{"id":153423,"date":"2026-03-05T04:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153423\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T04:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:36:14","slug":"chelsea-downtown-manhattan-events-mar-5-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153423\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#038; Downtown Manhattan Events: Mar. 5-11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday, March 5<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Little Movers: Toddler Time: Join the NYPL to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. 10 a.m. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 Fifth Ave., New York, NY; 212-340-0863.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Pompeii Floyd Presents: \u2018Wish You Were Here\u2019 Live: Join Pompeii Floyd as they play through Pink Floyd\u2019s 1975 album, \u201cWish You Were Here,\u201d in its entirety. 7 p.m. Cafe Wha?, 115 MacDougal St., New York, NY; 212-254-3706.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 6<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Walking Tour: Jewish Lower East Side: Stroll through the neighborhood\u2019s 100-year-old history. A century ago, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled, prayed, played, worked, shopped, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today, there are signs of the past hidden within the modern streets. See how many of these historic places have been transformed, repurposed, or restored. 10:30 a.m. Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge St., New York, NY; 212-219-0302.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery at Carmine\u2019s: The Murder Mystery Company, as seen on \u201cShark Tank,\u201d presents their murder mystery dinner in NYC at Carmine\u2019s. This show is written by Scott Cramton, featuring original songs and lyrics by Tom Fitzstephens, Dave Cowie, and Gavin Brown. Step back in time to the 1920s for a dinner held at the Lou Zar Speakeasy. Act as a suspect or work as a detective and find out who took a member of the mob for a ride. Dine on a three-course meal while watching a mystery unfold before your eyes. Dressing up in 1920s attire is recommended, but not required. 7 p.m. Carmine\u2019s Times Square, 200 W. 44th St., New York, NY; 212-221-3800.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 7<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Weekly Storytime: Join Barnes &amp; Noble Union Square at its second-floor children\u2019s section for its Weekly Storytime. The store\u2019s booksellers will read some of their favorite picture books, featuring a mix of popular classics and exciting new stories. This event is free and open to the public. 11 a.m. Barnes &amp; Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St., New York, NY; 212-253-0810.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Antigone (This Play I Read in High School): Come see this take on Sophocles\u2019 classic, \u201cAntigone (This Play I Read in High School),\u201d featuring Celia Keenan-Bolger and Tony Shalhoub, which reimagines the story of Oedipus\u2019 daughter Antigone. Shows at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., New York, NY; 212-539-8500.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 8<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Freedy Johnston playing: \u2018Can You Fly\u2019 in sequence w\/original musicians: Freedy Johnston and his band are performing his acclaimed 1992 album, \u201cCan You Fly,\u201d with the original players, Brian Doherty, Graham Maby, Jared Michael Nickerson, Kevin Salem, Dave Schramm, and Syd Straw. The show will be professionally recorded and filmed, and it may be the last chance to see this lineup perform the album live. 7 p.m. The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., New York, NY; 212-673-7030.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Tony DeSare\u2019s Billy Joel Songbook: Tony DeSare\u2019s signature vocal and robust piano style pay tribute to the iconic songs of Billy Joel. Generations of fans will experience DeSare\u2019s unique take on the Piano Man\u2019s hits. 9:30 p.m. Birdland Jazz Club, 315 W. 44th St., New York, NY; 212-581-3080.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, March 9<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Akshara Music Ensemble: Building new forms on the foundations of Indian classical music, Carnatic musician Bala Skandan formed Akshara Music Ensemble in 2008, assembling New York\u2019s strongest voices in Indian classical music. This is a Silberman Recital Series concert presented in association with the Lyric Chamber Music Society. 7 p.m. Baruch Performing Arts Center, One Bernard Baruch Way, 55 Lexington Ave., New York, NY; 646-312-1000.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Senior Group Exercise: Strengthen the whole body from warm-up to cool-down with various fun exercises. The instructor will lead you in rhythmic movement and aerobics, balance and coordination exercises, as well as strength training. 10:30 a.m. Battery Park City Authority, 6 River Terrace, New York, NY; 212-417-2000.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, March 10<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Quietest Places in New York City: Finding Calm &amp; Peace in Urban Chaos: Join Rizzoli for a conversation with Nicole Kelner to celebrate her new book, an illustrated guide exploring the pockets of New York City to find quiet, stillness, and a connection to nature and the self. Kelner will be in conversation with animator and illustrator Abi Inman, followed by a signing. 6 p.m. Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway, New York, NY; 212-759-2424.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Little Movers Storytime: Bitty Book Buddies: Join the NYPL to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. 10:30 a.m. Epiphany Library, 228 E. 23rd St., New York, NY; 212-679-2645.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, March 11<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Art Tours | Larry Bell\u2019s Improvisations In the Park: Join the Madison Square Park Conservancy curatorial team for a free tour of Larry Bell\u2019s \u201cImprovisations in the Park.\u201d Bell\u2019s signature glass compositions reflect the park, surrounding buildings and people walking by throughout the day. This 15-minute tour will showcase how the shifting light enhances the dynamic nature of these artworks. 6 p.m. Madison Square Park, Northwest corner at Fifth Avenue and 26th Street, New York, NY; 212-520-7600.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown<\/p>\n<p>Trash: Come to PAC to see this out-of-the-box theatrics production by James Caverly and Andrew Morrill. Performed almost exclusively in American Sign Language, Trash employs surprising theatrical devices that allow all audiences to understand the play, and one another, in profoundly new ways. Tim and Jake are Deaf roommates sharing an apartment in the city. They\u2019re polar opposites, each with very different views on what it means to be Deaf in a hearing world. When it comes to taking out the trash, they spiral into a comic and insightful examination of their personal garbage and their perceptions of each other\u2019s lives. 7 p.m. Perelman Performing Arts Center, 251 Fulton St., New York, NY; 212-266-3000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, March 5 Chelsea Little Movers: Toddler Time: Join the NYPL to hear stories, sing songs, and get&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-153423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}