Brooklyn is about to feel different this summer.
LA CASITA is not just another party. 
It’s a Puerto Rican reggaeton immersive experience built for people who miss REAL energy, real music, and unforgettable nights.
There’s something missing in NYC nightlife lately…
Real connection.
Not just standing around scrolling on our phones. 
Not just another random party. 
Not just loud music with no feeling behind it.
LA CASITA was created for the people who miss energy that feels warm, alive, cultural, and real.
A place where reggaeton feels nostalgic. 
Where strangers become part of the same moment. 
Where birthdays, friendships, dancing, memories, and culture all collide under one roof.
This is bigger than just going out. 
It’s about creating nights people actually remember.
Whether you’re Puerto Rican, Dominican, Latino, Caribbean, or simply someone who loves music, culture, and good energy — this space was built to bring people together.
Good music. 
Good people. 
Good energy.
That’s the goal every single weekend.
Summer 2026 in Brooklyn starts here every Friday &amp; Saturday til September 26, 2026.&nbsp;


This is where culture, music, and nightlife collide.
Tickets are moving. 
VIP goes first.
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Local Event: La Casita a Reggaeton Immersive Experience

Queens County

Astoria-Long Island City

New York

La Casita a Reggaeton Immersive Experience

Brooklyn is about to feel different this summer.
LA CASITA is not just another party. 
It’s a Puerto Rican reggaeton immersive...

Advance Masonic Temple

Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. In New York, where hospitals continue to face a critical blood shortage, that need is not abstract; it is a child in treatment, a trauma patient in surgery, a neighbor whose survival depends on strangers showing up in time.
Rodney Artis, who was recently honored by the New York Blood Center with its “You Mean the World to Us” award, is spearheading the next Astoria Community Blood Drive on Saturday, May 23, 2026, from 8:45 am to 2:45 pm, at Advance Masonic Temple at 21-14 30th Avenue in Astoria. The drive is being hosted by Advance Lodge No. 586 in partnership with the New York Blood Center. A single blood donation takes less than an hour and can save up to three lives.
“This recognition is meaningful, but the real mission is getting people through the door to donate,” said Rodney Artis. “Right now, New York still needs blood. This is one of the simplest, most powerful ways people in Astoria can help save lives in our own community.”
How to Register: Visit nybc.org/sponsor and enter sponsor code: 10691 and select your preferred appointment time.
Donor Eligibility: Age 17+; age 16 with consent; minimum weight: 110 lbs; must feel healthy; bring valid ID.
Preparation Tips: Hydrate well, eat before donating, get a good night’s sleep.
Organizers strongly encourage appointments, but the broader message is simple: if you are able to give, now is the time.

Local Event: Astoria Community Blood Drive 

Astoria Community Blood Drive 

Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. In New York, where hospitals continue to face a critical blood...

Astoria Community Blood Drive
Saturday, May 23, 2026
8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Advance Masonic Temple
21-14 30th Ave., Astoria, NY 11102
To schedule an appointment:
Visit nybc.org/sponsor
Enter Sponsor Code: 10691
Donors must be age 17 or older, or 16 with consent, weigh at least 110 pounds, feel healthy, and bring valid ID. Donors are encouraged to hydrate, eat before donating, and get a good night’s sleep.

Local Event: NYBC-Honoree, Rodney Artis Urges Astoria Residents To Donate Blood At May 23 Drive

NYBC-Honoree, Rodney Artis Urges Astoria...

Astoria Community Blood Drive
Saturday, May 23, 2026
8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Advance Masonic Temple
21-14 30th Ave., Astoria, NY...

