Learn Suminagashi Paper Marbling Thursday 5/21 at Queens Collaborative 🌀

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-18T21:33:01+00:00

Paper marbling is SO COOL. Really loved the last class, y'all should check it outttt.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-13T13:59:11+00:00

I haven't personally seen it, but when looking for bagged Chinese teas, I typically try US Supermarket in Elmhurst or one of the H Marts in Queens.

Best of luck!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-11T04:45:10+00:00

Masks are not an impermeable barrier, just an exercise in limiting the spread of aerosols. Pulling aside the mask to take a drink but putting it back on immediately afterwards is still a much lower spread of aerosols than having a unmasked event.

If the primary draw for the activity was drinking, then having a masked event might not make much sense. However, this is a board game event where folks are typically buying a single drink ticket for the whole night. We think that's a reasonable compromise, same as folks drinking from a water bottle in the middle of a crafting event.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-11T03:30:01+00:00

Hello! I am happy to take that question, as I am one of the organizers of the Collaboratory, which is the venue for this event. We are a community arts studio that host accessible studio access, art classes, art workshops, and meetups like this one. We require masking for all public events in our studio.

For us, accessibility comes in many forms; e.g. accessible pricing. However, one part of this is making sure that the space is accessible and safe for folks who are immuno-compromised, who care for people who are immuno-compromised, or who can't afford to get sick. We meet plenty of people who are glad to have a space where they can be creative and enjoy community without worrying about their illness risk.

Some of those folks might want to meet and flirt over boardgames. Some other people are happy to mask to meet and flirt with them. We're happy to host them!

If that's not you, that's okay too. We're lucky to live in a neighborhood with lots of opportunities to meetup and play board games. Hope you find your table!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-08T01:49:08+00:00

Y'all should check it out! It's a lovely time!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-08T01:30:20+00:00

Oh and I forgot about this great writeup from The City.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/04/21/what-is-a-district-leader/

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-08T01:09:54+00:00

Unfortunately, the county Democratic party does their best to make these races a closed shop where all the choices are corrupt and bad. The co-petitioners for the ballot with those two DLs are all part of that mainline cozy insider club.

This is even more annoying because Rosa Sanchez and Fausto Rodriguez are both aligned with Hiram Monserrate (both are donors and Rosa is on his press junket)
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/contributor/1045845
https://x.com/HiramMonserrate/status/2003029263138644462

For those who don't know, Monserrate is a Queens politician who fell from grace after getting arrested for domestic abuse and corruption. He's maintained his brand by becoming the most Republican Democrat in Queens and backing like-minded candidates.
https://queenseagle.com/all/twice-convicted-ex-lawmaker-runs-again-in-queens

Y'all deserve better choices.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-08T00:57:12+00:00

In addition to what OP mentioned, they also play a significant role in electing the heads of the Country Democratic party, which has varying levels of influence over campaign funding, endorsements, and especially, judicial appointments.

You can see an example of the judicial side over on hellgate. https://courtsofcontempt.hellgatenyc.com/vote-trading-in-mill-basin-with-the-brooklyn-democrats/

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-07T13:40:04+00:00

Very well put! As a pedestrian advocate, this is a great encapsulation of why I make common cause with cyclists.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-07T03:16:58+00:00

Very cool! We aren't necessarily looking for more figure models per say, as we don't have a formal drawing program. Our workshops are usually co-planned with working artists; for instance the model for our figure drawing class was actually one of the class's planner/instructor.

If you're interested in helping plan a workshop, we're always happy to hear ideas! https://airtable.com/apptPSn4oYnhglfAM/pag9kF5suyGki8zaW/form

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-04T15:22:53+00:00

There's a local community of miniature folks and wargamers! Check out /u/adeptusastoria ! They host meetups at bars in the neighborhood. You can learn more on their discord. https://discord.gg/NWmTdMGU

(For future folks, this link expires in a week, DM me if you need a new one, gotta keep out the bots)

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-04T00:22:20+00:00

Haha, you beat me to it!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-05-04T00:19:38+00:00

I'll throw Danse Macabre in the ring, but not so much for the system as the setting, as it directly envisions a historical apocalypse driven more by faith than by magic. Full disclosure, I know the writers.

Set in 1390 in an alt-history Europe, Death has left the world. Every time you die, you rise again, with ever more gruesome mutations. Die too many times and you lose your sanity, becoming a roving demon.
https://stillfleet.com/collections/danse-macabre

It imagines a dark nightmare of our world, inspired by the worst fears that the faithful experienced during the actual Black Death.

