7:00 PM · Public Records Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. https://link.dice.fm/U91de64597d5 **Film** - **THE SECRET LIFE OF…ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES** — 3:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61266 - **Woman in the Moon** — 4:00 PM · BAM The successor to Metropolis, Lang’s next foray portrays the first lunar expedition. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-woman-in-the-moon - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Under the Silver Lake ** — 7:15 PM · BAM A young man’s investigation of a woman’s disappearance unravels into a volatile conspiracy. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-under-the-silver-moon **Culture** - **Science & Society: Vaccines** — 4:00 PM · Pioneer Works Join us for an urgent conversation on vaccines, trust, and the fractures that have made immunization one of the most contested questions in America.Vacc... https://pioneerworks.org/programs/science-and-society-vaccines **Comedy** - **Nick Griffin, Colin Quinn** — 7:00 PM · Comedy Cellar Colin Quinn Returns to The CQ Room — Nick Griffin 11 APPEARANCES ON "THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN", "LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT", COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS "THE HALF HOUR COMEDY SPECIAL" • Colin Quinn FROM THE MOVIE "TRAINWRECK", STAR OF ONE MAN SHOWS:"RED STATE BLUE STATE", "UNCONSTITUTIONAL", "LONG STORY SHORT" ON BROADWAY AND HBO, STAR OF COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD", SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC'S "THE COLIN QUINN SHOW'. https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ ### Tuesday, May 12, 2026 **Exhibitions** - **Plaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS VICTORIA** — 7:00 AM · New Museum A new sculpture commission by Sarah Lucas celebrates women claiming space in public life. https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibition/plaza-sarah-lucas-venus-victoria/ **Culture** - **Hudson Yards Power Hour: Dance Cardio** — 8:00 AM · Personal Join ALO for a complimentary outdoor wellness experience designed to energize your body, elevate your mood, and connect you with community. https://luma.com/27q0cjc4 - **Building Tour: The Davis Center at the Harlem Meer** — 5:00 PM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/12/building-tour-the-davis-center-at-the-harlem-meer/ - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Lectures** - **Defining Humanity in the Age of AI: A Pearl Social Salon** — 2:00 PM · New York (Register for Location) ​What’s Left of Us? Memory, AI, and the New Phase of Humanity'I used to know 30 phone numbers by heart. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/defining-humanity-in-the-age-of-ai-a-pearl-social-salon/ - **Eat Drink Watch: Lucky Chow Explores Europe** — 2:30 PM · Asia Society and Museum https://thoughtgallery.org/events/eat-drink-watch-lucky-chow-explores-europe/ - **Isaac Fitzgerald | American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed** — 3:00 PM · The Strand https://thoughtgallery.org/events/isaac-fitzgerald-american-rambler/ - **Concrete Encounters: Architecture of Repair and Theory Across Cultures** — 6:00 PM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/12/concrete-encounters-architecture-of-repair-and-theory-across-cultures/ - **Blood Meridian: Close-Reading the Anti-Western** — 6:30 PM · Index Greenpoint Read Cormac McCarthy’s quintessential frontier Gothic Blood Meridian in this salon-style seminar series, with special attention to the theory of regeneration through violence and its role in shaping the American myth. https://index-space.org/products/blood-meridian-close-reading-the-anti-western **Music** - **Gil Gutierrez Trio - Miles y Mas** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20455/20456 - **Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin** — 3:00 PM · The Metropolitan Opera Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Iurii Samoilov makes his company role debut as the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/eugene-onegin/ - **Eclectic NYCB III** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-iii/ - **Jonathan Biss, piano** — 3:30 PM · Kaufman Music Center https://thoughtgallery.org/events/jonathan-biss-piano/ - **gentle—noise** — 6:45 PM · Public Records A 75-minute immersive experience exploring breath, sound, and meditation led by Manoj Diaz. Regulate your nervous system, reconnect to your senses, and acces... https://link.dice.fm/q81af3155f70 **Film** - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 1: POETRY IN MOTION** — 3:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61275 - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Duck Soup** — 5:15 PM · BAM Two nations go to war as antics beget global consequences in this Marx Brothers classic. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-duck-soup - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **A Grin Without a Cat** — 7:00 PM · BAM Marker’s (La Jetée) epic film-essay investigates the political wars of the ‘60s and ‘70s. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-a-grin-without-a-cat **Tech** - **USV x Status: AI Demo Night** — 6:00 PM · Personal Join us for an evening of demos in the best city in the world. https://luma.com/ivbuv0wf **Comedy** - **Robert Kelly** — 7:00 PM · Comedy Cellar Robert Kelly: A One Man Show: Final Fat — Robert Kelly FROM "THE TONIGHT SHOW", THE MOVIE "TRAINWRECK", FROM FX "LOUIE", AND COMEDY CENTRAL https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Come To Papa, Tom Papa, Rick Crom, Neal Brennan, Sam Morril, Andrew Fiori** — 7:31 PM · Comedy Cellar Come To Papa Live with Tom Papa — Come To Papa A live recording of Tom Papa's award winning radio show: Come To Papa. An old-style radio production, with skits, standup comedy, live sound effects, live music, and more. • Tom Papa STAR OF "BAKED", HBO, LATE SHOW WITH COLBERT, CONAN, SPECIALS ON NETFLIX, EPIX AND HOST OF COME TO PAPA PODCAST • Rick Crom FROM "MRS MAISEL", FROM HBOs "DIVORCE", INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, THE MOVIE "THE POST" https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ **Parties** - **zosha warpeha (LP release party), tongue depressor, ka baird/reona/chuckbettis** — 8:00 PM · Light and Sound Design https://www.eventcreate.com/e/zoshawarpeha ### Wednesday, May 13, 2026 **Lectures** - **Live Recording: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen on Freedom Trail NYC** — 11:00 AM · Graduate Center, CUNY https://thoughtgallery.org/events/live-recording-person-place-thing-with-randy-cohen/ - **Maine Craftsmanship Discussion Series** — 1:00 PM · 5 W 20th St https://thoughtgallery.org/events/maine-craftsmanship-discussion-series/ - **Famagusta Film Festival** — 3:00 PM · Hellenic Cultural Center NYC The Famagusta Film Festival is a commemorative Greek film festival. Programming will be curated to explore the legacy of the Hellenic culture. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/famagusta-film-festival/ - **The Center for Fiction Presents Emma Copley Eisenberg on Fat Swim with Tembe Denton-Hurst** — 3:00 PM · The Center for Fiction https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-center-for-fiction-presents-emma-copley-eisenberg-on-fat-swim-with-tembe-denton-hurst/ **Culture** - **Hamlet** — 1:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet - **Pour Toi: Blind-Box Paint and Sip** — 6:30 PM · Apartment 5 Pour Toi is a blind-box paint and sip experience in NYC. This month’s theme is Fashion is Art! https://partiful.com/e/u8I4LCTl2zfHQJPMGYeD - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Film** - **THE PLAGIARISTS** — 2:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2019, 76 min, DCP. Distributed by KimStim. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61188 - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 2: BRUCE JACKSON & DIANE CHRISTIAN** — 2:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61278 - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Dr. Strangelove** — 4:45 PM · BAM Kubrick’s (The Shining) comedy follows an American general as he incites a nuclear war. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-dr-strangelove - **THE MISCONCEIVED** — 4:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2026, 88 min, 35mm https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61183 - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 3: USA: POETRY** — 5:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61281 - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World** — 7:00 PM · BAM This saga follows a captain’s (Crowe) pursuit of his enemy during the Napoleonic Wars. