Cultural Calendar
Portraiture as Reciprocal Seeing
If you've been craving a more intentional creative practice, this six-week course offers exactly that.
Cake Zine Summer Reading Series: Little Island
A love letter to all the New Yorks you’ve lived in—and the places that belonged to them.
Mona Awad presents We Love You, Bunny
Because few things are more fun than hearing an author talk about the deeply weird world you’ve been living in inside their book.
NEVERENDER: The Strokes x Gorillaz Edition
If your perfect dance floor sounds like The Strokes into LCD Soundsystem into MGMT, this one’s for you. Neverender is taking over the night with indie dance favorites, deep cuts, requests, and enough nostalgia to make you feel like it’s 2007 again.
Reimagining Mary Todd Lincoln w/ Lois Romano, Lucas McMahon & Carolyn Ryan
From serious biography to one of Broadway’s most delightfully unhinged comedies, Mary Todd Lincoln is having a moment. Hear An Inconvenient Widow author Lois Romano and Oh, Mary! executive producer Lucas McMahon talk history, storytelling, and what happens when two very different works take on the same famously misunderstood woman.
THE ASTORIAN READING
For when you want to go out-out, but also want someone to read to you.
PSNY's Fourth Annual Masquerade Ball: Bacchanalia
If Dionysus threw a fundraiser, we imagine it would look something like this. Spend the night among poets, drag artists, burlesque dancers, tarot readers, astrologers, and other revelers at PSNY’s gloriously decadent Bacchanalia. There’s an open bar, grazing table, personalized poetry, auctions, and enough delightful oddities to keep you wandering all night.
D.S. & Durga x Drinks First x Feeld: Perfume Clubbing
A fragrance launch you can actually make a night out of. Celebrate D.S. & Durga’s new Ain’t That Sweet—a gourmand inspired by young love, dating, and possibility—with perfume sampling, an open bar while supplies last, sweets, and dancing at Hilot and Joyface. Very sweet, but apparently never too sweet.
pour toi: Fridge Magnet
Consider this a blind box, except instead of another tiny figurine, you leave with something you painted yourself. Pour Toi’s “Fridge Magnet” edition gives each guest a mystery prompt inspired by an iconic city, plus a full art kit and moodboard. The reveal is half the fun.
Anania Presents: BPL • Greek Mythology
Pop punk? Gospel? Adele? Absolutely. BPL celebrates the gloriously expansive taste of Black music lovers with an all-Black cast of drag artists interpreting a new theme every month. Come ready to live your life, honey.
Cyber Cafe
For anyone who has ever wanted to learn what projection mapping or TouchDesigner actually is. Spend a session bouncing between three beginner-friendly workshops, experimenting with digital tools and making something along the way. No experience required, all materials included, plus coffee and a custom pastry.
Latte Art Lesson
Ever wondered why your at-home latte never quite looks like the one from your favorite café? Learn the tricks behind the pour with a hands-on introduction to milk steaming, texture control, and latte art. You’ll get plenty of time to practice with guidance—and something caffeinated to show for it.
A Poem Is a Drawing, A Photo of a Friend: A Poetry Workshop
If you've been feeling creatively stuck, this is a beautiful way to shake things loose. Through playful prompts, collaborative exercises, and free writing, you'll spend less time overthinking and more time making.
Har Bakes at Anais
Give summer the sweet little send-off it deserves. This one-day pop-up at Anaïs is bringing together guava pastelito cake, jasmine mango sticky rice cake, a summer harvest slice packed with corn and raspberry-yuzu, and a special focaccia. Go with friends so you can order one of everything and share.
Sunday Afterglow (skate)
End the weekend on a literal roll. Sunday Afterglow pairs mellow skating with disco, house, pop, and soft lights for a low-pressure night that’s more about feeling good than showing off your skills. Bring the family, bring a friend, or come learn to skate for the first time.
Farewell Party: One Last Night at 79 N 11th
Thirty years of beers, parties, first dates, late nights, and very Brooklyn memories deserve one final celebration. Brooklyn Brewery is saying farewell to its original Williamsburg home with live music, plenty of beer, and one last chance to hang out at 79 N 11th before the doors close for good.
ABBA • A Drag Tribute Show
ABBA songs. Drag queens. Sequins. What more do you need? Come for a gloriously camp tribute to the ultimate disco-pop legends and leave with “Mamma Mia” stuck in your head for the rest of the weekend.
