Things to do in New York City on Wednesday 18 November

Boy Santos: a play on a 1962 Spanish Harlem childhood.

Sharpen your poems with poet Kazim Ali.

Troy Weekes Live Experience: Gospel, Neo-Soul and R&B.

WSCAH’s 86th Street Market: free monthly groceries.

Stretch and Strengthen: mat-free moves for adults.

Weekly Talmud study with Rabbi Dave Levy.

Craft workshop: kids create fall foods art.

Weekly Prayer Call: join by phone or Zoom each Wednesday.

Wednesday Story Time: picture books read for young children.

Winter Enclosure: hot jazz and swing on a rooftop.

Evening Minyan: evening prayer, join in person or online.

Open mic at the tavern: sign up and take the stage.

Midweek Holy Communion: a Lutheran service with prayers.

Masks On Craft Night: bring your project and craft together.

Vocal: singing workshop with Mike Flanagan, for all levels.

Creative yoga events to unplug and meet people.

Fantasma: three generations of women cook a family recipe.

Comedy open mic nights at Freddy's, Mondays and Wednesdays.

Discovering Buddhism course: bodhicitta and meditation.

Abe Fogle Band: soulful funk led by drummer Abe Fogle.

Karaoke Cocktail Club: karaoke night with craft cocktails.

Fast and Furious: six 10-minute pieces, new every month.

Trivia at The Throwback: weekly quiz night with 123Trivia.

Live Music with Nick Kessler, Pete Galub and Rod Alonzo.

Killer Queen Open Hive Night: tournament for all levels.

Wednesday Pinball League: weekly league, open to all.

Taco Series at Oyamel: monthly guest-chef tacos.

To My Best Friend: contemporary art on friendship.

LeeTal, Swamp Rose Mallow: large-scale outdoor sculpture.

Junction: Omari Douglin's public mural at BAM.

Kerstin Brätsch: sit-on mosaic benches with plants.

Shelter from the Storm: works from the Academy's collection.

Kang Seung Lee in Self: video artworks on selfhood.

Speak Out!: posters by fifth graders.

Terra Incognita: sculptures by Emil Alzamora.

From Folk to Form: wire sculptures of Hungarian folk motifs.

Carrie Moyer: abstract paintings by four women painters.

Bethany Collins in the group show We Are This Land.

Jim Hodges' monumental bronze of an uprooted tree stump.

Fall Ango 2026: three-month Zen training intensive.