Happy Monday friends!

Here’s a quick roundup of Sugary events + events from our community friends that we think you should check out this week

[Upcoming Events]

*All Sugary hosted events are in yellow background

Monday🍬 2.10

Wednesday🍬 2.12

7:00pm (UWS): Selected Shorts Presents: A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker - Selected Shorts honors the vibrant tradition of short fiction published by The New Yorker, which this month celebrates its hundredth anniversary. This special evening, hosted by the magazine’s longtime editor, Deborah Treisman, features a talented ensemble of actors, including Ann Harada (Schmigadoon!), Fred Hechinger (Gladiator II), Cynthia Nixon (The Gilded Age), and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan), who will bring to life a selection of iconic stories from the magazine’s century-long history. Each reading is taken from "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker," a newly published anthology that will be available for purchase at the event.

RSVP HERE 

Thursday🍬 2.13

6:00pm (Union Square): Salmagundi Club Presents: Sypher on Art & Design Eros/Cupid - Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Eleanor Sypher returns with another in her immensely popular series about art and design. Here, she will trace the development of Eros/Cupid through the ages in an illustrated talk.

RSVP HERE 

7:00pm (Chinatown): Aptos Presents: Refraction - Joined by our friends at Aptos, Refraction touches back down in New York on February 13th at Lume Studios as IRL season is upon us. In celebration of Aptos Xponential Ecosystem Event and the North American launch of the IRL protocol, we’re taking over the immersive audio-visual system at Lume Studios and bringing Refraction family Towns, All Ships and Zora with us.

RSVP HERE 

Friday🍬 2.14

10:00am (UES): Museum of the City of New York Presents: Songs of New York (OPENING DAY) - Playful, kinetic, and full of surprises, Songs of New York is an immersive interactive experience that introduces visitors to a full range of music from and about New York City, from the 1920s to the 2020s, showcasing everything from be-bop to K-pop, across genres, boroughs, and musical movements.   

Songs of New York will be installed in a dedicated gallery on the Museum’s second floor in February 2025. Featuring music from 100 artists, programmed with both sound and visuals, Songs of New York reflects on topics like the subway, apartments, nightlife, and neighborhoods, toggling through acts as diverse as Susanne Vega, Tito Puente, Merle Haggard, LCD Soundsystem, Yoko Ono, Lil’ Kim, and many, many others.   

RSVP HERE 

Tuesday🍬 2.18

6:30pm (Greenpoint): StoryTell x Journaling Classes Presents: Self Love - Join us for an evening of connection through storytelling and journaling in collaboration with @journalingclasses and @storytellnyc.

​This workshop and community gathering will allow you to experience introspection and connection with yourself and others.

RSVP HERE 

Wednesday 🍬 2.19

6:30pm (Chinatown): The Feels Presents: Session 46, A Mindful Singles Event in NYC - The Feels' mixes time to meet and connect casually, with a 90 min facilitated portion. the format was built in partnership with Columbia University; it blends positive psychology, mindfulness, non violent communication + somatic awareness practices.

We believe that when you feel grounded + good in your body, an openness is available - and that space is ideal for connecting to others. We'll guide you to that place.

Data shows that 70% of all attendees walk out with the contact info for someone they're excited about + that 'the feels' is 2x more effective than a typical singles event.

For the Sugary Community, use Code ”SUGARY” for a discounted ticket.

RSVP HERE  

7:00pm (Williamsburg): Human Experience Production Presents: (Launch Event) Memoir of the Human Body) - In celebration of Human Experience Production Launch, we invite you to the first of the two-fold experiential curations, where performance art converges with mindful immersion practices unfolding the holistic experience of witnessing art.

For the Sugary Community, use Code ”MEMOIR” for a discounted ticket.

RSVP HERE  

Tuesday 🍬 2.25

6:30pm (Williamsburg): Storefront for Art & Architecture & Cooper Union Presents: Tumbados Symposium - Celebrating artist Guadalupe Rosales and a decade of her ongoing archive project titled Veteranas and Rucas. This dynamic event including poetry, performance, panel discussions, and live music, is organized as part of her year-long public artwork with Lokey Calderon on Storefront’s facade. Tumbados engages with lowrider culture and its role within the built environment in creating and shaping spaces for Latin@/x public life.

RSVP HERE  

Wednesday 🍬 2.26

6:00pm (Carroll Gardens): Local Roots Presents: The Great Veggie Reveal Party - Celebrate Local Roots' 14-year journey as we mark the end of the Local Roots Harvest Club, and get an exciting sneak peek into our future! Enjoy complimentary seasonal bites, a martini cocktail making demonstration by Quincy, raffles, and complimentary martinis, all while supporting the next chapter of our community-focused, sustainable food movement.

RSVP HERE  

Connect IRL. Experience Fabrik.

Get a taste of NYC community leaders and make new friends.

Fabrik is a home for communities and where everyone has a place to belong. With spaces designed to feel more like your living room than your office, Fabrik’s 'third spaces' are vibrant hubs where you can come together in real life, explore interests, forge meaningful connections, and enjoy a sense of community.

Sign-up here to experience a day pass at Fabrik.

See weekly events at Fabrik HERE

Othership offers immersive sauna and ice bath experiences that help human beings feel good now. A sanctuary for social self-care to move you from city buzz to inner calm.

Dive into the largest performance saunas in North America, experience otherworldly ice bath spaces and connect in an intimate amphitheater-style tea lounge surrounding a cozy fire place for socializing.

Expect towel-waving performances, aromatherapy, guided breathwork, visualizations, and somatic release to help you shift your state and regulate your emotions, in a world that can’t be regulated.

The founders of Othership have gifted us a New York 2 for 1 Deal. Get yours while they last!

EMPATHY PROJECT

Support the Empathy Project by purchasing any of the items from the collection. Be a part of a unique initiative that empowers seven diverse artists to create one-of-a-kind empathy-inspired t-shirts. These shirts serve as iconography tied to our identity, promoting compassion-driven societal impact. 

Each artist picked a 501(c)3 charity of their choice to donate a portion of the sales of their t-shirt design. Your purchase also empowers voices, amplifies the message of empathy, supports charities, and elevates storytelling within our communities, all while building a network for compassion-driven societal change. Join us in making a lasting impact through art and empathy.

You can check out and purchase the 7 different empathy tees HERE

Thank you for being part of this journey.

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