Here we are again with reasons to get out of the house. The Brooklyn Comedy Festival is in currently in full swing, you’ll find a little something about that and other comedy offerings this month over here. Also this week, Daedelus closes out MoMA’s Summer Thursdays concert series. Other suggestions, which you can read more about below, include free outdoor movies in Central Park, the US Open’s qualifying tournament, a nighttime soirée at MoMA PS1 and more.

Tuesday, August 23
SPORTS: 2015 US Open Qualifying Tournament
Wondering how you can get in on some US Open tennis action on the cheap? Attend one of the qualifying tournament matches that are played this week, August 23-August 26. 128 men and 128 women are competing for the final 32 spots. Tickets aren’t required.
Flushing Meadows, Queens
Gates open at 10am
Free

Wednesday, August 24
FESTIVAL: Summer Send-Off
Grand Central is saying “see ya” to summer with a three-day fest (August 24-26). Happening during the lunchtime hours, the festivities include food, musical performances from hit Broadway shows, raffles, and family-friendly activities like make your own sock puppet. For a complete rundown visit Grand Central’s website.
Vanderbill Hall, Grand Central, New York, NY
11:30am-2:30pm
Free

FILM: 2016 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival
Just as other outdoor screening series are packing it in for the summer, Central Park Conservancy arrives refreshed and ready to show some films. This year’s selections take a tour of New York City’s neighborhoods. Screening are I Am Legend (Aug 24), Tootsie (Aug 25), Desperately Seeking Susan (Aug 26), and Stuart Little (Aug 27).
The landscape between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd Street Cross Drive, Central Park
Gates open at 6:30 PM, movies begin at 8:00 PM, a DJ will perform from 6:30 PM — 8:00 PM.
Free

FILM: Outdoor Cinema: Embrace of the Serpent
The Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent closes out this year’s Outdoor Cinema. Set in the Amazon, the film centers around an ornery shaman who is approached by two different Westerners in search of a rare botanical species. BullA en el Barrio performs before the screening.
Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY 11106
7pm
Free

PARTY: Sixty x Knowlita Summer Party
A poolside summer soiree featuring drinks, sounds by Erik Tonnesen and shopping.
Sixty LES, 190 Allen Street, New York, NY
5pm-8pm
Free but RSVP required

FILM: Nat Geo WILD Premiere Screening of Mission Critical
Learn about baby pandas at this special preview screening of Nat Geo WILD’s new series.
Washington Square Park Archway, New York, NY
7:45pm
Free

Thursday, August 25
ART: Send God to Hell – Vector Gallery Opening Night
JJ Brine’s art gallery of hell has moved into a new space and are celebrating with a party and new exhibit. We expect all sorts of craziness to go down at this shindig
Vector Gallery, 199 East 3rd Street, New York, New York 10009
8:25pm
Free

BOOKS: We’ve Come So Far – The Last Days of Death By Audio Panel Discussion
A discussion about the closing of beloved Brooklyn music venue Death By Audio and the future of the hood’s music scene with Oliver Ackermann (A Place To Bury Strangers), Heather Bickford – DBA resident (Past Lives Vintage), Matt Conboy – filmmaker (Goodnight Brooklyn – The Story of Death by Audio), Edwina Hay – photographer and former photo editor of Impose, Jay Heiselmann (GROOMS), Travis Johnson (GROOMS), Mark Kleeback – Death By Audio Arcade, Eric Phipps – photographer and former photo editor of Impose, Ebru Yildiz – photographer and moderator Stephanie Gross
Rough Trade NYC, 64 N 9th St, Brooklyn, New York 11249
7pm
Free

PARTY: Night at The Museum
A late-night celebration of MoMA PS1’s soon-to-close summer exhibitions including Cao Fei, Vito Acconci, Papo Colo, and Meriem Bennani’s FLY.
MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City 11101
8pm-midnight
$18

Image above from Cao Fei’s exhibit at MoMA PS1