classes &amp; talks this week

The Hugh, 157 E 53rd St, New York, NY 10022, USA — Midtown East free author reading / book launch

Free in-person reading of debut novel 'A Splintering' by Dur e Aziz Amna at The Hugh in Midtown East.

📚| Closer Look: Hujar's Contact Sheets

Tue, Jul 28 at 12pm

The Morgan Library & Museum — Midtown South photography talk

Expert-led close reading of Peter Hujar's original contact sheets at the Morgan Library & Museum.

📚Journal Making Workshop at The Nonbinarian Bookstore

Thu, Jul 30 at 6:30pm

The Nonbinarian Bookstore, 1130 President St, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA — Crown Heights free bookbinding / journal making workshop

Free journal-making workshop at The Nonbinarian Bookstore, a queer-owned shop in Crown Heights.

📚Moth Night 2026 – Family Program

Sat, Jul 25 at 8pm

Staten Island Museum — Staten Island nature program

Evening family program at the Staten Island Museum centered on moth observation and identification, $5.

📚DISABILITY ART CHATS WITH DEAN MILLIEN

MoMA PS1 — Queens free art talk / panel

Free disability-focused art discussion led by artist Dean Millien at MoMA PS1 in Queens.

📚Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and th

New-York Historical Society — UWS free outdoor lecture

Free outdoor lecture at the New-York Historical Society on the 1970s women's movement and its impact on American politics.

📚留白读书会｜《我在伊朗长大》共读

Sat, Jul 25 at 2:30pm

555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012, USA — Manhattan book club

Chinese-language book club co-reading and discussing 'Persepolis' (Marjane Satrapi) in Manhattan, $5.

📚kac vol.9: upcycle leather lighter cases with @devinjoos

Sat, Jul 25 at 11am

Chelsea, New York, NY, USA — Manhattan craft workshop

Hands-on upcycled leather lighter case workshop led by artist Devin Joos in Chelsea, $50.

📚GIVE Venture Lab: Community Climate Innovation Challenge

Sat, Jul 25 at 9am

The Climate Imaginarium, 406A Comfort Rd, New York, NY 10004, USA — Governors Island innovation challenge / workshop

Climate innovation challenge workshop hosted on Governors Island at The Climate Imaginarium, $5.

📚Biological War: A Book Launch Party by Lux Capital

Chelsea — Chelsea book launch

Lux Capital-hosted book launch party for a new title on biological warfare, one-time event in Chelsea.

📚DIY CLAY MINIS

Loaf on Paper by niconeco zakkaya, 64 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA — Williamsburg craft workshop

Wildcard: miniature clay sculpting workshop inside a Japanese stationery shop in Williamsburg, $79.

📚Bike Safety Class - East Harlem - July 2026

Sat, Jul 25 at 8:30am

East River Playground: East River Playground — Manhattan free bike safety workshop

Free hands-on bike safety class for East Harlem residents.

📚Chess Lecture Simul Series with Beginners Workshops

Sat, Jul 25 at 9am

Central Park: Chess and Checkers — Manhattan free chess workshop

Chess lecture, simultaneous exhibition, and beginner workshops in Central Park.

📚Modern Architecture on the Upper East Side

Sat, Jul 25 at 10am

Municipal Art Society — Various architecture tour

Expert-guided walking tour of Upper East Side modernist architecture.

📚Summer on the Hudson Horticulture Tour

Sat, Jul 25 at 10am

Riverside Park: Volunteer House-RSP — Manhattan free guided nature tour

Guided horticulture tour through Riverside Park along the Hudson.

📚Transcendence Brewing Room

Sat, Jul 25 at 11am

Counter Culture Coffee, 376 Broome St, New York, NY 10013, USA — Lower Manhattan coffee tasting / brewing class

Guided specialty coffee brewing and tasting session at Counter Culture.

📚Last Saturdays: Open Classroom

Sat, Jul 25 at 12pm

Green-Wood Cemetery — Brooklyn free hands-on workshop

Free drop-in hands-on activities exploring cemetery art, history, or nature.

📚How to Talk About Your Art

Sat, Jul 25 at 1pm

Delight Factory, 303 Saratoga Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233, USA — Ocean Hill artist workshop / talk

Workshop teaching visual artists how to articulate and present their practice.

