September 28, 2023
Thursday

Headliners

7:00 pm-
9:00 pm
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-On-Hudson. Meander through an historic, 18th century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking... 914-366-6900
7:00 pmNHL Preseason: New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils Madison Square Garden. National Hockey League professional hockey match.

Festivals

1:30 pm-
5:30 pm
Scarecrows & Pumpkins New York Botanical Garden, Bronx. Take a spooky stroll through the Everett Children's Adventure Garden. The fearsome and friendly Scarecrows...
6:00 pm-
10:00 pm
Pumpkin Nights The Bronx Zoo. Featuring gorgeous scenes of more than 5,000 illuminated pumpkins, together with atmospheric sounds & colored lights, providing...
7:00 pm-
9:00 pm
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-On-Hudson. Meander through an historic, 18th century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking... 914-366-6900
Korean Film Series Korean Cultural Service New York. The Korean Cultural Service New York hosts a twice-monthly film series on Thursdays. Films screened...

The Arts

9:30 am-
8:00 pm
Madame Tussauds New York Madame Tussauds New York. Participate in the action. Mix Music with R&B Megastar Usher, Sing for Simon on American Idol (R)... 800-246-8872
11:00 am-
5:45 pm
Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey The Jewish Museum. The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through 800... 212-423-3337
11:00 am-
6:00 pm
Japanese and Korean Contemporary Artis Rockefeller Center. Space776 is pleased to announce an exhibition of work at the Rink Level Gallery in the Rockefeller Center... 747-222-4896
2:00 pmA Beautiful Noise - The Neil Diamond Musical Broadhurst Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
6:00 pmBriscoe Mercury Lounge. Performing country music live.
6:00 pmThe Old 97's & Drive By Truckers Pier 17. Alternative music performance.
7:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
7:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
7:00 pmBlue Man Group Astor Place Theatre. Opened on Boradway in 1991. Three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 800-BLUE-MAN
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical! A hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched... 212-239-6200
7:00 pmAladdin New Amsterdam Theatre. Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for...
7:00 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
7:00 pmMetropolitan Opera: Nabucco Metropolitan Opera House. The legendary Placido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator...
7:00 pmHarry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts 1 and 2 Lyric Theatre. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of...
7:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmLittle Shop of Horrors Westside Theatre - Upstairs. This Broadway smash is a story about a man-eating plant named Audrey and the people who care for her...
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSix The Musical Lena Horne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSome Like It Hot Shubert Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pm& Juliet Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmKimberly Akimbo Booth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmTitanique - Musical Daryl Roth Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSweeney Todd Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmOnce Upon A One More Time Marquis Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmShucked Nederlander Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmNew York, New York - A New Musical St. James Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBack To The Future - Theatrical Production Winter Garden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMac Ayres Avant Gardner, Brooklyn. R&B / soul music performance.
7:00 pmHere Lies Love Broadway Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Cottage Helen Hayes Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Shark is Broken John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMJ - The Musical Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmRock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story New World Stages - Stage 3. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Jester's Wife Chain Theatre. The Jester's Wife shakes up history for a funny cocktail from the dark ages.
7:00 pmInfinite Life Linda Gross Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSwing State Minetta Lane Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmPurlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch Music Box Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDracula - A Comedy of Terrors New World Stages - Stage 5. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmTatiana Mroczek and Friends: Broadway Classics St. George Theatre, Staten Island. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmNew York City Ballet: All Balanchine I David H. Koch Theater. Music by Mendelssohn, Ravel and Stravinsky accompany the four pieces presented in this work. Program includes: Scotch...
7:30 pmDoppelganger The Seventh Regiment Armory. Operatic theatrical performance.
7:30 pmDrunk Shakespeare Selene. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
8:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms. Listing may not include...
8:00 pmPerfect Crime The Theater Center. Perfect Crime, is about a small-town detective determined to prove that an affluent psychiatrist murdered her husband...
8:00 pmHand Habits Bowery Ballroom. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmRumours - A Fleetwood Mac Tribute Daryl's House, Pawling. Live concert performance.
8:00 pmMatt and Kim Brooklyn Steel. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmMerrily We Roll Along Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmJason Cheny Levity Live Comedy Club, West Nyack. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmLankum The Warsaw, Brooklyn. Performing country music live.
8:00 pmDeath Drop New World Stages - Stage 1. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDurand Jones Brooklyn Bowl. R&B / soul music performance.
8:00 pmJanelle Monae Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. R&B / soul music performance.
8:00 pmSam Tompkins Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmGutenberg! The Musical James Earl Jones Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmJake Miller Racket. Rap / hip hop music performance.
8:00 pmChristopher Cross Paramount Hotel New York. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmSlowdive Webster Hall. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmThe Great Gatsby - Off Broadway Park Central New York. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmHere We Are The Shed. Musical theatrical performance.
8:30 pmNRBQ Iridium Jazz Club and Restaurant. Pop / rock performance.
10:00 pm-
12:00 am
Starshine Burlesque The Fortune Cookie Cabaret. Starshine Burlesque takes it off every single Thursday night and features some of the best in burlesque entertainment...
here: remembering 9/11 Ground Zero. "here: remembering 9/11" features a selection of photographs from the "here is new york: a democracy of photographs" exhibition...

