Monday, May 20th: Free Screening of ‘Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!’ with The Beastie Boys + Free Mac & Cheese
Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That! MILES (101 Wilson St., Brooklyn) 6pm mac & cheese, 9pm screening Free $5 drinks Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Monday, May 20th: Andrew Carmellini & Architects Robin Standefer & Stephen Alesch
Andrew Carmellini & Architects Robin Standefer & Stephen Alesch Wollman Hall at The New School (66 West 12th St., 5th Fl., Manhattan) 6pm $10 in advance Although we often focus on the food and the service, restaurant dining is really the combination of food, service and environment. That’s where architecture and design come in. Design [...]
Sunday, May 19th: 2nd Annual Momo (Dumpling) Crawl
2nd Annual Momo Crawl Jackson Heights Plaza (37th Rd. btw. 74th St. & Broadway, Queens) 1:30-4:30pm $2+, plus cost of momos With the opening of Friends Cafe last week, there are now 19 places serving momos in the Little India vicinity of Jackson Heights. These Himalayan dumplings quietly have become the most popular dish in [...]
Sunday, May 19th: Free Homemade Condiments & Toppings for Grilling Class
Homemade Condiments & Toppings for Grilling Class Williams-Sonoma Home (10 Columbus Circle, Ground Fl., Manhattan) 11am Free, reserve a spot by calling 212.823.9750 Launch the summer grilling season with a cookout on Memorial Day. We’ll show you how to make mustard, sauerkraut and other delicious toppings that are perfect for dressing up burgers and hot [...]
Sunday, May 19th: The Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair
The Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair 5th Ave. from 12th St. to Sterling Pl., Brooklyn Noon-5pm Free Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Sunday, May 19th: Ridgewood Market
Gottscheer Hall (657 Fairview Ave., Queens) 11am-5pm Free RIDGEWOOD MARKET A MONTHLY ARTISAN FLEA MARKET Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Sunday, May 19th: ‘$20 Dollar, 20 Minute Meals’ Book Party & Demo with Caroline Wright
$20 Dollar, 20 Minute Meals The Brooklyn Kitchen (100 Frost St., Brooklyn) 3pm $20 in advance* *includes a copy of Caroline’s new book “Twenty Dollar, Twenty Minute Meals” It’s a bold promise: get a fresh, inventive, easy meal on the table for $20 or less, in 20 minutes or less. A rising culinary star, Caroline [...]
Sunday, May 19th: Circuit Building and Bending Workshop & BBQ
Circuit Building and Bending Workshop & BBQ The Living Gallery (1094 Broadway, Brooklyn) Noon-5pm Free admission, $5-10 suggested for materials Learn how to build and bend your own instruments! Materials will be available and bring some food to GRILLLLLL. Alex will demonstrate how to build a 40106 oscillator – an extremely simple circuit design that [...]
Saturday, May 18th: Ferment Fest: Beer, Pickles, Kimchi & More
Ferment Fest LaunchPad (721 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn) 1-10pm $10 suggested LaunchPad and Honest Pete present a day-long celebration of home-brewers, picklers, kimichi makers and more. We’ll also be celebrating the official opening of our beautiful backyard with grillin’, learnin’ and rockin’. 4pm Letterbox Farms Fermentation Demo 5pm: Adam LaGreca (The Academics) 6pm: Paul Meadow 7pm: [...]
Friday, May 17th: Free Coffee, Coconut Water, Treats & Bike Lights for Bike to Work Day
Free Brooklyn Roasting Company coffee, Vita Coco and breakfast from KIND and Cabot. Plus T.A. membership giveaways, including free bike lights and RydeSafe Reflective Decals! Click here for more information & a list of locations. Click here for more New York City freebies.
Friday, May 17th: Be Sweet New York City
Be Sweet New York City Chelsea Market Passage on The High Line, W. 16th St., Manhattan 10am-8pm Free
Thursday, May 16th: Instant Photography Blue Hour with Free Drinks & Photobooth
Instant Photography Blue Hour Lomography Gallery Store New York (41 W. 8th St., Manhattan) 6pm Free We are celebrating the awesomeness of instant film! Come by the Lomography Gallery Store NYC and check out our instant photo booth and grab a drink with all your best analog friends. We all love the instant gratification of [...]
Nifty Places: Franklin Pizza, Home of the Garlic Knot Sandwich
Perhaps saying I eat less garbage than I used to is a lie I tell myself. Perhaps before I was more of a willing participant, and now garbage simply foists itself upon me. Perhaps this thing is real, or maybe it is just a mirage that manifests in the veritable octagon of shame that constitutes [...]
Saturday, May 11th: Art Fairs, Ride Vintage Trains, Free Ice Cream Making…
Saturday, May 11th: Grand Centennial Parade of Trains – Ride Vintage Trains for Free Through Sunday, May 12th: Form and Substance: Projection Mapping in Contemporary Art Through Monday, May 13th: Frieze New York Art Fair 2013 Through Sunday, May 19th: NYC Wildflower Week 2013 Through Tuesday, May 21st: NYCxDESIGN 2013 Saturday, May 11th: Bike the [...]
Fridays Through June 28th: The Spring Cocktail War (Up to 75% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for up to 75% off tickets to The Spring Cocktail War. This spring, iAdventure presents the sixth installment of its popular Cocktail War Series, The Spring Cocktail War. Two of New York’s best mixologists will compete head-to-head to create the best cocktail using a series of secret ingredients in the allotted time. But [...]
Saturday, May 18th & Sunday, May 19th: The Seed Vegan Expo 2013 (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to The Seed Vegan Expo. The Seed is a two-day fair that celebrates veganism and promotes cruelty-free alternatives for every aspect of modern-day life. Hungry? Scrumptious plant-based food from the city’s finest vegan restaurants will be on sale. Need inspiration? The Seed’s lineup of more than 30 world-renowned speakers, [...]
Saturday, May 4th: IDEAS CITY 2013 StreetFest
IDEAS City 2013 StreetFest Around the Bowery & in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Manhattan 11am-6pm Free IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers, making them better places to live, work, and play. Founded by the New Museum [...]
Saturday, May 4th: Spring Handmade Cavalcade 2013
Spring Handmade Cavalcade 2013 The Space at 50 N. 3rd, Brooklyn 10am-5pm Free admission The Handmade Cavalcade is a biannual Craft Fair In NYC, put together by the dedication and DIY drive of Etsy New York- local New York metro area Etsy Sellers. Come out and shop the unique handmade gifts of your local Etsy [...]


