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Back with more cool things to do!! This week's roundup includes everything from hazy French films to Juneteenth parties.
Welcome to Hey! Want to ...? A Roundup of chic things happening in NYC under or around $50 that you should know about. Want even more? Check out the full events calendar here.
✩‧₊˚ Café Club
When: 12:00 PM
Where: Café Colmado - 286 Broome Street, New York City, New York 10002
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Gente. Música. Baile.
✩‧₊˚ Listening Session w/ Marjorine
When: 1:00 PM
Where: Silence Please - 132 Bowery, New York City, New York 10013
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Beats, boogie, and maybe a movie rec.
✩‧₊˚ Lady Bunny's Disco Tea Dance
When: 6:00 PM
Where: C'mon Everybody - 325 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Tickets: From $15.00
Why Go: Sip something strong and twirl like no one’s watching.
✩‧₊˚ Jealousy, Italian Style
When: 6:30 PM
Where: Lincoln Center - 70 Lincoln Center Plaza #4, New York, NY 10023
Tickets: From $19.00
Why Go: Monica Vitti, Marcello Mastroianni, and a love triangle messier than marinara.
✩‧₊˚ What Have I Done to Deserve This?
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Metrograph - 7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
Tickets: From $18.00
Why Go: A mother, a typewriter, and a whole lot of amphetamines.
✩‧₊˚ The Stranger Within a Woman
When: 7:50 PM
Where: Metrograph - 7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
Tickets: From $18.00
Why Go: A taut, eerie thriller where every word is a loaded weapon.
✩‧₊˚ Girls, Gays, & Theys: Call Me Daddy
When: 8:00 PM
Where: Xanadu - 262 Starr Street, Brooklyn, New York 11237
Tickets: From $26.78
Why Go: Girls, Gays & Theys hit the rink.
✩‧₊˚ Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies
When: 6:00 PM
Where: Rizzoli Bookstore - 1133 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Teen angst, prom nights, and perfect soundtracks.
✩‧₊˚ Motown on Mondays
When: 6:00 PM
Where: Ace Hotel Brooklyn - 252 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: A Monday night ritual for music lovers, dancers, and joy-seekers.
✩‧₊˚ KGB Monday Night Poetry
When: 7:00 PM
Where: KGB - 85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003
Tickets: None! Just go!!
Why Go: Where poets gather, whiskey flows, and language burns slow.
✩‧₊˚ CINEMA INJECTION
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Seventh Heaven Bar & Karaoke - 4 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11237
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Short films. Big feelings. Live performance.
✩‧₊˚ Brooklyn’s Biggest Summer Reading Party!
When: 5:30 PM
Where: Abolitionist Pl - Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: A bookish night with live music, quiet reading, and deep convo.
✩‧₊˚ The Intersection of Food and Trans Identity: A Conversation
When: 6:00 PM
Where: MoFAD - 55 Water St 2nd Flr, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tickets: From $20
Why Go: A celebration of Trans resilience through recipes, relationships, and resistance. Hear from Telly Justice, Gabrielle Inès Souza, Luna Vela, and Skylar Mosca in a conversation moderated by Dubbs Weinblatt.
✩‧₊˚ Ahh Rodeo Presents...A Night in Ridgewood
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Trans-Pecos - 9-15 Wyckoff Ave, Ridgewood, Queens, NY
Tickets: From $12.00
Why Go: A little country, a lot of Ridgewood.
✩‧₊˚ Anonymous Was a Woman: The First 25 Years
When: 6:00 PM
Where: Rizzoli Bookstore - 1133 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: 250+ artists. 25 years. A powerful tribute to the women of Anonymous Was A Woman.
✩‧₊˚ Summer Solstice at PR: "Have a Good Trip" with author Eugenia Bone
When: 6:00 PM
Where: Public Records - 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tickets: From $15.45
Why Go: What do we really know about shrooms? Eugenia Bone breaks it down: trip responsibly.
✩‧₊˚ Jaz Brisack presents Get On the Job and Organize, ft. Samhita Mukhopadhyay
When: 6:30 PM
Where: P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts - 180 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
Tickets: From $5.00
Why Go: Jaz Brisack talks unions, organizing, and their debut book, Get On the Job and Organize.
