📚 Franklin Park Reading Series
8pm | Franklin Park: 618 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn | Free
“We're launching our summer season with a blockbuster reading featuring new short fiction, novels, and poetry from acclaimed authors Camille Perri (Social Animals), Cat Fitzpatrick (The Dinner Party), Natalie Adler (Waiting on a Friend), M Lin (The Memory Museum), Chiwan Choi (birthdays), and Honor Jones (Sleep)!”
🧠 Night School
7 - 10.30pm | Miss Barbs: 1038 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn | $2
“A room full of strangers, neighbors, artists, thinkers, and the quietly curious. An evening built around the simple idea that learning belongs to all of us. Three people. Three perspectives. Countless connections. Come listen. Come wonder. Come leave with a new question.”
🧠 Revolution Remembered, Stories Forgotten
6.30pm | Museum of the City of New York: 1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St., Manhattan | $25
“The American Revolution is one of the most examined and revisited moments in American history. MS NOW journalist Antonia Hylton is joined by Sarah Botstein, director and co-producer of the PBS docuseries The American Revolution; Christopher Brown, professor at Columbia University; and Johnny Gandelsman, violinist and producer, for a discussion on how the narrative of the American Revolution has been shaped, simplified, and memorialized. By considering what the docuseries reveals and what historical narratives often omit, the program connects questions of memory and meaning by exploring whose stories are preserved, whose are forgotten, and who ultimately controls the way the past is remembered.”
🎨 Pollen, An Evening for Creative Women
6.30 - 9pm | dear friend books: 343A Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn | $20
“Pollen is a gathering for creative women in NYC. A night for drinks, open conversation, and hopefully leaving with a new friend or two. The only rule: leave having spoken to someone you didn’t know before. We’re kicking things off with a small fireside chat with Danni Mynard, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. Afterwards enjoy some time to have a glass of something and chat.”
🎬 Travolta et Moi
7pm | Nightclub 101: 101 Avenue A, Manhattan | Free
“Made as part of ARTE’s legendary Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge series, Travolta et Moi follows a teenage girl in late-1970s France whose obsession with John Travolta collides with the messy realities of first love. Set to an irresistible soundtrack of Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire, and The Clash, the film is one of the all time great depictions of adolescent longing. Because the anthology series relied heavily on licensed popular music, the films have rarely been screened outside France and have remained largely inaccessible for years. Opportunities to see Travolta et Moi are exceptionally uncommon, making this a rare chance to experience the film as it was meant to be seen: on the big screen, with an audience.” Hosted by 99 Minutes - check them out!
🎬 Queerly Beloved: Pride Shorts in the Park
8.45pm | Fort Greene Park | Free
“NYC Pride takes center stage in this radiant program of LGBTQIA+ short films from around the world, pulsing with self-invention, resistance, and the intimate acts of becoming and belonging.”
🌭 Hotdog Fundraiser
4 - 8pm | Secret Riso Club: 122 Central Ave, Brooklyn
“Running a small, community-focused art space in NYC isn’t easy—rent is high, utility bills keep climbing, and the costs of maintaining a public creative space add up quickly. We believe in being transparent about these challenges and in asking our community for support when we need it. One simple way to help is by stopping by to hang out and grabbing a hot dog. You can also support us by attending a workshop, purchasing a book, becoming a member, or printing your work with us. Every dollar we earn goes directly back into sustaining the space, supporting our programming, and keeping our doors open for artists, designers, and our community. If you’re unable to join in person - please support our work by purchasing a figurative dog.”
📚 Celebrating 80 Years of Penguin Classics
7pm | The Center for Fiction: 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn | $10+
“We are pleased to welcome Elda Rotor, Vice President and Publisher of Penguin Classics, as the evening’s moderator. In conversation with Rotor, acclaimed writers Nicole Dennis-Benn, Roxane Gay, and Xochitl Gonzalez will reflect on the evolving role of the classics and the exciting ways in which contemporary voices continue to expand, challenge, and reinterpret the literary canon.”
🎨 Alison Kuo in Conversation
6.30 - 8pm | New Museum: 235 Bowery, New York | $15
“Join Alison Kuo, New Museum Artist in Residence, for a conversation with art historian William Ma. Kuo will discuss her new performance work in development, her related research and ongoing training in Cantonese Opera, and her engagement with the people, community life, and material culture of Manhattan’s Chinatown.”