Sports

7:00 pmNHL Preseason: New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils Madison Square Garden. National Hockey League professional hockey match.
7:10 pmNew York Mets vs. Miami Marlins Citi Field, Flushing. MLB Baseball Game. 718-507-TIXX

For Children

11:30 am-
12:30 pm
The Story Museum Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Preschool children up to age 5. Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories... 718-351-1611
3:30 pmAfter School Book Club Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Junior High School students. Read and discuss selected books covering major periods... 718-351-1611

Community

11:00 am-
3:00 pm
Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery" Ground Zero Museum. 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts... 212-920-4264
2:00 pmOslo Freedom Forum In New York Town Hall Theatre. Lecture event.
4:30 pm-
5:30 pm
OSLIC Voice Spa Oslic Voice Spa. Learn to use a voice that seduces and words that charm from certified OSLIC Instructors. Get what you need just using your speech...
8:00 pm-
9:30 pm
Amma's Satsang Dharmakaya Meditation Center. Satsang has power to transform your mind. It is a time to cleanse the mind and allow the spirit... 212-306-0534
New York Pole Dancing New York Pole Dancing, White Plains. Intro to Pole Dancing classes. Also $5, $10, & $20 class packages available. Classes... 917-628-7449
Made on Staten Island Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Made on Staten Island presents a wide variety of objects crafted and produced on the... 718-351-1611
Toys! Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. The exhibition features more than 200 of the best-loved and most fondly remembered... 718-351-1611

Miscellaneous

11:00 amNew York TV & Movie Tour On Location Tours. Lights, Camera, Action! Take a bus tour to the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows. Over 40 sites from... 212-209-3370
11:00 amSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
3:00 pmSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
5:30 pm-
11:30 pm
Past Rock Star Silkscreen Exhibit Providence. George H. Potter's current exhibition is a tribute series honoring the legendary entertainers who recorded landmark albums there...

Nightlife

6:00 pmAfter Work Thursdays at Proof Proof Bar and Lounge. Join us for happy hour every Thursday with drink specials.
7:00 pmBecca Mancari Baby's All Right, Brooklyn. Live concert performance.
7:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Copacabana Night! Affairs Afloat. Join the Copacabana Party Cruise with a Live DJ spinning the hottest salsa, merengue, bachata and Latin favorites... 212-987-9200
8:30 pm-
11:00 pm
Comedy Soap Box Nevada Smith's. Comedy Soap Box has been producing some of the best standup in New York for four years. Comedians from Leno, Letterman, HBO...
8:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Comedy Hurts Joe Franklin's Comedy Club. A variety of TV credited comedians perform in an intimate room where you can eat, drink while you enjoy the show...
9:00 pmCelebrity Thursdays at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Resident DJ's Eric Tomasini, David Vasquez and John Creamer spinning on-the-edge house with the once-famous and would be supermodels...
9:00 pmComedy Showcase New York Comedy Club. Comics at the New York Comedy Club have appeared on the Tonight Show, Letterman, MTV, Comedy Central... 212-696-5233
9:00 pm-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
10:00 pmStand Up Comedy Broadway Comedy Club. Every night The Broadway Comedy Club features comics who have appeared on Letterman, The Tonight Show... 212-757-2323
10:00 pm-
2:00 am
Salsa Night Club Cache. Come out every Thursday night to NYC's most exciting and only underground Salsa party 4 years and still going strong... 646-591-2772
11:00 pm-
4:00 am
Say Word Thursday Nolia. This is a sexy, sexy, sexy, intimate Senegalese/French spot in the East Village. Beautiful decor, great staff, great sound, great location...
Virtual Thursdays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York.
Ladies Night at Webster Hall Webster Hall. Don't miss out on the explosive Male Revue from 10pm to midnight for the ladies only.
Blues, Jazz, & Rock Jazz, Blues & Rock Club Crawl in Greenwich Village. Call for reservations & meeting place. $20 includes admission to all clubs (1... 212-696-6617
All the Drag with the Asian Dragdolls Lucky Cheng's. Witty drag queens from New York team up with Asian "dragdolls" from Singapore, Japan, India, China, Hawaii, Indonesia... 212-861-2438