NYBC-Honoree, Rodney Artis Urges Astoria Residents To Donate Blood At May 23 Drive

Whitehall Terminal

<a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/death-in-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>
The Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour&nbsp;returns for a limited spring run.New York City’s past is filled with stories that reveal how people lived with death long before modern medicine and reform. This extended <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/death-in-new-york" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a> examines the city’s history of burial grounds, epidemics, and public executions across Lower Manhattan. Participants visit sites in Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown to learn how disease, faith, and policy shaped the city’s development. From colonial churchyards to early cemeteries and prison sites, the tour offers a detailed look at how New York’s attitudes toward mortality helped define its growth. 
Voted among <a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/let-me-tell-youthese-are-the-best-quirky-nyc-events-to-bookmark-for-2024-121923" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Time Out New York's</a><a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/let-me-tell-youthese-are-the-best-quirky-nyc-events-to-bookmark-for-2024-121923" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Top 10!</a>

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Local Event: Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour...


The Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour returns for a limited spring run.New York City’s past is filled with stories...

Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

Carl Schurz Park

The Psychiatric History of New York&nbsp;tour returns for a limited spring run.Explore how New York City became a center for psychiatric thought and medical experimentation. This walking tour examines the <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-psychiatric-history-of-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">history</a> of mental health treatment on the Upper East Side, tracing psychiatry’s path from its European origins to its modern institutions. Participants learn about early asylums, the rise of psychoanalysis, and the city’s role in shaping public attitudes toward the mind and medicine. Sites include locations tied to research, reform, and the professionals who helped define modern psychiatry.
<figure><a href="https://www.viator.com/tours/New-York-City/The-Psychiatric-History-of-New-York/d687-317194P3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn20.patchcdn.com/users/26559989/20231101/095240/image___01095239332.jpg" data-image="image.png"></a></figure>

Local Event: The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East Side Tour

The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East...

The Psychiatric History of New York tour returns for a limited spring run.Explore how New York City became a center for...

The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East Side Tour

Join Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) for this free special day as we celebrate keeping older Americans healthy and fit at the 2026 National Senior Health &amp; Fitness Day! Come learn how to maintain good nutrition for healthy aging and how to prevent falls. 
This is a FREE online workshop and will be offered via Zoom.
Speakers:
<ul><li>Sue Xiao Yu (MS, RD), HSS Nutritionist</li></ul>
<ul><li>Brianne Mooney (PT, DPT), HSS Physical Therapist </li></ul>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, | 10:30 AM -12:00 PM
Register here for our 2026 National Senior Health &amp; Fitness Day (free workshop):  <a href="https://communityed.hss.edu/en/custom-registration-from?utm_campaign=Patch_Workshops" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Community Education &amp; Outreach at HSS</a>
Please contact <a href="mailto:communityed@hss.edu" target="_blank">communityed@hss.edu</a> with any questions.

Local Event: Learn about Falls Prevention and Nutrition from HSS experts!

New York County

Upper East Side

Learn about Falls Prevention and Nutrition from...

Join Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) for this free special day as we celebrate keeping older Americans healthy and fit at...

Learn about Falls Prevention and Nutrition from HSS experts!

Vernon Boulevard

LIC Springs!&nbsp;is an annual street festival celebrating Long Island City with live performances, interactive lessons, art, fitness classes, outdoor dining, pop-up activities and more. The event is organized by Long Island City Partnership and programmed by hundreds of local businesses. Activities are free and open to the community. Save the date and join us for LIC’s biggest block party!

Local Event: LIC Springs! Street Festival

LIC Springs! Street Festival

LIC Springs! is an annual street festival celebrating Long Island City with live performances, interactive lessons, art,...

LIC Springs!&nbsp;is an annual street festival celebrating Long Island City with live performances, interactive lessons, art, fitness classes, outdoor dining, pop-up activities and more. The event is organized by Long Island City Partnership and programmed by hundreds of local businesses. Activities are free and open to the community. Save the date and join us for LIC’s biggest block party!<a href="https://www.longislandcityqueens.com/event/lic-springs-2026/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">longislandcityqueens.com/event/lic-springs-2026/</a>

