A week of free, public, and participatory Events to get people off big tech, into Public Space, and re-enchanting each other.

The Summer of Ludd organizers have shared the Event schedule for this exclusive edition of the newsletter. Physical Guidebooks are available around the city, including some of the places listed at the end of this message.

You can call (347) 814-5194 for more information on Guidebooks and for festival updates such as time or location changes. You are also encouraged to just show up to Tompkins Square Park during the week of June 28 – July 5! Facilitators and Ringmasters will be available to answer questions; this is where many of the Events will be happening; and you can even start your own Event spontaneously.

Questions that can't wait for the week of? theofficialsummerofludd@proton.me.

And, please do NOT share this schedule on social media—let's keep organizing off of big tech! <3

Read on for the full schedule by day. This is the longest email I have sent and will ever send, maybe. Or not, because there's so much going on in the city. Thank you.

Hear more from Gowanus in a fun media debut!

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SUNDAY

Sun., June 28 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Silent meditation with guided movement.

Sun., June 28 | Sunday Pride with ACT UP @ 12–5 p.m., Washington Square South & West 3rd

The whole block is ours. For healthcare. For survival. For community.

Sun., June 28 | Intro to Self-Defense @ 3 p.m., Maria Hernandez Park

Join us for a free intro self-defense workshop! We'll be covering the basics: stretching, conditioning, technique, and theory, with the hope that participants will leave with some super useful foundations they can add to their self-defense toolkits. Mix that in with movement and pad-hitting and you'll have an accessible and confidence-boosting good time for all. This workshop is great for beginners, meant to share some simple-to-pick-up techniques that you can practice on your own or with friends.

Sun., June 28 | Luddite Club Tea Party @ 3 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Drink tea from baby girl tea cups!

Sun., June 28 | My Stitchwork is Garbage: Saddle Stitching Workshop & Picnic @ 4 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Don't spend $50 on a bespoke sketchbook at an indie bookstore — just make it out of trash! Bring paper scraps and found materials to learn how to sew your own junk journal, zine, or chapbook with garbage-lover poets.

Note new location!

Sun., June 28 | Luddite Recreations Theatre Performance & Opening Ceremony @ 5 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Join us in rehabilitating the word "luddite" as we tell the story of the legendary, loom-breaking, 19th century Luddites.

Followed by an opening ceremony!

Sun., June 28 | Glenn Blurton's Clown Clar @ 5 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Sun., June 28 | Museum of Interesting Things: 16mm Speakeasy @ 8 p.m., 177 Prince St.

The Secret Speakeasy is a live event to help the Museum of Interesting Things reach more adults and kids — a way for more people to see and enjoy the antique thingies and watch 16mm films!

Sun., June 28 | One Billion Souls Dream Weaving Ceremony @ 8 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

THERE EXIST REALITIES BEYOND THE CORPOREAL WHERE THE SUN & MOON ARE COLLIDING AND YOUR CHILDHOOD PET IS MAKING YOU DINNER. HAVE YOU EVER FELT ADRIFT IN THE WAKE OF THE END OF HISTORY? BILLIONS OF SOULS HOLD THEIR BREATH FOR SOMETHING NEW. COME REJOIN US…

MONDAY

Mon., June 29 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Mon., June 29 | Google In Real Life @ 10 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

How do peanuts grow? Why is it called Bluetooth? Have a question? Google in Real Life is a place where we create more questions through human search engine magic.

Mon., June 29 | Radio in Public Space (RIPS) @ 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Long-distance communication without smartphones, the internet, or even the electrical grid! Radio is fun and useful! Get hands on with shortwave radios, FM transmitters, walkie-talkies, and Meshtastic nodes. Play Radio-Controlled App Blaster 2000, a game where you compete to erase toxic apps.

Mon., June 29 | What Is the Summer of Ludd? + Clean Up the Park @ 11:30 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

What is Summer of Ludd?

