PERFORMANCE

The Institute of Useless Activity: THIS and THAT

WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 3, 2022 (continuing through DECEMBER 17)
8:30 PM

HERE
145 6th Avenue (entrance on Dominick Street), Soho, Manhattan

$20; first 10 tickets to each show $10
TICKETS + INFORMATION

Having had a massive hit (for this kind of thing) at the tiny Chocolate Factory in LIC, The Institute of Useless Activity brings their cosmic stageshow to HERE. It’s hard to describe beyond saying that it’s two guys using technology and stagecraft to mess with your head. And the first half or so of its hour-long run time is just magic. After that, when it devolves into a long series of hand-shadow puppets, things get old — at least if you’re as jaded as I am (or maybe that should be, as weed-averse). But people LOVE this — and that first half is pure magic.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Sicilian at Piccolo Cucina Osteria.