HAPPY HOLIGAYS!!

Let's Kick off Pride 2026 with KARAOKE!

We will have singalongs, a delicious elevated pop up with SASSbk, FOR THEM will be popping up to providing binder fittings and sell their latest print issue.

There will be karaoke sponsored by Rythm, food available for purchase, full bar service, music, a raffle, queer owned vendors, delectable plant medicine, and garden giveaways with a robust rolling station!

WE WILL HAVE THE KNICKS SHOWING AT 8:30PM so bring your friends:)

In 2026 we’re welcoming so many new lgbtqia folk to our city! Let's mingle with our new lovers + friends. Let's sing our hearts out!! This Pride Kick event is about fostering and strengthening community. This year we're supporting New Alternatives, a non profit organization that assists LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in New York City who are 16 to 30 years of age and homeless or at risk. By raffling off gifts from queer owned brands and businesses ($5). We can raise funds for New Alternatives. All proceeds from raffle will be donated to New Alternatives.

ABOUT BOYFRIEND CO OP

BOYFRIEND took shape March 2022, when a couple best friends decided to make their dream of forming a lesbian co-op into a reality.

BOYFRIEND is a space that caters to the queer community and cares for the workers that build it. It's a space with accessible pricing, friendly vibes, fairly compensated bartenders/baristas, yummy drinks, and cutesy décor. It is casual but cute, friendly but sexy. It celebrates racial, sexual, and gender diversity in a comfortable and colorful setting.

ABOUT your curator CARMEN LOBUE (they/them/Bue)

Carmen LoBue (they/them/Bue) is a Black American, Indigenous, & Filipino filmmaker, actor, director, and writer with a passion for creating uplifting and empowering stories. They made history starring as Dre on season three of Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q, the franchise’s first non-binary character. Named one of Paper Magazine’s “100 People Taking Over 2019” and a 2018 New Legacy Maker by the Tribeca Disruptor Foundation for their advocacy work as an artist. As a cultural worker, they’ve collaborated with organizations Everytown for Gun Safety, The Disruptors, 5050x2020, Time's Up, New Alternatives, One Fair Wage, The Boys Club of New York, and Paths. LoBue is a resident company member of The Actor's Center, The Alliance of Women Directors, The Dark Laboratory. LoBue was recently Sacred Artist in Residence at Kripalu (2025).

ABOUT SASSbk

queer & womxn owned. queer & womxn led. justice involved. legacy.
from new york, made in new york.

**We started SASS to celebrate the unique allure of plant medicine by handcrafting treats that work with their flavors and effects instead of against them. Brooklyn-based confectionery making premium infused chocolates that are designed to delight the senses.

We are a team of passionate cannabis and culinary experts creating luxurious confections that are handcrafted by artisans at NY’s oldest family-run chocolate factory. Our expertly dosed fine chocolates are vegan, gluten-free, made exclusively with the freshest ingredients, and infused with locally sourced botanicals.**

KARAOKE CO- HOST

Sarin Monae West is an award-winning actor originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sarin serves as Treasurer/Director of Operations for Black Artist Network and was most recently seen in Coriolanus at Theater for a New Audience (dir. Ash K. Tata), and as Bushy in Richard II starring Michael Urie. BROADWAY: The Skin of Our Teeth (dir. Lileana Blain-Cruz). OFF-BROADWAY: Red Bull Theater’s Medea: Reversed (Lucille Lortel Award Winner), Merry Wives at Shakespeare in the Park (dir. Saheem Ali). Other plays include Whitney White’s By The Queen (dir. Shana Cooper, Hudson Valley Shakespeare), The Scenarios (Helen Hayes nominee for Best Lead Actor in a play - dir. Tiffany Nichole Greene, Studio Theater). TV: The Equalizer (CBS), Evil (CBS), And Just Like That (HBO Max), The Other Two. BFA: Oklahoma City University, MFA: NYU Grad Acting