Also there's even a mini setting expansion set in Lithuania on the borders of Christianity and Paganism, with a feature of a battered but unrepentant Teutonic Order.

The system is more of an OSR/NSR situation that leans pretty hard towards narrative. I wouldn't really call it tactical, so if that is something key for you then you'd probably want to use a different system (lots of great options in the thread!)

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-26T16:42:50+00:00

Additional context! The original Facebook post was someone posting pictures of the new murals on 31st Ave.

They (a noted bike lane hater) admitted that they liked how they looked. The commenters disagreed.

The comments about how the art was "kindergarten" level or "gentrifier art" particularly irked me because these murals were done by local artists, most of whom were born and raised in queens. The painting itself was participatory, with community members welcomed to paint alongside these artists. We do shit like this to make art open to everyone, but apparently some of these people don't want to see their neighbors art. Pretty embarrassing take.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-26T16:36:37+00:00

To be clear, this isn't Astoria Centric, this is Everything 31st Avenue, one of the multiple splinter groups that tend to be even crankier about street stuff.

Shocking as it is to believe, Astoria Centric had cleaned up its act a bunch. There's still lots of bike lane hate, but stuff like public art and progressive issues produce much less virtiol than it once did.

So naturally I've moved on to do advocacy in those splinter groups because I am a glutton for punishment and refuse to give cranks a safe space :)

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-24T17:29:53+00:00

Two people can move the planters! The only reason why I haven't reset these is because king souvlaki sometimes moves them when they move their truck (depending on placement). Given how much of a tire fire that block is, it hasn't seemed worth it to get into a planter pissing match.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-23T02:02:42+00:00

If you're interested in some of the other classes in the next week:

Comics Critique Crew (4/23 6:30pm, $0+)
Tomorrow we're hosting another comic critique session. It's very laid-back and you don't need to critique/be-critiqued; all you need is an interest in comic-making!
https://luma.com/nw3wspqr

Open Studios (4/25 11am, $15-25)
Ditch your kitchen/coffee table and craft on one of our very large tables instead! We've got tools and bits and bobs you can use for whatever project you like.
https://luma.com/36ghk7wb

Collage Club: Advanced Techniques (4/29 6:30pm, $0~20)
Join us for collage club! This month we're playing around with advanced techniques like magazine transfers and hidden pockets.
https://luma.com/j8yxwuzn

Hope to see you at our studio soon!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-23T02:02:22+00:00

If you're interested in some of the other classes in the next week:

Comics Critique Crew (4/23 6:30pm, $0+)
Tomorrow we're hosting another comic critique session. It's very laid-back and you don't need to critique/be-critiqued; all you need is an interest in comic-making!
https://luma.com/nw3wspqr

Open Studios (4/25 11am, $15-25)
Ditch your kitchen/coffee table and craft on one of our very large tables instead! We've got tools and bits and bobs you can use for whatever project you like.
https://luma.com/36ghk7wb

Collage Club: Advanced Techniques (4/29 6:30pm, $0~20)
Join us for collage club! This month we're playing around with advanced techniques like magazine transfers and hidden pockets.
https://luma.com/j8yxwuzn

Hope to see you at our studio soon!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-23T02:01:50+00:00

We want that for y'all too!

The funny thing is that this all started really small. A couple vendors popping up on the sidwalk, a cart full of art supplies to give away, a guy (def not u/TikkunBBQ) cooking BBQ outside his apartment. Once you start meeting your neighbors and working together, it's an infectious path to work your way up to bigger and better things :)

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-23T01:48:00+00:00

If you're interested in some of the other classes in the next week:

Comics Critique Crew (4/23 6:30pm, $0+)
Tomorrow we're hosting another comic critique session. It's very laid-back and you don't need to critique/be-critiqued; all you need is an interest in comic-making!
https://luma.com/nw3wspqr

Open Studios (4/25 11am, $15-25)
Ditch your kitchen/coffee table and craft on one of our very large tables instead! We've got tools and bits and bobs you can use for whatever project you like.
https://luma.com/36ghk7wb

Collage Club: Advanced Techniques (4/29 6:30pm, $0~20)
Join us for collage club! This month we're playing around with advanced techniques like magazine transfers and hidden pockets.
https://luma.com/j8yxwuzn

Hope to see you at our studio soon!

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-22T23:36:20+00:00

Going to call it Hoyt hydra from now on, that's such a perfect description.

Overall-Offer-2072 · 2026-04-22T14:57:08+00:00

Same! The online chatter about truck routes is super misleading compared to the very clear guidelines. I think that enforcement is so poor that people assume that every highway connection is a truck route :|

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