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Thank you for staying home as much as you can (and for wearing a mask when you leave the house).

While you're home, I hope this site can help you learn, laugh, and connect with other people virtually.

Have feedback? Let me know here.

Mailing Lists
Want email updates about upcoming virtual events? Here are mailing lists that consistently have great event and entertainment suggestions. Most are based out of NYC but I'd love to feature ones from other cities, so suggest one here!

Nonsense NYC

"weird events, strange happenings, unique parties, and senseless culture"

Greenthumb NYC

gardening and plant-related workshops

Meatpacking District

fitness events, story hours for kids, cooking classes

Cooking

League of Kitchens - "women from around the world who will welcome you into their homes and teach you their family recipes."

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$: 60

Cook Space - Lots of classes, including: pasta making, cooking fish, sourdough, bahn mi, etc

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 50-55

Brooklyn Kitchen - Classes include: knife skills, bagel making, brunch foods!

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Sliding scale

Music and Concerts

StageIt - Live streamed concerts from all over the world.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free/low cost

Virtually Nowadays NYC. DJ set starts at 8PM every night.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

Livestream from Third Man Records every day.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

Vimeo Livestreams - Livestreamed concerts and other content.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

This is a great list of live streamed concerts from all over, collected and shared by NPR.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

NPR Live Sessions - Free access to their archive of live music recordings and occasional live performances.

πŸŽ™οΈPre-recorded and live

$: Free

Berliner Philharmoniker - Free access to their concert archive for 30 days.

πŸŽ™οΈPre-recorded

$: Free

Theatre and Performance

The Magnet Theatre is hosting virtual improv shows almost every day of the week.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 8-12

The Actor's Fund will be producing twice daily livestreams (2PM EST and 8PM EST) for a series called "Stars in the House" with celebrities singing and answering questions.

πŸŽ™οΈ Live

$: Free

The Metropolitan Opera (NYC) will be streaming an opera per day. Each day's opera will go live at 7:30 pm and will be available for 20 hours.

πŸŽ™οΈ Pre-recorded

$: Free

Write About Now Poetry - This poetry group provides livestream access to its poetry shows for subscribers. Free archived content available on YouTube.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 5 a month

Art

A collection of online art exhibitions dating back 35+ years. Really cool collection, lots to browse.

πŸŽ™οΈPre-recorded

$: Free

The Whitney Museum has a great collection of interactive and digital art.

πŸŽ™οΈPre-recorded

$: Free

Google Arts and Culture provides free access to tours of amazing museums and art.

πŸŽ™οΈPre-recorded

$: Free

Online Learning

Online art classes from The Art Studio NY. Tons of great classes for all ages, including weekly classes and one-off classes.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: varies

The Quarantine Book Club hosts discussions with authors over Zoom. There are events almost every day.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 5 per event

The Silver Kite Community Arts Center has lots of classes including writing, drawing, and painting workshops.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: ~10 per class

Brooklyn Brainery - One to two hour classes on a ton of topics: food writing, astrology, overcoming scarcity mindsets, generating ideas.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: ~30 per class

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research - Multiweek classes on topics like Intersectionality, Heidegger, Music Theory, and Computer Intelligence.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 315 per class

Fitness and Meditation

The New York YMCA is streaming free workout classes on Facebook every day at noon.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

The Muse Brooklyn is offering online workout classes including things like: flexibility, acroyoga, handstands, etc. They also have classes for kids.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free/low-cost

Many yoga and pilates studios are offering online classes. Here are a few options, but definitely check out your local studio to see if you can support them.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

The New York Insight Meditation Center is hosting a ton of online meditation classes, including one every Tuesday at 7:30pm. Suggested donation is $10 but it's open to all regardless of ability to pay.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free/low-cost

Fitness classes from BK Roots in Oakland, California.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 15 per class

Meditation and Yoga classes from Heal Haus in Brooklyn, NY.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: 20 per month

Q GRIT Fitness - Body positive and gender affirming personal trainer offering personal training online.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: ~45

Salsa classes streamed from Germany, Monday - Saturday at 11am EST. Classes are open level and solidarity-based. Donations accepted via Venmo: @Amelia-Uzateguibonilla or PayPal: uzategui@gmail.com

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Pay what you can

Animals and the Outdoors

Smithsonian National Zoo Webcams

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

Kitten Academy Livestream - 24/7 livestream featuring ~10 cats. The channel has been streaming since 2016.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

Live cams from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

Malibu, California livestream of the ocean. Super relaxing.

πŸŽ™οΈLive

$: Free

One hour long walking tour from Venice Beach to Santa Monica Pier. No narration, just ambient noise.

πŸŽ™Pre-recorded


$: Free

Games and Shared Experiences

List of board games that you can play online with friends.

πŸŽ™Live

$: Free

Play crossword games with friends - no login or setup required. Just open a puzzle and send the link to friends!

πŸŽ™Live

$: Free

Watch Netflix shows with friends using Netflix Party! What a great idea.

πŸŽ™Live

$: Free

Contribute to science by transcribing or describing photos, video, and audio on zooniverse. Very relaxing.

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$: Free

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Sending hope and love from Brooklyn, NY.