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-master-and-commander **Music** - **Gil Gutierrez Trio - Miles y Mas** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20455/20458 - **All Bach** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/all-bach/ - **An Evening with Tina Fey** — 3:30 PM · Symphony Space https://thoughtgallery.org/events/an-evening-with-tina-fey/ - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **session [7]: deep listening with Lovie and Cassie Watson Francillon** — 7:00 PM · Public Records Presented in partnership with summer school radio, PR resident Lovie brings her deep listening session to Public Records for the first time. session \[7\] w... https://link.dice.fm/Ta5b9d6c1c76 **Exhibitions** - **Introduction – NADA New York 2026** ★ — 4:00 PM · The Starrett-Lehigh Building The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is the definitive non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art. https://www.newartdealers.org/fairs/nada-new-york-2026/introduction - **Frieze Art Fair** ★ — 4:00 PM · The Shed Frieze New York returns to The Shed from May 13-17. Discover the best contemporary art and today’s most compelling artists as we celebrate the vibrancy and creative spirit of New York’s art scene. https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-new-york/tickets **Comedy** - **Clare Malone, Galen Druke, Nate Silver** — 6:00 PM · Comedy Cellar Live with Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke — Clare Malone staff writer at The New Yorker covering the media business, journalism, and politics. She previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight, where she reported on class, race, and electoral politics, and covered the 2016 and 2020 Presidential campaigns. Her writing has also appeared in New York, The Atlantic, GQ, The Columbia Journalism Review, and Harper’s. • Galen Druke founder and host of the GD POLITICS podcast. He previously hosted and produced the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, where he covered American elections for nearly a decade. His reporting and analysis have also regularly appeared on ABC News and the BBC. He began his career working for NPR affiliates in Wisconsin, New York City and Baltimore, where he attended The Johns Hopkins University. He is an executive member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and lives in New York City. • Nate Silver American statistician, political analyst, author, sports gambler, and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball and elections. He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News until May 2023. Since departing FiveThirtyEight, Silver has been publishing in his online newsletter Silver Bulletin and serves as an advisor to Polymarket https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ - **Jim Norton** — 7:00 PM · Comedy Cellar An Hour with Jim Norton — Jim Norton FROM THE "LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN", HBO'S "LUCKY LOUIE", THE "OPIE & ANTHONY" RADIO SHOW, AND COMEDY CENTRAL'S "TOUGH CROWD". https://www.comedycellar.com/new-york-line-up/ ### Thursday, May 14, 2026 **Lectures** - **Hindu Philosophy Club** — 2:00 PM · Mott Street Eatery https://thoughtgallery.org/events/hindu-philosophy-club/ - **Beyond the Yard Signs: The Fight for Manhattan** — 2:30 PM · Register to See Address https://thoughtgallery.org/events/beyond-the-yard-signs-the-fight-for-manhattan/ - **The Declaration of Independence: Text and Context - Liberty 250® Lecture** — 2:30 PM · Fraunces Tavern Museum https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-declaration-of-independence-text-and-context-liberty-250-lecture-2/ - **Lectures on Tap—"Harry Houdini vs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"** — 2:30 PM · Williamsburg (LOCATION TBA) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/lectures-on-tap-harry-houdini-vs-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/ - **Decline and Fall** — 3:00 PM · New York Society for Ethical Culture https://thoughtgallery.org/events/decline-and-fall/ - **The Talisman of Happiness: Ada Boni and Cooking the Italian Way** — 3:00 PM · Museum of Food and Drink https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-talisman-of-happiness-ada-boni-and-cooking-the-italian-way/ **Film** - **THE MISCONCEIVED** — 2:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2026, 88 min, 35mm https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61184 - **CHARLES FORT, PGM 1** — 2:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61239 - **Two Pianos** — 4:10 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **THE PLAGIARISTS** — 4:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2019, 76 min, DCP. Distributed by KimStim. https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61189 - **CHARLES FORT, PGM 2: KUCHAR + BALDWIN** — 5:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61241 - **Berlin Express** — 5:00 PM · BAM A group of train passengers band together in the aftermath of World War II. