** TUES, 8/13: $1 COFFEE, NEVERTHELESS SHE EXISTED, COLSON WHITEHEAD, RICHARD LINKLATER, + 21 WEDS EVENTS (https://theskint.com/tues-8-13-1-coffee-nevertheless-she-existed-colson-whitehead-richard-linklater-21-weds-events/)

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around town today

various times: free outdoor movies (weather permitting):

back to the future. central park. >> (https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/08/13/2019-central-park-conservancy-film-festival-presents-back-to-the-future)

decade of fire. willis avenue community garden (bronx). >> (https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/08/13/decade-of-fire-documentary-screening-and-discussion)

incredibles 2. bronx terminal market (bronx). >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/739766233105128/?event_time_id=739766239771794)

the dark crystal. valentino pier (red hook). >> (https://redhookflicks.com)

the outsiders. lemon creek park (staten island). >> (https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/08/13/movies-under-the-stars-the-outsiders)

rescheduled to 8/17: [DEL: poetic justice. st. nicholas park (harlem). :DEL] >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetic-justice-imagenation-outdoors-w-nylff-tickets-65772684871)

rescheduled to 8/17: [DEL: spider-man: homecoming. moore playground (harlem). :DEL] >> (https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/08/13/movies-under-the-stars-spiderman-homecoming)

7am-2pm: coffee central: 12 coffee merchants will be selling regular cups of coffee for just $1 and flights for $5 at grand central terminal’s vanderbilt hall today. flight proceeds will benefit action against hunger. >> (https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/event/coffee-central/)

6:30pm (tuesdays): learn the basics of bike repair and maintenance at time’s up’s series of outdoor bike repair classes, held at carmen’s garden (alphabet city). free. >> (https://times-up.org/calendar/outdoor-bike-repair-class-2)

6:30pm doors, 7pm show: a lineup of female storytellers, comedians, and historians join forces to share the stories of some of the greatest women the world has ever known (but history erased) at the nevertheless she existed show. tonight’s theme: whores, sluts, and she-devils. hosted by molly gaebe. caveat (les), $10 adv with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $15 adv, $20 door). >> (https://www.caveat.nyc/event/nevertheless-she-existed-whores-sluts-and-she-devils-8-13-2019)

7pm (ongoing): the moving city: transportation infrastructures of new york, open house new york’s yearlong series of tours, talks, and other events designed to deepen public understanding about the future of transportation in nyc, presents a discussion about the impacts of congestion pricing, vision zero, and new technologies with sustainable transportation advocate veronica vanterpool and nyu’s sarah kaufman. lmhq (financial district), $15. >> (https://ohny.org/calendar/moving-city)

7pm: the tiger’s wife author téa obreht presents her new novel, inland, at barnes + noble 86th + lexington. free admission. >> (https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062019967-0)

7pm: pulitzer prize and national book award winner colson whitehead presents his new novel, the nickel boys, at barnes + noble 82nd + broadway. free admission. >> (https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062015956-0)

7pm: enjoy chill outdoor vibes and backyard readings from john paul brammer, cara blue adams, scott hess, and angela qian at tonight’s edition of the h.i.p. lit summer series. nowadays (ridgewood), free. >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/308649093413902/)

7pm: filmmaker richard linklater and producer ginger sledge discuss their new film where’d you go, bernadette, at a film comment free talk held at the amphitheater at lincoln center’s elinor bunin munroe film center (uws). >> (https://www.filmlinc.org/events/film-comment-talk-richard-linklater-and-ginger-sledge-on-whered-you-go-bernadette/)

7pm (tuesdays thru 8/27): queens theatre and kupferberg center for the arts present the annual live at the gantries summer performance series, held at gantry plaza state park (lic). tonight: cumbia river band. free. >> (http://www.queenstheatre.org/live-gantries)

7:30pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): get with the program at the lesbian agenda comedy/variety show, featuring leanne pittsford (lesbians who tech founder), sydnee washington (comedy central), kate sisk (ucb), and celeste yim (vice). hosted by sophie santos. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $12 dos. >> (https://www.unionhallny.com/e/the-lesbian-agenda-64194224654/)

8pm doors, 9pm show (monthly): seth herzog’s long-running sweet comedy show returns to chelsea music hall with guests chris redd (snl), tone bell (nbc’s fam), drew michael (hbo), giulia rozzi (girl code), and musician julian velard. chelsea music hall (chelsea), $13 adv, $15 door. >> (http://www.chelseamusichall.com/event/seth-herzog-sweet/)

8:30pm (weekly): the just come! comedy show, hosted by pamela ross and kendall farrell, returns with performances by rachel feinstein (netflix), brendan fitzgibbons (alternatino), lisa curry (comedy central), and richard bowen. the graham (east williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/just-come-rachel-feinstein-free-in-brooklyn-one-night-only-tickets-67929887121)

9pm (monthly): allison o’conor invites her comedy friends to perform at the we go way back stand-up show. tonight’s bffs include yedoye travis (comedy central), kyle gordon (the truth), francesca d’uva, and brittany carney. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $8 adv, $10 door. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-go-way-back-tickets-66476257275)