Cultural Calendar
Intro to Crochet
Crochet without the YouTube tutorial spiral. Get hands-on guidance through the basics so you can actually leave knowing how to keep practicing at home.
Paper Maché Masks
Get a little crafty, a little creepy. Learn how to build and shape a folky Halloween mask from papier-mâché.
Expanded Cinema: Working with the Materiality of Film and Image
Consider this arts and crafts for the avant-garde. Think 35mm film, colorful transparencies, old-school projectors, and a very good excuse to get experimental with your artistic impulses.
On Cloud Wine X Metro Cheese Club X PATULA: Wine & Cheese Tasting
Come for the wine, stay for the people. Or the cheese. We won't judge. Five to six delicious pairings and plenty of opportunities to make a new friend over a shared favorite.
Rom-Com & Cheese Club: PRACTICAL MAGIC
Who needs dinner and a movie when you can have cheese and a movie? Taste your way through a rom-com with pairings designed specifically around the film.
STILL GOOD x BEDSTUY YMCA - PUMPKIN PATCH 🎃
A little neighborhood magic, no price tag attached. Browse free clothes and costumes at the Bed-Stuy YMCA's Pumpkin Patch, where the only thing better than finding something you love is knowing everyone gets to take part.
C. Hesse Cheese October Warehouse Sale
Some people go to sample sales for clothes. Others have their priorities straight. C. Hesse is opening its warehouse for a cheese sale, complete with tastings, wine, and some very good deals on very good cheese.
STILL GOOD x TRACY'S LEGACY + MELODY SKATES
The best kind of movement is one that moves us forward together. An afternoon of skating, self-defense, healing, and connection in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP - sew in the dark!
Your grandma's embroidery circle just got a little more goth. Think glowing thread, Halloween movies, and a room full of people making wonderfully weird things with their hands.
Werewolf Bar Mitzvah IV
It's not a phase, Mom. Relive your most melodramatic teenage years with tributes to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Weezer, Bikini Kill, and more. Costumes encouraged, emotional regression inevitable.
Madang x Hana Makgeolli: Cocktail PopUp
A Sunday well spent is one that turns into an afternoon. Start with an inventive cocktail, order something from the kitchen, and see where the conversation takes you.
SALON-O-WEEN
Skip sexy nurse. Go sexy Georgia O’Keeffe. SALON-O-WEEN wants surrealism, opera divas, art history, and absolutely zero restraint.
Elle Pérez: Devotions | Aperture PhotoBook Club
Look at love through someone else’s lens. Elle Pérez joins Catherine Opie and Sarah Meister for a conversation about Devotions, a decade-spanning collection of deeply personal photographs.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: EXTRA-TRANSSEXUAL
Meet us at the Frankenstein place. NYC queer nightlife performers take over the lab for a wonderfully campy, wonderfully chaotic Rocky Horror shadow cast.
PhotoWork Symposium at Aperture
Meet three photographers on the cusp of their first books. Michelle Arcila, Will Matsuda, and José Ibarra Rizo present the work they’ve spent the fellowship developing.
Hyperallergic Halloween
Your art history degree has been waiting for this moment. Put all that obscure knowledge to good use at a Halloween party where the costumes are clever, the cocktails are flowing, and the references are delightfully specific.
Cakes to Lovers
Life's short, order dessert and another glass of wine. Cakes to Lovers is popping up at Cherry on Top for an evening of sweet treats, good pours, and absolutely no reason to practice restraint.
Music Industry 101, Session 1: Songwriting & Publishing
Consider this music business school, minus the student loans. Learn who gets credit, who gets paid, and what actually happens after someone writes a really good song.
Maggie's Scary Story Contest
Nothing is scarier than a deadline. Especially when you have exactly 60 minutes to write an original horror story and then immediately read it in front of an audience.
The Twisted Spine 2026 Halloween Party: DARK CARNIVAL!
The big top has gone goth. Enter a Halloween carnival where the drinks are strong, the entertainment is strange, and the clowns are best observed from a distance.
Singers Haunted Prom
Carrie White walked so you could dance. Singers is turning Sugar Hill into a haunted high school fever dream, with two floors of spooky spectacle and a prom night you'll never forget.
I'll Have What Cheese Having: When Harry Met Sally in 35mm
We’ll have what she’s having…and the cheese pairing, too. See When Harry Met Sally… on 35mm, then head from the screen to the table for a rom-com-inspired wine-and-cheese reception.
THE BELL JAR MARATHON
For a marathon where nobody has to run. Just show up, settle in, and let 40+ readers carry you through The Bell Jar from beginning to end.
The Literary Café by Table Poet X At Our Friend’s
Writer's block? Have you tried a pastry? Each drink and sweet treat comes with its own writing prompt, turning an ordinary café afternoon into a delicious little creative exercise.
salt, skin, & stone pop-up
Come get a lil treat. Or three. Grab something delicious, browse handmade ceramics, and maybe leave with a brand-new tattoo.
HEX YEAH
Come hot, come scary, come prepared to cackle. The Hex Girls are summoning a lineup of comedians, performers, and assorted creatures of the night for a delightfully unhinged Halloween showcase.
