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The Joy List: July 28
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Now, onto the GIF and the fun things:
Sept 4–10 | Anti-Fragile Heart Retreat
Relational Practice + Mindfulness + Emotional Mastery = Real Change
Tired of shallow connection?This is deep-end relational training. Reconnect to your unbreakable heart so you can experience the full range of life.Staying present and truthful when shit gets real is like crossfit for your relational and emotional muscles. 7 days, food & lodging included.
Sept 4 - 10, Hurleyville NY
Gatherings
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Tuesday, July 29: Drawn To Music
A biweekly free art and crafting session set to soothing ballads and folk tunes performed live (by me). We provide the supplies, you just come with your creativity and draw, create, read, write -- or whatever you feel inspired to do.
Free. 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Barzakh Café 147 Utica Avenue. Info here.
Wednesday, July 30: StoryTell: Hope
Join StoryTell for an evening of connection through conversation and personal storytelling. We'll explore our perspectives, curiosities, and personal stories on the theme of "Hope". You'll leave with a new friend, a new perspective, and deeper understanding of yourself and the human condition.
$25. 6:30-9 PM, ThirdSpace, 47 Thames St. Info here.
Wednesday, July 30: "You Will Be Found" - Dear Evan Hansen | One-Day Choir (Masked!)
Gaia Music Collective's One-Day Choir series is an opportunity to sing in a choir for one day only. A celebration of song and the connective power of singing in harmony. An opportunity to build community, make some new friends, and raise our powerfully diverse voices as one.
No auditions. No commitment. No need for perfection.
Donation-based. 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Sound Mind. Info here.
Wednesday, July 30: What do we owe the people we love?
Join us for Open Loops, a modern-day salon for big questions and intimate conversation.
This isn’t a panel or a performance. It’s a space for reflection, storytelling, and shared inquiry. We’ll gather in a thoughtfully curated setting to explore the emotional, philosophical, and relational dimensions of love, care, and obligation.
$20. 7 to 9 PM. Le Petit Monstre. Info here.
Thursday, July 31: Pitched Through Friends
Everyone says they want to meet someone "through friends," and we help make it happen. Join us to see hand-selected singles get pitched to a live audience by real friends who want to help them find love. In an era when dating feels isolated and unaccountable, endorsements from friends give us hope. It's our firm belief that even if you haven't found "your person" yet, you probably know great people who would be a match for someone else. This show is a celebration of love and friendship in all of their forms.
$35. 7-10 PM. 1118 1st Ave (Rodney's). Info here.
Friday, August 1: Letters from the Table - Cookbook Club: Pie Picnic
Summertime, and the living is easy. Easy as a Summer Friday. Easy as pie. Our next Cookbook Club gathering is a Pie Picnic featuring Erin Jeanne McDowell's The Book on Pie. Join us for an evening focused on finding a sense of ease — that ephemeral feeling of childhood summers and long, lazy vacation days amid the chaos of life. Gather around our picnic tables in the beautiful Fabrik community space in DUMBO to share your favorite pie (savory or sweet) and nostalgic summer activities to reawaken a sense of curiosity, playfulness, and joy.
$15, 5-8pm, Fabrik DUMBO, 20 Jay St Suite 218. Info here.
Sunday, August 3: Body Paint Dance Party with Life Music from Jackson and the Janks
Get ready for a night of music, movement, and messy fun at our Body Paint Dance Party! Groove to the electrifying sounds of Jackson and the Janks while turning yourself—and maybe some new friends—into living art. With live body painting, interactive stations, tarot readings, a funky photo booth, and surprises like Clitoris Darts and the legendary Carpet Man. Come dance, paint, and let your colorful, sexy self shine.
Note from Jillian: Absolutely dying laughing that the carpet man (aka the guy who rolls himself into a carpet to be stepped on) will be there. NYC legend.
$35 96 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10006 6pm-10pm. Info here.