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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Satoshi Kon's dream-invasion masterpiece on a 35mm print, in a late-morning slot that puts you back on Ludlow Street before lunch.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSatoshi Kon's dream-invasion masterpiece on a 35mm print, in a late-morning slot that puts you back on Ludlow Street before lunch.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Pumping Iron on 16mm with its editor, plus a 35mm Left-Handed Girl with its director in person.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanPumping Iron on 16mm with its editor, plus a 35mm Left-Handed Girl with its director in person.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side, Manhattan
Walter Hill's gang-war odyssey from the Bronx to Coney Island plays late on 35mm — the most New York midnight movie there is.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDavid Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWalter Hill's gang-war odyssey from the Bronx to Coney Island plays late on 35mm — the most New York midnight movie there is.
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Metrograph, 7 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, ManhattanInfrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side, Manhattan
Metrograph puts the genre's essential films back on the big screen, including Satoshi Kon's Paprika.
Metrograph, 7 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, ManhattanInfrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMetrograph puts the genre's essential films back on the big screen, including Satoshi Kon's Paprika.
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Loreley Beer Garden, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Liter steins, liter boots, pig roasts and twelve kinds of sausage fill Loreley's heated LES beer garden for a six-week Oktoberfest, no cover.
Loreley Beer Garden, Lower East Side, ManhattanLiter steins, liter boots, pig roasts and twelve kinds of sausage fill Loreley's heated LES beer garden for a six-week Oktoberfest, no cover.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Eric Rohmer's 1981 comedy The Aviator's Wife opens at Metrograph in a new digital restoration, part of the theater's Rohmer x 3 series.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanEric Rohmer's 1981 comedy The Aviator's Wife opens at Metrograph in a new digital restoration, part of the theater's Rohmer x 3 series.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThis photo was taken by participant/team Team Dustizeff as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on Octobe... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side, Manhattan
Montreal psych-rockers Elephant Stone swirl sitar into fuzzed-out grooves at Mercury Lounge, the LES's essential 250-cap rock room.
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThis photo was taken by participant/team Team Dustizeff as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on Octobe... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMontreal psych-rockers Elephant Stone swirl sitar into fuzzed-out grooves at Mercury Lounge, the LES's essential 250-cap rock room.
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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanKimberly Smith from Richmond, Virginia . Patti Smith 's sister. · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side, Manhattan
Brazilian singer-songwriter Mari Froes casts a hushed spell at Bowery Ballroom, NYC's gold-standard 575-cap room for breakout artists.
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanKimberly Smith from Richmond, Virginia . Patti Smith 's sister. · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBrazilian singer-songwriter Mari Froes casts a hushed spell at Bowery Ballroom, NYC's gold-standard 575-cap room for breakout artists.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
The Voice standout bodie plays an early-evening Sellout Tour stop at Mercury Lounge — big TV-honed vocals in a 250-cap room.
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThe Voice standout bodie plays an early-evening Sellout Tour stop at Mercury Lounge — big TV-honed vocals in a 250-cap room.
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International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower 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.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanHelmut 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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International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
A quarter-century of American photobooks laid open at ICP on Ludlow Street — the medium photographers actually publish in and it comes down at the end of the month.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanA quarter-century of American photobooks laid open at ICP on Ludlow Street — the medium photographers actually publish in and it comes down at the end of the month.
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Community gardens across the Lower East Side (Loisaida), Lower East Side / East Village, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side / East Village, Manhattan
50+ free shows of brass, opera, puppets and poetry inside 30 Loisaida community gardens — no tickets, no sign-up, just walk into the garden.
Community gardens across the Lower East Side (Loisaida), Lower East Side / East Village, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons50+ free shows of brass, opera, puppets and poetry inside 30 Loisaida community gardens — no tickets, no sign-up, just walk into the garden.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
One full Real Madrid match shot on Zinedine Zidane alone by a dozen-plus cameras — with cinematographer Darius Khondji at Metrograph.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanOne full Real Madrid match shot on Zinedine Zidane alone by a dozen-plus cameras — with cinematographer Darius Khondji at Metrograph.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Arnold versus Lou Ferrigno at the 1975 Mr. Olympia, on a 16mm print from NYPL — followed by a Q&A with the doc's editor at Metrograph.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanArnold versus Lou Ferrigno at the 1975 Mr. Olympia, on a 16mm print from NYPL — followed by a Q&A with the doc's editor at Metrograph.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower 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.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanZu, 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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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Taiwan's Oscar submission, co-written and edited by Sean Baker, plays on 35mm at Metrograph with director Shih-Ching Tsou there for a Q&A.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanTaiwan's Oscar submission, co-written and edited by Sean Baker, plays on 35mm at Metrograph with director Shih-Ching Tsou there for a Q&A.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Mamoru Oshii's cyborg-hacker anime that shaped The Matrix returns in a new 4K remaster, kicking off Metrograph's Cyberpunk Canon series.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanMamoru Oshii's cyborg-hacker anime that shaped The Matrix returns in a new 4K remaster, kicking off Metrograph's Cyberpunk Canon series.
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Xi Hu, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower 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.
Xi Hu, Lower East Side, ManhattanHuaiyang-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 Design High School, Lower East Side, ManhattanAndre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side, Manhattan
A filmmaker's cursed second feature, In Memory of Anne Heche, unravels on set in Gorilla Gorilla, premiering with a Q&A and afterparty.
New Design High School, Lower East Side, ManhattanAndre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA filmmaker's cursed second feature, In Memory of Anne Heche, unravels on set in Gorilla Gorilla, premiering with a Q&A and afterparty.
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International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Bring old clothes to braid into a shared artwork inside ICP's Yves Saint Laurent show, led by Venezuelan textile artist Cassandra Mayela Allen.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanBring old clothes to braid into a shared artwork inside ICP's Yves Saint Laurent show, led by Venezuelan textile artist Cassandra Mayela Allen.
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Entrance, Lower East Side, ManhattanFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLower East Side, Manhattan
Conceptual sculptor Tom Friedman takes over Entrance on Ludlow Street with there's no such thing as art — a final-week gallery stop.
Entrance, Lower East Side, ManhattanFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConceptual sculptor Tom Friedman takes over Entrance on Ludlow Street with there's no such thing as art — a final-week gallery stop.
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Essex Market, 88 Essex Street, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Live music, food and family activities fill the Lower East Side's historic Essex Market for a free Hispanic Heritage Month afternoon.
Essex Market, 88 Essex Street, Lower East Side, ManhattanLive music, food and family activities fill the Lower East Side's historic Essex Market for a free Hispanic Heritage Month afternoon.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Anja Breien's Norwegian Wives trilogy plays back-to-back at Metrograph: three women escaping domestic life, filmed across three decades.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanAnja Breien's Norwegian Wives trilogy plays back-to-back at Metrograph: three women escaping domestic life, filmed across three decades.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanLower East Side, Manhattan
Four-person sketch team Fun in Moderation debuts an all-new set at Caveat, fresh from SF Sketchfest and New York Comedy Festival stages.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanFour-person sketch team Fun in Moderation debuts an all-new set at Caveat, fresh from SF Sketchfest and New York Comedy Festival stages.
Add to calendarStumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Sep 18–20, 2026: 30 picks, refreshed weekly.
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