NYC Steampunk Social Calendar

  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sun, Apr 29
  • Mon, Apr 30
  • Tue, May 1
  • Wed, May 2
  • Thu, May 3
  • Fri, May 4
    COGS Steampunk Expo
    free steampunk convention featuring maker panel, music, art, dance, contests, gaming, kids activities, tea duelling, acution, steampunk vendors, and more.
    Radisson Hotel, 21 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway, New Jersey
    The Bowery: The Strange History of New York's Oldest Street
    explore the Bowery from Native American and Dutch times through its current revival, free
    6:00 p.m
    meet at the The Black Cube, Astor Place, Manhattan
    Party Like It's 1829
    Meet students of like interests from New York's colleges for snacks, beverages and conversationin in a cozy old 19th century house, free with college ID
    8:00 p.m
    Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
  • Sat, May 5
    COGS Steampunk Expo
    free steampunk convention featuring maker panel, music, art, dance, contests, gaming, kids activities, tea duelling, acution, steampunk vendors, and more.
  • Sun, May 6
    COGS Steampunk Expo
    free steampunk convention featuring maker panel, music, art, dance, contests, gaming, kids activities, tea duelling, acution, steampunk vendors, and more.
    Radisson Hotel, 21 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway, New Jersey
    Family Scavenger Hunt
    discover Green-Wood Cemetery's trees, hills, and glacial ponds, mobile device required, tickets: $15.00-$20.00
    11:00 a.m
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
  • Mon, May 7
  • Tue, May 8
  • Wed, May 9
  • Thu, May 10
  • Fri, May 11
  • Sat, May 12
    Sketching in the Gallery
    draw inspiration from the masterpieces; supplies included, free with museum admission
    11:00 a.m
    Morgan Library, 225 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
    Magicians and Mediums
    walking tour exploring the legacies of nineteenth-century Spiritualism and stage magic, tickets: $15.00-$20.00
    1:00 p.m.
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Drink & Draw
    life drawing with live models over drinks at the Way Station, $10.00 and one-drink minimum
    3:30 p.m
    683 Washington Ave, Brooklyn
    Neptune Ball
    maritime extravagance in Poseidon's court, sailors, sylphs, corsairs, sea witches, water deities, gorgons, dracaenae and drowned souls throughout the ages, tickets: $49.00
    9:00 p.m
    India House, 1 Hanover Square, Manhattan
  • Sun, May 13
  • Mon, May 14
  • Tue, May 15
  • Wed, May 16
  • Thu, May 17
  • Fri, May 18
  • Sat, May 19
    Unmarked Graves
    visit recently marked graves artists and poets who have lain anonymously for a century or more, tickets: $25.00-$30.00
    11:00 a.m.
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
  • Sun, May 20
    Pouring Green-Wood
    tasting of hard cider made from the cemetery's apples, tickets: $25.00-$30.00
    11:00 a.m.
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
  • Mon, May 21
  • Tue, May 22
  • Wed, May 23
  • Thu, May 24
  • Fri, May 25
    Moonlight Tour of Green-wood Cemetery
    tour intriguing tombstones and unforgettable catacombs under the glow of the full moon, tickets: $15.00-$20.00
    8:15 p.m.
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
  • Sat, May 26
    Croquet Day
    croquet party includes equipment, refreshments, and instruction, white attire requested, tickets: $5.00, RSVP required
    2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
    Bartow-Pell Mansion, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
    Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes Annual Spring Meeting
    luncheon with the oldest women's Sherlockian society, men welcome, tickets: $50.00 includes lunch
    Club Quarters Hotel, 40 West 45th Street, Manhattan
    Dead Distillers Trolley Tour and Tasting
    tour the graves with whiskey connections, followed by tour and tasting at Kings County Distillery, 21+, tickets: $35.00-$40.00
    2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Lovecraft in Brooklyn Walking Tour
    trace a path of H.P. Lovecraft's time in Flatbush and Brooklyn Heights, tickets: $25.00
    2:30 p.m.
    Parkside and Ocean Avenue, outside the Prospect Park Entrance, Brooklyn
    Secrets in Stone
    learn the meaning of the inverted torch, bales of wheat, and an hourglass with wins, and other cryptic cemetery symbology, tickets: $15.00-$420.00
    3:00 p.m.
    Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn


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