If Super Bowl Sunday isn’t your speed and Restaurant Week is a little out of your budget, here are a few fun (and affordable!) events to check out this weekend.
Dance Yourself Clean at Baby’s All Right, Feb. 1 (21+)
This dance party at the intimate Brooklyn music venue features tracks by indie-pop and alternative heavy-hitters like LCD Soundsystem, Charli XCX and Grimes.
Location: Baby’s All Right [Williamsburg]
Time: 11 p.m.
Price: $10
Elevator Repair Service: “Gatz” at Skirball, Feb. 1 – 3
The celebrated theater ensemble presents their innovative work, a staged reading of the entirety of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” (I loved it!).
Location: The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts [Greenwich Village]
Time: Feb. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m., Feb. 3 at 3 p.m.
Price: $15 for NYU students with an ID
Thunderbird American Dancers Dance Concert and Pow Wow at Theater for the New City, Feb. 1 – 3
The preeminent downtown performing arts space hosts its 44th annual dance concert and pow wow, bringing together Native Americans from across the country to share their culture.
Location: Theater for the New City [East Village]
Time: 8 p.m. on Feb. 1 and 2, 3 p.m. on Feb. 2 and 3
Price: $15
Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum, Feb. 2
The Brooklyn Museum hosts its monthly free night of live music, art-making, talks and tours. The theme for February installment is “Soul of a Nation,” featuring performances by percussionist Winard Harper and singer and composer Toshi Reagon.
Location: The Brooklyn Museum [Prospect Heights]
Time: 5 p.m.
Price: Free
Shamir at Brooklyn Bazaar, Feb. 2 (all ages)
Indie-electronic artist Shamir – known for his 2014 hit “On the Regular” – will take the stage at the iconic Brooklyn venue.
Location: Brooklyn Bazaar [Greenpoint]
Time: 8 p.m.
Price: $15 – $20
Candi Pop at Baby’s All Right, Feb. 2 (21+)
Let’s face it – you definitely dance to Miley Cyrus, Flo Rida and Justin Bieber in your bedroom when no one is watching. Might as well hit the dancefloor in Brooklyn.
Location: Baby’s All Right [Williamsburg]
Time: 11 p.m.
Price: $10
Queer Trash at MoMA PS1, Feb. 3
As a part of their VW Sunday Sessions, MoMA’s Queens annex presents music collective Queer Trash as they host a group of local and touring artists working across experimental aesthetics and practices, including Sarah Hennies performing “PASSING (for woodwinds)” and “The New York Review of Cocksucking”.
Location: MoMA PS1 [Long Island City]
Time: 3 p.m.
Price: $15
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