u/CityHappeningsAlexa

I spend an unreasonable amount of time digging through event calendars, so here are some of the more interesting things I found happening around NYC this week. A few highlights:

• Wimbledon is building an actual grass tennis court in Central Park and letting people enter a lottery to play on it.
• A week-long "Summer of Ludd" festival is taking over the city with anti-tech talks, mass poetry readings, communal lunches, sewing workshops, and an event called Stevie Wonder vs. The Nazis.
• Riders Alliance (the transit advocacy nonprofit) is hosting drag bingo in Astoria, including a presentation ranking subway lines on the Kinsey scale.
• A Pride-themed astronomy night in Downtown Brooklyn with science talks, trivia, and drinks.
• A walking tour covering 160 years of LGBTQ history on the Upper West Side.
• A giant vintage/fashion market in Greenpoint with 50 vendors and a rooftop.
• A cocktail-making class at PDT focused on bourbon.
• A PowerPoint-style "Pitch a Friend" night where people present their single friends to a room full of strangers.

I put together a full list with ~20 events here: https://cityhappenings.substack.com/p/things-to-do-in-nyc-this-week-june-e4e

What's the best thing you're looking forward to this week?

Some of the more interesting things happening in NYC this week:

• A sunset boat tour explaining how zoning decisions transformed the waterfront over the last 25 years
• A live orchestra performing the score of Encanto while the movie plays
• Free canoeing in the Gowanus Canal
• A folk music festival spread across Governors Island
• A Juneteenth jazz festival in Harlem
• A touring Murder, She Wrote audience participation show

I spend way too much time digging through event calendars, so I put together a list of the most interesting things I found happening this week.

Full list here: https://cityhappenings.substack.com/p/things-to-do-in-nyc-this-week-june

Anything cool I missed?

A handful of things I came across while planning my weekend:

• Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Pop-Up at ICP (Saturday) - A one-day pop-up with vintage YSL pieces curated by fashion historian Lilah Ramzi. Even if you're not buying anything, seems worth stopping by to browse.

• Art Groove Group Exhibition in Chelsea (Saturday) - 30+ emerging artists, DJs, live music, fashion, free ice cream, and a gallery opening that sounds a lot more lively than your typical gallery opening.

• The Devil Wears Prada Drinking Game at The Bell House (Saturday) - Performers act out the movie while incorporating drinking challenges. Feels like a guaranteed good time.

• Under The Trees in Central Park (Sunday) - A creative afternoon with sketching, writing prompts, ice cream, and generally touching grass in a productive way.

• Alexander Hamilton Walking Tour (Sunday) - Follows the actual NYC locations tied to Hamilton's life. Good excuse to wander Lower Manhattan if you've somehow never done the tourist thing.

• Pioneer Works Second Sundays (Sunday) - Probably my favorite thing on this list. Free open studios, music, workshops, and art spread throughout the campus in Red Hook.

• Prideful Poetry in Queens (Friday) - LGBTQ+ poetry and spoken word performances followed by a community gathering.

Anyone else have interesting plans this weekend? I put together a much longer roundup of NYC events every week here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-201124926

Always looking for things I missed.