Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Manhattan on Saturday, Oct 17: 58 picks, refreshed weekly.
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NewFest venues (announced in September), Various, ManhattanNew York's largest LGBTQ+ film festival returns for an eleven-day 38th edition of premieres, shorts programmes and filmmaker Q&As.
NewFest venues (announced in September), Various, ManhattanNew York's largest LGBTQ+ film festival returns for an eleven-day 38th edition of premieres, shorts programmes and filmmaker Q&As.
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
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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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Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanWarhol's private Polaroids of friends, celebrities, travels and his dog Archie reach the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanWarhol's private Polaroids of friends, celebrities, travels and his dog Archie reach the Whitney.
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Carnegie Deli, 834 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanCarnegie Deli is back after 10 years, in the old Stage Deli space, with the Wall of Fame photos and pastrami piled high on rye.
Carnegie Deli, 834 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanCarnegie Deli is back after 10 years, in the old Stage Deli space, with the Wall of Fame photos and pastrami piled high on rye.
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HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanSeventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
HERO at Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanSeventeen art projects across eight light-and-sound rooms below Rockefeller Center — the immersive show's final stretch before it closes.
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Roxy Cinema, Tribeca, ManhattanTen days of one-night-only indie screenings with filmmaker Q&As in the Roxy Hotel's basement cinema, from world premieres to cult anniversaries.
Roxy Cinema, Tribeca, ManhattanTen days of one-night-only indie screenings with filmmaker Q&As in the Roxy Hotel's basement cinema, from world premieres to cult anniversaries.
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The Met Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, ManhattanFresco dragons, a Zapotec bat lord and a crocodile-headed Tairona gold pendant haunt The Met Cloisters in its final weeks.
The Met Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, ManhattanFresco dragons, a Zapotec bat lord and a crocodile-headed Tairona gold pendant haunt The Met Cloisters in its final weeks.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFlip Sides turns 50 Korean treasures around at the Met — hidden linings, sealed interiors and reverse faces, over half never shown in public.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFlip Sides turns 50 Korean treasures around at the Met — hidden linings, sealed interiors and reverse faces, over half never shown in public.
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Film Forum, South Village, ManhattanFilm Forum's 25-film centennial for Poland's Andrzej Wajda includes new 4K restorations of Ashes and Diamonds, Kanal and Man of Iron.
Film Forum, South Village, ManhattanFilm Forum's 25-film centennial for Poland's Andrzej Wajda includes new 4K restorations of Ashes and Diamonds, Kanal and Man of Iron.
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James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
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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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Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
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the NYC Parks Luis Lopez Playground Modular Public Restroom, East Harlem, ManhattanArchtober Building of the Day: an architect-led tour of the NYC Parks Luis Lopez Playground Modular Public Restroom, led by 1100 Architect.
the NYC Parks Luis Lopez Playground Modular Public Restroom, East Harlem, ManhattanArchtober Building of the Day: an architect-led tour of the NYC Parks Luis Lopez Playground Modular Public Restroom, led by 1100 Architect.
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Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanKorean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanKorean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
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The Public Theater (Martinson Hall), NoHo, ManhattanRyan J. Haddad's world premiere about a dentist uncle who handed his theater dreams to his nephew opens at the Public, with Beth Malone in the cast.
The Public Theater (Martinson Hall), NoHo, ManhattanRyan J. Haddad's world premiere about a dentist uncle who handed his theater dreams to his nephew opens at the Public, with Beth Malone in the cast.
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The Frick Collection, Upper East Side, ManhattanCVB · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRenaissance Sienese bronzes at the Frick's restored Gilded Age mansion, in the special-exhibition galleries added by the renovation.
The Frick Collection, Upper East Side, ManhattanCVB · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRenaissance Sienese bronzes at the Frick's restored Gilded Age mansion, in the special-exhibition galleries added by the renovation.
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22 East 2nd Street, East Village / NoHo, ManhattanDeans Charbal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHarry Styles' own merch shop takes over a storefront on East 2nd Street for a fall run — walk-in only and the line is part of the ritual.
22 East 2nd Street, East Village / NoHo, ManhattanDeans Charbal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHarry Styles' own merch shop takes over a storefront on East 2nd Street for a fall run — walk-in only and the line is part of the ritual.
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Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown / Theater District, ManhattanRoundabout's new Off-Broadway musical follows one beating heart, two families and a transplant team through 24 hours. Kait Kerrigan wrote the book and Anne and Ian Eisendrath wrote the score.
Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown / Theater District, ManhattanRoundabout's new Off-Broadway musical follows one beating heart, two families and a transplant team through 24 hours. Kait Kerrigan wrote the book and Anne and Ian Eisendrath wrote the score.
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David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, ManhattanDEGA MD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSeven programs at the Koch Theater, from Balanchine's full-length Jewels to Pithoprakta, revived after decades off the company stage.
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, ManhattanDEGA MD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSeven programs at the Koch Theater, from Balanchine's full-length Jewels to Pithoprakta, revived after decades off the company stage.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanPatina Miller and Denée Benton lead Jocelyn Bioh's biting Miss Ghana 1986 pageant comedy, newly opened on Broadway after its Off-Broadway hit.
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanPatina Miller and Denée Benton lead Jocelyn Bioh's biting Miss Ghana 1986 pageant comedy, newly opened on Broadway after its Off-Broadway hit.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTaryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTaryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.
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Blood Manor, Tribeca, Manhattan10,000 square feet of blood-soaked rooms and dead-end passageways on Broadway — Manhattan's long-running haunted house is open for the season.
Blood Manor, Tribeca, Manhattan10,000 square feet of blood-soaked rooms and dead-end passageways on Broadway — Manhattan's long-running haunted house is open for the season.
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