Things to do in New York City this week

Ally Venable Band, blues-rock toured with Buddy Guy.

Rumpleteaser Musical Improv: comedy with made-up songs.

Swinging jazz by Bennie Green, played live.

Gus Dapperton: indie pop live at a small Manhattan club.

Cartoon party with cereal bar and boozy shots.

Green Fairy: absinthe tasting and cabaret, 21+.

La Voz del Mar: Xiomara Torres sings Colombia's Pacific.

Cage Match: two improv teams battle for the audience's vote.

Organ Monk Trio: Hammond organ jazz on Thelonious Monk.

Pete Malinverni Quartet: live jazz at The Django.

Mousse T.: house and disco club night for over-21s.

En Parábola: Antigone as film installation and exhibition.

Hard Art: Black abstract painting from 1969 to today.

Sid Sriram sings Bollywood and R&B, live at Blue Note.

Clark Fox: Beyond Obedience, a retrospective of six decades.

High on Media: Neo-Conceptualist group show with Jeff Koons.

Ouattara Watts: exhibition of paintings and mixed media.

After the Fire: Ilan Averbuch's sculpture and drawings.

It's A Wonderful Life, Capra's classic as a 40s radio play.

Playing Safe: Vance Wright's queer Indigenous performance.

James Little: Homage El Shabazz, paintings for Malcolm X.

Tschabalala Self: Tools of Worship, paintings and sculpture.

Memento Mori in NYC: Japanese festival on life and death.

DJ Alino: Afrobeats, Reggaeton and Latin dance party.

Daniel Geneen, Alexis Carabano: stand-up comedy night.

Kim Tschang-Yeul: Recurrence, waterdrop paintings.

Axel Tosca's Cuban Jam: live Cuban jazz night.

Pam Glick: PG-13, bold new paintings by the New York artist.

Theo Bleckmann and Rob Schwimmer sing cabaret classics.

Heavens: Nick Thomm's immersive paintings and light works.

Marcos Bontempo: Among the Living, recent works on paper.

New York Baltic Film Festival: films from the Baltics.

Morning Mass dedicated to vocations to the SSS.

Eucharistic Adoration: quiet prayer before the Eucharist.

Trail Work Thursdays: hands-on park trail volunteering.

Bounce Around: playtime for ages 0-5 and their caregivers.

OPI x M&M'S Mobile Bodega: holiday nail polish pop-up.

Coworking session for queer and trans writers.

Rocky Riverside: guided painting class for all ages.

Brennan Peacore-Brink on faith, theology and public policy.