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The best things to do in New York City this week

The best things to do in New York City this week, Wednesday 28 October to Tuesday 3 November: 40 events, among them 13 in film, 8 in exhibitions and museums, 6 in concerts, 5 in theatre, 3 in festivals and street parties, 2 in dance and 3 others.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Broadway thriller.

Wed 28 Oct | 19:00

Marquis Theatre

$69

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Hadestown: Tony-winning musical of Greek myth.

Wed 28 Oct | 19:30

The Walter Kerr Theatre

Hadestown

Wong Kar-wai's pop classic with Tony Leung and Faye Wong.

Wed 28 Oct | 22:20

The Metrograph

Chungking Express

Pre-Existing Condition: new play with Lupita Nyong'o.

until Fri 8 Jan

Greenwich House Theater

from $62

Pre-Existing Condition

The Heart of the Matter: Carrie Mae Weems retrospective.

until Wed 3 Feb

Gladstone Gallery

The Heart of the Matter

Cezanne and Us: his legacy from Gauguin to Doig.

until Sun 17 Jan

Matthew Marks Gallery

$19

Cezanne and Us

Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, a Pop art retrospective.

until Mon 10 May

Whitney Museum of American Art

Free

Roy Lichtenstein: Like New

TROMA-GEDDON: cult films of trash studio Troma.

until Sun 1 Nov

Anthology Film Archives

$14

TROMA-GEDDON

London City Ballet with Alina Cojocaru in Ghost Light.

until Sun 1 Nov

The Joyce Theater

London City Ballet

The Dream: American Ballet Theatre's Shakespeare ballet.

Wed 28 Oct

Young People's Chorus of New York City

American Ballet Theatre’s “The Dream”

Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor's documentary on Gaza killings.

Thu 29 Oct | 10:40

IFC Center

Naza

2046: Wong Kar-wai romance with Tony Leung.

Thu 29 Oct | 16:15

The Metrograph

2046

In the Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda's barrio musical.

Thu 29 Oct | 19:30

New York City Center

from $2556

In the Heights

An Autumn Afternoon: Ozu's final film, a comedy of marriage.

Fri 30 Oct | 14:10

The Metrograph

An Autumn Afternoon

Cría Cuervos, Carlos Saura's 1976 allegorical drama.

Fri 30 Oct | 18:30

The Metrograph

Cría Cuervos

Nosferatu, 1922 silent horror classic with live music.

Fri 30 Oct | 20:00

2 cinemas

Nosferatu

News From Home: Chantal Akerman's documentary on New York.

Fri 30 Oct | 20:45

The Metrograph

News From Home

Halloween, Carpenter's slasher with Jamie Lee Curtis.

Fri 30 Oct | 23:55

Nitehawk Cinema

$9–15

Halloween

Stones in the Water: poetry with Sarah Kay and friends.

Fri 30 Oct

BAM Strong

from $28

Stones in the Water

¡CalabazaFest!: Día de los Muertos street fair.

Sun 1 Nov | 11:00

RiseBoro Community Partnership

Free

¡CalabazaFest! 2026

Free family festival of indigenous music, dance and crafts.

Sun 1 Nov | 11:00

Boathouse

Free

Brooklyn FAM’s 6th Annual Flagship Festival

The Shining: Kubrick's horror, with Garrett Brown in person.

Sun 1 Nov | 12:00

Museum of the Moving Image

$17.50

The Shining

Met Opera's Tosca: a dramatic thriller set in Rome.

Sun 1 Nov | 15:00

Metropolitan Opera

from $33

Puccini's Tosca

NYC Marathon: 26.2 miles through all five boroughs.

Sun 1 Nov

Quality Services for the Autism Community

NYC Marathon

The Parallax View: Pakula thriller with Warren Beatty.

Mon 2 Nov | 16:00

The Metrograph

The Parallax View

Yi Yi: Edward Yang's tender family epic from Taipei.

Tue 3 Nov | 15:00

The Metrograph

Yi Yi