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Poets and small-press authors are part of the draw at Topos Too, where you can browse new books, get a coffee and return for a reading. This is Topos’s bookshop, café and bar on Myrtle Avenue; the original Woodward Avenue shop is the used-book location. Most of Topos’s literary events take place here.
Jazz trios, quartets and poets share the program at Dada, an artist-owned music and art space nearby on Myrtle Avenue. You can come for espresso and lunch, or make an evening of dinner, cocktails and a performance. The outdoor garden adds somewhere to sit outside during a food or drink stop.
Filmmaker John Wilson and partners Davis Fowlkes and Cosmo Bjorkenheim built Low Cinema around their enthusiasm for watching movies together. You can see repertory films and recent releases in a 42-seat neighborhood theater near the two Myrtle Avenue stops. Its programming stretches from genre favorites and cult classics to documentaries that rarely get much attention.
Live bands and DJs give you two different reasons to head farther southwest to TV Eye on Weirfield Street. The venue combines a bar, concert space, dance club and gallery, with a 250-capacity concert room. Depending on the program, an evening might center on a band, DJ-led dancing or a community event.
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8 things worth doing in the next 7 days · Friday, October 16th – Thursday, October 22nd
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 Focus: Disco with Inés, Lovie & Mark Grusane | Fri, Oct 16 | 56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 USARidgewood · Queens | 10pm–6amFrom $20 |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 KEIN KLUB | Sat, Oct 17 | 1090 Wyckoff Ave, Queens, NY 11385, United StatesRidgewood · Queens | 10pm–6amFrom $15 |
 Nonstop: EscaFlowne, Honey Bun, Main Phase, Nicola Cruz, Peach, Rose Kourts | Sat, Oct 17 | 56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 USARidgewood · Queens | 10pm–3pmFrom $30 |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mister Sunday: Aurora Halal and Justin Carter | Sun, Oct 18 | 56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 USARidgewood · Queens | 3pm–9pmTicketed |
 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega | Sun, Oct 18 | 1090 Wyckoff Ave, Queens, NY 11385, United StatesRidgewood · Queens | 6pm–midnightTicketed |
No events listed for Monday, October 19 yet.
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
 Literature at DADA: Tuesday Salons | Tue, Oct 20 | Dada, RidgewoodRidgewood · Queens | Not posted yetDonation-based unless stated otherwise |
No events listed for Wednesday, October 21 yet.
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
 1tbsp All Night | Thu, Oct 22 | 56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 USARidgewood · Queens | 9pm–3amFrom $20 |
 SUBLIMINA | Thu, Oct 22 | 1090 Wyckoff Ave, Queens, NY 11385, United StatesRidgewood · Queens | 9pm–4amTicketed |
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Dance to disco with Chicago’s Inés and Mark Grusane and New York’s Lovie.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 5 min walk
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Two rooms split the night between a sequence of broken beats, house and electro and Soundstream’s disco special.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 2 min walk
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EscaFlowne and Honey Bun are among the six DJs on this edition of Nowadays’ Nonstop lineup.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 5 min walk
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Mister Sunday brings you outside to dance in Nowadays’ backyard.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 5 min walk
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Anané and Louie Vega blend multiple house subgenres in a joint DJ performance.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 2 min walk
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DADA's Tuesday literary programs include open mics hosted by Thorne Malik and The Most Hated Poets.
🚇 Fresh Pond Rd (M) · 7 min walk
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1tbsp takes over Nowadays for an all-night set of melodic, pop-inflected house.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 5 min walk
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SUBLIMINA’s Halloween edition centers on hypnotic techno.
🚇 Halsey St (L) · 2 min walk
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A small cafe built around cats, serving breakfast and lunch dishes alongside coffee, lattes and desserts.
4.4★ from 624 Google reviews
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A venue for live music and dancing that also houses an art gallery, a cinema and a restaurant.
4.7★ from 611 Google reviews
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A music venue and nightclub with a mixed programming slate.
4.6★ from 462 Google reviews
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Browse and buy used books at this Ridgewood shop, which has operated as a combined used bookstore and café since 2014, including a dollar-books section.
4.7★ from 453 Google reviews
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You flip through the racks at a Ridgewood record shop that buys, sells and trades vinyl, so kids can hunt for something new or bring in records to trade.
4.7★ from 317 Google reviews
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A thrift shop on Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood carrying vintage clothing, jewellery, furniture and bric-a-brac, with new items put out daily.
4.4★ from 266 Google reviews
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A baseball training facility built around batting cages fitted with current equipment.
4.2★ from 211 Google reviews
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A nonprofit art space in Ridgewood that runs open mics, workshops, live music, dance and new-works theater performances.
4.6★ from 183 Google reviews
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Browse a stock of mostly new books — the counterpart to the used shelves at the original Topos on Woodward Avenue — then settle in at the café side, which pours coffee alongside beer and wine.
4.7★ from 177 Google reviews
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A bistro-bar built around wine and cocktails, with a patio laid out like a garden.
4.7★ from 119 Google reviews
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5★ from 85 Google reviews
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A Latin dance studio teaching Salsa on 2, Bachata, Cha Cha and Merengue.
4.7★ from 59 Google reviews
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These two thrift shops differ in focus: one highlights clothing styles and designers, while the other also carries objects for the home.
Choose Rolo's for a wood-fired bar and grill, or Cafe On Seneca for pho, sandwiches and dumplings.
Look at the repeated brick facades of a residential district, then compare them with a former movie theater’s ornamented front.
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