June 1, 2024

Step outside for a sunset serenade! New York City Gay Men’s Chorus returns to perform a family-friendly showcase of beloved choral and pop hits on the plaza steps. (Rain location: Lobby, 1st Floor)

Create an embossed, healing sound maker inspired by the work of Nico Williams, as seen in Nico Williams: Aaniin, I See Your Light.

Shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items highlighting queer and trans artists and vendors from across Brooklyn. Offerings include artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home and apothecary goods.

Learn more about Nico Williams: Aaniin, I See Your Light with a conversation between Williams and Dare Turner, Curator of Indigenous Art.

Celebrate SLUTS—the first publication from “vulgarian queer publisher” DOPAMINE BOOKS—with a marathon reading featuring Vera Blossom, Tom Cole, Jenny Fran Davis, and Miguel Gutierriez. Followed by a conversation between the contributors and editor Michelle Tea, and culminating with a book signing. This program contains adult content.

Composer and performance artist stefa returns with songs from their newly released record Born With An Extra Rib. Pulling from punk, experimental pop, classically minimalist music, and queer maximalist aesthetics, the Queens-raised artist builds somatic worlds that offer “decolonial respite for the misfits, the displaced, and the future generations of Brown and Indigenous radical artists of the diaspora.”

Dance to sets by Disco Auntie, a New York City party and DJ collective organized by Jakari Wing, Offering Rain, Nadya Agrawal, and Roshni Samlal. Disco Auntie is devoted to platforming music of the South Asian diaspora and beyond.

Participate in a workshop with I’m Finna Talk. This femme-led collective hosts accessible dialogues and open mic events for Black, Brown, and Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people throughout New York City.

Honor the 20-year anniversary of queer cult classic D.E.B.S. (Angela Robinson, 2004, 91 min.), in which the head of a teenage paramilitary group falls for the villainess she is assigned to bring to justice. With an opening performance by gender-fluid drag artist Kiko Soirée.

Close out the night with Siren, a Black and Brown trans music collective including FOR THE GWORLS founder Asanni Armon, s.e.r, Demi Vee, PHAROAH RAPTURE, WHATSGOOD!, and SunChild. They’ll perform music from their debut album, The GREAT OFFERING: VENUS UNDERWATER.