A Ferry Reading
Forget stuffy literary events. This one unfolds on public transit, surrounded by unsuspecting commuters, sunset views, and the gentle sway of the ferry.
Night of Mahjong
Making new friends is a lot easier when you have something to do with your hands. Grab a seat around the mahjong table at Lately for an easygoing night of tiles, conversation, and friendly competition. Never played? They’ll teach you everything you need to get started.
Endless Summer Party
One last darty for the summer. Endless Summer is sending the season off with DJ Zen, cocktails, a packed dance floor, and plenty of people who also aren’t quite ready for fall. Come meet someone new, have a drink, and squeeze every last drop out of summer.
The Little Grenjai & One Love Community Fridge Summer Block Party
Late August was made for block parties. Grab a friend, enjoy some great food and music, and spend the afternoon supporting a cause that helps keep New Yorkers fed year-round.
One Love Community Fridge Block Party
A neighborhood block party with an extremely good food lineup. Little Grenjai and One Love Community Fridge are taking over Marcy for an afternoon of family-friendly workshops, music, and bites from Win Son Bakery, Lori Jayne, Ferrane Bakery, Ace’s Pizza, Teranga, and more. It’s free, open to everyone, and a lovely excuse to spend Saturday with your neighbors.
Two Bridges Block Party
Grilled food, pickup soccer, music, drinks, and a whole block of neighbors hanging out together. Two Bridges is throwing its first-ever block party to bid summer adieu—and frankly, this is exactly how August should end.
COMMUNITY SORTING DAY
A hang that does some good. Spend a few hours sorting, folding, and organizing alongside your neighbors while helping prep for the next Free Shop. Come for the good company, leave knowing you helped make something wonderful happen for the community.
Niche Night: Come Out and Play!
A birthday party for Niche Night NYC and a love letter to the 90s and 00s. Dance to your favorite alt throwbacks with DJs Cor and Doom Kitty, browse Trash Cherry NYC, grab some free candy, and get a little competitive with a scavenger hunt.
Papi Juice @ The Little Island
It's hard to argue with free live music in one of the city's most beautiful parks. Bring a friend, pack a snack, and let the evening unfold.
Cyber Cafe
A little digital art school for the afternoon. Learn how to 3D scan, get an introduction to projection mapping, and turn TouchDesigner experiments into physical collages—all in one session. Your ticket includes all materials, plus a drink and a custom-made pastry.
A Night of NONSENSE
Come celebrate the launch of NONSENSE Issue 001: “ARTISANS” with a night that feels a little like stumbling into the perfect wine bar on vacation. Expect light-bodied pours from Playground Wines, jazzy notes, laid-back energy, and plenty of time to flip through the very first issue. A little Southern Europe, right in Brooklyn.
Secret Garden Bushwick
Swap a book, work on your little craft, eat someone else’s little snack. Perfect.
Dinosaur Jr. with Steve Gunn
Few things beat hearing Dinosaur Jr. turn the volume all the way up in person. Catch the beloved indie-rock trio for a special performance, with Steve Gunn making an appearance too. Fuzzy guitars, excellent musicianship, very little chance of a quiet evening.
BeBep at Brothers
End summer with Vietnamese food by the beach. Chef Phoebe Tran of Bé Bếp is taking over the Brothers kitchen for one night, bringing her playful spin on Vietnamese cooking to the Rockaways. Grab some clams, something delicious to drink, and enjoy one of those late-summer evenings you’ll wish lasted forever.
d&f @ please tell me
Drink specials, good DJs, no elaborate concept. Sometimes that’s exactly the function.
Y2K Baby One More Time
Your Friday night plans, for exactly $0. Dance to 90s and 00s throwbacks across every genre, request your favorites, and grab some free candy between songs. There’ll also be clothing vendors, charm bracelet making, and tarot for when you need a little break from the dance floor.
Digestif
A little something to bridge the gap between your workday and your night out. Newyork Knick is spinning downtempo, jazz fusion, and funky disco from 6 to 10, keeping things low, groovy, and just danceable enough as the sun disappears.
PANG
If Pang is sacred text to you, this is your night. Brooklyn drag artists will perform the album in its entirety, bringing all the yearning, weirdness, and theatricality of Caroline Polachek’s debut solo record to the stage.