Mon., June 29 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Mon., June 29 | Luddite Recreations Theatre Performance @ 2 p.m., Prospect Park

Join us in rehabilitating the word "luddite" as we tell the story of the legendary, loom-breaking, 19th century Luddites.

Mon., June 29 | Defense Against the (Big Tech) Dark Arts @ 4 p.m., 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan

The Tech Reclaimers and the Opt Out Project bring you the expert tips, tools, and community necessary to divest your personal devices from Big Tech; to resist, evade, and thwart Surveillance Capitalism every day; and to build the future otherwise.

Mon., June 29 | Music Jamboree @ 4–7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

SoL's public stage for music, performance, and dance. No permit, no amps, drum-kit provided, open mic — it's everybody's show.

Mon., June 29 | What Are You Doing Tonight? How to Start Your Own Events Calendar @ 5:30 p.m., La Plaza Cultural

Panel discussion and one-on-one conversations with editors and publishers of low-tech New York City events calendars. Featuring Jeff Stark (nonsense nyc), Theo Ballew (Red Cal), Moon Bulletin (Kyle Barnes), The People's Circuit, Stitches, NYC Off Tech, & more. Moderated by Damian Thomas (Unplatform).

Mon., June 29 | Music, Literature, Techno-Criticism, Peace, and Love @ 5:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

During this event we will explore the history of counterculture in the US and its successes and failures. How might we create a new arts-based counterculture that focuses on the malfunctions of technological capitalism in the modern day?

Mon., June 29 | Special Screening: 'It Came From the Basement' @ 6:30 p.m., Nightclub 101

16mm movies found in a basement, shown IN A BASEMENT. All true Luddite films sourced from debris and only watchable during SoL. Pure good stuff, on word from underground dweller Craig Baldwin. Something for the avant gardist and the recently radicalized farmer — expect: The first reality show? Peter Hutton exclusive! What Do We Dream About? + Stark Mad Movies!

Mon., June 29 | Jews On Time @ 7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

We will be talking about Heschel and his thoughts on time — exploring how his thinking has permeated our collective relationship with time, and how we can use it today.

Mon., June 29 | POPS: History & Practice @ 8 p.m., 180 Maiden Lane

Privately owned public spaces (POPs) are all over the city but in practice are less open than they're intended to be. In this teach-in we'll discuss the history of POPs, create a POPs Bill of Rights, and practice these rights with a POP-up talent show (piano provided).

Mon., June 29 | Strawberry Moon Ritual @ 8 p.m., Fort Greene Park (East of the Monument)

Join us to honor the full strawberry moon in Ft. Greene Park—please bring an offering of something strawberry-related for our communal altar. Rituals start at 8:30 and go until 9:45.

TUESDAY

Tues., June 30 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Tues., June 30 | The Luddite Conference on Participatory Futures @ 10 a.m.–3 p.m., The New School

With companies like OpenAI taking Pentagon contracts and Elon Musk using government resources to scrub Americans' data, it's hard to feel there's any tangible way to resist the techno-fascist backslide. Using Luddism as a more totalizing framework, we'll look at the intersections of alienation, environmental damage, surveillance, and war profiteering. The conference is not solely in panel format — expect a participatory performance on 19th century Luddites, Q&As, and activities. Topics include: What is the relationship between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon? What are the consequences of new AI technologies? How can we organize in a hyper-digitized world?

FREE—REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

Tues., June 30 | Defense Against the (Big Tech) Dark Arts @ 12 p.m., 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan

The Tech Reclaimers and the Opt Out Project bring you the expert tips, tools, and community necessary to divest your personal devices from Big Tech; to resist, evade, and thwart Surveillance Capitalism every day; and to build the future otherwise.

Tues., June 30 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Tues., June 30 | Post-Conference Action @ 3:30 p.m., 63 5th Ave.

Immediately following the Luddite Conference, join for a direct action at Palantir — featuring speeches, soapboxes, and some Light Magick.

