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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanFriday, September 11 · 7pmTicketed
Eric Nam at The Bowery Ballroom
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Eric Nam plays Bowery Ballroom — an arena-touring artist in a 575-capacity room.
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Things to Do in the Lower East Side the Weekend of Sep 11–13, 2026
12 picks
The 10 best things to do in the Lower East Side the weekend of Sep 11–13
- Eric Nam at The Bowery Ballroom — Friday, September 11 7pm · Lower East Side
- Don't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark — Series runs Sep 4 – Oct 18 · Lower East Side
- Xi Hu — Now open · Lower East Side
- Plaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS Victoria — May 12–Ongoing · Lower East Side
- Atrium Stair: Klára Hosnedlová—Shelter — March 21–Ongoing · Lower East Side
- Facade: Tschabalala Self—Art Lovers — March 21–Ongoing · Lower East Side
- Wives (Hustruer) — Friday, September 11 at 6:25 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
- Peking Opera Blues — Sunday, September 13 at 9:15 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
- Hercules in the Haunted World — Sunday, September 13 at 2:50 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
- The Sandwich Man — Saturday, September 12 at 12:00 pm · $18 general · Lower East Side
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, Manhattan#1Friday, September 11 · 7pm · Limited Run
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanEric Nam at The Bowery Ballroom
Eric Nam plays Bowery Ballroom — an arena-touring artist in a 575-capacity room.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSeries runs Sep 4 – Oct 18, 2026Ticketed
Don't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Zu, Don't Play with Fire, Knock Off and Time and Tide play Metrograph in an 11-film Tsui Hark survey — two of them on 35mm prints.
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#2Series runs Sep 4 – Oct 18, 2026 · Limited Run
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDon't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark
Zu, Don't Play with Fire, Knock Off and Time and Tide play Metrograph in an 11-film Tsui Hark survey — two of them on 35mm prints.
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Xi Hu, Lower East Side, ManhattanNow open
Xi Hu
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Huaiyang-style eel and dongpo pork land on East Houston — a new Jiangsu and Zhejiang kitchen bringing river-country cooking to the Lower East Side.
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#3Now open · Limited Run
Xi Hu, Lower East Side, ManhattanXi Hu
Huaiyang-style eel and dongpo pork land on East Houston — a new Jiangsu and Zhejiang kitchen bringing river-country cooking to the Lower East Side.
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New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanMay 12, 2026–OngoingMuseum admission
Plaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS Victoria
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Sarah Lucas won over a jury of Cindy Sherman, Julie Mehretu and Kiki Smith and her sculpture now anchors the free New Museum plaza.
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#4May 12, 2026–Ongoing · Ongoing
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanPlaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS Victoria
Sarah Lucas won over a jury of Cindy Sherman, Julie Mehretu and Kiki Smith and her sculpture now anchors the free New Museum plaza.
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New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanMarch 21, 2026–OngoingMuseum admission
Atrium Stair: Klára Hosnedlová—Shelter
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Sandstone and glass wrapped in flax pelts and hand embroidery climbs four floors of the New Museum's new atrium stair.
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#5March 21, 2026–Ongoing · Ongoing
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanAtrium Stair: Klára Hosnedlová—Shelter
Sandstone and glass wrapped in flax pelts and hand embroidery climbs four floors of the New Museum's new atrium stair.
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New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanMarch 21, 2026–OngoingMuseum admission
Facade: Tschabalala Self—Art Lovers
Lower East Side, Manhattan
A couple embraces in Tschabalala Self's sculpture, bolted where the New Museum's two buildings kiss and free to see from Bowery.
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#6March 21, 2026–Ongoing · Ongoing
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanFacade: Tschabalala Self—Art Lovers
A couple embraces in Tschabalala Self's sculpture, bolted where the New Museum's two buildings kiss and free to see from Bowery.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanFriday, 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.
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#7Friday, September 11 at 6:25 pm · One Day Only
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanWives (Hustruer)
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.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSunday, 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.
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#8Sunday, September 13 at 9:15 pm (also Friday, September 11 at 6:30 pm) · One Weekend Only
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanPeking Opera Blues
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.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSunday, September 13 at 2:50 pm$18 general
Hercules in the Haunted World
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Mario Bava's 1961 peplum, with Christopher Lee presiding over the underworld, on a 35mm print. One Sunday-afternoon screening at Metrograph.
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#9Sunday, September 13 at 2:50 pm · One Day Only
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanHercules in the Haunted World
Mario Bava's 1961 peplum, with Christopher Lee presiding over the underworld, on a 35mm print. One Sunday-afternoon screening at Metrograph.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSaturday, September 12 at 12:00 pm$18 general
The Sandwich Man
Lower East Side, Manhattan
The 1983 omnibus that broke Taiwanese cinema out of studio sentimentality, with an early Hou Hsiao-hsien segment. One noon screening this weekend.
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#10Saturday, September 12 at 12:00 pm · One Day Only
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanThe Sandwich Man
The 1983 omnibus that broke Taiwanese cinema out of studio sentimentality, with an early Hou Hsiao-hsien segment. One noon screening this weekend.
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International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanJune 24 – September 13, 2026Included with ICP admission
Andrea Hernandez Bricenio: Fire Becomes Spirit
Lower East Side, Manhattan
A closing-soon solo presentation on ICP's first floor, included with the ticket you are already buying for the building's other shows.
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#11June 24 – September 13, 2026 · Limited Run
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanAndrea Hernandez Bricenio: Fire Becomes Spirit
A closing-soon solo presentation on ICP's first floor, included with the ticket you are already buying for the building's other shows.
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International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanJun 11–Sep 28, 2026Museum admission
Yves Saint Laurent and Photography at ICP (Closing)
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Andy Warhol pictures of Saint Laurent's world fill ICP in a nearly 300-object show — its final days are here.
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#12Jun 11–Sep 28, 2026 · Limited Run
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanYves Saint Laurent and Photography at ICP (Closing)
Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Andy Warhol pictures of Saint Laurent's world fill ICP in a nearly 300-object show — its final days are here.
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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Sep 11–13, 2026: 12 picks, refreshed weekly.
