{"title": "Skylight Open", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T21:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Billie Holiday Theatre", "address": "1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Skylight Open is a stage series presenting an electric blend of adventurous spoken word, musical, and movement-based artists. It continues into the Fall Season, giving artists working across music, spoken word and dance the chance to take the stage and connect with audiences. 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It is curated and organized by Monica Mirabile and hosted by Performance Space New York. Participants may move however they choose—stretching, drawing, dancing, rehearsing, or observing—and past attendees describe it as a sacred space for self-discovery, connection, and grounding towards personal and collective practices. This season also features workshops by artists including Eartheater's child (Nova Harlem), Dorchel Haqq, Charmaine Bee, Andros Zins-Browne, Sophie Ortiz, Gillian Walsh, Sigrid Lauren, and Viva Ruiz, alongside Works In Progress showings by Cristina Moya-Palacios and Viva Soudan.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/open-movement-fall-2026-54719/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/41dcde7a9d71b58bd25d912ebe98c7c8d13f23e2a18cd61bc292e180bd820fa3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "6PM Weekday Open Mics @ Eastville Comedy", "start": "2026-10-29T18:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Eastville Comedy Club & Bar", "address": "", "price": "USD 10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Eastville's Open Mic is a weekday comedy show where the next generation of comedians develop their voices, test new ideas, and polish material in its rawest form. It offers an unfiltered look at the process of becoming a comedian, with some jokes hitting and some not. The event is hosted by Eastville Comedy Club and is aimed at the curious, the dedicated, and anyone who wants to see comedy before it's polished. Attendees might just catch someone before they become the next big thing.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/6pm-weekday-open-mics-eastville-comedy-52414/", "official_url": "https://www.eastvillecomedy.com/events/6pm-weekday-open-mics-eastville-comedy-2026-10-27180000", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/df7822ec17f70cc0982db790e692c67216a004e6a1c537ee091f0af27d29d24d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Rough Draft Festival", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "LaGuardia Performing Arts Center", "address": "Van Dam St 45-50", "price": "Free to attend with a Free RSVP; a $25 Supporter Ticket is also offered", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ci.ovationtix.com/35690/production/1292857", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Rough Draft Festival is a festival at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center where invited artists share works in progress through performances and conversations with the artists. Behind it is LPAC, as part of its commitment to supporting new work, giving artists opportunities to strengthen storytelling, test new possibilities, and connect with audiences and fellow artists. Audiences are invited into the creative process, seeing how new work evolves through experimentation, revision, and collaboration. On October 27 the program presents \"Skin to Skin - Triptych of an American Epidemic\", created by playwright Jeremy J. Kamps and co-creator Trixie Ndanu Kioko with Houses on the Moon Theater Company, centering the experiences of Black women in a theatrical exploration of health, care, and survival.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/rough-draft-festival-53450/", "official_url": "https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/rough-draft", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b630d0b2ec7633cd208ae9b1a185ef4184c89e2c7d72c2d34bcf4f710bf63516-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Kate Rigg with Slanty Eyed Mama", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "music/rock"], "description": "Kate Rigg with Slanty Eyed Mama is a residency at La MaMa built around the spoken word, rock and comedy duo of the same name. 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