7 things to do in NYC this weekend, Nov. 15-17

Highlights this play see “Daily Show” alum Jaboukie Young-White headlining shows astatine the New York Comedy Festival and the kick-off of Queens’ family-owned Circus Vasquez astatine Citi Field.

Plus, atrocious lad rapper G-Eazy brings his “Freak Show” to BK.

Comedy

Jaboukie Young-White (Zack DeZon)

Jaboukie Young-White

Hard Rock Hotel New York—159 West 48th St., Manhattan (Midtown)

Through Nov. 16. 7 p.m.

Known for his unabashed wit and societal media trolling, which leans heavy into the intersection of blackness and queerness, Jaboukie Young-White is headlining a drawstring of stand-up shows for the 20th day of the New York Comedy Festival.

The 30-year-old has racked up an awesome database of credits — specified arsenic “Only Murders successful the Building,” “Rap Sh!t” and voicing Disney’s archetypal openly cheery teen protagonist (“Strange World”) — since breaking done connected “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” successful 2018.

Tickets commencement astatine $30 (plus further fees)

Art

“Notre-Dame de Paris: The Exhibition” (Courtesy of Cathedral of St. John)

“Notre-Dame de Paris: The Exhibition”

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine — 1047 Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan (Morningside Heights)

Through Jan. 31. Various times.

One of the world’s astir recognized cathedrals volition reopen to the nationalist for religion work adjacent month successful Paris pursuing destructive occurrence successful 2019 and a five-year restoration effort.

Visitors volition beryllium guided done an interactive, augmented world acquisition to larn the past of the Parisian landmark. Art enthusiasts, techies and past nerds tin rediscover the past done illuminated photograph panels and 3-D models, with the assistance of an interactive touch-screen tablet.

Tickets are $25 with discounts disposable for seniors, students and children. 

Film

Marlon Riggs, left, and Essex Hemphill successful “Tongues Untied.” (Courtesy of Frameline)

“OUTRAGE: Movies and the Culture Wars, 1987–1996”

BAM Rose Cinemas — 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn (Fort Greene)

Through Nov. 21. Various times.

Writer and shaper Paul Dallas has programmed a divers bid of films centering identity, exploring taboo subjects and deploying graphic imagery.

While works by Martin Scorsese (“The Last Temptation of Christ”), Todd Haynes (“Poison”), and Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct”) are backmost connected the large surface passim the week, Marlon Riggs’ compelling 1989 documentary, “Tongues Untied” — astir cheery Black antheral experiences successful America — is simply a highlight.

Also, Alek Keshishian’s 1991 documentary “Madonna: Truth oregon Dare” captures the reigning Queen of Pop connected signifier and behind-the-scenes of her arguable Blond Ambition tour.

Tickets are $17 with discounts disposable for seniors and students.

Music

G-Eazy performs during the Freak Show Tour astatine Avondale Brewing Company connected Nov. 4, 2024 successful Birmingham, Ala. (Photo by David A. Smith/Getty Images)

“G-Eazy: Freak Show”

Brooklyn Paramount — 385 Flatbush Ave Extension, Brooklyn (Downtown)

Fri. Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

G-Eazy brings his worldwide circuit supporting his seventh workplace album, “Freak Show,” to Planet Brooklyn.

After breaking large with his chart-topping deed “No Limit,” and the billion-streamers “Me, Myself & I” (featuring Bebe Rexha) and “Him & I” (with Halsey), the multi-platinum-selling rapper volition showcase his latest work, which helium said is “about self-acceptance…honest…and revealing of however I got here, who I’ve been, the stories of the come-up and immoderate of the hardships and immoderate of the missteps and immoderate of the flaws on the way.”

Special guests see .idk., Lord Sko, and Goody Grace.

Tickets commencement astatine $64.

Theater

Daniel Koa Beaty (Courtesy of New Heritage Theatre Group)

Daniel Koa Beaty’s “Love Warrior”

The Billie Holiday Theatre — 1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant)

Fri. Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Daniel Koa Beaty kicks disconnected The Billie’s inaugural “Black Narrative” theatre bid this weekend. With “Love Warrior,” the award-winning actor, vocalist and writer shares his story, including a transformative sojourn to the plantation wherever his great-great-grandmother was enslaved, and his enstoolment arsenic a king successful Ghana.

Throughout the weekend, the bid volition contiguous performances, readings and conversations that springiness dependable to the African American experience. The Fire This Time Festival (TFTT) volition contiguous a peculiar variation with a speechmaking of six 10-minute plays focused connected societal and governmental issues specified arsenic gentrification, Black Lives Matter and Black joy.

Tickets are $35 positive further fees.

Family

Duo Vanegas connected the Wheel of Steel (Circus Vazquez)

CIRCUS VAZQUEZ

Citi Field — 41 Seaver Way, Queens (Flushing)

Through Dec. 15. Various times.

Circus Vazquez — fashioning itself arsenic America’s largest family-owned large apical circus — is celebrating 55 years with a caller formed of circus performers blending the modern with the traditional.

Among the acts are Colombia’s Duo Vanegas, daredevils who volition defy gravity connected a rotating Wheel of Wonder reaching implicit 30 feet successful height, and contortionism performed by the body-bending Bone Breakers quartet from Guinea.

All the enactment takes spot nether a bluish and achromatic striped, climate-controlled large apical structure with 800 seats.

Tickets commencement astatine $55 with discounts disposable for children.

Free

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, inset, is hosting a escaped turkey giveaway. (Getty Images; AP)

Free Thanksgiving turkey giveaway

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Parking Lot — 2236 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn (Flatbush)

Sat. Nov.16, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn volition big a assemblage lawsuit up of the large vacation successful concern with section organizations, unions and supermarkets portion supplies last.

Free. I.D. required.

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