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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best date night in the Lower East Side, Manhattan the weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026: 10 picks, refreshed weekly.
10 picks · checked Sep 28
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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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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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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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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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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