Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in New York City on Saturday, Sep 12: 393 picks, refreshed weekly.
393 picks · checked Sep 7
9/11 Memorial plaza, World Trade Center, Financial District, ManhattanKen Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe defining event of the weekend citywide: victims' families read all 2,983 names on the Memorial plaza in the morning and the plaza reopens to everyone that afternoon ahead of Tribute in Light.
9/11 Memorial plaza, World Trade Center, Financial District, ManhattanKen Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe defining event of the weekend citywide: victims' families read all 2,983 names on the Memorial plaza in the morning and the plaza reopens to everyone that afternoon ahead of Tribute in Light.
Citywide — Spring Studios, Gotham Hall & more, Citywide (Midtown & Tribeca hubs), ManhattanPeak NYFW falls entirely on this weekend — roughly 70 official SS27 shows citywide, plus The Bureau's publicly ticketed runway series at Gotham Hall Friday.
Citywide — Spring Studios, Gotham Hall & more, Citywide (Midtown & Tribeca hubs), ManhattanPeak NYFW falls entirely on this weekend — roughly 70 official SS27 shows citywide, plus The Bureau's publicly ticketed runway series at Gotham Hall Friday.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
The Town Hall, Midtown, ManhattanRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRufus and Martha Wainwright, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean toast their father and friend at Town Hall, with Judd Apatow holding the mic.
The Town Hall, Midtown, ManhattanRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRufus and Martha Wainwright, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean toast their father and friend at Town Hall, with Judd Apatow holding the mic.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanA closing-soon solo presentation on ICP's first floor, included with the ticket you are already buying for the building's other shows.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanA closing-soon solo presentation on ICP's first floor, included with the ticket you are already buying for the building's other shows.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
DUMBO Archway Plaza, DUMBO, BrooklynThe 12th annual roots-music festival's flagship free day: nine acts under the Manhattan Bridge from 2 PM, all ages, no ticket needed.
DUMBO Archway Plaza, DUMBO, BrooklynThe 12th annual roots-music festival's flagship free day: nine acts under the Manhattan Bridge from 2 PM, all ages, no ticket needed.
BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place, Fort Greene, BrooklynElizabeth Marvel and Gabby Beans re-enact the verbatim Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill in a gripping documentary play at BAM.
BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place, Fort Greene, BrooklynElizabeth Marvel and Gabby Beans re-enact the verbatim Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill in a gripping documentary play at BAM.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, QueensFinals weekend on the US Open grounds without a stadium seat: two days of watch parties on the big screens in Louis Armstrong Stadium and Fountain Plaza — plus Zedd turning Armstrong into a dancefloor Saturday.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, QueensFinals weekend on the US Open grounds without a stadium seat: two days of watch parties on the big screens in Louis Armstrong Stadium and Fountain Plaza — plus Zedd turning Armstrong into a dancefloor Saturday.
Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, ManhattanEleven new paintings of cities smeared into motion — Pacula paints nightscapes the way a long-exposure photo remembers them.
Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, ManhattanEleven new paintings of cities smeared into motion — Pacula paints nightscapes the way a long-exposure photo remembers them.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera survey enters its final week, the two Mexican modernists hung in dialogue rather than apart.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera survey enters its final week, the two Mexican modernists hung in dialogue rather than apart.
Fort Greene Park: Monument Plaza, BrooklynA monument's stone plaza becomes a live-jazz stage for an afternoon of free outdoor music and community gathering.
Fort Greene Park: Monument Plaza, BrooklynA monument's stone plaza becomes a live-jazz stage for an afternoon of free outdoor music and community gathering.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSixty self-taught artists - Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Morris Hirshfield, Horace Pippin, Thornton Dial Sr. among them - depict and define themselves on their own terms. Free and down after Sunday.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSixty self-taught artists - Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Morris Hirshfield, Horace Pippin, Thornton Dial Sr. among them - depict and define themselves on their own terms. Free and down after Sunday.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanThree of McCall's solid-light works spanning fifty years, including the 1973 Line Describing a Cone and a new premiere, Swarm. Free walk-in at Sean Kelly.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanThree of McCall's solid-light works spanning fifty years, including the 1973 Line Describing a Cone and a new premiere, Swarm. Free walk-in at Sean Kelly.
Carl Schurz Park, Yorkville, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Carl Schurz Park Conservancy's 51st annual juried art show brings 100+ painters, photographers and sculptors to the East River waterfront, with free kids' art workshops both mornings.
Carl Schurz Park, Yorkville, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Carl Schurz Park Conservancy's 51st annual juried art show brings 100+ painters, photographers and sculptors to the East River waterfront, with free kids' art workshops both mornings.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanA semiquincentennial show on how vernacular makers built and complicated American identity, from an Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom to an Uncle Sam whirligig.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanA semiquincentennial show on how vernacular makers built and complicated American identity, from an Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom to an Uncle Sam whirligig.
American Museum of Natural History, Upper West Side, ManhattanRelive the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in an immersive AMNH show — the summer's top science pick for families.
American Museum of Natural History, Upper West Side, ManhattanRelive the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in an immersive AMNH show — the summer's top science pick for families.
9/11 Memorial & Museum, Lower Manhattan, ManhattanA new special exhibition opening on the 25th-anniversary weekend, tracing how individuals and communities turned the grief of 9/11 into a quarter century of service. Included with museum admission.
9/11 Memorial & Museum, Lower Manhattan, ManhattanA new special exhibition opening on the 25th-anniversary weekend, tracing how individuals and communities turned the grief of 9/11 into a quarter century of service. Included with museum admission.
Cospa Ramen, Flatiron, ManhattanHand Hospitality replaced its kaiseki restaurant Towa with a walk-in ramen counter serving Nagahama-style bowls under ten dollars, open until 2 a.m.
Cospa Ramen, Flatiron, ManhattanHand Hospitality replaced its kaiseki restaurant Towa with a walk-in ramen counter serving Nagahama-style bowls under ten dollars, open until 2 a.m.
The Shed, Hudson Yards, ManhattanDoug Aitken's film-based installation turns The Shed's Hudson Yards hall into a walk-through American landscape.
The Shed, Hudson Yards, ManhattanDoug Aitken's film-based installation turns The Shed's Hudson Yards hall into a walk-through American landscape.
Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe women's title is decided in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the last Saturday of the US Open.
Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe women's title is decided in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the last Saturday of the US Open.
JAPAN Fes street fair, Chelsea, ManhattanRamen, takoyaki, onigiri and matcha sweets pack a Chelsea block for two days as JAPAN Fes rolls through its 10th-anniversary season — free to browse.
JAPAN Fes street fair, Chelsea, ManhattanRamen, takoyaki, onigiri and matcha sweets pack a Chelsea block for two days as JAPAN Fes rolls through its 10th-anniversary season — free to browse.
1113 Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, BrooklynOne of New York's longest-running Irish-American celebrations returns to Coney Island with pipe bands, step dancing, live music, vendors and amusements across two days.
1113 Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, BrooklynOne of New York's longest-running Irish-American celebrations returns to Coney Island with pipe bands, step dancing, live music, vendors and amusements across two days.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIsamu Noguchi's own LIC museum reframes his stone, steel and paper works around the city that shaped him — a serene sculpture garden at its heart.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIsamu Noguchi's own LIC museum reframes his stone, steel and paper works around the city that shaped him — a serene sculpture garden at its heart.
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