📚Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

Sat, Jul 25 at 1pm

Green-Wood Cemetery — Brooklyn guided tour

Expert-led trolley tour across 478 acres of historic cemetery landscape.

📚Historic New York: Fort Totten

Sat, Jul 25 at 1pm

Fort Totten Park: Fort Totten Park — Queens free historic tour

Guided historic tour of Fort Totten's military fortifications.

📚Book Club: The Once and Future Roman Rite (Part 2 of 2)

Sat, Jul 25 at 2pm

Le Pain Quotidien, 70 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018, USA — Midtown South free book club

Concluding book club discussion on traditional Catholic liturgy text.

📚Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and…

Sat, Jul 25 at 2pm

Brooklyn Historical Society — BK Heights free guided exhibition tour

Docent-led tour of a Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn exhibition

📚Spec-driven Development

Sat, Jul 25 at 3pm

Equal Space ES550 Tech & Innovation Campus, 550 Broad St, Newark, NJ 07102, USA — Central Business District free tech talk / workshop

Tech workshop on spec-driven software development practices.

📚Creator Cocktail Night + Panel: CCExNYC x IRL Ventures x Social Rising

Sat, Jul 25 at 6pm

Midtown South — Midtown South creator panel + networking

Cocktail mixer and panel discussion for content creators and influencers.

📚Creator Cocktail Night + Panel: CCExNYC x IRL Ventures x Social Rising

Sat, Jul 25 at 6pm

Avenida free networking panel

Creator networking night with a livestreaming panel, drinks, and giveaways

📚Hudson River Stroll

Sun, Jul 26 at 10am

Municipal Art Society — Various guided walk / history tour

Expert-guided stroll along the Hudson River waterfront.

📚WORKSHOP | Paper Lamp In Color with ComoDemo

Sun, Jul 26 at 11am

Manhattan — Manhattan paper craft workshop

Hands-on workshop making colorful paper lamps with instructor ComoDemo.

📚Leather Journal Workshop

Sun, Jul 26 at 12pm

haricot vert's dreamworld, 119 N 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA — Williamsburg leathercraft workshop

Hands-on leatherworking class where participants make a bound journal.

📚Chainmaille Workshop @ Glub Glub

Sun, Jul 26 at 1pm

Brooklyn — Brooklyn free jewelry-making workshop

Hands-on chainmaille metal jewelry-making workshop, free to attend.

📚Sun Gaze Sundays

Sun, Jul 26 at 1pm

Pier i — UWS free astronomy / solar observation

Amateur Astronomers Association leads safe solar telescope viewing on the Hudson

📚Tech Access for All

Sun, Jul 26 at 1pm

Central Park: Cherry Hill — Manhattan free digital literacy / tech education

Free outdoor tech access and digital literacy event in Central Park.

📚Intro to Rust

Sun, Jul 26 at 3:30pm

Datadog free coding workshop

Beginner Rust workshop where pairs build a text adventure game together

📚Spec-driven Development

Sun, Jul 26 at 4pm

Datadog free tech workshop

Workshop on spec-driven development for multi-file AI-assisted coding projects

📚Nature Writing Book Group

Mon, Jul 27

Greenlight Bookstore — Fort Greene book club

Book group focused on nature writing genre.

📚Brooklyn Robot Foundry Summer Circuits! Every Day

Mon, Jul 27 at 9am

Industry City — Brooklyn kids STEM camp

Daily kids camp focused on robot-building, crafts, and outdoor play.

📚After Hours: Curious about the Building?

Mon, Jul 27 at 2pm

Guggenheim Museum — Carnegie Hill free architecture talk

30-minute talk on Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim building, on the rotunda floor.

📚AI & The Culture IRL | Build Your AI Dream Team

Mon, Jul 27 at 5:30pm

Salesforce Tower, 1095 6th Ave 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA — Midtown South free tech panel / workshop

Panel and workshop on AI tools focused on creative and cultural industries.

📚Paracord Water Bottle Sling

Mon, Jul 27 at 7pm

20 Grand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA — Clinton Hill craft workshop

Workshop crafting a paracord water bottle carrier by hand.

