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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026: 20 picks, refreshed weekly.
20 picks · checked Sep 28
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanLove is the Message and the Golden Lion-winning The White Album anchor Arthur Jafa's first US museum survey, in the expanded New Museum.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanLove is the Message and the Golden Lion-winning The White Album anchor Arthur Jafa's first US museum survey, in the expanded New Museum.
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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.
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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, Manhattangirlpuppy, DOUBLE STANDARD, Sabrina Song, Screenager and Simone share one bill at Bowery Ballroom in a showcase of women and non-binary indie acts.
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, Manhattangirlpuppy, DOUBLE STANDARD, Sabrina Song, Screenager and Simone share one bill at Bowery Ballroom in a showcase of women and non-binary indie acts.
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Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanKerala's sunny indie-pop band When Chai Met Toast brings its Joy of Little Things tour to the Bowery Ballroom's classic room.
Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, ManhattanKerala's sunny indie-pop band When Chai Met Toast brings its Joy of Little Things tour to the Bowery Ballroom's classic room.
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New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanHorror, slapstick and cartoons turn unsettling in Diego Marcon's films, including the new Krapfen, in his first NYC museum solo show.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanHorror, slapstick and cartoons turn unsettling in Diego Marcon's films, including the new Krapfen, in his first NYC museum solo show.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedian Negin Farsad grills Wyna Liu, the NYT puzzle editor behind Connections, on how the daily grid gets made — at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedian Negin Farsad grills Wyna Liu, the NYT puzzle editor behind Connections, on how the daily grid gets made — at Caveat.
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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.
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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Abrons Arts Center, Lower East Side, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTikTok's Matt Copley turns Broadway hits into punk anthems live, with Constantine Maroulis, Samantha Pauly and EPIC's TROY as guests.
Abrons Arts Center, Lower East Side, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTikTok's Matt Copley turns Broadway hits into punk anthems live, with Constantine Maroulis, Samantha Pauly and EPIC's TROY as guests.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanSatirist Ben Tumin wraps his sold-out Power Broker trilogy with how New Yorkers finally toppled Robert Moses — no reading of the book required.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanSatirist Ben Tumin wraps his sold-out Power Broker trilogy with how New Yorkers finally toppled Robert Moses — no reading of the book required.
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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.
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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Coleman Playground (start), Lower East Side / Chinatown, ManhattanUrban Park Rangers trace NYC skate culture from the Brooklyn Banks to Coleman Skatepark on a mile-long walk through Chinatown — free.
Coleman Playground (start), Lower East Side / Chinatown, ManhattanUrban Park Rangers trace NYC skate culture from the Brooklyn Banks to Coleman Skatepark on a mile-long walk through Chinatown — free.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanKorean band LEENALCHI introduces Park Chan-wook's revenge classic on 35mm, then composer Jang Young Gyu takes questions at Metrograph on Ludlow Street.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanKorean band LEENALCHI introduces Park Chan-wook's revenge classic on 35mm, then composer Jang Young Gyu takes questions at Metrograph on Ludlow Street.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanLucie Pohl hosts a stand-up night of New York's funniest immigrant and first-gen comics at Caveat on the Lower East Side.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanLucie Pohl hosts a stand-up night of New York's funniest immigrant and first-gen comics at Caveat on the Lower East Side.
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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.
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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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanBe the live studio audience for a cheesy original '90s sitcom at Caveat — and maybe get pulled in as the episode's guest star.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanBe the live studio audience for a cheesy original '90s sitcom at Caveat — and maybe get pulled in as the episode's guest star.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanYouTube tour guide and comic Tom Delgado mixes NYC history, trivia with prizes and comedian friends, with author David Conrad-Perez as guest.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanYouTube tour guide and comic Tom Delgado mixes NYC history, trivia with prizes and comedian friends, with author David Conrad-Perez as guest.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanThe ultimate NYC subway-hijack thriller on 35mm, introduced by film writers Genevieve Yue and Erika Balsom with a book signing, at Metrograph.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanThe ultimate NYC subway-hijack thriller on 35mm, introduced by film writers Genevieve Yue and Erika Balsom with a book signing, at Metrograph.
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New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanDigitally rendered Singaporean children pose riddles about power inside the New Museum's elevators in Ho Tzu Nyen's P for Power: Up Down.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanDigitally rendered Singaporean children pose riddles about power inside the New Museum's elevators in Ho Tzu Nyen's P for Power: Up Down.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanFilmmaker Lynne Sachs introduces VALIE EXPORT's 1977 feminist sci-fi feature Invisible Adversaries at Metrograph, part of a weekend of Export films.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanFilmmaker Lynne Sachs introduces VALIE EXPORT's 1977 feminist sci-fi feature Invisible Adversaries at Metrograph, part of a weekend of Export films.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanNobuhiko Obayashi's man-eating-piano haunted house plays on 35mm at Metrograph, right up against midnight.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanNobuhiko Obayashi's man-eating-piano haunted house plays on 35mm at Metrograph, right up against midnight.
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