We'll take any excuse to publish more of Tod Seelie's bewitching photographs, but this time his subject matter is also relevant to your weekend plans. Jeff Stark, the DIY director, playwright, and publisher of the essential events newsletter Nonsense NYC, is staging his latest site-specific performance piece, Sweet Cheat, at an undisclosed upstate location this weekend. It is undisclosed because it is illegal. more ›

A 30-member cast and crew took over various subway lines last weekend to perform a vaudevillian melodrama starring August Belmont Jr., the early-20th century president of the Interborough Rapid Transit, which operated the city’s first underground line. Called IRT: A Tragedy in Three Stations, the show begins in a Brooklyn subway station disclosed only to audience members who buy tickets in advance, and continues on and off various trains running up to Harlem, lasting about two hours, depending on the MTA's quality of service. more ›