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Tuesday Cavendish Bridge & Backgammon Club

Join us for a Chouette or Match Night of Backgammon. 7 Point Match Tournament or 3 Player chouette game. 1st & 2nd Place Prizes The Chouette's Last Game is 9:45pm - so it is a timed event On Tuesdays at Backgammon New York City BGNYC we are back to serving light snacks, wine, beer, tea, and coffee. Backgammon Sign-in & Boards on the 12th floor. Please bring your board if you have one (if you don't, we have a limited amount on hand). We also have a sister website https://www.meetup.com/manhattan-games-center/. We look forward to seeing you. Send Email to BGNYCusa@gmail.com for Any Questions. John B

Manhattan Smutty Book Club - Dearly Departed by Chip Pons

The book for each month will be chosen at the book club before. So come with your suggestions! Please join us at Cornerstone Tavern, 961 2nd Ave, New York, NY (51st and 2nd) for great conversation, laughs, and friendship. Look for our signs, and listen for the laughter. We are often in the back of Cornerstone behind the curtain, which is actually a different restaurant called the Stags Head. We start at 7pm, but feel free to come early before happy hour ends at 7. People usually start to drift in by 6:30pm.

Club Meeting @ Under the Boot

All are welcome to join us at our club meeting/happy hour, this time in JC. Come to the meeting to meet our trip leaders, ask questions and hear about what we’re planning for the Winter!

Queer Book Club - Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Hey Everyone! **Welcome to Queer Book Club! We read books about, for and written by queer people! Follow us on Instagram @queer_book_club Our next meetup will be held on Tuesday November 10th at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope BK This month we will be reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova ** A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses—though curbed by his biological and chosen family’s communal care—threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life. A thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, Monstrilio offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human. **At the end of the discussion we can vote on which book we read for next month so bring a queer suggestion. Make sure to support our amazing host bar, by buying drinks! They are so great to support us so we must do our part in return! We are a lovely accepting group of queers and allies, and all are welcome! Our book list is officially too long for meetup and will now live on this google doc! 


[Queer Book Club - Booklist ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-fm0thuCZrdC6FvW81I6eqO8X_uXLMuT48sxtjN8_ck/edit) 


See you next month!

One Swing At A Time - Mini Golf Event

Linden Silent Book Club: October 24th Book Swap & Reading Meetup

📚 Linden Silent Book Club: October Book Swap & Reading Meetup Join us for a relaxing Saturday of reading, community and bookish conversation! On July 11th, we're adding a book swap to our regular Silent Book Club meetup. Bring a gently used book you'd like to pass along and browse books brought by fellow readers. You might leave with your next great read! Date: Saturday, October 24 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: Romance Cafe, 943 Elizabeth Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Schedule: 11:00 – 11:30 AM 📖 Arrive, settle in, browse the book swap, and chat with fellow readers 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 🤫 Silent reading hour 12:30 – 1:00 PM 💬 Optional discussion about what you're reading, book recommendations and final book swap exchanges Book Swap Guidelines: ✨️Bring up to 2–3 gently used books you'd be happy to pass on. ✨️Take a book if something catches your eye. ✨️ After everyone who has brought a book, takes a book, everyone can browse/take. ✨️ Leave a few, take a few. You are not bound by a 1 to 1 trade. ✨️Participation in the book swap is completely optional. ✨️ Any leftover books will be donated to a nearby little free library. Whether you're halfway through a physical novel, listening to an audiobook, reading manga or diving into nonfiction, all readers are welcome. Come as you are and enjoy a calm morning of books and community. 📚 All readers welcome • No assigned reading • Free to attend

Dinner Club Social: Make New Friends

⚠️ **IMPORTANT: You must sign up and buy a ticket here to attend:** [https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/) **Join the New York Dinner Club and make new friends!** Each meetup brings together 4–6 people for casual conversations over dinner. We use the Groupvibe platform to facilitate the meetup and ensure everyone’s a good fit. 👉 **To attend, you’ll need to complete registration via this link:** [https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/) We’ll share the exact location of the upcoming meetup the night before only if you have bought a ticket or membership plan. **Why this works:** \* Smaller groups make real conversations easier. \* Discover new restaurants in your city, together. \* Curated dinner venues with good food and vibe. \* If you hit it off with your group, there’s plenty of time to hang out afterwards. **Note:** RSVPs on Meetup don’t reflect total attendance. Many attendees register directly via our website. The event on [Meetup.com](http://meetup.com/) is only a placeholder. This meetup is organized by Groupvibe, a small team passionate about helping people form meaningful friendships offline.

