Four comedians build fantasy teams of hot celebrities, characters, historic figures, and cartoons, with the audience helping pick. Jenny Zigrino and George Civeris are among the drafters.
High On Fire live at Saint Vitus, a night built around one band and the room they're playing. Worth planning an evening around if you like your music in person.
Two UK bass and garage DJs, Flava D and Smokey Bubblin' B, share one club bill with the whole venue given over to the night. A straight-ahead dance floor booking.
A Halloween bill in The Hall with a long, mixed lineup: Cannelle, EQ, Tommy Fleece and Corridos Ketamina, plus Isla Den, Ali RQ, Petal Supply and RICO RICA. Live acts, so costume up.
Legal scholar and former White House official K. Sabeel Rahman argues that America's democratic crisis runs deeper than elections and polarization, drawing on his new book Remaking the State.
A book talk with editors Angelique Nixon, Carole Boyce Davies, and Christen Smith on their collection gathering historical and contemporary Black feminist thinkers across transnational contexts.
Pat Metheny singled out this jazz guitarist as doing something both deeply musical and very difficult. Here he leads a trio, with two sets to choose from.
Jay Jurden hosts the NYCF edition of Pretty Major, a special version of the show, staged in the back-room setting of Union Hall.
Raw, poetic, piano-based art-pop sung in Spanish, from an artist described as one of the boldest of her generation. Deeply personal confessions that still feel universal.
Eddie Pepitone is the headliner, so he gets the night's main set at Union Hall. A good pick if you'd rather see a comic stretch out than catch a few quick minutes.
A talk on small Renaissance bronze figures, long prized by collectors, and how their makers and subjects were forgotten or confused, with some mistaken for actual antiquities.
A release show for COSMOLAMPS, so the new music gets its first night out live, with the Carlin Lee Quintet sharing the bill.
A musical comedy duo, AJ Holmes and Caitlin Cook, host a wild variety show with special guests. Expect songs, surprises, and a loose, playful room.
A big band residency that comes around every month under Roy Hargrove's name, played live in the room and also livestreamed for anyone who can't make it in person.
A museum educator leads a long, unhurried look at one work, Vecchietta's Resurrection of Christ, with the galleries after hours. Attendees are encouraged to join the conversation.
A debut story collection that sweeps from the first woman on Earth among Neanderthals to the last man alive, with Jesus as a superhero along the way. Adam Peterson talks with James Folta.
A rising alto saxophonist whose debut, Among Giants, earned 5 stars from Downbeat. Her playing is described as fierce and lyrical, with echoes of Jackie McLean and John Coltrane.
Mindful ikebana teacher Anjie Cho leads a special edition among Isamu Noguchi's sculptures, treating Japanese flower arranging as a practice of presence alongside the art.
A jazz trio stretched into something bigger, with Moto Fukushima and Vicky Casis joining as guests. The "plus" in the billing is the draw: familiar trio, two added players.
Two poets, Benjamin Krusling and Chang Yuchen, read in the long-running Segue series, hosted by the independent nonprofit Artists Space. A short, curated evening of live poetry.
