Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Sep 25–27, 2026: 7 picks, refreshed weekly.
7 picks · checked Sep 7
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanShane Fleming · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSakamoto's final concert film screens with cinematographer Bill Kirstein and producer Albert Tholen, in conversation moderated by filmmaker Kogonada.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanShane Fleming · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSakamoto's final concert film screens with cinematographer Bill Kirstein and producer Albert Tholen, in conversation moderated by filmmaker Kogonada.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanAri Aster and cinematographer Darius Khondji take the Metrograph stage after a 4K screening of Eddington, part of the Khondji retrospective.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanAri Aster and cinematographer Darius Khondji take the Metrograph stage after a 4K screening of Eddington, part of the Khondji retrospective.
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, ManhattanPortuguese artist-filmmaker Salomé Lamas presents her work at Metrograph and stays for a Q&A, in a This Long Century-curated evening.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanPortuguese artist-filmmaker Salomé Lamas presents her work at Metrograph and stays for a Q&A, in a This Long Century-curated evening.
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.
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.
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