After New Year’s Eve comes New Year’s Day, and for those either up for more celebrating or looking for a way to nurse that hangover, we’ve assembled a tidy list of things to do. From poetry to a movie marathon to a hair of the dog party, your options run the gamut. Happy 2016!

42nd Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading
As far as New Year’s traditions go, stopping in on the Poetry Project’s annual marathon reading is up there with drinking champagne at midnight and singing Auld Lang Syne with friends. Now in its 42nd year, the inspiring 12-hour benefit features an all-star cast of poets, writers, performers and other luminaries expounding on whatever they see fit for the occasion. Among those stepping up to this year’s podium are Jonas Mekas, Thurston Moore, Édgar Oliver, Martha Wilson, Eileen Myles, Philip Glass, Penny Arcade, and many, many more. It’s very free form, so folks can stop in whenever, but keep in mind that the most crowded times are between 7pm-10pm.
Friday, January 1, 2pm-2am
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, 131 E. 10th St., New York, NY 10003
$20

They Might Be Giants
After playing the Music Hall of Williamsburg on New Year’s Eve, Brooklyn’s own They Might Be Giants are ready to do it again on New Year’s Day. 2015 was a fruitful year for the group, it yielded the release of Glean, which features songs from their epic 2015 Dial-A-Song project, as well as the release of the kid-friendly Why?. The guys are about to head off on a UK and US tour, but before they do, they are paying Brooklyn their respects. The theme for the New Year’s Day show is “Flood”.
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
8pm
$25

Curator’s Choice Series – The Assassin
The curators at the Museum of the Moving Image are screening some of their favorite films of 2015 starting January 1 with Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin. The series runs through January 10 and also features Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria, Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog, Stevan Riley’s Listen to Me Marlon, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, John Magary’s The Mend, Johnnie To’s Office (presented in 3-D), and Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu. Check the Museum of the Moving Image website for more details.
Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106
7pm
$12

Movie Night Marathon
Performing arts space House of YES are following up their 17-hour bender with an evening of film. As far as what’s screening, it’s an “epic space opera franchise” that comes in 2+ hour long acts. Cheap drinks and snacks available for purchase.
House of YES, 2 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
7pm-2am
$5

New York Night Train NEW YEARS DAY NIGHT HAIR OF THE DOG PARTY!
Jonathan Toubin is back on the decks at Home Sweet Home spinning his “45rpm 1950s/1960s maximum rock’n’soul” to help you sweat out that New Year’s Eve hangover.
Home Sweet Home, 131 Chrystie St, New York, New York 10002
11:30pm-4am
Free

10th Annual 50 First Jokes NYC
Be prepared to laugh yourself silly at the 2016 edition of 50 First Jokes. Now in its tenth year, the premise of this marathon is quite simple: 50 comedians, both vets and up-and-comers, assemble to tell the first joke they’ve written for the new year. John F. Connell plays wrangler to this year’s comedic stampede, which in past year’s has featured the likes of Dan St. Germain, Giulia Rozzi, Brooke Van Poppelen, Michael Che, Dave Hill, Sara Schaefer and Kurt Braunohler. (Okay sue us, this one is January 2)
Saturday, January 2
The Bell House, 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11215
7pm-9pm
$10 adv/$12 dos

Photo by Ted Roeder, courtesy of the Poetry Project.