The Blankman List: Things to Do in NYC, March 2024

The Blankman List is a monthly curated list of things to do in New York City. It showcases the full range of what there is to do, for residents and tourists alike.

I especially seek out artistic and cultural events like concerts, plays, and art exhibits, along with anything that is high-quality, notable, and/or free. There is at least one event for every day of March 2024, and no borough or event type is off limits.

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Disclaimer: before going anywhere, please confirm the date, time, location, cost, and description using the listed website. Any event is at risk of being rescheduled, relocated, sold out, at capacity, or canceled. Costs are rounded to the nearest dollar and may change. I try to vet quality and describe accurately, but I may misjudge. All views are my own.

Friday, March 1

• RuPaul’s Drag Race Brooklyn Viewing Party

  • Viewing party of RuPaul’s Drag Race at queer night club with performances after episode; 7–10 pm

  • Free entry

  • 3 Dollar Bill

  • 260 Meserole St (East Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

• Friday Night Magic at Anyone Comics

  • Magic: The Gathering booster draft tournament (some previous experience playing Magic required); 7–11 pm

  • Purchase three Magic booster packs to enter

  • Anyone Comics

  • 831 Nostrand Ave (Crown Heights, Brooklyn)

• Sound Bath Fundraiser

  • 60-minute guided meditation using breath and sound (participants encouraged to bring yoga mat); 7–8:30 pm

  • $20

  • Concert Hall, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

  • 58 7th Ave (Park Slope, Brooklyn)

Saturday, March 2

• Free Books from the Brooklyn Book Bodega

  • Free book giveaway for children and adults (excess stock from a book donation nonprofit); 11 am–2 pm

  • Free (reservation required)

  • Brooklyn Book Bodega

  • 141 Flushing Ave, Suite 407 (Navy Yard, Brooklyn)

Sunday, March 3

• Winter Wanders

  • 90-minute cemetery walking tour; 12–1:30 pm; Saturdays and Sundays through Mar 17

  • $25

  • Green-Wood Cemetery

  • Meet at 500 25th St (Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn)

• On and Off the Clock: Reconsidering Women’s Work

  • Annual conference on women’s history; 12–5 pm

  • $5

  • The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society

  • 170 Central Park W (Upper West Side, Manhattan)

• Sweet, Hot & Spicy Pop-up

  • Pop-up bazaar featuring local, seasonal specialty foods; 10 am–5 pm

  • Free entry

  • Grand Bazaar NYC

  • 100 W 77th St (Upper West Side, Manhattan)

Monday, March 4

• Czech Luminaries: Silhouettes by Hana Shannon

  • Art exhibition featuring silhouettes of people of Czech origin; 10 am–5 pm; through Mar 14

  • Free

  • Czech Center Gallery

  • 321 E 73rd St (Upper East Side)

• The Town Hall Presents RuPaul for the House of Hidden Meanings

  • Book talk on the release of RuPaul’s memoir; 8 pm

  • $55–$77 (includes copy of book)

  • The Town Hall

  • 123 W 43rd St (Times Square, Manhattan)

Tuesday, March 5

• The Gates of Hell

  • Screening of 1980 surrealist horror film; 9:30 pm; part of Terror Tuesday

  • $17

  • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Brooklyn

  • 445 Albee Square W, 4th Floor (Downtown Brooklyn)

• The Connector

  • New Off-Broadway musical from composer Jason Robert Brown; 7 pm; through Mar 17

  • $64–$134

  • The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space

  • 511 W 52nd St (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan)

Wednesday, March 6

• Exploring and Exploiting the Biomolecular Structure and Function with Machine Learning: Biodiversity and Beyond

  • Public lecture on machine learning applications to biology (speaker is Dr. Richard Bonneau); 6–7 pm (5:30 pm doors)

  • Free

  • Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium

  • 160 5th Ave (Flatiron District, Manhattan)

• Mondrian’s Dress

  • Public discussion and book signing for Mondrian’s Dress, a new book on Yves Saint Laurent’s 1965 pop art Mondrian dress series; 5:30 pm

  • Free

  • Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center (The Fashion Institute of Technology)

  • 227 W 27th St (Chelsea, Manhattan)

• Guarding the Gallery: How Geometry Aids in the Design of Efficient Security Plans

  • Presentation on mathematics applied to designing efficient security; 4 & 7 pm

  • Free (registration required)

  • Museum of Mathematics

  • 11 E 26th St (Madison Square, Manhattan)

Thursday, March 7

• Revelation: The Ivalas Quartet Performs Music by Women Composers

  • Rarely heard classical music by women composers; 6–7:30 pm

  • Free (registration required)

  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium

  • 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (enter at 111 Amsterdam Ave; Lincoln Square, Manhattan)

• Choir of St. Luke in the Fields: Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony

  • 16th-century music composed in New Spain; 7:30 pm (pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm)

  • $30–$40

  • Church of St. Luke in the Fields

  • 487 Hudson St (Greenwich Village, Manhattan)