Brooklyn Bridge Date Walk (aka Singles Sunset Stroll) 20s, 30s, 40s

**\*GET TICKETS AT:** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-bridge-singles-sunset-date-walk-tickets-1996371438714](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-bridge-singles-sunset-date-walk-tickets-1996371438714) (\*Limited # of women save $5 by using promo code "5" at checkout. Multiple groups are co-organizing so the RSVP's shown are just a very small portion of the total members attending. Space is extremely limited as this event sells out every time.) Join fun and friendly singles for a sunset stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge. Our "Date Walks" are very casual and non-awkward way to meet others. Your host will be there to make introductions and will have everyone rotate, asking the men and women to switch so everyone gets a chance to talk with everyone. We will first meet at a Starbucks where you can grab a drink for your walk. Then we'll walk a 1.5-2 mile stretch to the Brooklyn Bridge Park to NYC. We will also hang afterwards in a nearby area. FAQs: **How many will attend?** We limit the # of attendees to 30 so that everyone has enough time to get to know each other. **What are the ages?** We'll have a good mix of ages and everyone usually finds others in their age group. **What if rains?** We will email attendees a new date. **Can I come alone?** Yes, about 90% come on their own. **How much?** $15-$25 depending upon when you get ticket and # of spots left. For more fun events follow: [https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283](https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283)

Monday🗽🍹NYC Connects Social Happy Hour: Professionals & New to NYC

🗽🍻FREE with RSVP. Happy hour for people to make friends & socialize in NYC. Ask for group on arrival. 👔Young professionals aged 21+-35 years old attending. If older, yes you can join! 1-2 drink purchases or food required to attend. * Make new NYC friends * Meetup social * Young professionals and friends * Network, connect and meet those new to NYC * NYC business networking * Bronx - Manhattan - Queens - Brooklyn - Staten Island - New Jersey - Long Island networking Industries that join and participate! NYC Finance networking Social NYC Accounting networking Social NYC Technology and startups networking Social NYC College graduates making new friends Social NYC Healthcare networking Social NYC Fintech Networking Social NYC Legal and lawyers networking Social NYC PHD graduates networking Social NYC Education and teachers Networking Social NYC Real Estate Networking

📢SOUR MOUSE📍Monday🗽🍹NYC Connects Social Happy Hour: Professionals

📢📢UPDATED LOCATION to SOUR mouse delancey street Essex station FOR THIS EVENT🗽🍻FREE with RSVP. Happy hour for people to make friends & socialize in NYC. Ask for group on arrival. 👔Young professionals aged 21+-35 years old attending. If older, yes you can join! 1-2 drink purchases or food required to attend. * Make new NYC friends * Meetup social * Young professionals and friends * Network, connect and meet those new to NYC * NYC business networking * Bronx - Manhattan - Queens - Brooklyn - Staten Island - New Jersey - Long Island networking Industries that join and participate! NYC Finance networking Social NYC Accounting networking Social NYC Technology and startups networking Social NYC College graduates making new friends Social NYC Healthcare networking Social NYC Fintech Networking Social NYC Legal and lawyers networking Social NYC PHD graduates networking Social NYC Education and teachers Networking Social NYC Real Estate Networking

40s/50s Speed Dating with Icebreakers

For tickets and information: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002594308485](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002594308485) **IMPORTANT NOTE: CLICKING THE RSVP AND PAY ORGANIZER BUTTON ON MEETUP DOES NOT GET YOU A TICKET/ SPOT. YOU HAVE TO CLICK THE LINK TO THE EVENTBRITE PAGE AND PURCHASE A TICKET THERE. PRICE GOES UP AS EVENT TIME APPROACHES AND MAY SELL OUT SO GET YOUR TICKET ON EVENTBRITE ASAP.** **\*This is a multigroup event so event responses are only a portion of the total number of attendees** *\* Check in starts 15 minutes before event start time so if possible please arrive a bit early.* At this event you will be going on a series of about 7 to 12 mini dates with each date lasting about 5 minutes each. Women stay seated and the men rotate from table to table until they meet each woman. *We will have fun, thought provoking ice breaker questions available to pull out of an envelope on the tables so there will never be a lull in conversation. The questions are also a great way to gauge chemistry with the other person.* You will get a match sheet and at the end of each mini-date you'll indicate whether or not you'd like to see the person again. At the end of the evening you will hand your match sheet in to the event host. If you both select each other, you'll receive an email within 48 hours with the first name and email of your mutual matches. We do not give out names or contact info unless there is a mutual match. Our Speed Dating events tend to attract quality, single professionals who are done with the dating games and ready to meet that special someone. Most people know within a few minutes if they would like to see someone again. *\* Check in starts 15 minutes before event start time so if possible please arrive a bit early.* For tickets and information: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002594308485](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002594308485) See more upcoming NYC events at: **[WWW.FRIENDZYEVENTS.COM](http://www.friendzyevents.com/)**