⚡OCT 20·New York Knicks Basketball@Madison Square Garden9:30 PM·Monday Night Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club9:30 PM·Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy@The Tiny Cupboard10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@Terra Blues10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@John's of Bleecker Street10:15 PM·Brandon Suarez Quartet@The Django11:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy ClubOCT 20 · 12:00 AM·8TURN@The RacketOCT 20·Bywater Call@Iridium Jazz ClubOCT 20·The Haunted Keyboard@Chelsea Table & StageOCT 20 · 12:00 AM·2:22 – A Ghost Story@Off Broadway Floral EventsOCT 20·FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2@Village VanguardOCT 20·New York Knicks Basketball@Madison Square Garden9:30 PM·Monday Night Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club9:30 PM·Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy@The Tiny Cupboard10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@Terra Blues10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@John's of Bleecker Street10:15 PM·Brandon Suarez Quartet@The Django11:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy ClubOCT 20 · 12:00 AM·8TURN@The RacketOCT 20·Bywater Call@Iridium Jazz ClubOCT 20·The Haunted Keyboard@Chelsea Table & StageOCT 20 · 12:00 AM·2:22 – A Ghost Story@Off Broadway Floral EventsOCT 20·FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2@Village VanguardOCT 20·New York Knicks Basketball@Madison Square Garden9:30 PM·Monday Night Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club9:30 PM·Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy@The Tiny Cupboard10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@Terra Blues10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@John's of Bleecker Street10:15 PM·Brandon Suarez Quartet@The Django11:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy ClubOCT 20 · 12:00 AM·8TURN@The RacketOCT 20·Bywater Call@Iridium Jazz ClubOCT 20·The Haunted Keyboard@Chelsea Table & StageOCT 20 · 12:00 AM·2:22 – A Ghost Story@Off Broadway Floral EventsOCT 20·FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2@Village Vanguard
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Art & theater events in Manhattan this week

Manhattan stacks its venues tight, so the West Village, the Lower East Side and Midtown are rarely more than a subway stop apart. Art and theater cover gallery openings, plays, screenings and live performance.

72 events this week across 25 venues in Manhattan, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, David H. Koch Theater and 59E59 Theaters. The first starts Tuesday, Oct 20.

2:22 – A Ghost Story
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2:22 – A Ghost Story
Oct 20Lucille Lortel Theatre
The Haunted Keyboard
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The Haunted Keyboard
Oct 20Chelsea Table & Stage
Opening Day Preview Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany
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Opening Day Preview Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany
Oct 20 · 10:00 AMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Storytime at The Met—Drip! Drop! Splash!
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Storytime at The Met—Drip! Drop! Splash!
Oct 20 · 10:15 AMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Creative Encounters—Chain Making with Joy Harvey
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Creative Encounters—Chain Making with Joy Harvey
Oct 20 · 2:00 PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Beethoven Lecture I
Oct 20 · 6:30 PMChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Unbelievers
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The Unbelievers
Oct 20 · 7:00 PMNew York City Center
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Oct 20 · 7:00 PM59E59 Theaters
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
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Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
Oct 20 · 7:00 PMPOWERHOUSE Books
Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
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Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Red Seal by Rosa Kwon Easton in conversation with Eve Chung
Oct 20 · 7:00 PMPOWERHOUSE Books
2:22 – A Ghost Story
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2:22 – A Ghost Story
Oct 20 · 7:00 PMLucille Lortel Theatre
CO_LABaret
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CO_LABaret
Oct 20 · 7:00 PMLaurie Beechman Theater
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Oct 20 · 7:00 PM59E59 Theaters
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creation stories and all the important importants
Oct 20 · 7:30 PMLincoln Center Theater
School Girls – Benefit Night
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School Girls – Benefit Night
Oct 20 · 7:30 PMSamuel J Friedman Theatre
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Verdi’s Macbeth
Oct 20 · 7:30 PMMetropolitan Opera House
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A FEW GOOD MEN
Oct 20 · 8:00 PMLincoln Center Theater
What You Missed On Glee
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What You Missed On Glee
Oct 20 · 9:30 PMLaurie Beechman Theater
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PLAZA
Oct 21Lincoln Center
Cheek to Cheek: A Golden Age Revue
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Cheek to Cheek: A Golden Age Revue
Oct 21Chelsea Table & Stage
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Oct 21 · 7:00 PM59E59 Theaters
BEYOND THE STARDUST
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BEYOND THE STARDUST
Oct 21 · 7:00 PMThe Flea Theater
Aliza Kelly’s Haunted Tea Party: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour
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Aliza Kelly’s Haunted Tea Party: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour
Oct 21 · 7:00 PMJoe's Pub
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ABT - Petal
Oct 21 · 7:30 PMDavid H. Koch Theater
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ABT - Paquita
Oct 21 · 7:30 PMDavid H. Koch Theater
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ABT - Petite Mort
Oct 21 · 7:30 PMDavid H. Koch Theater
Alissa Finn
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Alissa Finn
Oct 21 · 9:30 PMLaurie Beechman Theater
The Fantasticks
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The Fantasticks
Oct 22 · 12:00 AMSt. James Theatre
The Fantasticks
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The Fantasticks
Oct 22The Hayes Theater
American Dance Guild to Present 70th Anniversary Festival at Ailey Theater
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American Dance Guild to Present 70th Anniversary Festival at Ailey Theater
Oct 22Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
American Dance Guild to Present 70th Anniversary Festival
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American Dance Guild to Present 70th Anniversary Festival
Oct 22Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Village Wooing
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Village Wooing
Oct 22Richard Rodgers Theatre
Storytime at The Met—Drip! Drop! Splash!
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Storytime at The Met—Drip! Drop! Splash!
Oct 22 · 10:15 AMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hello, Met! (Ages 2–4)
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Hello, Met! (Ages 2–4)
Oct 22 · 11:00 AMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Oct 22 · 2:00 PM59E59 Theaters
Thursday Painting Lab (Ages 5–8)
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Thursday Painting Lab (Ages 5–8)
Oct 22 · 3:30 PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Music Through the eyes of Ashes57
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Music Through the eyes of Ashes57
Oct 22 · 5:30 PM14BC
Member Evening Reception for Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
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Member Evening Reception for Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
Oct 22 · 6:00 PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Fantasticks
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The Fantasticks
Oct 22The Hayes Theater
Broadway Bloodbath
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Broadway Bloodbath
Oct 22 · 7:00 PMLaurie Beechman Theater
The Fantasticks
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The Fantasticks
Oct 22 · 7:00 PMSecond Stage Theater
BEYOND THE STARDUST
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BEYOND THE STARDUST
Oct 22 · 7:00 PMThe Flea Theater
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Puccini’s La Bohème
Oct 22 · 7:30 PMMetropolitan Opera House
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ABT - Paquita
Oct 22 · 7:30 PMDavid H. Koch Theater
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ABT - Petite Mort
Oct 22 · 7:30 PMDavid H. Koch Theater
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ABT - Petal
Oct 22 · 7:30 PMDavid H. Koch Theater
Forever Noon: A Twilight Saga Musical Parody
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Forever Noon: A Twilight Saga Musical Parody
Oct 22 · 9:30 PMLaurie Beechman Theater
Met Expert Talks at The Met Cloisters—Otherworlds
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Met Expert Talks at The Met Cloisters—Otherworlds
Oct 23 · 3:00 PMThe Met Cloisters

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