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FUN STUFF
in Williamsburg
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Issue No. 1 · Week of Apr 27, 2026
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Spring in Williamsburg means the calendar gets dense. Oneohtrix Point Never is making his only announced U.S. appearances of 2026 in Red Hook this Wednesday — and everything else worth going to in the next few weeks is stacking up right behind it.
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Don't Miss
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Long Play Festival at Pioneer Works
Wed Apr 29, evening
Oneohtrix Point Never hasn't played a U.S. show in years. The Long Play Festival at Pioneer Works gives him two nights in Red Hook — Wednesday with John Medeski, Thursday already sold out. Filmmaker Freeka Tet provides the visual world live, built for the space. Wednesday is the one to catch.
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This Week
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1. Amant
Fri 6–9p
Four shows opened together in March in Amant's new AZ space in East Williamsburg: Kim Gordon's 'Count Your Chickens,' Christelle Oyiri's 'Belief May Vary,' CFGNY's 'Puddles into Pond,' and 'Folded Group' curated by Bill Nace and Gordon. The campus and Kis Café are open late every Friday.
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2. Industry City Design Crawl
Sat Apr 25
A day-long self-guided tour through Industry City's Design District in Sunset Park — furniture makers, home goods shops, and in-studio activations across the campus. Bespoke shoemaker Francis Waplinger, among others, works out of a shop here and will be on the floor.
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3. Black Zine Fair at Powerhouse Arts
Sat May 9, 11a–6p
100-plus Black zine makers fill the Gowanus fabrication hub for a day of exhibitors, ten workshops, and a reading room curated by Kameelah Janan Rasheed. Free with RSVP.
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4. Deportation Inc. at e-flux
Thu May 7, 7p
SITU Research and Lawfare screen episodes of their investigative video series on the privatization of U.S. immigration enforcement at the e-flux screening room, 172 Classon Ave in Clinton Hill. Post-screening conversation with SITU's Gauri Bahuguna, journalist Eileen Grench, Columbia Law's Elora Mukherjee, and filmmaker Jon Nealon. Free for Architectural League members; $20 general.
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5. Ende Tymes 16 at Pioneer Works
The annual experimental festival at Pioneer Works returns with Raven Chacon — the Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné composer known for works that push the physical limits of performers — and Iggor Cavalera, Sepultura's co-founder and now a prolific collaborator in the experimental underground. Also on the bill: Pedestrian Deposit, Jeph Jerman, Relay For Death, Las Sucias, and Shot Dog.
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6. Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses at Brooklyn Museum
The Dutch designer's technically singular fashion exhibition — pieces that use biomimicry, 3D printing, and laser cutting to produce garments that look more like coral and bone than clothing — is now at Brooklyn Museum after debuting at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
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Oh and...
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Pioneer Works' Village Fête is coming up. The
earliest Basquiat works — pre-canvas, from the tagging years — are coming to a Bed-Stuy gallery.
Jane's Walk NYC is this weekend. And
Arthur opened in Greenpoint and looks worth a visit.
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A Williamsburg Creative We Like
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Arielle Assouline-Lichten
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Arielle Assouline-Lichten is the founder of Slash Objects, a Brooklyn-based furniture and product studio working at the intersection of industrial material and sculptural form — rubber, stone, resin, lacquer in combinations that feel deliberate without being fussy. Her new X Deck, a DJ console and vinyl storage unit in mirror-finished stainless steel and polished brass, debuts at Milan Design Week this week at Via Padova 11 with gallery partner Deoron. It is furniture that is genuinely about the culture that produced it.
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That's Issue 1. If something here was worth your time, forward it to one person who'd like it — they can subscribe at funstuffnyc.com or read this issue at funstuffnyc.com/p/fun-stuff.
— Sam
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FUN STUFF is a weekly guide to events for the Williamsburg creative class. Published every Thursday. · Instagram
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