📚Creator Etiquette® Luncheon

Tue, Jul 28 at 9:30am

Lincoln Square — Lincoln Square networking luncheon

Professional luncheon for content creators on industry etiquette.

📚TEEN ART WORKSHOPS: INK AND WATER

Tue, Jul 28 at 12pm

Scandinavia House — Murray Hill art workshop for teens

Teen ink-and-water technique workshop led by Margrethe Aanestad

📚After Hours: Curious about the Building?

Tue, Jul 28 at 2pm

Guggenheim Museum — Carnegie Hill free architecture talk

30-minute guided architecture talk on the Guggenheim rotunda floor

📚Cognitive Infrastructure for Agentic Economies

Tue, Jul 28 at 4pm

Greenwich Village — Greenwich Village panel / talk

Panel on technical and cognitive frameworks for AI agentic economies.

📚NYC Agentic AI Meetup

Tue, Jul 28 at 5pm

127 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA — Manhattan free tech meetup

Practitioners and enthusiasts gather to discuss agentic AI systems.

📚Vertical Software Meetup

Tue, Jul 28 at 5pm

Wallflower, 37 W 24th St 18th floor, New York, NY 10010, USA — Flatiron tech meetup

Founders and investors gather around vertical SaaS and industry-specific software.

📚Practice Lecture Series: Sara Reisman

SVA Theatre — Chelsea lecture / artist talk

SVA MFA Art Practice lecture with curator Sara Reisman.

📚NYC AI Builder Nights: Build Your First Agent Loop

Fabrik DUMBO, 20 Jay St Suite 218, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA — DUMBO free workshop / hands-on class

Hands-on workshop building AI agent loops for beginners.

📚WorkOS Applied AI Showcase (NYC)

SoHo — SoHo product showcase / demo

Live showcase of applied AI products built on the WorkOS platform.

📚CVC: From Strategic Investment to Exit

Manhattan — Manhattan panel / talk

Panel or talk on corporate venture capital strategy and exits.

📚July History Tour

Tue, Jul 28 at 5:30pm

Madison Square Park: Madison Square Park — Manhattan free guided history tour

Guided historical tour of Madison Square Park.

📚AI Safety workshop

Tue, Jul 28 at 6pm

26 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, USA — FiDi workshop

Workshop on AI safety concepts, risks, and alignment topics.

📚Queer Writers of Queens

21-07 41st Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA — Dutch Kills writing group

Queer-focused writers meetup in Long Island City.

📚Runtime Social NYC: Pong & Production AI 🏓

SPIN New York Flatiron, 48 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010, USA — Flatiron tech networking

AI industry networking meetup with ping pong at SPIN.

📚Creator Economy NYC's July Mixer & Panel

Midtown Manhattan — Midtown panel and mixer

Panel discussion and mixer for NYC's creator economy community.

📚Recipe for Cognitive Currencies

Tue, Jul 28 at 7pm

Greenwich Village — Greenwich Village talk

📚Olive Tree Writing Club in Williamsburg

Tue, Jul 28 at 7pm

Mya Coffee, Bakery and Wine Bar, 46 Roebling St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA — Williamsburg writing group

Structured writing club session at a Williamsburg café-wine bar.

📚Classic Tour at Yankee Stadium

Tue, Jul 28 at 7pm

Yankee Stadium — The Bronx stadium tour

Behind-the-scenes guided tour of historic Yankee Stadium.

📚Family Program | Summer Design Series

Wed, Jul 29 at 1pm

Cooper Hewitt — Carnegie Hill free family workshop

Drop-in family design challenge focused on reimagining everyday objects.

📚Data to Insights on Snowflake + Hex: NYC Hands-On Workshop

Wed, Jul 29 at 1pm

Manhattan — Manhattan tech workshop

Hands-on data analytics workshop using Snowflake and Hex platforms.

📚Hacking Agents Meetup - NYC

Wed, Jul 29 at 5pm

1 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010, USA — Manhattan free hackathon / AI meetup

Builder meetup focused on hacking and demoing AI agent projects.

