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.
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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!
League of Kitchens - "women from around the world who will welcome you into their homes and teach you their family recipes."
🎙️Live
$: 60
Cook Space - Lots of classes, including: pasta making, cooking fish, sourdough, bahn mi, etc
🎙️Live
$: 50-55
Brooklyn Kitchen - Classes include: knife skills, bagel making, brunch foods!
🎙️Live
$: Sliding scale
This is a great list of live streamed concerts from all over, collected and shared by NPR.
🎙️Live
$: Free
NPR Live Sessions - Free access to their archive of live music recordings and occasional live performances.
🎙️Pre-recorded and live
$: Free
Berliner Philharmoniker - Free access to their concert archive for 30 days.
🎙️Pre-recorded
$: Free
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.
🎙️ 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.
🎙️ 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.
🎙️Live
$: 5 a month
A collection of online art exhibitions dating back 35+ years. Really cool collection, lots to browse.
🎙️Pre-recorded
$: Free
Google Arts and Culture provides free access to tours of amazing museums and art.
🎙️Pre-recorded
$: Free
Online art classes from The Art Studio NY. Tons of great classes for all ages, including weekly classes and one-off classes.
🎙️Live
$: varies
The Quarantine Book Club hosts discussions with authors over Zoom. There are events almost every day.
🎙️Live
$: 5 per event
The Silver Kite Community Arts Center has lots of classes including writing, drawing, and painting workshops.
🎙️Live
$: ~10 per class
Brooklyn Brainery - One to two hour classes on a ton of topics: food writing, astrology, overcoming scarcity mindsets, generating ideas.
🎙️Live
$: ~30 per class
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research - Multiweek classes on topics like Intersectionality, Heidegger, Music Theory, and Computer Intelligence.
🎙️Live
$: 315 per class
The New York YMCA is streaming free workout classes on Facebook every day at noon.
🎙️Live
$: Free
The Muse Brooklyn is offering online workout classes including things like: flexibility, acroyoga, handstands, etc. They also have classes for kids.
🎙️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.
🎙️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.
🎙️Live
$: Free/low-cost
Q GRIT Fitness - Body positive and gender affirming personal trainer offering personal training online.
🎙️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
🎙️Live
$: Pay what you can
Kitten Academy Livestream - 24/7 livestream featuring ~10 cats. The channel has been streaming since 2016.
🎙️Live
$: Free
One hour long walking tour from Venice Beach to Santa Monica Pier. No narration, just ambient noise.
🎙Pre-recorded
$: Free
Play crossword games with friends - no login or setup required. Just open a puzzle and send the link to friends!
🎙Live
$: Free
Contribute to science by transcribing or describing photos, video, and audio on zooniverse. Very relaxing.
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$: Free