Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Sep 18–20, 2026: 13 picks, refreshed weekly.
13 picks · checked Sep 7
Lower East Side, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA dense repertory weekend on Ludlow Street: a 35mm Left-Handed Girl with director Shih-Ching Tsou, Pumping Iron on 16mm with its editor, Zidane with Darius Khondji and Anja Breien's Wives trilogy in one Sunday.
Lower East Side, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA dense repertory weekend on Ludlow Street: a 35mm Left-Handed Girl with director Shih-Ching Tsou, Pumping Iron on 16mm with its editor, Zidane with Darius Khondji and Anja Breien's Wives trilogy in one Sunday.
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.
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.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanWalter Hill's all-night run from the Bronx to Coney Island, on 35mm, starting near midnight on a Saturday.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanWalter Hill's all-night run from the Bronx to Coney Island, on 35mm, starting near midnight on a Saturday.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSandstone and glass wrapped in flax pelts and hand embroidery climbs four floors of the New Museum's new atrium stair.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSandstone and glass wrapped in flax pelts and hand embroidery climbs four floors of the New Museum's new atrium stair.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanA couple embraces in Tschabalala Self's sculpture, bolted where the New Museum's two buildings kiss and free to see from Bowery.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanA couple embraces in Tschabalala Self's sculpture, bolted where the New Museum's two buildings kiss and free to see from Bowery.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSarah Lucas won over a jury of Cindy Sherman, Julie Mehretu and Kiki Smith and her sculpture now anchors the free New Museum plaza.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSarah Lucas won over a jury of Cindy Sherman, Julie Mehretu and Kiki Smith and her sculpture now anchors the free New Museum plaza.
Lower East Side, ManhattanMetrograph launches a repertory series assembling the cyberpunk canon, opening with a rotating lineup that includes Satoshi Kon's Paprika.
Lower East Side, ManhattanMetrograph launches a repertory series assembling the cyberpunk canon, opening with a rotating lineup that includes Satoshi Kon's Paprika.
Loreley Beer Garden, Lower East Side, ManhattanSix weeks of liter steins, twelve sausages and a heated Rivington Street garden, with free keg tappings Saturdays and a pig roast Sundays.
Loreley Beer Garden, Lower East Side, ManhattanSix weeks of liter steins, twelve sausages and a heated Rivington Street garden, with free keg tappings Saturdays and a pig roast Sundays.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanShane Fleming · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsEric 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, ManhattanShane Fleming · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsEric 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 CommonsThe 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, 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 CommonsThe Voice standout bodie plays an early-evening Sellout Tour stop at Mercury Lounge — big TV-honed vocals in a 250-cap room.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanICP traces how Yves Saint Laurent's clothes reached the world through the camera, from studio portraiture to editorial fashion imagery.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanICP traces how Yves Saint Laurent's clothes reached the world through the camera, from studio portraiture to editorial fashion imagery.
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