Tues., June 30 | Men-ding Workshop @ 4 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Want to do something about the male loneliness epidemic AND textile waste? Learn to repair clothes so they can be worn longer. Join our exclusive Tactical Fabric Reinforcement Squad (a.k.a. sewing circle). Basic training will equip you with all the skills you need to get started. If you're already functioning at an elite level, mentor new recruits or bring your own project. A clothesmaxxing coach will be present — look for a green hat.

Tues., June 30 | Stevie Wonder vs. The Nazis Teach-In @ 5:15 p.m., 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan

What is virality? This session will challenge the social media definition of "going viral" through examples of viral art and music, showing how influence can be used for good and bad across different forms of media.

Tues., June 30 | Introducing the First Fully Offline Presidential Candidate, Dan Fox @ 5:30 p.m., Washington Sq. Park

Announcing his intention to run as the first ever IRL president. His platform? No platforms.

Tues., June 30 | Third World Newsreels: The Business of America @ 7 p.m., El Jardin, 710 E. 5th St.

A black-tie Luddite event — the first film to probe one of our most treasured economic assumptions: that private corporations can be trusted to make the investments upon which all Americans depend. 3rd World Newsreel! 16mm! Ultra-rare pro-capitalism musical.

Tues., June 30 | Mass Poetry Reading @ 7 p.m., Washington Sq. Park, by the Garibaldi Statue

Whitman! Byron! Blake! Yeats! Hayes! Seussian sonnets! And maybe your poem too! Free booklets to the first 200, if all goes to plan. Reading starts at 7:30 sharp.

Note new location!

Tues., June 30 | New Rat City @ 8 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Rats love the city and the city loves the rats (or does it?). Come learn more about the rodents we share our city with, and leave with a new appreciation and understanding for how they live — and how they are misunderstood. We will be hanging out with the rats.

WEDNESDAY

Wed., July 1 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Wed., July 1 | Public Interest Postal Service Zine Making Workshop @ 11 a.m., 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan

The Public Interest Postal Service's zine-making workshop explores the history of public interest and civic movements, teaches participants how to make a simple one-page zine, and provides rich examples of world-building around urgent, non-ideological topics.

Wed., July 1 | Attention Activism Teach-In @ 11 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Discuss how Big Tech companies have commodified our attention — and how we can successfully organize against them. We'll end with a mass practice to experience the power of shared attention in public space.

Wed., July 1 | Paper Route: Bicycle Doodle Tour @ 12 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Bike around the East and West Village, following a map to checkpoints. Make sketches to create a set of trading cards.

Wed., July 1 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Wed., July 1 | Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet and Boxcutter Collective @ 1 p.m., Stuyvesant Park

Learn how to make and perform cantastorias, an ancient form of street art storytelling, perfect for your next low-tech proletariat uprising or birthday party.

Wed., July 1 | Radio in Public Space (RIPS) @ 2–5 p.m., Stuyvesant Park

Long-distance communication without smartphones, the internet, or even the electrical grid! Get hands on with shortwave radios, FM transmitters, walkie-talkies, and Meshtastic nodes. Play Radio-Controlled App Blaster 2000, a game where you compete to erase toxic apps.

Wed., July 1 | 'The Foot' Performance @ 2 p.m., Stuyvesant Park

An endearing — and enduring — parable about the simple joys of life in the face of looming hardship and oppression. The play was created specifically for the massive nuclear disarmament rally in New York City in 1982 and has been performed scores of times in cities and towns across the globe.

Wed., July 1 | Leafing Out @ 3 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Leaves are full of stories. Learn to read them, learn to tell them.

Wed., July 1 | Ecosocialism: Coming to a Horizon Near You — And 6 Reasons Not to Carry a Phone @ 3:30 p.m., Stuyvesant Park

From the peasant wars to the Luddites, from the maroons to the Zapatistas, from Bread and Puppet Theater to Stop Cop City, from Venezuela to Kurdistan — let's thread the needle and re-weave Pangaea! A crash course in capitalism (the enemy of nature) and a celebratory survey of revolutionary alternatives, in the context of the struggle against apocalyptic technocracy, and the return to Mother Earth.

