Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best date night in the Lower East Side, Manhattan over Columbus Day weekend 2026 (Oct 10–12): 14 picks.
14 picks · checked Sep 17
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanAdam Conover and LegalEagle's Devin Stone argue society's ills out of existence in a Nebula taping of this comedy debate show at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanAdam Conover and LegalEagle's Devin Stone argue society's ills out of existence in a Nebula taping of this comedy debate show 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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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDovzhenko's silent Ukrainian masterpiece Earth screens on a Warsaw 35mm print with live piano, synths and bandura.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDovzhenko's silent Ukrainian masterpiece Earth screens on a Warsaw 35mm print with live piano, synths and bandura.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanJet Li's Wong Fei-hung takes on gangsters, traffickers and a Lion Dance contest across Tsui Hark's full Once Upon a Time in China trilogy.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanJet Li's Wong Fei-hung takes on gangsters, traffickers and a Lion Dance contest across Tsui Hark's full Once Upon a Time in China trilogy.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanToshiro Mifune pays a ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped son in Kurosawa's thriller, whose train hand-off still grips on 35mm.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanToshiro Mifune pays a ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped son in Kurosawa's thriller, whose train hand-off still grips on 35mm.
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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 Red Party's all-goth, post-punk dance night takes over Mercury Lounge until 4am, with a live set from cult band Strange Boutique.
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 Red Party's all-goth, post-punk dance night takes over Mercury Lounge until 4am, with a live set from cult band Strange Boutique.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedian Ophira Eisenberg quizzes immunologist Andrea Love on bogus wellness trends and how to spot health misinformation at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedian Ophira Eisenberg quizzes immunologist Andrea Love on bogus wellness trends and how to spot health misinformation at Caveat.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDovzhenko's 1929 silent about Kyiv's Arsenal Factory uprising plays on a Warsaw 35mm print with Fima Chupakhin scoring it live.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanDovzhenko's 1929 silent about Kyiv's Arsenal Factory uprising plays on a Warsaw 35mm print with Fima Chupakhin scoring it live.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians debate the world's least important arguments and the audience picks the winner at this festival-tested show at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians debate the world's least important arguments and the audience picks the winner at this festival-tested show at Caveat.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians guess what famous museum artworks mean, then a real art expert reveals how close they got, in this Caveat matinee.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians guess what famous museum artworks mean, then a real art expert reveals how close they got, in this Caveat matinee.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians interview with real hiring professionals using terrible fake résumés they see for the first time on stage at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanComedians interview with real hiring professionals using terrible fake résumés they see for the first time on stage at Caveat.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanFive pun-competition champions with 100+ titles between them host a monthly variety hour of wordplay and etymology at Caveat.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanFive pun-competition champions with 100+ titles between them host a monthly variety hour of wordplay and etymology at Caveat.
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Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanThe cast of the improvised sci-fi podcast Mission to Zyxx builds a brand-new episode live, with guests and on-stage sound design.
Caveat, Lower East Side, ManhattanThe cast of the improvised sci-fi podcast Mission to Zyxx builds a brand-new episode live, with guests and on-stage sound design.
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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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