Ask the City
tell me your night, I'll build it from the listingsJune 2026
← agendaBryant Park Read on the Lawn Day
Mon Jun 1 · 6pm · Bryant Park · Free
Reading Rhythms is a series of welcoming reading parties designed to make it easy for people to gather and read socially. Bring any book you want and participate in silent reading periods, 1-on-1 breakouts, and group discussions.
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The Art of Fantasy Building
Tue Jun 2 · 7pm · $45
Miss Bloom will guide playful, interactive exercises designed to help you understand and communicate your fantasies. Explore the deeper architecture of desire—tension, anticipation, symbolism, sensory detail, and personal meaning.
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Othership Runner's Night x Vivo Barefoot
Tue Jun 2 · 8pm · Othership Williamsburg · $35
8:00 PM – Arrive and drop off belongings. 8:15 PM – 3-mile community run led by Vivo Barefoot's Head Celebrity Coach. 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Return for 2-hour Runner's Night Social featuring sauna, ice baths, connection, and recovery.
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Tech Week Connection Hike
Wed Jun 3 · 9am · Central Park · Free
This experience is designed for founders, operators, investors, and startup leaders looking to build meaningful, authentic relationships while enjoying movement, conversation, and nature. Prioritizes conversation over pace with rotating discussions facilitated by BusinessOutside®.
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week night's Collaboration Lab with StoryTell NYC
Wed Jun 3 · 6:30pm · Beltane · Free
A working session for community builders who want to team up with another community on a future event. Short discussion on best practices for collaborations, then open room for builders to meet potential partners and start planning.
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Wine & Einstein Lectures: Could you be an NPC?
Thu Jun 4 · 6:30pm · OS NYC · $33
A night of gaming, learning, and discussion about whether you could be an NPC in someone else's simulation. Lecture by Dr. Richard Brown, Philosopher, CUNY. Explore consciousness, simulation theory, and uploading consciousness into computers.
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Pause + Release
Sun Jun 7 · 3pm · Free
Join With Great Taste NYC and Black Girls Smile for a mindful creative pause before the start of your week - a chance to rest, reflect, and release in community. Grounding sound bath and breathwork followed by guided somatic dance therapy session.
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Darn it! Mending Club
Sun Jun 7 · 6pm · Textile Arts Center · $12.51
Mending is a form of resistance! Coming together on the first Sunday of each month where we can explore this intervention through the act of mending our precious textiles: forming relationships with our clothes, objects, and with each other. Pamphlets and examples of darning, mending, and patchwork provided.
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Collect Pond Concert: An Evening of Sound, Story, and New Myths
Mon Jun 8 · 7pm · Collect Pond Park · Free
During this evening of sound and story, a group of visionary musicians, poets, and storytellers gathers to guide participants into a new relationship with our city's waters, past and future.
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Yappy Hour: Let's Get Wiggy With It
Tue Jun 9 · 6:30pm · Greenpoint Comedy Club · $50
A wig party designed to get strangers actually talking to each other. When you walk in, you pick a wig off a wig rack and each wig comes with a conversation prompt designed to get people past the small talk and actually get to know each other.
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Creative Joy Date: Paint Your Pivot
Thu Jun 11 · 6:30pm · $49
This Creative Joy Date is a gathering for women who are navigating change, growth, or a new chapter. We'll slow down, paint a wooden photo holder, choose a meaningful quote or reflection from The Pivot Year, and connect through thoughtful conversation.
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Taboo Time with Jennie
Thu Jun 11 · 7pm · Lakou Cafe · $10
Want to laugh, connect, and dance on the edge of your comfort zone all in the same night? This Thursday, you can explore taboo topics with strangers in an opt-in format where multiple ways to participate will be welcome! The night will have involve facilitated mingling, a moderated "hot seat" conversation and optional small group conversations on topics of your choice.
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Creative Women Walk: Inwood Hill Park
Fri Jun 12 · 2pm · Inwood Hill Park · Free
On this walk, we'll explore the only natural forest left in Manhattan: Inwood Hill Park. Yes, an actual forest in Manhattan! With winding trails, old-growth trees, Hudson River views, and even giant Ice Age boulders, it's one of those places that doesn't feel like NYC at all. This is a relaxed, no-pressure way to meet fellow creative women while moving and chatting together.
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Safe Space Saturday
Sat Jun 13 · 11am · Free
Get ready for a day of connection, movement, and mental wellness at Safe Space Saturday: Mental Health Field Day hosted by Black Girls Smile. Designed and ranging from youth to their parent/guardians to young adults, this uplifting event brings families and community together for engaging mental wellness workshops, a movement session, and vision board making.
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Cyanotype Workshop: Afterimages of Memory
Sun Jun 14 · 3:30pm · telos haus · $55
Cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic printing processes. Using sunlight and specially coated paper, objects exposed to light leave behind white impressions against a deep blue background. After some journaling and reflection, we'll create 2 x cyanotype prints using personal photos, flowers, and found materials, experimenting with light, shadow, and composition. Food and refreshments provided.
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Pop Diva Dance: Learn 'Circus' by Britney Spears
Sun Jun 14 · 7pm · $24
Unleash your inner pop diva with a dance class for 'Circus' by Britney Spears! We'll kick things off with icebreakers and a warm-up before learning the iconic choreography at a reasonable pace. You'll leave with a cool video to share and connections to new friends. No experience necessary and all ages are welcome!
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New York (Vertical) Film Festival
Sat Jun 20 · 12pm · Fractal Campus in Williamsburg
Get direct instruction about how to make a video on your phone, make and post your first video within an hour or less, enter videos into categories, watch screenings, and compete for prizes.
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How to Talk Politics Well, Effectively, and Pro-Socially
Thu Jul 2 · 6:30pm · Fractal Campus in Williamsburg
Political conversation with Daniel Golliher (founder of Maximum New York), Priya Rose (co-founder of Fractal), and Andrew Rose (co-founder of Fractal) about having productive political conversations that improve outcomes and culture.
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