MOON BULLETIN - feasting at the public library
I have some library books overdue. Somehow, I keep getting new ones — I just received a notification that I have a hold available, though I cannot for the life of me remember what book it was that I requested. This feels representative of the season, which for me is characterized by an unceasing mood of aspiration. All things feel possible when the temperature is in the 70s and the options for filling your time approach infinity. Should I attend the queer ecological outdoor movie screening? Or the sunset yoga with a view of the city? Or maybe the craft market raising funds for Palestine? Maybe, instead, I should just sit under a tree at Prospect Park and make a dent in my ever-growing to-read pile.
I’ve frequently found this pattern to be a source of friction. In continually adding to my plate, I add fuel to the anxiety fire, believing that I’m doomed to always be ruled by desire, never to be satisfied with what I have. But it doesn’t have to be this way. While living in New York can feel like an overbearing assault of the possible, it can also feel like a feast for your curiosity. What that means is that sometimes I get full; sometimes, I accept that the book isn’t going to be finished. But I can still be deeply impacted by a chapter or an excerpt, and a book or community or event or party or rave can always find me at a later time when I have more spaciousness to connect to it. I think there’s never too much reminding myself of this, so as I look ahead to an already-packed June season, I’m viewing it as a cornucopia of my choosing. I do, in fact, have the agency to make this a deliciously filling time. Let me aspiration be a source of joy, that I have such vibrant communities to nourish it, rather than a source of anxiety about the always-incomplete nature of my own living. I’ll lick the brownie batter off the spoon and remember that unfinished things can sometimes taste even sweeter.
🌔 Creative Science Talks at DEMO2025: Waxing Gibbous (Fri Jun 6 @ 5:30pm). I went to the intersection of art and science and nobody knew you… Wendi’s gonna be sharing some of her work on biotech + play! Free.
🌔 Chimeras Tea Time at Fort Greene Park: Waxing Gibbous (Sat Jun 7 @ 11am). Olivia and I have been gathering fellow artful folks working with ecology/nature in their work for a little over a year now. Now we’re opening our intimate gatherings up to a wider range of friends. Come hang out and have some iced tea! Free.
🌔 Riografías: Women Healers of Alto Baudó at Brooklyn Bridge Park: Waxing Gibbous (Sat Jun 7 @ 4pm).Hugo co-curated this photography exhibit about healing land and memory with Colombian traditional healers — bringing important stories to our glamorous bubble. Free.
🌔 First Saturdays at Brooklyn Museum: Waxing Gibbous (Sat Jun 7 @ 5pm). Night at the museum vibes; it’s sweet! This one is pride month themed so lots of queer DJs / artists. Free.
🌔 Purple Yoga at Soul Work: Waxing Gibbous (Sat Jun 7 @ 7pm). Kayla is leading this class to honor Prince’s birthday. Dance, flow, wear purple, and celebrate a legend. Sliding Scale $17-27.
🌔 Sidewalk Study on Making Kin with the Machines in Crown Heights: Waxing Gibbous (Mon Jun 9 @ 7pm). I first read this text in college, while trying to reconcile the relationship between traditional ecological knowledge and emerging technologies. I’m still working on that reconciliation, and the text is still guiding me in it! Amber and I are leading this study to go deeper. Free, RSVP for address.
🌕 First Day of CREATURES at School of Radical Attention: Full Moon (Tue Jun 10 @ 6:45pm). There’s still a couple spots left to join us as we investigate disgust and our relationship to urban vermin. Come ready to be challenged (in a safe & exploratory way!). $200 for class, scholarships available.
🌕 Strawberry Moon Party at Fort Greene Park: Full Moon (Wed Jun 11 @ 7:30pm). This full moon we’re returning to Fort Greene Park to spend time outside and relish in the coming of summer. Bring something red as an offering for our communal altar, and a picnic blanket to sit on, if you can! We’ll meet at the top of the hill to the East of the Monument. Free.
🌕 First day of Becoming Cyborg in Prospect Park: Full Moon (Thu Jun 12 @ 6:30pm). Still also a couple spots available to explore technological embodiment. Meld mind and machine, inhabit a creaturely self, maybe hate your phone a little less! $330 for class, scholarships available.
🌖 Closing for the Institute for Transhumanist Cephalopod Evolution: Waning Gibbous (Sat Jun 14 @ 5pm). An incredible lineup of performances/offerings including the Library of Insurrectionary Imagination, hand-made mother-of-pearl moon mirrors (!) and a workshop led by Miriam on How To Become An Octopus. I’m so excited! Also, if you can’t make it, there are a couple more workshops on June 7 and 11. Free.
🌖 Horseshoe Crab Discovery Walk at Plumb Beach: Waning Gibbous (Sat Jun 14 @ 6pm). Horseshoe crabs are so awesome. Blue blooded ancient creatures, and in the same city we live in! This walk looks great; there’s also one happening on June 7. Pay what you wish.
🌖 Father’s Day Aquatic Insects Exploration at Alley Pond Park: Waning Gibbous (Sun Jun 15 @ 1pm). Finding insects and invertebrates in the pond with the park rangers. “Learn some fun facts about why some species are the best dads of the insect world.” I’m sold. Free.
🌖 High Line Walking Club at the High Line: Waning Gibbous (Sun Jun 15 @ 3pm). I’m gonna lead a discussion about the giant Pigeon sculpture because wtf is going on there! And other chats organized by Cam my <3. Free.
🌖 Everybooty 2025 at Brooklyn Academy of Music: Waning Gibbous (Sun Jun 15 @ 5pm). Four floor darty pride rave at the nonprofit arts venue? My childhood conservative Texan neighbors would be sooooo upset. And jealous. $25.
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