Highlights this weekend include the 50th anniversary of Albert and David Maysles’ groundbreaking documentary, “Grey Gardens,” and John Leguizamo seen like never before onstage in “The Other Americans.”
Also there’s W.E.B. Du Bois-inspired art and The Bronx Zoo’s “Harvest Glow.”
Celebrate
“Grey Gardens”
Paris Theater — 4 West 58th St, Manhattan (Midtown)
Sun. Oct. 5, 2 p.m.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Albert and David Maysles’ “Grey Gardens,” the Paris Theater and the Maysles Documentary Center will host a special screening of the landmark film with appearances by actress Julia Fox, jewelry designer Alexis Bittar and Albert Maysles’ daughter, filmmaker Rebekah Maysles.
The documentary, which premiered at the venue in 1975, introduced the world to Big Edie Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Little Edie — high society outcasts and reclusive cousins to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis — as well as their crumbling East Hampton mansion
A cult classic, “Grey Gardens” has been turned into a Broadway musical and an acclaimed HBO film starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange and even a 2015 Fred Armisen and Bill Hader parody, “Sandy Passage.”
Rebekah Maysles presented a special showing of the latter during last week’s 6th Annual Albie Awards. She told the Daily News: “I think that it is amazing that the life of the film has gone on so strong and has woven its way into American culture. It’s an iconic film and it is fantastic that it has maintained its popularity over the years.”
She added: “I love that there are people who have known about it since it was created and people who are still discovering it to this day.”
Maysles, who is working on a documentary, “Handheld,” about her father, revealed that she often talked about “Grey Gardens” with her father while working together.
Describing the film as “beautiful and raw, poetic and at times difficult,” she added: “I think that the film works because the filmmakers and the subjects were open, they were honest and vulnerable but also true to who they are. Grey Gardens seems more relevant than ever.”
Tickets are $16, discounts available.
Theater
“The Other Americans”
The Public Theater — 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan (East Village)
Through Oct. 18. Various showtimes.
John Leguizamo‘s latest stage play is debuting at The Public during the perfect time: National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The Emmy winner, known primarily for his razor-sharp comedy, portrays an ambitious laundromat owner in Queens dealing with a failing business, deep-rooted familial angst and buried secrets.
Tony-winning everyman Ruben Santiago-Hudson directs a cast of talents — including Luna Lauren Velez, Rosa Evangelina Arredondo, Sarah Nina Hayon, Rebecca Jimenez, Bradley James Tejeda, and his own son Trey Santiago-Hudson — in this gripping drama that is very necessary, considering the dearth of Latino representation in mainstream theater.
Tickets are $120, discounts available.
Art
“In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois”
Pratt Manhattan Gallery—144 West 14th St,, Manhattan (Chelsea)
Through Dec. 20, 11 a.m., – 6:00 p.m. Mon – Sat
Loretta Yarlow, who was director of the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst for nearly two decades, has curated the second iteration of her acclaimed exhibition of contemporary artists’ response to the writings of civil rights pioneer and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois.
The chosen artists — Angel Abreu/Studio K.O.S., Derrick Adams, Radcliffe Bailey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Ann Messner, Jefferson Pinder, Mickalene Thomas and Carrie Mae Weems — are represented through works spanning photography, painting, sculpture, video, installations and text-based interventions.
“The artists featured in In Our Time engage Du Bois not as a historical figure of the past, but as a radical thinker whose voice continues to resonate urgently and prophetically in today’s struggles for justice, truth and visibility,” Yarlow said.
Free.
Film
“Are We Good?”
AMC Empire 25 — 234 West 42nd St., Manhattan (Times Square)
Opens Oct. 3. Various showtimes.
Fans of comedian and podcast pioneer Marc Maron will get an up, close and personal glimpse at this life since the loss of his partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton who died of acute myeloid leukemia during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The 97-minute documentary is directed by Steven Feinartz, who previously collaborated with the 62-year-old Jersey City native on the 2023 HBO special “From Bleak to Dark.”
Balancing humor and heart, “Are We Good?” also shows Maron’s relationship with his declining father and features insights from comics such as Nate Bargatze, John Mulaney, Michaela Watkins, W. Kamau Bell and Laurie Kilmartin as well as “WTF” podcast footage from his interviews with President Barack Obama, Andrew Garfield, Patton Oswalt and more.
Tickets are $20.18. Discounts available.
Family
“Harvest Glow”
Bronx Zoo—2300 Southern Blvd, The Bronx, (Bronx Park)
Through Oct. 31. Various times.
The Bronx Zoo has kicked off the harvest season with its annual after-hours experience where visitors can walk a “Creatures of Darkness”-themed trail featuring 5,000 hand-carved jack o’lanterns and get access to the Dinosaur Safari experience (with more than 60 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and pterosaurs) before it goes extinct next month.
There will also be activities like face painting, illuminated characters, endless photo opportunities, games and live pumpkin carving demonstrations, alongside a range of popular, local food trucks and in-house refreshment stations.
Tickets are $34.95, discounts available.
Food
“EEEEEATSCON New York”
Pier 76—408 12th Ave West, Manhattan (Chelsea)
Oct. 4 – Oct. 5, Noon – 6 p.m.
The Infatuation NYC’s music festival-style food event returns to showcase more than 30 restaurants and eateries from New York City and across the country.
This year they’ve taken the event from Forest Hills Stadium to the Hudson River waterfront food hall.
Foodies can try new collaborations such as Momofuku x Bar Kabawa, Potluck Club x Carnitas Ramirez, Cmarty’s Jerk x Titi’s Empanadas and Down North Pizza x Aunts et Uncles. Harlem’s Charles Pan-Fried Chicken will be on deck, too.
There will also be performances by Brickhouse NYC, Fogo Azul and Triad Brass, DJ sets from CLASSICNEWWAVE, Marcus Logan, Quinnette, alongside live conversations with celebrity chef and restaurateur David Chang, the How Long Gone podcast with Alison Roman and the Last Meals podcast with Josh Scherer.
Tickets are $25.
Experience
“SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render”
ARTECHOUSE NYC — 439 West 15th St., Manhattan (Chelsea)
Various times.
The boiler room of the former Nabisco factory (now the Chelsea Market) has been transformed into an innovative, tech-savvy projection space where visitors enjoy immersive art experiences.
The latest exhibition features short-form digital works that blend complex 3-D creations and cinema crafted by some of the world’s top digital artists like Woosung Kang, Jess Wiseman, Amrit Pal Singh, FVCKRENDER and Emmy Award winner Maciej Kuciara.
Tickets start at $24.50, discounts available.
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