3:00pmAstoria, Queensrepeats twice monthly; host September roster lists Sep 23 as the last posted instance
Coffee + Play Date
Coffee first, playground after, so the grown-ups get a table before the kids take over. Same format runs again Sep 23.
WednesdaySeptember 23
6:30pm to 9:30pmWilliamsburg, Brooklynrepeats roughly monthly, third run
Mahjong & Mingle: Back to the Table
Come solo is written into the invitation: they group you by experience level so first-timers are not the odd one out.
ThursdaySeptember 24
6:00pmHarlem, Manhattanrepeats monthly
MMM Book Club: KIN by Tayari Jones
A book club on a closed Harlem block that says the quiet part out loud: "Whether you have read the whole thing, half of it, or you are just curious and want to be around people, you are welcome."
SundaySeptember 27
8:30am to 10:00amBrooklyn Heights / DUMBO, Brooklynrepeats monthly, last Sunday, next Sep 27
Stroller Run & Walk with DUMBO Dads Run Club
Runs the last Sunday of every month, so the faces repeat, and walkers set off separately at 8:45 so you do not have to run. A one-time fitness waiver is required.
TuesdaySeptember 29
8:00pm to 10:00pmManhattan Valley, Manhattanrepeats monthly, next Oct 13
PS 165 PTA parents night at Lion's Head Tavern
A PTA parents night at a public neighborhood bar. Their own invite says the more, the merrier, and you don't have to be a PS 165 family.
TuesdayOctober 13
8:00pm to 10:00pmManhattan Valley, Manhattanrepeats monthly, next Nov 10
PS 165 PTA parents night at Lion's Head Tavern
A PTA parents night at a public neighborhood bar. Their own invite says the more, the merrier, and you don't have to be a PS 165 family.
Worth watching
Real events that are still missing a detail. We'd rather tell you what we don't know than guess.
Story Time in the Garden (last one of the season)
Date, time and garden are confirmed for Saturday Sept 12 at 11am. Still unknown: whether an RSVP is needed this time, and whether the childcare action table from the summer runs are back. Watch @cooperstreetgarden.
Astoria Moms' Book Club
Confirmed for Monday Aug 31 (reading The Last Thing He Told Me), but the location is TBD on the host's events page. RSVP there.
September Dads' Night Out
On their fall roster for Sep 19 with details still to come.
Astoria Dads' Book Club
Confirmed for Aug 26 on the host's events page (reading Intermezzo), but the location is TBD and the time isn't posted. RSVP there.
Other places to look
This list is short on purpose. For the full week of story times, classes and family days, these cover far more ground than we do, and they are each run by one person who knows their neighborhood.
- Uptown Family Calendar, Washington Heights, Inwood, Harlem and the Bronx
- The Parent Loop, Manhattan, with a weekend guide every week
- UES with Kids, the Upper East Side, weekly
One familiar family is enough to start
Nura is for the next part: turning a family you keep running into at things like these into a plan for school pickup, camp gaps, and the hour between. Nothing sends without you.
Make your backup plan