Sorry, guys. There's nothing cool going on in the city this weekend. You should probably just do laundry and catch up on paying bills.
LOL JK APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!! HAHA! GOT 'EM!
There are actually so many dope things going down in NYC over the next few days, we're having trouble deciding how exactly we want to spend our April Fools weekend.
We put together a li'l listy list for you so you can decide for yourself. In the mood for decadent waffles or a bottomless mimosa disco dance party? We gotchu.
Want to expand your mind at the New York Public Library, then get all that new knowledge whacked out in an epic, citywide pillow fight? We gotchu.
Or you can just stay in and do laundry... but all joking aside, we don't recommend laying low this weekend. There's just too much to do!
Friday, March 31st
1. Wowfulls Grand Opening Weekend (309 E Houston Street)
BLESSED BE TO THE WAFFLE GODDESS! IT'S WOWFULLS' GRAND OPENING WEEKEND!
The insanely popular, insanely delicious Hong Kong street waffle known as Gai DÃ n Jai and packed with ice cream and ridiculous toppings used to only pop up here and there from Wowfulls, at events like Smorgasburg and Gov Ball.
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BUT NO LONGER! Their first brick-and-mortar store is opening tomorrow in LES! Get in line now because the first 50 customers get a $1 Wowfull, and the first 200 customers get a free Wowfulls t-shirt and pin! Don't fret if you're not first in line—Wowfulls will be $5 all weekend to celebrate.
2. The Library After Hours: Women Marching Through History (NYPL 476 Fifth Avenue)
End your Women's Month with a bang at a free after hours party at the New York Public Library!
Billed as the "city's most cerebral happy hour", expect food and drink, music, performances, and behind the scenes access to the library's collections— You'll feel like Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaking into restricted section after dark and you won't even need an invisibility cloak.
From 6:30-9pm, NYPL will curate exclusive displays of feminist manuscripts, rare books, photographs, artwork, and more, and will be playing a selection of 16mm films highlighting women’s issues throughout the evening. There will even be crafting and puzzle stations!!
Costumes are encouraged, so come dressed as your favorite suffragist, activist, or writer!
Saturday, April 1st
3. Pillow Fight NYC (Washington Square Park)
IT MAY BE APRIL FOOLS DAY, BUT THIS AIN'T NO JOKE. Saturday is International Pillow Fight Day, and you can join the giant urban fluff battle in Washington Square Park at 3pm!
This year the fight is being sponsored by Bunz: an online, moneyless trading community. And the charity this year is DARE2B: an organization to improving and enriching the lives of homeless youth. Donate to this awesome cause, then start fluffin' them pillows!
You can also snag discounted tickets to the official Pillow Fight After Party at House of Yes!
4. Brooklyn Flea Opening Weekend (90 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn)
It's officially the start of flea market season! Kick things off at Brooklyn Flea's debut at their new location, getting cozy with the food fest Smorgasburg (also opening for the season this Saturday) at East River State Park this Saturday from 10am-6pm. Smorgasburg will open at 11am.
Thrift shopping while munching on a churro and taking in the Manhattan skyline? Sounds like the perfect Saturday to us.
5. The Black Party 2017 (641 W. 50th Street)
The Saint at Large presents The Black Party: a yearly sexy LGBTQ phenomenon with a cult following, one of the largest gay dance parties in the world and their biggest event of the year.
The 18 hour celebration of kink begins Saturday at 10 pm and lasts until 6 pm the next day, and features aerial sex performances, DJS, bondage, jock straps and dominatrix gear. The theme this year is Dark Matter, so expect sexy sci-fi performances and costumes, and get ready to let go of your inhibitions.
Online tickets are sold out, but tickets can be purchased with cash at the door the night of, with discounts for guests 26 and younger and for after hours entry early Sunday morning.
Sunday, April 2nd
6. Daft Brunch (54 N 11th Street, Brooklyn)
Disco meets brunch this Sunday at Daft Brunch: A French House & Disco Brunch Party! From 12 pm to 8 pm this Sunday at Schimanski, multiple DJs will spin French Touch, Disco House and plenty of Daft Punk (obvi), while you sip on mimosas and dance!
Tickets are available for a 2 mimosa brunch option, or the more obvious choice in our humble opinion, bottomless mimosas. C'est magnifique!
7. 'In the Mood For Love' (308 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn)
Renowned Chinese director Wong Kar-wai's most highly acclaimed film In The Mood For Love is returning to Videology Bar & Cinema by popular demand!
The stunningly cinematic film has been described by The New York Post as, "Rapturously elegant and deeply sexy in a deliciously restrained way. One of the most romantic movies I have ever seen."
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See what all the buzz is about or revisit this classic at Videology this Sunday at 7:30 pm, while enjoying a signature Singapore Sling cocktail.
8. The Hypnotic Bar and Pyschedelic Lounge (247 Varet Street, Brooklyn)
Are you doing Sober April, but still wanna get your buzz on? Acclaimed hypnotist and documentary filmmaker Albert Nerenberg will set out to prove that any drug and alcohol state can be created with hypnotic trance, this Sunday night.
This is the second Hypnotic Bar show in New York, after Nerenberg stunned audiences at The National Arts Club a couple of months ago. Nerenberg also happens to be on the world's top experts on laughter, and has demonstrated his hypnotic abilities on the TEDX Stage.
Psymposia hosts The Hypnotic Bar and Pyschedelic Lounge, 7 pm at Hell Phone in Brooklyn. Come see what all the HYPE is about.