Wed., July 1 | Pure Lunacy @ 4 p.m., Stuyvesant Park

A play — the moon tries to retire.

Wed., July 1 | Music Jamboree & Open Mic @ 4–7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

SoL's public stage for music, performance, and dance. No permit, no amps, drum-kit provided, open mic — it's everybody's show.

Wed., July 1 | Live Texting @ 4 p.m., La Plaza Cultural

A live texting space where people send letters to their friends — or just to random people. The person can then send a letter back and gets to keep it at the end. Letters will be passed by a human pigeon making pigeon noises.

Wed., July 1 | We Are All Already Cyborgs (Teach-In) @ 5 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Donna Haraway: "By the late twentieth century, our time, a mythic time, we are all chimeras, theorized and fabricated hybrids of machine and organism; in short, we are cyborgs." Together we'll investigate this statement using our bodies, our minds, and our spirits.

Wed., July 1 | Phone-Free Adelphi @ 6 p.m., Fort Greene Park

Phone-free night of creativity in the park.

Wed., July 1 | Not One, Not Two: Meditative Exploration of Attention @ 6 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Bring a cushion or jacket to sit on.

Wed., July 1 | Instructions on Getting Lost @ 7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Wed., July 1 | Earth Chxrch @ 7 p.m., 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan

Secular gospel music for the Earth.

THURSDAY

Thurs., July 2 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Thurs., July 2 | Group Hug @ 10:30 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Inspired by downtown dancer Simone Forti's "Huddle" performance.

Thurs., July 2 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Thurs., July 2 | Puppet Experimentation with Boxcutter Collective @ 1 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Come dance and wiggle cardboard with us as we develop pieces for our upcoming circus.

Thurs., July 2 | Visible Mending @ 1 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Learn how to repair your favorite shirt (or other beloved garment) with visible mending. No sewing experience required — beginners welcome.

Thurs., July 2 | Luddite Recreations Theatre Performance @ 2 p.m., Prospect Park

Join us in rehabilitating the word "luddite" as we tell the story of the legendary, loom-breaking, 19th century Luddites.

Thurs., July 2 | Piracy 101 @ 2 p.m., Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

Stop paying for streaming and learn how to get all your media for free. We'll also learn about the past, present, and future of piracy and digital rights management (DRM).

Note new location!

Thurs., July 2 | Deep Listening @ 3 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

We will walk and sit and listen gratefully to the symphony of sounds that is all around us!

Thurs., July 2 | Music Jamboree & Open Mic @ 4–7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

SoL's public stage for music, performance, and dance. No permit, no amps, drum-kit provided, open mic — it's everybody's show.

Thurs., July 2 | The Artist Is Not Present @ 5:30 p.m., McCarren Park

Inspired by Marina Abramović's The Artist is Present, an artist will sit in a chair across from a stranger and scroll their phone until they want it back.

Thurs., July 2 | Your Phone Is 4.6 Billion Years Old @ 6 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

The devices we carry in our pockets everyday connect us materially to the deep history of the Earth, which exists on time scales beyond our comprehension and is nonetheless our history too.

Thurs., July 2 | Bread and Puppet Puppet Show @ 6:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Bread & Puppet, a 63-year-old political puppet theater from Vermont, presents a puppet show in the park that you have never seen before and will never see again.

Thurs., July 2 | Computer Care Café @ 7 p.m., 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan

Engage in a ritual cleansing of a personal device (inside and out), and build a more lucid relationship with your technology — set up anti-surveillance tech stacks, activate a dumb phone, etc. Care for yourself, too, with tea, pastries, and some light spa treatments.

FRIDAY

Fri., July 3 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Fri., July 3 | Yerba Mate Ceremony @ 10 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park (cancelled; another may be added)

For thousands of years, yerba mate has been a sacred ritual across South America, used to connect with each other, our souls, our ancestors, and the unseen world. As part of her work on The Mate Monologues — an immersive Spanglish theater piece and podcast — Natasha will lead us through a mate ceremony blending storytelling, comedy, meditation, music, movement, and intention-setting. Mate is not just an energy drink, but a teacher that heals and connects us deeper with each other.

