Before New York: Staten Island
Dr. Eric W. Sanderson reconstructs the original forests, wetlands, and waterways of the place and ties them to today's flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice.
This week
Category, neighborhood, free
Marlon James: The Disappearers
A celebration of Marlon James's Booker-finalist novel, in which eight men rehearsing a play are brutally attacked one night and must reckon with the hatred the violence exposed.
SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN
Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch's film follows Wanda, a dominatrix and gallerist who lets patrons watch her scenes, and uses Sade's "Venus in Furs" to question the spectator's role.
ATL Noise and Rhythms
Opens trumpeter Alexandria Smith's curated run with an experimental quartet: Klimchak on percussion, Iriamu on prepared bass, Nathan Chamberlain on guitar, and Smith on trumpet and electronics.
WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 3: SUNFLOWER LANE
A new film by six artists plays alongside shorts by Caroline Leaf, Sandy Moore, and Faith Hubley, including a digital restoration of a 16mm work and a Hubley film on 35mm.
This Is Unreal
Liz Santoro recounts her life onstage, but some memories are AI-generated and some movements come from an algorithm trained on her dancing. It asks where the body ends and the machine begins.
NARROW ROOMS: LES FANTÔMES DU HARD + FISTULE
Experimental documentaries dig through the videotape archive of a pioneering gay BDSM club's founder, paired with Emre Busse's tragic, camp short built around an anal fissure.
Before New York: The Bronx
Panoramas rebuilt from scientific data show the land as it looked 400 years ago, plus an interactive topographic model that compares the ancient terrain with today's street grid.
Grieving & Weaving
A knitting and crochet circle that meets in a cemetery chapel, with experimental vocalist Gelsey Bell performing work on the many faces of loss. Bring a project or learn from scratch.
ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
A centennial retrospective of Polish director Andrzej Wajda, put together by Film Forum, an independent repertory house. A chance to see his films in a small room, on a limited run.
Exhibition Tour: “Untitled” (America)
A guided walk through the exhibition "Untitled" (America) at the Whitney Museum of American Art. A sensible way to see the show with someone talking you through the galleries.
Exhibition Tour: Whitney Biennial 2026
A guided walk through the Whitney Biennial, the museum's survey of new American art. A tour is a good way to get oriented and hear how the show's pieces fit together.
Fury Young | Catalyst In‑Store LIVE
Fury Young, founder of FREER Records, plays tracks from Escape from LES in a short set among the record bins at Catalyst Records, part of the shop's ongoing in-store series.
Studio Salon: Primary: After and With Alma Thomas
A conversation and reading built around Primary: After and With Alma Thomas, a book on the painter. It's part of the museum's own Studio Salon series, held on The Stoop.
Revolutionary Spirits
A trolley tour of the cemetery's Revolutionary War figures and early distillers, then on to a whiskey tasting: rye straight off the still, a pour from the barrel, and barrel-aged maple syrup.
Verbal Description Tour: Geometries
A guided tour of the Geometries exhibition built around verbal description, so blind and low-vision visitors can take in the work through spoken detail. Part of the museum's access programs.
Joey Curreri Quintet
A trumpeter-led quintet with vibraphone alongside piano, bass and drums, which gives the front line a shimmering, less common sound. Two sets at The Jazz Gallery, with a livestream also listed.
Madi Diaz, Tasha
Singer-songwriter Madi Diaz plays Elsewhere's Zone One with Tasha in support, a room-sized show where you can actually see the performers up close.
Ancestral Ecologies
Four multisensory installations from the Heidi Nitze Art × Environment Fellows, each using a different environmental or material phenomenon to explore animist ways of seeing the living world.
