These 991 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 15 at 7:30pm
Regal Battery Park · Battery Park City
Jessica Lange gets her flowers at this intimate evening of film and conversation. Catch her reprising her Tony-winning role in Long Day's Journey Into Night, then hear from Lange, Ed Harris, and director Jonathan Kent live.
October 15 at 11pm
Strand Bookstore · Manhattan
A Pulitzer winner unpacks his electrifying new novel in a room full of rare books. Hernan Diaz discusses Ply, a future-America tale of stolen electricity and underground concerts, with Hua Hsu.
Nov. 19 & Dec. 17 at 7pm
Caveat · Lower East Side • $24.41
Three scientists walk into a bar and actually make learning fun. Facts Machine blends real science, terrible puns, and pub trivia into one delightfully nerdy night where you might accidentally learn something.
October 15 at 7pm
Chatham Square Library · Chinatown
Chef Eric Sze (Wenwen, 886) launches his debut cookbook Taiwanese?, 75 recipes and personal essays celebrating "authentically inauthentic" cooking, with co-author Elyse Inamine at Yu & Me Books' Chinatown launch.
October 15 at 8pm
Book Club Bar · East Village • $0-$43.55
The chef behind Ernesto's and Anthony Bourdain's longtime collaborator walk you through Basque home cooking, no fancy techniques required. Admission includes a hardcover copy of "Essentially Basque."
October 16 at 4pm
Salmagundi Club · Greenwich Village
Two of the city's great history storytellers tackle the fight to save the Village's soul. Andrew Berman, who's landmarked over 1,250 buildings, joins Gilded Gentleman Carl Raymond for an evening of preservation war stories and what's still at stake.
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Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
Americas Society/Council of the Americas - AS/COA New York · Upper East Side
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
HB Studio · Manhattan
$25
Thu, Oct 15 · 6:30 PM
New York University SPS Midtown Center · Midtown
Thu, Oct 15 · 6:15 PM
Canaan Baptist Church · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood · Inwood
Thu, Oct 15 · 6:30 PM
NYU School of Professional Studies · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 6:30 PM
VFS Global Visa Application Centre - New York · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 4:00 PM
David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
Regus - New York City - Madison Square Garden · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
Harlem Commonwealth Council · Manhattan
$0-$268.61
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:00 AM
Colonels Row · Nolan Park
$10
Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 PM
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division · West Village
Fri, Oct 16 · 3:00 PM
Riverside Park · Morningside Heights
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain · Civic Center
$340
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:00 PM
St Jean Baptiste High School · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:00 AM
Heft Gallery · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 2:00 PM
The Studio Museum in Harlem · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 2:30 AM
Harlem Islamic Cultural Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 3:00 PM
David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:00 PM
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 4:00 PM
International Center of Photography Museum · Lower East Side
Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 PM
El Museo del Barrio · Manhattan
Free
Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 AM
JASA Club 76 Older Adult Center · Manhattan
Free
Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 PM
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery · East Village
$10
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
Jack Shainman Gallery · Civic Center
Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 AM
Trinity Church · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:30 PM
Sirovich · East Village
Fri, Oct 16 · 2:30 AM
Harlem Islamic Cultural Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 2:15 PM
International Center of Photography Museum · Lower East Side
$10
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:00 AM
Convene One Liberty Plaza · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 9:00 AM
KIPP STAR Harlem College Prep Elementary School · Manhattan
Sat, Oct 17 · 3:00 PM
Harlem Shake · Manhattan
$55.20
Sat, Oct 17 · 5:00 PM
Bananas · East Village
$$
Sat, Oct 17 · 7:00 PM
Caveat · Manhattan
$37
Sat, Oct 17 · 9:30 AM
The Shed · Chelsea
Free
Sat, Oct 17 · 7:00 PM
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division · West Village
Sat, Oct 17 · 6:30 PM
The Fountain Bookshop · Manhattan
Sat, Oct 17 · 11:00 AM
Governors Island Ferry · Financial District
$0
Sat, Oct 17 · 12:30 PM
M413 School of the Future · Manhattan
Sat, Oct 17 · 11:00 AM
Governors Island · Governors Island
Free
Sat, Oct 17 · 11:30 AM
Books of Wonder · Chelsea
Free
Sat, Oct 17 · 4:00 PM
The People's Forum · Hell's Kitchen
$48
Sat, Oct 17 · 3:00 PM
Brooklyn Bridge Park · Dumbo
Sat, Oct 17 · 6:00 PM
Ripley-Grier Studios · Midtown
Sat, Oct 17 · 10:30 AM
M413 School of the Future · Manhattan
Free
Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AM
Location05 · Chelsea
Sat, Oct 17 · 11:00 AM
Governors Island Ferry · Financial District
$10
Sat, Oct 17 · 12:00 PM
White Rabbit's Books · Upper West Side
Free
Sat, Oct 17 · 1:00 PM
The Maison Projects · Chelsea
$12
Sat, Oct 17 · 6:30 PM
Lydia’s · East Village
$0
Sat, Oct 17 · 11:00 AM
St. Vincent Ferrer High School · Manhattan
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