These 1,185 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 22 at 10:30pm
The National Arts Club · Manhattan
Ever wonder why Chinese food tastes like nothing else? Fuchsia Dunlop unpacks the five tastes every Chinese chef balances, with tales of "strange-flavor" sauce and spicy peanut butter noodles. In conversation with Pulitzer winner Julia Moskin.
Every day at 7pm from Sep. 29 to Oct. 29
Plymouth Church · Brooklyn Heights • Free
Hear Frederick Douglass's Brooklyn story where it actually happened. Historian Theodore Hamm unpacks the abolitionist's speeches in the very church where his allies rallied, a free lecture in a landmark steeped in Underground Railroad history.
October 22 at 6:30pm
IFC Center · West Village
The sequel to "Miss Representation" tackles how AI and deepfakes fuel a new wave of tech-facilitated misogyny, weaving together young women's stories with expert voices to imagine a future where girls actually get to lead.
October 22 at 11pm
Caveat · Manhattan • $41.32
Psychopathy, unpacked over drinks. NYU professor Pascal Wallisch dives into the brains, behavior, and cultural myths of psychopaths at Caveat's bar-side lecture series, with Q&A after.
October 22 at 6:30pm
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center · Greenwich Village
Art, labor & power
October 22 at 7pm
CCCADI Ilé Oyin · East Harlem • Free
The Second Avenue subway took a century. Now WNYC's "NYC Now" tapes live in East Harlem, putting MTA officials in the room with the neighbors still waiting.
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Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
102 Thompson St · Manhattan
Free
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
WorkHouse NYC · Midtown
$50
Thu, Oct 22 · 8:00 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Thu, Oct 22 · 8:00 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood · Inwood
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance · Westchester Square
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
Alberto Luzzi · Manhattan
Free
Thu, Oct 22 · 8:10 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
CUSP NYU · Downtown Brooklyn
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:45 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Bohemian National Hall · Upper East Side
$7
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis · Chelsea
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Fri, Oct 23 · 2:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice · Upper West Side
Fri, Oct 23 · 10:00 AM
Brooklyn Law School · Downtown Brooklyn
Fri, Oct 23 · 1:00 PM
International Center of Photography Museum · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 9:00 AM
General Electric Building · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 8:00 AM
Javits Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:30 PM
Sunnyside Muslim Center · LIC
Free
Fri, Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
Old First Reformed Church · Park Slope
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 10:00 AM
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 9:00 AM
Uncommon Schools · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:00 PM
Kafou Gallery · Prospect Lefferts Gardens
$0
Fri, Oct 23 · 8:00 AM
Convene 237 Park · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 9:00 AM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Fri, Oct 23 · 3:30 PM
Allied Storefront · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:00 AM
Colonels Row · Nolan Park
$10
Fri, Oct 23 · 7:30 AM
New York Stock Exchange · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 5:00 PM
The Mezzanine · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 10:00 AM
Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain · Civic Center
$340
Fri, Oct 23 · 12:00 PM
St Jean Baptiste High School · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:00 AM
Heft Gallery · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 4:00 PM
Albertine · Upper East Side
Fri, Oct 23 · 4:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice · Upper West Side
Free
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:00 AM
Colombiche · Forest Hills
$25
Fri, Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
The Center for Fiction · Fort Greene
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:00 PM
Fabrik NYC · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 2:30 AM
Harlem Islamic Cultural Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 3:00 PM
David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:30 PM
The Yard Williamsburg · Southside
$35-$95
Fri, Oct 23 · 12:00 PM
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
Adanne Bookshop · Ocean Hill
Fri, Oct 23 · 7:00 PM
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division · West Village
Fri, Oct 23 · 8:00 AM
JASA Club 76 Older Adult Center · Manhattan
Free
Fri, Oct 23 · 10:00 AM
Jack Shainman Gallery · Civic Center
Fri, Oct 23 · 8:00 AM
Trinity Church · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:00 PM
PICTO New York · Clinton Hill
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