The unofficial start of summer 2018 has arrived. While the weather this Memorial Day weekend is having its ups and downs, the cultural offerings are strong. Before, after or instead of firing up the barbie with friends, perhaps you’ll want to engage in one of the happenings below. There’s art to be had, Memorial Day concerts to attend, and films to watch. Happy Memorial Day!

ART: Stephen Shore
Memorial Day is the last day to catch MoMA’s terrific retrospective of a modern-day photography pioneer Stephen Shore. Be sure not to miss his stereoscopic images.
MoMA, 11 West 53rd Street (enter on 54th Street)
10:30am-5:30pm
$25

FILM: Summer 1993
Winner of the Best First Feature Award at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, Carla Simón’s autobiographical film follows Frida, a 6-year-old orphan who goes to live with her uncle’s family in the countryside.
Francesca Beale Theater, 144 W. 65th Street, New York, NY 10023
1pm, 3:15pm, 5:15pm, 7:15pm & 9:15pm
$15

FILM: A Fistful of Dollars
Indulge in some Spaghetti western this Memorial Day with Sergio Leone’s classic A Fistful of Dollars. The first of the Dollars Trilogy as well as Clint Eastwood’s first leading role.
Metrograph, 7 Ludlow Street, New York, NY
2:15pm & 7pm
$15

ART: Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables
Already securing a spot as one of our favorite art shows of 2018, Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables continues its reign at the Whitney (but only through June 10). On Memorial Day, there are tours of this thought-provoking show at 12pm and 3pm.
Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014
10:30am-6pm
$25

PARTY: Memorial Day Free Out
Hell bent on being by the beach this Memorial Day? Why not swing by rippers for a burger, michelada and the musical selections of DJs Matt Lilly and Paul Major.
Rippers, Beach 86th Street
3pm-8pm
Free

MUSIC: Green-Wood Cemetery Memorial Day Concert
For the 20th year, ISO Symphonic Band performs music by some of the cemetery’s permanent residents. This year’s concert includes a special program to celebrate the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein.
Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232
2:30pm – 5pm
Free

MUSIC: New York Philharmonic’s 26th Annual Free Memorial Day Concert
David Robertson conducts the New York Philharmonic in renditions of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, and Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony.
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York, NY 10025
8pm
Free tickets to be distributed starting at 6pm

SHOPPING: DanceAfrica 2018 Bazaar
Browse more than 150 vendors from around the world, offering African, Caribbean, and African-American food, crafts, and fashion.
Streets around BAM, Ashland Pl / Lafayette Ave
12pm—8pm
Free

PARTY: YES Memorial Day
Dance Memorial Day away at this humdinger of a party featuring DJ Eli Escobar. Colorful attire requested, red, white, blue, etc. BBQ available while supplies last.
House of Yes, 2 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11237
2pm-midnight
$0-$8

COMEDY: Butterboy with Jo, Aparna and Maeve
The Memorial Day installment of Aparna Nancherla, Maeve Higgins and Jo Firestone’s weekly comedy series features stand-up sets by Simon Amstell, Molly Austin, Daniel Simonsen, Whitmer Thomas, Dan St. Germain, Will Miles, and Xazmin Garza.
Littlefield, 635 Sackett St, Brooklyn NY 11217
8pm
$8

COMEDY: Gravid Water
See what happens when improvisers team up with actors, when the actors know the lines to the scene and the improviser has not a clue what’s going on.
UCBT Hell’s Kitchen, 555 W 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
8pm
$9