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-berlin-express - **Two Pianos** — 6:40 PM · BAM A pianist’s return to France throws his life into turmoil in this Hitchcockian melodrama. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/two-pianos - **Ornette: Made in America** — 7:00 PM · BAM Documentary footage and dramatic scenes recall the musician’s rise to cultural pioneer. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-ornette-made-in-america - **Southland Tales** — 8:50 PM · BAM A sprawling cast of characters circle a shadowy conspiracy in this Pynchonesque satire. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-southland-tales **Music** - **Marcus Roberts Trio: Rhythm in Blue** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20847/20848 - **More Than Blue | NYC Screening + Panel Discussion Hosted by PSI-NY** — 3:00 PM · Tribeca Screening Room https://thoughtgallery.org/events/more-than-blue-nyc-screening-panel-discussion-hosted-by-psi-ny/ - **Eclectic NYCB II** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-ii/ - **Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego** ★ — 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/el-ultimo-sueno-de-frida-y-diego/ - **CUNY Dance Initiative Announces Performance of Gerson Lanza in To Dance Is To Be Free** — 3:30 PM · Aaron Davis Hall, 129 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031 The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY college campuses, announces performances of To Dance Is To Be Free, by Gerson Lanza. The show is set for May 14 and 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM at Aaron... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/cuny-dance-initiative-announces-performance-of-gerson-lanza-in-to-dance-is-to-be-free/ - **Hot People Read Poetry: Pillow Talk** — 3:30 PM · Madame X Join us for PILLOW TALK, the show: for poets who TALK. This is a poetry show and storytelling experience by Hot People Read Poetry. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/hot-people-read-poetry-pillow-talk/ - **Sketches of Miles: Miles Davis at 100 The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra** — 3:30 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center The JLCO and special guests commemorate the centennial of one of jazz’s most influential figures, Miles Davis. Featuring the orchestrations of one of Davis’ greatest collaborators, the endlessly inventive Gil Evans, these performances demonstrate why the innovative trumpeter’s big band work was every bit as important as his small group output. https://ticketing.jazz.org/18748/18749 - **Living Room Lectures presents Inventing Electronic Music: Wendy Carlos In Her Own Words** — 7:30 PM · Index Greenpoint Discover how pioneer Wendy Carlos revolutionized music and became an early voice for transgender visibility. https://index-space.org/products/electronic-music-wendy-carlos - **Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs** — 7:30 PM · BAM Premier musicians and world-renowned guests play five milestone Stevie Wonder albums live. https://www.bam.org/stevie **Exhibitions** - **Fair - Independent Art Fair** ★ — 3:00 PM · Pier 36 Really cool legit art fair https://www.independenthq.com/fair **Parties** - **Wire Festival 2026** — 5:00 PM · Knockdown Center https://ra.co/events/2268043 - **Outer Heaven Records 001 Release Party** ★ — 8:00 PM · Outer Heaven There's a lot to celebrate here. Manhattan club Outer Heaven toasts the inaugural release on its new record label; local legends Justin Strauss and Tim Sweeney go b2b for the first time; a special guest awaits. https://ra.co/events/2350304 **Culture** - **NYCxDESIGN Festival** — 7:00 PM · New York, NY NYCxDESIGN Festival is an annual, citywide celebration that highlights hundreds of events - from exhibits and trade shows to talks and tours - drawing design enthusiasts from around the globe. As the city's most influential design event, the festival provides a dynamic platform for diverse voices in design. https://partiful.com/e/VLvWokfEHFnGIpfw6fpT - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet ### Friday, May 15, 2026 **Film** - **Vanya on 42nd Street** — 10:15 AM · Metrograph Q&A with Wallace Shawn & Andre Gregory moderated by Lucas Kane and John Early on Friday, May 15th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29803 - **Inherent Vice** — 1:00 PM · BAM This neo-noir follows a bungling private investigator fumbling through LA’s underworld. