By Tracy Zwick
Whether you prefer movies or theater, there are options this weekend — plus a big event on Museum Mile is coming up at the beginning of next week. Let’s Weekend!
June 6th to 10th, 2025
Bad Shabbos: Movie theaters, times and tickets here
“It’s Shabbos, Baby!” So says Method Man, playing a Riverside Drive doorman in “Bad Shabbos,” a comedy co-written by UWSer Zack Weiner, which is being released in theaters nationally this weekend. In it, UWSer Kyra Sedgwick plays a shomer shabbos matriarch meeting her son’s goyishe in-laws for the first time at a Shabbat dinner she’s hosting on West 93rd Street. Let’s just say things don’t go as planned. The audience at the screening I attended last week was gasping in surprise and laughing out loud through much of the 84-minute movie. The filmmakers, Weiner and his friend from Ramaz on the UES, Daniel Robbins, will be on hand for pop-up Q&As. Showing at New Plaza, the Quad and beyond.
Shakespeare in Riverside or Central Park: New York Classical Theater’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” in Central Park, Tuesdays-Sundays at 7 p.m.; Hudson Classical Theater Company’s “Julius Caesar” in Riverside Park at West 89th Street and Riverside Drive, Thursdays-Sundays at 6:30; Free
Shakespeare in the park is a summer tradition, and the UWS has options beyond the Public Theater’s often star-studded shows at The Delacorte Theater. New York Classical Theater’s presenting “All’s Well That End’s Well” in Central Park (enter at Central Park West and West 103rd Street) every Tuesday through Sunday at 7 p.m. Reserve free tickets here and bring a blanket – you’ll be sitting on the grass. Hudson Classical Theater Company is offering “Julius Caesar” every Thursday through Sunday, also free – no reservations are taken. It’s at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on the North Patio, behind the monument at West 89th Street and Riverside Drive. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. and seating is on the stairs of the monument — cushions provided!
Museum Mile Festival: Tuesday, June 10th from 6 to 9 p.m., Fifth Avenue between (roughly) East 82nd and East 105th streets; free (rain or shine)
This event takes place just after the weekend, on Tuesday, but it’s a big one, so mark your calendar for this fun, free, family-friendly evening when you can visit any or all of the eight or so world-class institutions that populate this mile-or-so stretch of Fifth Avenue, along with a few neighborhood partner institutions. No cars are allowed, so it’s a walker’s paradise. In the museums, which include the Met, the Guggenheim, The Jewish Museum, Neue Galerie, The Museum of the City of New York, and El Museo Del Barrio, galleries will be open and special events like drop-in art making, expert talks, and storytelling will be on offer. On the street you’ll find musicians, food vendors and more.
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