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Q & T Community’s Annual Pride Picnic (RESCHEDULED)

Sunday, July 7, 2024 1:00 – 4:00pm
Fort Tryon Park
New York, NY 10033

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Join Q & T Community for its Annual Pride Picnic! Enjoy food, games, and good company in Fort Tryon’s beautiful Cloister’s Lawn.

Q&T Community is a small LGBTQ+ group based at Word Up Community Bookshop. Its weekly virtual writing group celebrated 4 years of intimate co-working and creative space in April 2024. Run by a team of one, its annual pride picnic and occasional open mics supplement its program.

WHEN: Sunday, July 7th from 1-4pm
WHERE: Cloister’s Park, Fort Tryon Park

SCHEDULE

1:00-2:00pm |  Mingling w/ Food + Drinks

2:00-2:45pm | Queer Trivia w/ Prizes

3:00pm-End | Games + Food + Drinks

Feel free to bring:

  • something to sit on (a picnic blanket, a chair, etc.)
  • sunscreen
  • games
  • snacks
  • a friend

Accessibility:

  • Masks are strongly encouraged, even though we will be outside! Masks will be provided
  • Please take a covid test prior to coming.
  • Food items are being made and brought from different sources. Allergen free foods cannot be guaranteed. Please reach out to the organizers ASAP to communicate any needs around that.
  • This event takes place deep in Fort Tryon Park. If taking the train, there are a number of roads and/or stairs that you can take to access the lawn. The M4 is the public transportation that will take participants closest to the Lawn. Please take it to the following bus stop: Fort Tryon Park/Cafe Lot.
  • Weather Contingency: In the event of rain, we will postpone the picnic to another date.
  • In the event of outdoor Air Quality Index (AQI) numbers projected to reach or exceed 100, this event will be rescheduled .
  • This event is taking place on grass, but adjacent to benches and paved areas.

If you have dietary restrictions, questions, comments, or concerns, please email Memphis Washington at qntcommunity@gmail.com.

***This is meant to be an open space for mingling and getting to know more Uptown LGBTQ+ people. This is an explicitly LGBTQ+ space, which means that we expect people to respect each other’s various modes of expression, pronouns, and showing up.

If you want to support our programming, please support the immediate needs of those experiencing increasing genocidal violence, famine, water and medicine shortage in Palestine, please donate to a crowdfunding campaign vetted by Operation Olive Branch, an organization that shares the crowdfunding links of people directly affected. 

United Palace – The Muse Presents: The Labyrinth, A Journey Within

Date: Sunday, June 30th | Doors: 4:00pm | Closing Ritual: 6:00pm | Free with registration | 

Join us for “The Labyrinth: A Journey Within,” an immersive art installation on the main stage of the United Palace.  The labyrinth is a pathway into the unknown.  It symbolizes your life’s journey & all its unexpected twists & turns. Life is not linear & filled with uncertainty.  How do we ease into natural rhythm of our lives & the flow of all the Universe has to offer us?  Participants will be invited to write a message or question to carry into the labyrinth, then walk the labyrinth & allow the answer to be revealed.  The event will close with a group ritual & communal walk to help us remember that we are never journeying alone.

The labyrinth is created by award-winning Mexican artist Andrea Arroyo. Andrea works in painting, site-specific installation, public art & installation. Her work has been exhibited in 54 individual exhibitions & over 200 group shows in museums & galleries in the US & abroad.  Her work is in many public collections, including The National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian Institution, The Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, The Latin Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences, The City University of New York, and The National Museum of Mexican Art.  Her book “ImagiNATIONS: Art as Solidarity” received the Gold Medalfor Best Art Book at the International Latino Book Awards. Ms. Arroyo has received numerous awards & she is also a curator & an activist.  www.andreaarroyo.com

“The Labyrinth: A Journey Within” is the fourth public event offered by The Muse, the United Palace of Spiritual Arts’ monthly program celebrating inspiration, the arts & community, challenging participants to reimagine what’s possible in art & in life.

The event is free with registration.  The event schedule is as follows:

4:00pm Doors open

6:00pm Closing ritual

6:30pm Reception

UPTOWN ARTS STROLL: Dominican Yorks at the Hispanic Society

Exhibition Title: Dominican Yorks at the Hispanic Society
Location: Hispanic Society Museum & Library

Dates: February 23 – June 30, 2024

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library inaugurates Arte en el Alto Manhattan with Dominican Yorks at the Hispanic Society featuring three Dominican-born co-curators exhibiting works created in artistic dialog with HSM&L’s collection based on their individual aesthetic approaches as well as their unique perspective as Dominican immigrants in New York. The works showcased express the complicated transnational and intercultural identity, which these artists share with over 2 million Dominican-Americans in the United States, approximately half of whom reside in the NYC Metropolitan area, particularly in the museum’s home neighborhood of Washington Heights.

Co-curators: Reynaldo García Pantaleón, Chiqui Mendoza, & Rider Ureña