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-inherent-vice - **CHARLES FORT, PGM 3: THE THIRD BODY + FIRESTARTER** — 3:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61243 - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 4: BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUES** — 3:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61284 - **One Battle After Another** — 4:00 PM · BAM Loosely based on Vineland, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Best Picture winner returns to BAM. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-one-battle - **Repo Man ** — 7:15 PM · BAM Cox’s out-of-this-world comedy follows a punk and repo man on a series of adventures. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-repo-man - **The Big Lebowski ** — 9:30 PM · BAM In a case of mistaken identity, an LA slacker is thrust into an over-the-top mystery. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-big-lebowski **Exhibitions** - **TEFAF New York Art Fair** ★ — 12:00 PM · Park Avenue Armory We are proud to present the ninth edition of TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory May 15–19, 2026. https://www.tefaf.com/fairs/tefaf-new-york **Lectures** - **Family Program | Story Time by Design: Made in America** — 12:00 PM · Cooper Hewitt Family Program | Story Time by Design Drop in at the museum on Friday morning for interactive stories, creative play, and design! Join us for a lively story time and design activity to explore how things are made in Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne . https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/family-program-story-time-by-design-made-in-america-05-15-2026/ - **Kohei Yamada: My Screen Tests** — 2:00 PM · GR Gallery https://thoughtgallery.org/events/kohei-yamada-my-screen-tests/ - **A Divided City: Revolutionary-Era New York and the Politics of Polarization** — 2:30 PM · Museum of the City of New York https://thoughtgallery.org/events/a-divided-city-revolutionary-era-new-york-and-polarization/ **Music** - **Film Screening: "Diret" (USA, 2003)** — 2:00 PM · Graduate Center, CUNY https://thoughtgallery.org/events/film-screening-dirt-usa-2003/ - **IM Youngzoo: The Late 故 Opening Reception** — 2:00 PM · Space ZeroOne (371 Broadway, New York, NY 10013) https://thoughtgallery.org/events/im-youngzoo-the-late-opening-reception/ - **The Grim Game: Houdini's Daring Escapes on the Big Screen** — 2:30 PM · New York Public Library for the Performing Arts https://thoughtgallery.org/events/the-grim-game-houdini-s-daring-escapes-on-the-big-screen/ - **Business Business Business** — 3:00 PM · ThoughtGallery https://thoughtgallery.org/events/business-business-business/ - **Marcus Roberts Trio: Rhythm in Blue** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20847/20850 - **In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY** — 3:00 PM · BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance https://thoughtgallery.org/events/in-scena-italian-theater-festival-ny/ - **Tilt** — 3:30 PM · Lincoln Center Presents Brooklyn-based group Tilt offers intricate, viscerally affecting art-pop compositions that blend carefully interwoven motifs with improvisation. https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/tilt-890 - **All Bach** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/all-bach/ - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 3:30 PM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **Griffin Brown & Sofia Wolfson – “Begriffen” Album Release Show** — 7:00 PM · Public Records Make a reservation before your show: http://bit. ly/4loDjTg. https://link.dice.fm/Z4d3c5eec812 - **Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs** — 7:30 PM · BAM Premier musicians and world-renowned guests play five milestone Stevie Wonder albums live. https://www.bam.org/stevie **Culture** - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Parties** - **Mahmut Orhan Open-Air** — 8:00 PM · Industry City https://ra.co/events/2395570 - **Dee Diggs, k.tea & Soichi Terada (Live)** — 10:00 PM · Nowadays https://ra.co/events/2407715 - **BOUND Blackout: Mac Declos / Akua / Katie Rex / Mike Servito / Jaq Attaque / Haruka** — 10:30 PM · BASEMENT https://ra.co/events/2413879 - **Ireen Amnes b2b Veronica Vasicka / ONYVAA** — 11:00 PM · Public Records Ireen Amnes and Veronica Vasicka go back-to-back all night