✩‧₊˚ Kiehl's SkinFEST: Summer Skin Festival! (Hell's Kitchen)
When: 2:45 PM
Where: Kiehl's - 678 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Sun’s out, skin’s in. Score exclusive deals + free treats at Kiehl’s all weekend.
✩‧₊˚ JUNETEENTH at ELSEWHERE
When: 4:00 PM
Where: Elsewhere - The Rooftop - 599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Tickets: From $13.48
Why Go: The rooftop is ready, the DJs are loaded, and the vibe is liberation.
✩‧₊˚ Suck My Disco! with The Illustrious Blacks
When: 10:30 PM
Where: C'mon Everybody - 325 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Tickets: From $10.00
Why Go: A sonic celebration of Black joy and cultural legacy
✩‧₊˚ FILM CLUB
When: 9:00 PM
Where: Film Noir Cinema - 122 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Tickets: Honestly, no idea. There was no info on the site, but it looks cool.
Why Go: Secret screenings, surprise picks, and pure cinephile joy.
✩‧₊˚ Taking Back Thursday: The only GIRL RUN Emo vs Nü Metal Night
When: 10:00 PM
Where: Arlene's Grocery - 95 Stanton St, New York, New York 10002
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Free to get in, impossible to forget.
✩‧₊˚ Noir Fever Juneteenth: Aluna (DJ Set), GabSoul, KESH, Niara Sterling more
When: 10:30 PM
Where: Elsewhere - 599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Tickets: From $20.87
Why Go: Noir Fever hits Elsewhere for Juneteenth
✩‧₊˚ New York Sign Museum Tour
When: 2:00 PM
Where: New York Sign Museum - 2465 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Tickets: From $27.99
Why Go: Signs, stories, and neon magic
✩‧₊˚ Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
When: 4:00 PM
Where: Metrograph - 7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
Tickets: From $18.00
Why Go: The perfect film for lovers of long talks, little rebellions, and unexpected friendship.
✩‧₊˚ Swedish Midsummer Festival
When: 5:00 PM
Where: Nelson A. Rockefeller Park - River Terrace & Murray Street, New York, NY 10280
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: It won’t be like an Ari Aster film. I think. Maybe. Hopefully.
✩‧₊˚ FashionSpeak Fridays: An Evening with Melitta Baumeister
When: 7:00 PM
Where: The National Arts Club - 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
Tickets: Free w.RSVP
Why Go: CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner Melitta Baumeister talks bold design, NYFW, and rejecting beauty norms in favor of radical self-expression.
✩‧₊˚ But I'm a Cheerleader
When: 9:35 PM
Where: Metrograph - 7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
Tickets: From $18.00
Why Go: Conversion therapy never looked so pastel (or so subversive).
✩‧₊˚ CLUB CLASSICS [BRATTY BASS PARTY POP]
When: 11:00 PM
Where: DROM - 85 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: Bratty bass, party pop, and club classics.
✩‧₊˚ Juneteenth Creative Market
When: 12:00 PM
Where: Ace Hotel Brooklyn - 252 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tickets: Not needed :)!
Why Go: From handmade goods to heartfelt vibes, shop Black, support local, and stay awhile.
✩‧₊˚ Who Framed Roger Rabbit
When: 1:45 PM
Where: Lincoln Center - 70 Lincoln Center Plaza #4, New York, NY 10023
Tickets: From $19.00
Why Go: When Toontown gets dark, only Roger can make it funny.
✩‧₊˚ West Village Pub Tour Traces Roots of LGBTQ Culture - Pride Walking Tour
When: 2:30 PM
Where: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center - New York - 208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Tickets: From $39.19
Why Go: A walking tour through LGBTQ spaces past and present in the heart of the Village.
✩‧₊˚ MOCA TALKS – Subversities: Interventions in Queer Activism Past & Present
When: 3:00 PM
Where: Museum of Chinese in America - 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013
Tickets: Free w. RSVP
Why Go: 50 years of fighting for change. Hear from LGBTQ+ pioneer Daniel C. Tsang.
✩‧₊˚ Drunk Black History
When: 7:30 PM
Where: The Bell House - 149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Tickets: From $32.05
Why Go: Come sip and celebrate the icons they didn’t teach you about in school.
✩‧₊˚ Vintage Vibez
When: 11:00 PM
Where: littlefield - 635 Sackett Street Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tickets: From $23.59
Why Go: Classic cuts, deep crates, and nothing but vibes.
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