Manhattan

Happening in Manhattan

• Fri Nov 6–Sun Nov 15 New York Comedy Festival, five boroughs her thing ✓ The 22nd festival: more than 100 shows over ten days at the Beacon, Town Hall, clubs and smaller rooms across the city.
• Fri Nov 6, 7 PM Ziwe, The Town Hall her thing ✓ A New York Comedy Festival show at 123 West 43rd Street.
• Fri Nov 6 and Sat Nov 7, 7 PM and 9:45 PM Ms. Pat, The Venue on Music Row, Hard Rock Hotel her thing ✓ Four New York Comedy Festival sets over two nights in the Hard Rock Hotel on West 48th Street.
• Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat, 8 AM–6 PM Union Square Greenmarket, Union Square her thing ✓ The year-round farmers market on the north and west sides of the square, four days a week.
• Daily; shops weekdays 11–8, weekends 10–8 Bank of America Winter Village, Bryant Park her thing ✓ The free-admission rink and holiday shops between 40th and 42nd Streets. The rink runs through Feb 28.
• Sat Nov 7–Mon Nov 9 Joan Baez: Lyrics & Lyricists, 92NY her thing ✓ A Lyrics & Lyricists program on the songs of Joan Baez, with Andréa Burns, at Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street.
• Sat Nov 7, 4 PM and 6:30 PM NYC Shorts Film Festival, Symphony Space her thing ✓ Two programs of short films at Broadway and 95th Street.
• Sat Nov 7, 7 PM Tim Dillon, Beacon Theatre her thing ✓ A New York Comedy Festival headline set at Broadway and 74th Street.
• Saturdays, 9 AM–2:30 PM 82nd Street Greenmarket, Upper East Side her thing ✓ The Saturday farmers market on East 82nd Street between First and York.
• Sat Nov 7 and Sat Nov 14, 9 AM–2 PM Down to Earth Chelsea Farmers Market, West 23rd Street her thing ✓ A Saturday market on the sidewalk at 355 West 23rd Street, off Ninth Avenue. Runs through Dec 19.
• Sun Nov 8, 7 PM Sarah Sherman and Patti Harrison, The Town Hall her thing ✓ A New York Comedy Festival double bill on West 43rd Street.
• Sun Nov 8, 7:30 PM Marc Maron: Yammering Into the Void, Beacon Theatre her thing ✓ A New York Comedy Festival headline set on the Upper West Side.
• Sun Nov 8, 2:30 PM Silent Clowns: The Kid Brother, Symphony Space her thing ✓ A screening of Harold Lloyd's 1927 silent comedy in the Silent Clowns series.
• Opens Mon Nov 9; through Dec 24 Grand Central Holiday Fair, Vanderbilt Hall her thing ✓ Six weeks of holiday vendors inside Vanderbilt Hall at 89 East 42nd Street. Closed Thanksgiving.
• Wed Nov 11, midday NYC Veterans Day Parade, Fifth Avenue her thing ✓ The annual parade up Fifth Avenue from the 20s to the 40s, rain or shine.
• Wed Nov 11–Sat Nov 14 Art Week NYC, citywide her thing ✓ The first Art Week NYC, from Artforum, ARTnews and the New Museum: 80+ museums and galleries, a Midtown hub and a New Museum program day Sat Nov 14.
• Wed Nov 11–Thu Nov 19 DOC NYC, IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Village East her thing ✓ The documentary festival's 17th edition, in person for nine days. The Union Town centerpiece screens Fri Nov 13 at SVA Theatre.
• Thu Nov 12, 7 PM The Munk Debate, 92NY her thing ✓ Fareed Zakaria and Patrick Deneen debate whether liberalism has failed America; Rudyard Griffiths moderates.
• Thu Nov 12, 7:30 PM Revelry: Queen Esther, Symphony Space her thing ✓ The singer Queen Esther in the Revelry series at Broadway and 95th Street.
• Thu Nov 12–Sat Nov 14 Worlds Fan Fest, Pier 36 her thing ✓ Riot's League of Legends Worlds fan festival on the Lower East Side waterfront, with panels and interactive exhibits. Riot warns of long lines.
• Fri Nov 13, 3 PM Celebrating Morton Feldman: For Philip Guston, The Met her thing ✓ A performance of Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston, part of the Met's Feldman series, at Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street.
• Fri Nov 13, 10 PM (doors 9) Jane Handcock, Apollo Music Café her thing ✓ A late set in the Apollo Music Café series at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria, 233 West 125th Street.
• Sat Nov 14, 2 PM Morton Feldman concert, The Met Cloisters her thing ✓ A second Feldman program, at The Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.
• Sat Nov 14, 7:30 PM Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer and Dafnis Prieto Trio, 92NY her thing ✓ The saxophonist, pianist and drummer as a trio at Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street.
• Sat Nov 14, 10 PM (doors 9) Adeva, Apollo Music Café her thing ✓ The house singer in a late-night set at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria, 233 West 125th Street.

Proven spots in Manhattan