Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best date night in New York City on Friday night, Sep 11: 15 picks, refreshed weekly.
15 picks · checked Sep 2
Green-Wood Cemetery, Sunset Park, BrooklynGreen-Wood's free 25th-anniversary gathering: words of remembrance and live music from sunset on a hilltop with a clear view of the Tribute in Light.
Green-Wood Cemetery, Sunset Park, BrooklynGreen-Wood's free 25th-anniversary gathering: words of remembrance and live music from sunset on a hilltop with a clear view of the Tribute in Light.
Film Forum, Greenwich Village, ManhattanLisa Katzman's documentary on the EPA's false assurances about the air at Ground Zero and the responders who got sick. Film Forum screens it once, on the 25th commemoration.
Film Forum, Greenwich Village, ManhattanLisa Katzman's documentary on the EPA's false assurances about the air at Ground Zero and the responders who got sick. Film Forum screens it once, on the 25th commemoration.
Van Cortlandt Park Parade Ground, Van Cortlandt Park, BronxVan Cortlandt Park Alliance opens its fall outdoor movie season on the Parade Ground with a free screening of Babe. Music and movie-themed crafts start at 5:30 p.m., with the film at last light.
Van Cortlandt Park Parade Ground, Van Cortlandt Park, BronxVan Cortlandt Park Alliance opens its fall outdoor movie season on the Parade Ground with a free screening of Babe. Music and movie-themed crafts start at 5:30 p.m., with the film at last light.
Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Fort Greene, BrooklynTony winner Sarah Jones' new solo show plays its first full weekend of previews at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Fort Greene, BrooklynTony winner Sarah Jones' new solo show plays its first full weekend of previews at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, BrooklynZHU headlines a 10 PM–4 AM Friday at NYC's big new superclub on the former Brooklyn Mirage site, with Wax Motif and TOBEHONEST in support.
Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, BrooklynZHU headlines a 10 PM–4 AM Friday at NYC's big new superclub on the former Brooklyn Mirage site, with Wax Motif and TOBEHONEST in support.
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanJocelyn Bioh's Ghanaian boarding-school pageant comedy hits Broadway. Catch its first full weekend of previews with Patina Miller and Denée Benton.
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanJocelyn Bioh's Ghanaian boarding-school pageant comedy hits Broadway. Catch its first full weekend of previews with Patina Miller and Denée Benton.
West Harlem Piers Park, West Harlem, ManhattanThe Jazz Foundation of America brings Marcus Persiani & Trio Cachimbo to the Hudson for a free 75-minute sunset set. West Harlem Piers, no ticket needed.
West Harlem Piers Park, West Harlem, ManhattanThe Jazz Foundation of America brings Marcus Persiani & Trio Cachimbo to the Hudson for a free 75-minute sunset set. West Harlem Piers, no ticket needed.
Roxy Cinema New York, Tribeca, ManhattanLarry Clark comes to the Roxy’s basement cinema in person for a 35mm print of his 1998 crime drama with James Woods and Melanie Griffith.
Roxy Cinema New York, Tribeca, ManhattanLarry Clark comes to the Roxy’s basement cinema in person for a 35mm print of his 1998 crime drama with James Woods and Melanie Griffith.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanThe restored Oscar-nominated documentary about the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin, screening as the centerpiece of Anthology’s Christine Choy retrospective.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanThe restored Oscar-nominated documentary about the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin, screening as the centerpiece of Anthology’s Christine Choy retrospective.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanMetrograph opens its Anja Breien retrospective with the 1973 Oslo talk-and-drift comedy Wives, in a 2K restoration. A conversation with film scholar Jane Gaines follows the screening.
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanMetrograph opens its Anja Breien retrospective with the 1973 Oslo talk-and-drift comedy Wives, in a 2K restoration. A conversation with film scholar Jane Gaines follows the screening.
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg, Williamsburg, BrooklynMichael Mann's first Thomas Harris adaptation, in the 4K Final Cut he supervised himself, as a Nitehawk midnight movie. Seating opens at Friday.
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg, Williamsburg, BrooklynMichael Mann's first Thomas Harris adaptation, in the 4K Final Cut he supervised himself, as a Nitehawk midnight movie. Seating opens at Friday.
The Seaport, Seaport, ManhattanGalantis brings its festival-scale dance set five stories above the East River, with the Brooklyn Bridge lit up behind the stage.
The Seaport, Seaport, ManhattanGalantis brings its festival-scale dance set five stories above the East River, with the Brooklyn Bridge lit up behind the stage.
BAM Rose Cinemas, Fort Greene, BrooklynBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSky Hopinka's vérité doc ends in a 30-minute unbroken shot of a Northern Traditional dance special, with the director in the room at BAM.
BAM Rose Cinemas, Fort Greene, BrooklynBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSky Hopinka's vérité doc ends in a 30-minute unbroken shot of a Northern Traditional dance special, with the director in the room at BAM.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWho Killed Vincent Chin? screens twice at Anthology, alongside Choy's prison, labor and Namibian independence films from her radical documentary run.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWho Killed Vincent Chin? screens twice at Anthology, alongside Choy's prison, labor and Namibian independence films from her radical documentary run.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud in one weekend at Anthology — Dreyer's late run, nearly end to end.
Anthology Film Archives, East Village, ManhattanEden, Janine and Jim · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud in one weekend at Anthology — Dreyer's late run, nearly end to end.
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