📚Fireside Chat with Lisa Morales-Hellebo (Worldwide Supply Chain Federa

Wed, Jul 29 at 5pm

311 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001, USA — Manhattan fireside chat

Fireside chat with supply chain VC and federation founder Lisa Morales-Hellebo.

📚NY AI Engineers: July

Wed, Jul 29 at 6pm

Fonzi HQ free tech talk

Monthly AI engineering meetup covering real-world LLM and ML projects

📚Build With AI. Own the Decisions. Live demos and real talk on AI enabl

Wed, Jul 29 at 6pm

Datadog, New York Times Bldg, 620 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA — Midtown South free tech talk / panel

Live AI demos and panel with Twilio, Datadog, and SWARM reps.

📚Fonzi’s July Tech Talk

Wed, Jul 29 at 6pm

Brooklyn — Brooklyn tech talk

Monthly informal tech talk series hosted by Fonzi in Brooklyn.

📚Local & open-source AI NYC meetup #1

Fractal Tech, 111 Conselyea St Floor 2, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA — Williamsburg tech meetup

Inaugural NYC meetup focused on local and open-source AI tools.

📚The Books That Raised Us with Jacey Adler x Reading Rhythms

Untitled at 3 Freeman Alley, 3 Freeman Alley, New York, NY 10002, USA — Bowery book talk / reading event

Hosted conversation about formative childhood books with Jacey Adler.

📚Eowyn Evening Series: Beauty Skin Deep

Mia Wagner Salon, 15 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019, USA — Midtown panel / talk

Evening talk series on beauty and skincare hosted at a Midtown salon.

📚Agentic Economy Meetup: How AI Agents Pay With AgentCash and USDC

300 Kent Ave suite 604, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA — Brooklyn tech meetup

Talk on AI agents using crypto payments like AgentCash and USDC.

📚Let's talk about sex

Greenwich Village — Greenwich Village panel / discussion

Open discussion panel on sex, relationships, and intimacy.

📚Investing in the AI Era: Building Companies, Communities & the Future

Manhattan — Manhattan salon / panel discussion

Salon-style discussion on AI-era investing, company-building, and community.

📚July Book Club

630 9th Ave suite 1400, New York, NY 10036, USA — Manhattan book club

Monthly book club meetup and discussion in Midtown.

📚You Belong in STEM: Careers Creating Change

Thu, Jul 30

New York Academy of Sciences — TriBeCa free career development / networking

Hybrid STEM career development and networking event, free to attend.

📚Rip up the Playbook: Becoming an AI-Native Marketer before it's too la

Thu, Jul 30 at 8:30am

12 W 23rd St fl 5, New York, NY 10010, USA — Manhattan professional workshop

Workshop on adopting AI tools for marketing strategy.

📚Women+ in Open Source Forum

Thu, Jul 30 at 9:30am

7 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001, USA — Manhattan panel / forum

Forum for women and non-binary contributors in open source software.

📚Legal Tech Meetup \ NYC \

Thu, Jul 30 at 4:30pm

The Garret, 296 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014, USA — West Village free professional meetup

Networking meetup for legal tech professionals at a West Village bar.

📚Critical Minerals & Mining Innovation Exchange

Thu, Jul 30 at 5pm

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, 31W W 52nd St 29th Fl, New York, NY 10019, USA — Midtown West industry panel / networking

Industry exchange on critical minerals and mining innovation.

📚Founder, Funder, Or Just Finder Pt 2

Thu, Jul 30 at 5pm

Hotel Seville NoMad - The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, 22 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016, USA — NoMad free startup networking / panel

Second installment of a startup networking event for founders and investors.

📚Future of Production Summit - New York

Thu, Jul 30 at 5:30pm

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), 509 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018, USA — HK free conference

Conference on the future of media and content production.

📚East Side Enclaves

Municipal Art Society — Various walking tour

Expert-led walking tour through distinct East Side neighborhoods.

📚Hot Girls Know Hormones

Chelsea — Chelsea health talk / panel

Women's health talk focused on hormones with a pop-culture framing.

📚Agentic AI, Unfiltered - New York City Executive Dinner

Ramerino - Italian Prime Restaurant, 16 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016, USA — Midtown South executive dinner / panel

Executive dinner discussion on agentic AI trends, invite-style.

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