Halloween Workshop and Square Dance!
Somewhere between a sewing circle and a Halloween hoedown. Make a wonderfully odd little costume piece, grab a drink, and square dance to live music.
Good Neighbors Bake Sale
A little treat for you, a little love for your neighbors. Over 40 bakers are coming together for a very sweet cause. Come hungry, leave with something delicious, and help keep NYC's community fridges stocked.
Ashe 'The Girl Of Your Dreams' Signing
Some girls dream of romance. Others dream of meeting Ashe. Luckily, this Saturday, one of those dreams is a little easier to make happen.
Tasting Notes Presented By Serviette & The Lighthouse
For anyone whose coffee table books are mostly cookbooks. An entire fair dedicated to the intersection of food, art, and publishing. Come hungry for inspiration and leave with something lovely to read
I Think I’m Gonna Die in This House
Come dressed to kill. Stay to dance yourself back to life. A spooky little celebration of queer pop, featuring DJ sets, burlesque, and a soundtrack worthy of your most dramatic entrance.
Panel Discussion: Music, Copyright & AI – UNMIXED
Can you copyright a vibe? Asking for a robot. An evening of big questions about music, artificial intelligence, and the very human business of getting credit for creative work.
Jones x Bad Reception Present: Tarot Night @ Oberon
New month, new intentions, same questionable decisions. Let the cards offer a little guidance while the DJ provides the soundtrack to your next chapter.
Traitors Viewing Party
Trust no one. Except the person saving you a seat at the bar. Gather your fellow amateur detectives for an evening of accusations, alliances, and a little reality TV-induced paranoia.
Pawn Chess Club at McNally Jackson
Your next meet-cute might start with a checkmate. Join Pawn Chess Club for an evening of friendly competition, DJ sets, and the kind of chemistry you can't plan three moves ahead.
FALL-AGE: a fall collage night
Throw on a sweater and come make something. This cozy collage night supplies the materials; you supply whatever degree of artistic ambition you’re feeling.
East of Eden, Land of Nod
Paradise is overrated anyway. Head east of Eden for an exhibition of painting, sculpture, and research from five New York-based artists.
CULT CLASSICS: Screen to Scream
Consider this your invitation to the monster's ball. Expect cult-film icons, macabre glamour, and a stage full of creatures who know how to make a dramatic entrance.
Insider Trading II Panel with Eli Rosenbloom, Miyako Bellizzi, Yusuf Hassan, and Steff Yotka
Consider this a masterclass in being nosy, professionally. Three creatives who make a living studying people come together to discuss the peculiar art of turning real lives, identities, and histories into culture.
THAT PART vol.7
Your next favorite artist might be performing in a room you've never heard of. Come discover the musicians and writers making interesting things, and enjoy the particular pleasure of stumbling upon something wonderful.
anthology: Troye Sivan
Some people go to church. Others worship at the altar of Troye Sivan. Spend an evening celebrating the patron saint of pretty boys, pop bangers, and questionable late-night decisions.
Creative Showcase Vol. 7
Everyone's working on something. What's everyone working on? Get a peek inside the minds (and projects) of NYC creatives, with just enough time to leave you wanting more.
Brian Eno Listening Party
Your headphones are lovely, but have you tried an entire room dedicated to Brian Eno? Hear selections from two of his albums on a seriously impressive sound system, surrounded by people who appreciate a good sonic rabbit hole.
First Pour
Your Tuesday night could use a softer landing. Slip into Port Sa'id for a little Ghia, a little Nyerah, and a few hours of letting the world spin at 33 RPM.
Great Times: Comedy for $15 $
For people who like their humor dry and their oysters briny. A night of stand-up at the Soho Playhouse, featuring some of comedy's most interesting voices and a little something from the sea.
Herbalism 101: Awaken your Inner Herbalist through your Senses
For anyone who's ever wanted to be the mysterious person who knows things about plants. Spend an afternoon tasting, smelling, and getting acquainted with herbs, and leave one step closer to becoming your neighborhood's resident green witch.
Beyonsk8 ft DJ Fade & Friends (skate)
Put on something sparkly and lace up your skates. Queen Bey provides the inspiration; DJ Fade & Friends provide the soundtrack.
VENGEANCE (is a love language)
Choose your ending: DEATH or LIFE. This two-night immersive performance explores vengeance, self-devotion, power, and what happens when you finally reclaim your joy.
Body & Pole Student Showcase
There’s something special about watching someone perform what they built from scratch. This showcase celebrates students stepping out of class and onto the stage.
CYCLES: Music & Menstrual Health
A concert with a lil body literacy built in. CYCLES pairs live performance with menstrual health education and advocacy for an evening that actually teaches you something.
Corn Social
Bring corn. Leave with friends. Everyone contributes a dish, everyone gets a seat at the long table, and together you give corn season the send-off it deserves.
Vitamin Color x Farm to People
For art you’re actually encouraged to eat. Vitamin Color is turning the late-summer harvest into a sprawling edible landscape made for gathering, grazing, and getting a little closer to where our food comes from.