Fri., July 3 | Soil Chromatography @ 12 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Soil chromatography is a technique that creates a visual "portrait" of soil. Developed from biodynamic agricultural practices, it reveals the biological and mineral character of a soil sample in radiant, flower-like patterns — turning something invisible into something beautiful.

Fri., July 3 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Fri., July 3 | Field Day! Cooperative Games @ 1 p.m., Prospect Park (SW of the Picnic House)

Look for the green flag!

Fri., July 3 | Radical Imagination @ 2 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Playfully imagining possibilities beyond the paradigms of limited imagination imposed on us by our inherited stories about what is possible and what isn't.

Fri., July 3 | Against the Attention Harvest @ 2 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

The internet has become our new public sphere. The trouble is, it is owned and operated by private interests driven by one imperative: to harvest, manipulate, and ultimately control human attention at industrial scales, like some monocultural cash crop. How did we get here? How does it work? It's time to get together, take back our minds, and say No! Consciousness is not for sale!

Fri., July 3 | Puppet Show: 7 Dances for the End of the World @ 2 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

A pair of adorable antennae listen for the harsh dispatches of this world’s crumbling radio. As the curtains draw closer to the evening’s full darkness, what do we do with ourselves? Let’s look to the safety-pin, the card-game, and the weasel. Maybe they’ll know something we don’t.

Fri., July 3 | Street Clowning Workshop @ 3 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Fri., July 3 | Music Jamboree & Open Mic @ 4–7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

SoL's public stage for music, performance, and dance. No permit, no amps, drum-kit provided, open mic — it's everybody's show.

Fri., July 3 | Tompkins Sq. History Lesson @ 4 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Fri., July 3 | On Luddite Rizz @ 5 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Hate dating apps and big social media but struggling to meet people offline? Hear from two renowned Luddite rizzlers on how they navigate the dating world, how to sharpen your own tools to decimate isolation, meet new people, and facilitate romance — and engage in a dialogue around what it means to be a young person looking for love in a world that has compartmentalized it into a shady algorithmic phone game. As my mother says, New York City used to exude sex. Help us bring that back!

Fri., July 3 | Embodying Tech Justice: Cultivating Technologies of Presence to Combat Technologies of Extraction @ 5 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Teach-in on somatics and more.

Fri., July 3 | Community Tapestry @ 6 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Add fabric or yarn (or anything) to a tapestry woven by our community! Bring materials or use what we have.

Fri., July 3 | Flirtation Rehabilitation @ 6 p.m., Little Island

Flirtation rehabilitation is here to revamp your faith in a fun and sexy time. Come join us for a journey through the stages of flirt without tech.

Fri., July 3 | A Performance by Boxcutter Collective @ 6:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Featuring pieces from our upcoming political puppet circus.

Fri., July 3 | Human Scavenger Hunt @ 7 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Instead of finding objects like a traditional scavenger hunt — we find people. Or rather: we find things out ABOUT people. A playful, low-pressure way to break the ice, meet strangers, and perhaps even make a few friends.

Fri., July 3 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark @ 9 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

An evening of story-sharing where people gather around an "imaginary bonfire" (BYOL: Bring Your Own Lighter) to swap ghost stories, scavenger hunt stories, and whatever else emerges under the night sky. Marshmallows & sticks provided!

Fri., July 3 | LET'S GET OFF TOGETHER @ 10 p.m., telos.haus

LET’S GET OFF TOGETHER is a celebration of social life as it’s meant to be: free from the grip of greedy tech platforms. That means more than just saying “please don’t use your phone on the dance floor” (although there will most certainly not be any phones on this dance floor)—

We’re talking presence, real attention to one another, to music, to community. Organized by artists, activists, and friends from the NYC offline community, this gathering weaves together immersive art, facilitated experiences, ritual, magic, & DJ sets—

KOOKS VS. COGS! MORE MAGICK! SORDID PAGEANTRY!

