These 63 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 18 at 3:30pm (This weekend) +1
Metrograph · Chinatown
Art Cinema for Tots turns Metrograph into a soft-lit playground for budding cinephiles. Handcrafted shorts by Kiarostami, Pennebaker, and Alÿs introduce little ones to the big screen without the hush-hush rules.
October 22 at 7pm
The Africa Center · East Harlem • $0
The first US festival devoted entirely to African animation returns to Harlem. Shorts and features spanning mythology, migration, and everyday life showcase a century of the continent's animators and its booming diaspora scene.
October 24 at 5pm (Next weekend)
Union Hall · Park Slope • $0
Cartoons grow up and get weird at Picture This, an Animation Block Party screening indie animated shorts in Union Hall's beloved basement. Arrive early for bocce and beers upstairs.
October 24 at 3pm (Next weekend) +2
Spectacle · Williamsburg
Relive those Saturday morning vibes at this bi-monthly anime matinee, where deep-cut OVAs and mystery Golden Age hits unspool while you lounge in pajamas with your own cereal bowl. It's cozy, nostalgic, and gloriously unpretentious.
October 30 at 12pm
SVA Theatre · Chelsea • $0
The Undies are back: SVA animation students screen a year's worth of short films, then hand out prizes in categories like Best Soundtrack and "Dirty Undies." Free, and the audience gets a vote too.
October 31 at 8pm
W New York - Times Square · Theater District
Halloween night gets the Burton treatment: a fireside chat with his editor Jay Prychidny, a live VFX creature build, films on the walls, and a costume contest. Perrier-Jouët awaits the beautifully bizarre.
Browse New York City neighborhood by neighborhood, get ideas just for you, or ask me anything.
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Sat, Oct 17 · 11:50 PM
IFC Center · West Village
Sun, Oct 18 · 12:00 PM
Kent Theater · Midwood
Sun, Oct 18 · 11:15 AM
Metrograph · Chinatown
Sun, Oct 18 · 3:30 PM
SVA Theatre · Chelsea
Mon, Oct 19 · 7:30 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Manhattan
Tue, Oct 20 · 8:30 PM
The Ditty · Astoria
$$
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Fri, Oct 23 · 5:30 PM
Tibet House US · Chelsea
Sat, Oct 24 · 5:00 PM
Chelsea Market · Chelsea
Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 AM
Film Forum · SoHo
Sun, Oct 25 · 5:00 PM
AMC Lincoln Square 13 · Upper West Side
Free
Sun, Nov 1 · 5:30 PM
SVA Theatre · Chelsea
$5-$15
Mon, Nov 2 · 8:30 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Manhattan
Wed, Nov 4 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Manhattan
Fri, Nov 6 · 5:30 PM
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery · East Village
Mon, Nov 9 · 2:00 PM
Voelker Orth Museum · Flushing
Wed, Nov 11 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Sun, Nov 15 · 11:00 AM
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Fort Greene
Mon, Nov 16 · 8:00 PM
The Spare Room · Greenpoint
Free
Sat, Nov 21 · 12:00 PM
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Harlem
Fri, Dec 4 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Tue, Dec 15 · 11:00 AM
L'Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater · Manhattan
$5
Brooklyn Public Library - Crown Heights Branch · Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Southpoint Park · Manhattan
SVA Theatre · Manhattan
Roxy Cinema New York · Manhattan
Hudson Yards · Manhattan
Parklife · Gowanus
$$
St. Nicholas Park · Manhattan
Nitehawk Cinema · Williamsburg
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Manhattan
Kaiser Park · Coney Island
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Manhattan
Parklife · Gowanus
$$
BAM Strong · Fort Greene
P.S. 111 Playground · Manhattan
Stroud Playground · Crown Heights
Coffey Park · Red Hook
Film at Lincoln Center · Manhattan
Adams Street Library · Dumbo
Film Forum · Manhattan
Nitehawk Cinema · Park Slope
Nitehawk Cinema · Williamsburg
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Fort Greene
Nitehawk Cinema · Park Slope
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Fort Greene
McKinley Park · Dyker Heights
Film at Lincoln Center · Manhattan
Nitehawk Cinema · Williamsburg
Roxy Cinema New York · Tribeca
Brooklyn Public Library - Brower Park Branch at Brooklyn Children's Museum · Crown Heights
Brooklyn Public Library - Park Slope Branch · Park Slope
Look for a programme you connect with. Cherry Lane Theatre is a starting point for intimate theatre; NYC Resistor hosts workshops and craft nights where you can bring something you’re making. Tell me whether you’d rather watch, listen, or join in.
I’d choose one main event and keep the rest nearby. Check the journey from where you’ll actually be, especially when crossing boroughs. Tell me your starting neighbourhood and how far you’re willing to travel, and I’ll use that to narrow the options.
Tell me when you’re free, where you’ll be, and what sounds appealing. “Live music near me, somewhere I can sit, under $30” gives me more to work with than “something fun.” You can keep narrowing it down with me.
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