in The Sound Room, while ONYVAA takes the wheel in The Atrium. Amnes’ roots in industrial, noise, ... https://link.dice.fm/i1ae04363e80 ### Saturday, May 16, 2026 **Lectures** - **Between the Lines: How Zoning Shapes New York (Five Borough Challenge)** — 6:00 AM · Citywide https://thoughtgallery.org/events/between-the-lines-how-zoning-shapes-new-york/ - **Washington & Hamilton in New York City Walking Tour** — 7:00 AM · Fraunces Tavern Museum https://thoughtgallery.org/events/washington-hamilton-in-new-york-city-walking-tour-5/ - **River: A Hudson Memoir** — 10:00 AM · 102nd Street Field House https://thoughtgallery.org/events/river-a-hudson-memoir/ - **Democracy Writes! Writing Workshop and Open Mic, with Rhonda Zangwill** — 10:00 AM · The New York Society Library https://thoughtgallery.org/events/democracy-writes-writing-workshop-and-open-mic-with-rhonda-zangwill/ - **High Line Plinth: Lectures & Meditations – Buddhist Mudras** — 10:00 AM · On the High Line at the Spur at 30th Street and 10th Avenue https://thoughtgallery.org/events/high-line-plinth-lectures-meditations-buddhist-mudras/ - **Family Program: Parks and Playgrounds (Morning Session)** — 11:00 AM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/16/family-program-parks-and-playgrounds-morning-session/ - **Family Program: Parks and Playgrounds (Afternoon Session)** — 2:00 PM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/16/family-program-parks-and-playgrounds-afternoon-session/ **Music** - **Ballet Essentials** — 6:30 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/educate/public-programs/ballet-essentials/ - **Dance Parade and DanceFest** — 8:00 AM · Sixth Avenue/17th St to Tompkins Square Park https://thoughtgallery.org/events/dance-parade-and-dancefest/ - **20th Annual New York Dance Parade** — 8:00 AM · 17th Street and Sixth Avenue https://thoughtgallery.org/events/20th-annual-new-york-dance-parade/ - **In Motion Workshops** — 8:30 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/educate/public-programs/in-motion-workshops/ - **Children's Workshops** — 8:30 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/educate/public-programs/childrens-workshops/ - **Verdi's La Traviata** — 9:00 AM · The Metropolitan Opera A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can. A trio of captivating artists—Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho—alternate in the touchstone soprano role of Violetta Valéry, the ill-fated Parisian courtesan fighting for love before her time runs out. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/la-traviata/ - **Contemporary Choreography III** — 10:00 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/contemporary-choreography-iii/ - **Marcus Roberts Trio: Rhythm in Blue** — 3:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20847/20852 - **Artist Spotlight: Samara Joy** — 3:30 PM · New York Philharmonic Multiple Grammy Award-winning vocalist Samara Joy performs on our Artist Spotlight series. Official Box Office. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/artist-spotlight-samara-joy/ - **All Bach** — 3:30 PM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/all-bach/ - **Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin** — 4:00 PM · The Metropolitan Opera Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Iurii Samoilov makes his company role debut as the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/eugene-onegin/ - **Asa Tone, MIZU** — 7:00 PM · Public Records Public Records aims to provide a safer space. We reject all forms of discrimination, including racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, and other a... https://link.dice.fm/m7bb8d438c9e - **The Post Office** — 7:30 PM · BAM The ghost of Benjamin Franklin is drawn into a modern debate about democracy in a new opera. https://www.bam.org/opera/2026/the-post-office - **Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs** — 7:30 PM · BAM Premier musicians and world-renowned guests play five milestone Stevie Wonder albums live. https://www.bam.org/stevie **Culture** - **Tribute to the Ancestors** — 10:00 AM · BAM This traditional tribute to those who have passed features music, drumming, and dance. https://www.bam.org/tribute-to-the-ancestors - **Walking Tour: The Architecture of East 42nd Street** — 10:30 AM · AIANY / Center for Architecture https://calendar.aiany.org/2026/05/16/walking-tour-the-architecture-of-east-42nd-street-7/ - **Community Day** — 1:00 PM · BAM DanceAfrica gets started with our annual Community Day at Brooklyn’s Restoration Plaza. https://www.bam.org/danceafrica-community-day - **Hamlet** — 1:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet - **Hamlet** — 7:30 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Film** - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 1: POETRY IN MOTION** — 12:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61276 - **Le Pont du Nord** — 1:00 PM · BAM Rivette presents a gorgeously rendered portrait of Paris imbued with a tense undercurrent. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-le-pond-du-nord - **CHARLES FORT, PGM 4** — 2:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61246 - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 5: CREELEY/BRAKHAGE** — 2:15 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61287 - **Los Angeles Plays Itself** — 3:45 PM · BAM Explore the tapestry woven between Los Angeles and the myriad works created within it. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-los-angeles-plays-itself - **CHARLES FORT, PGM 5: POLTERGEIST** — 4:15 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61248 - **BRAKHAGE ON BRAKHAGE** — 4:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives 2025, 94 min, digital https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61268 - **The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension** — 7:05 PM · BAM Buckaroo Banzai (Weller) must stop alien invaders in this campy sci-fi cult film. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-the-adventures - **Trouble in Mind ** — 9:30 PM · BAM This ensemble movie follows ex-cop Hawk (Kris Kristofferson) as he returns from prison. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-trouble-in-mind **Parties** - **ReSolute presents: giegling in New York** — 4:00 PM · TBA - special location Giegling bring their majestic minimalism back to New York with plenty of live performances in store. https://ra.co/events/2378910 - **Noware Presents: PUFF Launch Party** — 7:00 PM · Index Chinatown Hardware design studio Noware launches PUFF, a wearable USB flash drive with an OLED display housing animations that react as you use it. Join us for demos, sound, and drinks. https://index-space.org/products/puff-release-party - **Club Stars: Dj Sliink, MikeQ, Amarji King b2b HYPERFEMME + Ashley Venom, Badgalquirit** — 9:30 PM · Paragon https://ra.co/events/2407401 - **Nonstop: Battygyal b2b Swaya, DjRUM, mi-el, Significant Other, Special Guest DJ, zi** — 10:00 PM · Nowadays https://ra.co/events/2407743 - **Nick León with TOXE, Fakthias, LOKA** — 10:00 PM · H0L0 https://ra.co/events/2418798 - **WRECKED: Adriana Lopez / Fabrizio Mammarella / Giulia Gutterer / Ryan Smith / Ron Like Hell** — 10:30 PM · BASEMENT https://ra.co/events/2413899 - **Justin Strauss, Timo Lee / Luca Lozano & Mr. Ho / Carozilla** — 11:00 PM · Public Records Justin Strauss is synonymous with the past three decades of New York nightlife. Connecting the dots between the old and new, oddball rarities and innovative ... https://link.dice.fm/Oa8efc5df1b8 ### Sunday, May 17, 2026 **Music** - **Sensory-Friendly Performance** — 7:00 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/sensory-friendly-performance-2 - **Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego** ★ — 11:00 AM · The Metropolitan Opera American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/el-ultimo-sueno-de-frida-y-diego/ - **Eclectic NYCB III** — 11:00 AM · New York City Ballet https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/spring-2026/eclectic-nycb-iii/ - **Mr. Dowland's Midnight: Paul O'Dette Performs Lute Music of John Dowland** — 12:00 PM · The Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium Paul O'Dette, LuteMusic of John DowlandIn commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland, Paul O'Dette, described as “the clearest case of genius ever to touch his instrument” (Toronto Globe and Mail), makes his first appearance with Salon Sanctuary Concerts in a program dedicated to the composer.... https://thoughtgallery.org/events/mr-dowlands-midnight-paul-odette-performs-lute-music-of-john-dowland/ - **Schubertiade** — 1:00 PM · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/25-26/schubertiade/ - **Carlos Henriquez Septet with Luz Velázquez, Akshra Yagnik, and Oni Marsalis** — 1:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center https://ticketing.jazz.org/20855/20857 - **Tuvergen Band: Mongolian Folk** — 3:00 PM · Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. https://thoughtgallery.org/events/tuvergen-band-mongolian-folk-music-from-the-steppes/ - **Un-Language 4 Gender Equality** — 5:30 PM · The Tank https://thoughtgallery.org/events/un-language-4-gender-equality/ - **The Post Office** — 7:30 PM · BAM The ghost of Benjamin Franklin is drawn into a modern debate about democracy in a new opera. https://www.bam.org/opera/2026/the-post-office **Film** - **Lee Friedlander selects North by Northwest** — 8:45 AM · Metrograph From the United Nations building to broad-shouldered Chicago to Mount Rushmore, with a scenic stop at an empty field somewhere in the Midwest, follow… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29801 - **Nan Goldin selects The Naked Kiss** — 11:30 AM · Metrograph Introduction by Nan Goldin on Sunday, May 17th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29802 - **SHIGEKO KUBOTA, PGM 1: “VIDEO IS VENGEANCE OF VAGINA”** — 12:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61253 - **Who Framed Roger Rabbit** — 1:00 PM · BAM A grizzly private detective must prove the innocence of a poorly-performing cartoon star. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-who-framed-roger-rabbit - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 4: BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUES** — 1:15 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61285 - **SHIGEKO KUBOTA: PANEL DISCUSSION (FREE!)** — 1:45 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61259 - **Clockwatchers** — 1:45 PM · Metrograph Introduction by John Early on Sunday, May 17th https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29804 - **Dr. Strangelove** — 3:15 PM · BAM Kubrick’s (The Shining) comedy follows an American general as he incites a nuclear war. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-dr-strangelove - **SHIGEKO KUBOTA, PGM 2: “TOKYO-NEW YORK VIDEO EXPRESS”** — 3:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61255 - **Polyester** — 4:00 PM · Metrograph Having already exploited and exhausted every avenue of flagrant repulsiveness at a rather young age, Waters found a way to be still more objectionable… https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=29805 - **ROBERT CREELEY, PGM 2: BRUCE JACKSON & DIANE CHRISTIAN** — 4:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives https://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=5&year=2026#showing-61279 - **Southland Tales** — 5:20 PM · BAM A sprawling cast of characters circle a shadowy conspiracy in this Pynchonesque satire. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-southland-tales - **Paris Belongs to Us** — 8:15 PM · BAM This early French New Wave work serves as a time capsule of the social milieu of post-war Paris. https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque-paris-belongs-to-us **Culture** - **In Full Bloom Spring Market** — 10:00 AM · Radio Star April showers have led to May flowers... just in time for the next edition of our market series! https://partiful.com/e/E9DrPKtqYEFlrEqs7zrl - **Hamlet** — 3:00 PM · BAM Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet. https://www.bam.org/hamlet **Lectures** - **Sunday at the Met: Raphael and His Legacy** — 10:00 AM · Metropolitan Museum of Art https://thoughtgallery.org/events/sunday-at-the-met-raphael-and-his-legacy/ - **Tour Made in America with Photographer Christopher Payne** — 12:00 PM · Cooper Hewitt In this guided tour of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne , photographer Christopher Payne will take visitors through the exhibition, highlighting some of his original photographs of industrial manufacturing across the United States. From candy to pianos to humanoid robots, Payne’s photographs capture the ingenuity and diversity of products made in America, and the skilled workers who make them. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/tour-made-in-america-with-photographer-christopher-payne-05-17-2026/ **Tech** - **Prompt, Code, Embed** — 1:00 PM · Index Greenpoint Learn to build interactive sketches, animations, and embeddable visuals using code and AI in the same canvas—no coding experience required. https://index-space.org/products/prompt-code-embed **Parties** - **Mister Sunday: Eamon Harkin and Conducta** — 3:00 PM · Nowadays https://ra.co/events/2419901 - **The Nursery: Sofia Kourtesis, Dave DK** — 4:00 PM · Public Records Drawing from her Latin American roots and Berlin’s club culture, Sofa Kourtesis's house and techno sets are high-energy, emotionally charged journey through ... https://link.dice.fm/e0f3b0420e05