Local Event: LIC Springs! 2026

LIC Springs! 2026

MacDonald Park

A non-partisan, immersive, family-friendly open-air festival designed to spark the kind of contagious energy that sends people running to the polls on the first day of early voting — blending large-scale visual installations, music, and civic education into something vivid, magnetic, and alive.
Visitors can add their voice to the WHY WE VOTE wall, move through bold photo and art installations, and step into a crowd generating real momentum around showing up.
Throughout the afternoon, speakers and community groups connect that energy to clear, practical action: voter education, registration, status checks, and building a personal voting plan.
This event is brought to you by a partnership of pro-democracy groups including Queens Says No Kings, Hands Off NYC, the Women’s Action Group of Forest Hills, Let’s Talk Democracy, and the VoteDEIS Campus Coalition.
Don’t miss it.

Local Event:  VOTEFEST Open Air

Forest Hills

 VOTEFEST Open Air

A non-partisan, immersive, family-friendly open-air festival designed to spark the kind of contagious energy that sends people...

The Reform Temple of Forest Hills

Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet (1876) Aaron Copland: Piano Quartet (1950) Intermission Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major (1878)

Local Event: Forest Hills Chamber Music Series: Piano Quartets

Forest Hills Chamber Music Series: Piano Quartets

Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet (1876) Aaron Copland: Piano Quartet (1950) Intermission Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat...

Randall's Island Park

Hell Gate is back for a limited run, every second Sunday only. Book ahead to secure your place.
Learn the history behind one of New York City’s most dangerous waterways. This <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/hell-gate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">guided</a> walking tour explores the Hell Gate section of the East River between Manhattan and Astoria, Queens, an area once feared for its powerful currents, hidden reefs, and shipwrecks.
Participants walk along Randall’s Island to hear stories of river pirates, bridge conspiracies, maritime disasters, and the nearby islands that once held quarantine hospitals and prisons. The tour offers an in-depth look at how this small stretch of river influenced New York’s maritime past and urban development.

Local Event: Hell Gate: New York’s Forgotten Islands Walking Tour

Hell Gate: New York’s Forgotten Islands Walking...

Hell Gate is back for a limited run, every second Sunday only. Book ahead to secure your place.
Learn the history behind one of...

Hell Gate: New York’s Forgotten Islands Walking Tour

Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet (1876) Aaron Copland: Piano Quartet (1950) Intermission Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major (1878)

Local Event: Piano Quartets

Piano Quartets

QED Astoria

Learn to love cats and hate capitalism (if you don't already)! Curious about the fascist coup going on in the United States? Want to get the low down with punchlines because this world needs a spoonful of sugar to go down? Ron Placone has been a political comic (their designation, not his) since 2007, and he’s been witnessing the decline pretty much ever since the Iraq War jolted him awake. Ron will take you on a journey through politics, culture, travel, relationships, and just to give a bit of relief, how he copes with it all. A comedy show for the lefties, the weirdos, the freethinkers, the peaceniks, the dreamers, or anyone who wants to join us, ffs we need more of us! Pasta Yay, Fascism Nay! * Pasta is not actually included.

Local Event: Ron Placone’s Anti-Fascist Pasta Night

Ron Placone’s Anti-Fascist Pasta Night

Learn to love cats and hate capitalism (if you don't already)! Curious about the fascist coup going on in the United States?...

The Walker Loft

Discover how to reframe focus as a superpower at this unique family workshop where kids practice their intuition. Participants can experience the extraordinary ability to see through a blindfold during these engaging sessions designed for the whole family.

Local Event: Superminds Academy: Learn To See Through A Blindfold

Superminds Academy: Learn To See Through A...

Discover how to reframe focus as a superpower at this unique family workshop where kids practice their intuition. Participants...

Superminds Academy: Learn To See Through A Blindfold

Central Park

Central Park isn’t all calm paths and open lawns. It’s also home to a fascinating hidden <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/central-park-scandal-vice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">history</a>. This walking tour reveals the scandals, controversies, and lost communities that shaped the park from the inside out. Hear how fame, reform, and ambition left their mark on New York’s most famous green space, and discover stories most visitors miss.

