Get your appetites ready! The Queens Night Market is back for the summer!! The Queens International Night Market is a large, family-friendly open-air night market in Queens, featuring up to 100 independent vendors selling merchandise, art, and food and featuring small-scale cultural performances, all celebrating the rich cultural diversity and heritage of NYC and Queens.

The market is free admission with the opportunity to take full advantage of the $5 price cap on food — only a handful of dishes will be selling at $6.

Performers on the lineup include: DJ Jordan Knoxx, Test Tracks, and more.

They’ll also be sharing our space with a visiting carnival with fun rides… plus expecting visits from a few special guests!

Plus, they will have our popular Beer & Wine Garden, so bring your IDs if you’re interested in adult beverages! This year, 20% of total ticket sales from “early preview” sessions are being donated to two organizations: Queens Community House, which aims to provide individuals with the necessary tools to enrich and built healthy, inclusive communities, and WhyHunger, dedicated to ending hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious and affordable food.

Due to extremely limited available parking, we encourage all visitors to leave their cars at home and commute, bike, or walk to the Night Market.

Are you looking for free tickets to a New York City show? Look no further! Be a live studio audience member of the TBS hit show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. “Full Frontal,” a late-night comedy series hosted by longtime “Daily Show” correspondent Samantha Bee, offers a unique satirical take on weekly news and explores other important stories largely overlooked by traditional media outlets.

When: Every Wednesday June 6, June 13 & June 20
Time: 5:45 pm
Where: The CBS Broadcast Center
528 West 57th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenue)
New York, NY 10019
Cost: Free tickets 

Don’t miss Arizona Iced Tea’s Popup shop this weekend only! For over 25 years, they’ve been stocking your fridge with their flavorful iced teas and beverages. Born and bred in Brooklyn, the hustle, soul, and flavor of New York City is brewed in every Big Can. To celebrate the history and future of AriZona, they introduce you to Great Buy 99.

Inspired by the vibrancy of their iconic designs and patterns, 90’s nostalgia, and the youth culture that has defined our brand, the’ve been brewing something other than iced tea: the GB99 collection.

They invite you to come shop at their Great Buy 99 pop-up shop at 43 Crosby Street in New York City from May 16th – 21st from 2pm to 8pm. Shop fresh looks, new flavors, and expect plenty of surprises.

Your favorite drink just became your favorite sweatshirt!! Free tattoos will be provided by @bangbangnyc – New products will be released daily! Visit greatbuy99.com for more info!

Dance the night away as Sleepy & Boo spin at the Red Room at the DL on Friday May 18th. RSVP now to get in the guest list for free entry.

Sounds by:

Sleepy & Boo

Teelo

Badsha

826NYC, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative & expository writing skills, hosts a monthly reading series featuring New York City’s finest writers: emerging, published, and everywhere in between. Because at 826NYC, everyone’s invited to share their story.

This month features writers & performers Aarti Monteiro, Alison Preece, Annie Battles, and Phoebe Gittelson, and is hosted by Danielle Sinay.

Entry is FREE and Happy Hour runs ’til 7: $2 Yuengling and $3 well drinks and Brooklyn Lager!

We hope you join us for this wonderful evening in celebration of New York’s finest writers and 826NYC!

ABOUT THE READERS:

AARTI MONTEIRO is a fiction writer and educator. She has an MFA in Fiction from Rutgers University-Newark. She is a VONA/Voices alum and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow. She runs the 826NYC Writers’ Room program at a middle school, where she wrangles kids to write stories and poems. Aarti is working on a novel in stories that deals with home, loss, and identity. Born and raised in India and Illinois, she currently lives in Brooklyn. www.aartimonteiro.com; @aaisforaarti.

ALISON PREECE is a writer and actress living in Brooklyn. Her stories have been published with The Huffington Post, Skirt magazine, Elephant Journal, Thought Catalog, Sniff & Barkens magazine, and elsewhere. She is a features writer for OnStage Blog and is working on her second novel.www.alisonpreece.com; @apreecenyc.

ANNIE BATTLES is a comedian and writer living in Williamsburg, where she is currently writing, producing and directing a web series called Special Blonde Roast in collaboration with Margaret Burrus. She grew up on Roosevelt Island, where she took the tram to school every day, before receiving her BA from Bard College. She is currently also a barista at Bohaus, a coffee and flower shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

PHOEBE GITTELSON feels the soft california sun tingle under her freckles, she misses pacific coast highway and wild succulents. she is currently living in new york city. she might be practicing violin on her rooftop. she loves seeing matisse at MoMA and the ancient nudes at the MET. she is probably writing about you, you can find her if you are looking. phoebe listens to django reinhardt in the morning and is always watching the moon. she is trying to create empathy through poetry, through conversation.