Date night in the Lower East Side the Weekend of Sep 11–13, 2026

Sep 11–13 · 5 picks hand‑checked by Stumblday against organizer pages · updated Oct 5

The 5 best date night picks in the Lower East Side the weekend of Sep 11–13

  1. Don't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark — Series runs Sep 4 – Oct 18 · Lower East Side
  2. Wives (Hustruer) — Friday, September 11 at 6:25 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
  3. Peking Opera Blues — Sunday, September 13 at 9:15 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
  4. Hercules in the Haunted World — Sunday, September 13 at 2:50 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
  5. The Sandwich Man — Saturday, September 12 at 12:00 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
#2
Wives (Hustruer)Metrograph, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Friday, September 11 at 6:25 pm$18 general

Wives (Hustruer)

Lower East Side, Manhattan

Metrograph opens its Anja Breien retrospective with the 1973 Oslo talk-and-drift comedy Wives, in a 2K restoration. A conversation with film scholar Jane Gaines follows the screening.

2K restorationQ&ASeries opener
#3
Peking Opera BluesMetrograph, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Sunday, September 13 at 9:15 pm (also Friday, September 11 at 6:30 pm)$18 general

Peking Opera Blues

Lower East Side, Manhattan

Tsui Hark's 1986 genre-scrambling caper in a 4K restoration, with Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh and Cherie Chung. Part of Metrograph's Tsui Hark retrospective.

4K restorationTsui Hark retro

About this list

Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best date night in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Sep 11–13, 2026: 5 picks, refreshed weekly.

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