Local Event: Central Park: Scandal & Vice Walking Tour

Central Park: Scandal & Vice Walking Tour

Central Park isn’t all calm paths and open lawns. It’s also home to a fascinating hidden history. This walking tour reveals the...

The Record Plant (now The Plant – Sony)

Back for a limited one-month run, Saturdays at 12pm.
This 90-minute <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-cold-tour" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a>
 examines how surveillance, propaganda, and systems of control shaped 
public life in Midtown Manhattan across the twentieth century.
The route explores lesser-known sites connected to media influence, 
intelligence activity, and political messaging, highlighting how 
institutional power operated within everyday commercial and civic 
spaces.Book now with <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-cold-tour" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Purefinder New York</a> for our limited June run.

Local Event: Surveillance, Propaganda & Control Tour in Midtown Manhattan

Surveillance, Propaganda & Control Tour in...

Back for a limited one-month run, Saturdays at 12pm.
This 90-minute walking tour
 examines how surveillance, propaganda, and...

Surveillance, Propaganda & Control Tour in Midtown Manhattan

This guided <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-outlaws-who-built-nyc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a>&nbsp;of the Financial District explores the streets and stories of the outlaws, hustlers, and political schemers who built the city’s foundations.&nbsp;
Hear how ambition, corruption, and rebellion fueled the growth of New York, from waterfront pirates and crooked politicians to daring whistleblowers and underground visionaries.&nbsp;It’s a side of city history 
that reveals&nbsp;how progress often began in the shadows.
Book now with <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-outlaws-who-built-nyc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purefinder New York</a> for our limited summer run.

Local Event: The Outlaws Who Built NYC: Financial District Tour

The Outlaws Who Built NYC: Financial District Tour

This guided walking tour of the Financial District explores the streets and stories of the outlaws, hustlers, and political...

Friends, 
Young people through the age of 19 are invited to attend Sunday School at Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist 103 E. 77th St. (Park &amp; Lex)
Sundays, year-round 11 - 12 noon
ALL ARE WELCOME
Come join us for classes where you can learn about God and how the moral and spiritual laws in the Bible, taught by Christ Jesus and as explained in Christian Science, can be a powerful and practical help . . . 
at SCHOOL, at HOME, and with FRIENDS.

Local Event: Invitation to Sunday School

Invitation to Sunday School

Friends, 
Young people through the age of 19 are invited to attend Sunday School at Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist 103 E....

Parents League Virtual Event

Join us for a virtual workshop designed to jump-start your exploration into kindergarten!&nbsp;
Wondering when to start, how to develop your list of schools, or what to expect with parent interviews and tours? This is your chance to get the inside scoop as we dispel myths from the park bench. Led by Parents League School Advisor, Anne Burns, our Kindergarten workshop guides you through the admissions process for private or independent schools.&nbsp;
After the workshop, PLNY members are encouraged to schedule a 1-1 advisory session. Advisory sessions are personalized, targeting your family's individual needs. Get trustworthy and professional advice while having your questions answered by our expert school advisory team.

Local Event: Kindergarten Admissions Virtual Workshop

New York City

Kindergarten Admissions Virtual Workshop

Join us for a virtual workshop designed to jump-start your exploration into kindergarten! 
Wondering when to start, how to...

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Wednesday, May 27

Learn about Falls Prevention and Nutrition from HSS experts!

MAY

27

10:30 AM

Upper East Side, NY

Sunday, May 31

Forest Hills Chamber Music Series: Piano Quartets

MAY

31

2:00 PM

The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St, NY

Saturday, June 6

Superminds Academy: Learn To See Through A Blindfold

JUN

6

11:00 AM

The Walker Loft, 120 Walker St, New York, NY

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Learn about Falls Prevention and Nutrition from HSS experts!

Forest Hills Chamber Music Series: Piano Quartets

Superminds Academy: Learn To See Through A Blindfold