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New York — week of Thursday, October 15, 2026

The Moth's Mainstage plays Symphony Space Thursday Oct 22 at 7:30, $52 to $62. Correction: last week's Kramer/Fauci listing misdescribed the show; the 50 buffalo puppets were September's Return of the Buffalo. Kramer/Fauci restages the 1993 Kramer–Fauci C-SPAN exchange, through Oct 24.

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Thursday, Oct 15

  • New York City Wine & Food Festival, the Seaport her thing ✓ Through Sun Oct 18 · Ticketed by event The festival's tastings and signature events on its Seaport campus, including the Pier 17 rooftop. Times and prices on each ticket page.via NYC Wine & Food Festival
  • Kramer/Fauci at St. Ann's Warehouse, Dumbo her thing ✓ Through Sat Oct 24 · Ticketed; see St. Ann's Daniel Fish directs a restaging of Larry Kramer and Anthony Fauci's 1993 C-SPAN exchange, at 45 Water Street. About an hour, no intermission.via St. Ann's Warehouse
  • Alfredo Jaar: A Logo for America, Galerie Lelong, Chelsea her thing ✓ Through Sat Oct 24 · Free Alfredo Jaar's exhibition at 528 West 26th Street. The show closes Oct 24.via Galerie Lelong
  • Art of Manga, Brooklyn Museum her thing ✓ Through Jan 31, 2027 · Museum admission; $75 Fan Pass (18+) for unlimited visits More than 600 drawings in the East Coast debut of this exhibition on Japanese comics, at 200 Eastern Parkway. Opened Oct 3.via Brooklyn Museum

Friday, Oct 16

  • Union Square Greenmarket her thing ✓ Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat, 8 AM–6 PM · Free to browse The city's flagship farmers market, four days a week on the north and west sides of Union Square.via GrowNYC
  • Open House New York Weekend, citywide her thing ✓ Fri Oct 16–Sun Oct 18, 10 AM–6 PM · Most sites free, drop-in; some ticketed The 24th OHNY Weekend opens about 300 buildings, rooftops and industrial sites in all five boroughs. Hours vary by site.via Open House New York
  • OHNY tours at the Alice Austen House, Staten Island her thing ✓ Fri Oct 16, on the hour 12–3 PM · Free; no registration Thirty-minute tours of the photographer's waterfront house for OHNY Weekend, capped at 15 adults per session.via Alice Austen House

Saturday, Oct 17

Sunday, Oct 18

Tuesday, Oct 20

  • Patty Smyth & Friends, Cafe Carlyle her thing ✓ Tue Oct 20–Sat Oct 24 · $150 bar, $190 general, $240 premium, per person The singer and guests in the Carlyle hotel's cabaret room, 35 East 76th Street. Reservations required.via The Carlyle

Wednesday, Oct 21

  • How does it feel to look at nothing, BAM her thing ✓ Wed Oct 21–Sun Oct 25 · Ticketed; see BAM A Next Wave music program from Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon. Showtimes and hall on BAM's page.via BAM

Thursday, Oct 22

  • The Moth Mainstage, Symphony Space her thing ✓ Thu Oct 22, 7:30 PM · $52–$62 The storytelling series' Mainstage show, true stories told live, at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.via Symphony Space

Saturday, Oct 24

  • Lincoln Center Open House her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24–Sun Oct 25, from 11 AM · Free; first come, first served A free campus-wide weekend of performances and workshops across Lincoln Center's venues. No registration.via Lincoln Center

Planned dates

Sat Oct 17: the Union Square Greenmarket, then Rebecca Black at Webster Hall

Ninety minutes among the farm stands, then a pop show three blocks south on East 11th Street

Cost: $0 at the market; concert tickets priced on Webster Hall's page

her kind of night ✓ Manhattan

  1. Saturday Oct 17, 4:30 PM Union Square Greenmarket, north and west sides of Union Square — Saturdays 8 AM to 6 PM, free to browse. Ninety minutes for a slow lap of the stalls before the 6 PM close.
  2. 6:30 PM Rebecca Black: Exhibitionism on Tour, Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street — About eight minutes on foot, across the square and down to 11th between Third and Fourth Avenues. Doors 6:30, show 7:30, BAYLI opens; 16 and over. Tickets on Webster Hall's own page.

Weather backup: Open House New York Weekend runs the same Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM, with most of its 300 sites free (in the listings).

Sun Oct 18: the Lexington Avenue street fair, then the East River at Carl Schurz Park

Seventeen blocks of street fair on Lexington, then the river promenade five avenues east

Cost: Free; the fair's vendors set their own prices

her kind of night ✓ Manhattan

  1. Sunday Oct 18, 1:00 PM Lexington Avenue UES Festival, Lexington from East 79th to 96th Street — Free, 10 AM to 6 PM, one day; rescheduled from Sept 27. Start at 79th and walk north; 86th Street is the turn east.
  2. 2:15 PM Carl Schurz Park and the John Finley Walk, East End Avenue at East 86th Street — About 12 minutes east on 86th, Lexington to East End. Free. The park's harvest festival runs 1 to 3 near East End and 88th; the river walk runs the park's length, and sunset is about 6:10.

Weather backup: Across the park, Lincoln Center's Moving Body – Moving Image dance-film festival runs the same Sunday, noon to 6 (in the listings).

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