ALL are welcome. Sign up to stay in the know, if you aren't already on the list.

SATURDAY

Sat., July 4 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Sat., July 4 | AI Data Centers Teach-In @ 11 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Learn about the hyperscale data centers, why they’re popping up everywhere, what effect they have on the environment, and how to organize against them. Led by a journalist who has done extensive reporting in impacted communities.

Sat., July 4 | How to Talk with a Tree @ 12 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Come learn how to ask trees questions. Stay and listen to their answers.

Sat., July 4 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Sat., July 4 | S.H.I.T.P.H.O.N.E. @ 2 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Scathing Hatred of Information Technology and the Passionate Hemorrhaging of Our Neoliberal Experience. Challenge the nation of empire and consumption, as a gnome.

Sat., July 4 | The Card Catalog of Potential @ 2 p.m., La Plaza Cultural

On index cards, write and create art in response to four prompts. Art supplies provided; participants will receive a free zine of their collaboration.

Sat., July 4 | Beach Kookout for a New America @ 8 p.m., Beach 90 St., Rockaway

Kite flying, group rituals, beach freaking, and untold stories — America and our luddite limbs under the fireworks, manifesting new ways.

Sat., July 4 | 'Anna By The Window' Movie Screening + Brainrot Detox @ 9 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

A portrait of 24 hours in the life of an aimless screenager in NYC as he avoids his overbearing artist father and AI-startup tech-bro brother. After the film, stick around for some participatory Brainrot Detox activities.

Sat., July 4 | Soft & Lovely Dance Party @ 10 p.m., TBA

A safe space to collectively show the importance of moving our bodies. "Turn soft and lovely every time you get the chance." — Jenny Holzer

SUNDAY

Sun., July 5 | Daily Meditation @ 8 a.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Sun., July 5 | FREE LUNCH @ 12:30 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Sun., July 5 | Info Security + Zine Making Workshop @ 1 p.m., The Clemente, 107 Suffolk St.

An introduction to personal digital privacy and information security practices! We'll cover threat modeling, encryption and getting around the city, and how we make choices with data. Materials provided to make personalized digital privacy zines — craft your own pocket-guide from the information you find most useful.

Sun., July 5 | Miming in the Park @ 2 p.m., Washington Sq. Park

Mime in the park.

Sun., July 5 | "Exits" Teach-In @ 3 p.m., Roosevelt Island

When we quit a habit or leave a relationship, what happens next? Let's learn from the many exits of Roosevelt Island through an afternoon of reading, movement, and play.

Sun., July 5 | The Real Ned Ludd Lecture @ 4 p.m., Green Oasis Community Garden

A conspiracy lecture.

Sun., July 5 | Closing Ceremony @ 5 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Lady Ludd guides us into the future.

Sun., July 5 | Secret Film Speakeasy @ 8 p.m., 177 Prince St.

The Secret Speakeasy is a live event to help the Museum of Interesting Things reach more adults and kids — a way for more people to see and enjoy the antique thingies and watch 16mm films!

Sun., July 5 | Organizing and the Internet @ 9 p.m., Tompkins Sq. Park

Development of activist tactics in the 21st century.

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Where to find Guidebooks

East Village:

• Mast Books
• Village Works
• East Village Books

Chelsea:

• 192 Books

• Printed Matter

Bedstuy:

• Word Is Change Books
• Golda

Midtown:

• Arts Students League

Gowanus:

• Interference Archive
• Big Reuse

Staten Island:

• St George Library

Downtown BK:

• Center for Fiction
• BAM

... In the next few days ...

Flatiron:

• Academy Records

LES:

• P&T Knitwear

• ABC NO RIO Zine Library

• Sweet Pickle Books

Chinatown:

• Yu and Me Books

SoHo:

• McNally Jackson

Bowery:

• Codex

• Afterword Bookshop