🎻 Laurie Anderson: Republic of Love with Sexmob / amita
8 - 10pm | Central Park: Rumsey Playfield | Free
“Laurie Anderson is best known as an early pioneer of electronic music, but her wildly diverse catalog of ambitious multimedia projects encompasses not only music but film, visual projections, dance, and spoken and written word.”
🎬 Trapped: Mind-Altering Shorts 2026
8.30pm | Industry City, Courtyard 5/6 | $22
“A thrilling program of surprising, surreal, and even sinister shorts featuring some of our favorite off-kilter genre films of the year.”
🎬 CAREFUL
7.30pm | Film Forum: 209 W Houston St, Manhattan | $18
Post-film conversation with filmmaker Guy Maddin (ARCHANGEL, THE HEART OF THE WORLD), moderated by Ari Aster (HEREDITARY, MIDSOMMAR).
🃏 Tarot Readings with Rhonda Alin
5.30 - 8pm | The Morgan Library: 225 Madison Avenue, Manhattan | $10
“In celebration of the exhibition Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions, Rhonda Alin offers tarot readings in one of the Morgan’s historic rooms.”
🎶 Punk Island NYC
11am - 8pm | Randall’s Island | Free
“Supported by Make Music New York, Punk Island music fest is an annual manifestation of our collective energy and more than just a festival – it's a living, breathing embodiment of punk culture. Breaking free from genres, we define punk as a culture rooted in DIY ethics and unrestricted expression. Join us for a day-long celebration where the underground takes center stage, and freedom of expression is the anthem. Punk Island music fest is where the unfiltered, unapologetic spirit of punk thrives.”
🫘 Bean Up
1 - 3pm | Central Park: Sheep’s Meadow | Free
“Do you love beans? Come to our first ever New York Bean-Up! What is a bean-up?
A place to let your love of beans run wild, build community, and eat some really incredible food. Assemble with your fellow bean lovers, bring a bean dish, I’ll have a bean bake, and celebrate our love of legumes. Make sure to label your dish and include any major allergens”
🎬 Paris Is Burning screening + Conversation with Ballroom Icon Stan Elle
7.30 - 9.30pm | Strother School of Radical Attention: 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn | Free with RSVP
“Join us for a conversation with Ballroom icon Stan Elle followed by a screening of Paris Is Burning. Join us for a conversation with Ballroom icon Stan Elle on the history, legacy, and enduring power of Ballroom culture as a sanctuary of attention. The conversation will be followed by a screening of Paris Is Burning, the landmark documentary that offers an intimate look into New York City’s Ballroom culture and the lives of Black and Latino LGBTQ+ communities who shaped it.”
🎶 Very Friendly Grand Opening
12 - 8pm | Very Friendly: 610 Dean St, Brooklyn | Free
“In addition to slinging records we will have DJs spinning from 2-8. Come by, hang out and see what all our hard work has been going toward.”
✍️ Poets House Workshop Summer Community Reading
4 - 6pm | Poet’s House: Teardrop Park, Manhattan | $10 suggested donation
“Join us beneath the beautiful trees of Teardrop Park for an afternoon celebrating the poetry of our students. Sixteen readers representing a variety of Poets House workshops will share their work as our featured poets for our Summer Community Reading.”
🧩 Play Out of the Box: A Game-Making Workshop with Aging in Play
3 - 5pm | Strother School of Radical Attention: 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn | $12.51
“Join design collective Aging in Play (AIP) to create your own games from everyday materials. What kinds of games can be played using a cup, a ping pong ball, and a piece of cardboard? A game of movement, memory, chance, or something no one played before? Join design collective Aging in Play (AIP) to create your own games from everyday materials.”
🏀 ANNUAL PRIDE FROOP
2 - 4pm | East Village | Free with RSVP
“It’s not Pride Sunday without some lesbian ass basketball….🤣‼️🦋👀🏀
BRING A SPEAKER AND A FRIEND AND A LOVER AND A BALL AND A VIBEEEE”
🧵 BYOC
11am | Washington Square Park | Free
“bring a craft to work on, a book to read, or just come and hang out!”
🪩 TOÑITA FEST
12 - 8pm | Caribbean Social Club: 244 Grand St, Brooklyn
“Toñita Fest returns for its third edition to celebrate a legacy that keeps Puerto Rican culture, and community alive. // Toñita Fest regresa en su tercera edición para celebrar un legado que mantiene viva nuestra presencia, cultura y comunidad.eturns for its third edition to celebrate a legacy that keeps Puerto Rican culture, and community alive.”
Let’s talk World Cup! This is my newfound . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁Summer of Sport. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁.
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