Free Contract Workshop

Helping freelancers and event workers with gigs affected by COVID 19

Join us at the Webers’ for a pay-what-you-wish art sale & party! Support them in the next big step as they expand into their very own art studio!

Tickets are sold out!!

But have no fear - we still want to see you. RSVP to info@amfstudiosnyc.com so we know to look out for ya, there’s pretty bad reception in the building. We are heading down to The Understudy bar at DeKalb Market around 9:30PM after the roller skating, so meet us there!

Celebrate the 80s, 90s, and modern pop music as the Dreamland Roller Rink kicks off a night of Boy Bands vs Girl Pop music throughout the decades. AMF will meet up at the rink for roller skating and general merriment ... I hear themed attire is highly encouraged.  I will likely be in a teal 80s jumpsuit with Farrah Fawcett hair. 

They encourage advance purchases, as tickets sell out fast, so head over to their website to reserve your spot, as there may not be tickets available at the door. I've got mine, see you there!

Surround yourself with a supportive community filled with like-minded creatives. You  will meet other driven, dedicated members of the New York filmmaking and creative communities, and representatives from IFP and the Freelancer’s Hub to learn more about how we can help set you up for success.

Join us as we head over to the IFC Center for a screening of all the short films nominated for an Academy Award in 3 separate categories. The schedule will be released soon, but the viewings will start January 29th. More updates soon! 

Come hang out at Jana’s house for sips, snacks, & crafts!!

AMF Presents Craftapalooza - an afternoon of sips & snacks & all sorts of crafts. Have a project you've been meaning to finish? That embrodiery hoop under your bed? Knit some mittens? Watercolor a picutre? Bring it along!

We're here for a good old-fashioned, cathartic, pre-holiday craft sesh'. Catch up with your fellow freelancers whilst we make things. Have no project to play with? Well you've come to the right house. I have paper crafts to make, which you may bring home for your christmas tree, or assist my efforts to make for a future WAWO installation. I shall have the supplies in hand!

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RIVAH is playing at Rockwood Music Hall! Come through for a free concert Saturday afternoon. She’s a good friend and an incredibly talented artist. Can’t wait to pack the house!

Quickbooks Course by the NYC Small Business Services.

“Learn the key features and benefits of this accounting software!

Business owners need to monitor their spending and expenses in order to maintain a healthy profit. QuickBooks can help you keep track of daily transactions, as well as develop financial reports such as Income Statements, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow Statements. This course will teach you how this software program can help you track your business financials effectively and efficiently.”

Member Leanne Aranador is having her first NYC art show hosted by Min & Mon. She's curating pieces that tell the story behind the doodle journey that lead to her own personal transformation & acted as a catalyst in building her clothing line Ladoru.

IG: @leannearanador & @ladoru

Looking for work?

NYFA Classifieds is a resource provided by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), a nonprofit service organization dedicated to supporting working artists and emerging arts organizations of all disciplines at critical stages in their creative and professional/organizational development.

NYC passed a law pertaining to paying workers on a 1099 format stating that these people must be paid within 30 days of services rendered. Find out more about this law and the protections in place for freelance and contract workers at the Freelancer's Hub workshop & info session.

This is a BYOC (bring your own camera) workshop with Lynn Saville that will meet for an intro and slideshow session in the Photoville Workshop Area before heading out for a live, guided shooting session in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Learn techniques for capturing the contrasts of light and shadow, color and movement, the illuminated skyline, the darkening streets of DUMBO, and waterside at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Cool Happenings:

Free films in Central Park - enter at the 72nd Street Entrance, Doors at 6:30PM with DJ, Film begins at sundown. Back to the Future is playing Tuesday, August 13th.

Cool Happenings:

Be inspired by artists and original works of art. Experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges in the galleries. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. Please note, only pencils are allowed in the galleries. Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes. Open to visitors of all ages. 

THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. The Punderdome is a pun-off live game show and we are 100% going.

Part of NYC’S comedy landscape since 2011, Punderdome® has been a regular fixture at Littlefield since 2012. Twelve individuals/duos who sign-up at the door (opens at 7:00) will have a chance to participate in competitive spontaneous pun-making. (Six spots are reserved for 'Dome Champs!) Preference given to first-time compunitors who have previously attended a 'Dome and seasoned winners! Pun-masters will, of course, be determined by the “Human Clap-O-Meter” who “accurately and scientifically” assesses levels of audience applause. “Mystery Box” prizes will be awarded to the top two remaining punners. Warning for the faint of heart: the ’Dome is THE spectator sport, it gets loud – decide to attend at your own risk!

Cool Happenings:

Stalker (1979) at 6:00PM & High Life (2018) at 9:15PM

This screening is part of our free weekly double features this summer to celebrate Film at Lincoln Center’s 50th anniversary. Free tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to each screening. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.

Stalker

Experience the mysteries and revelations of Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 science-fiction masterpiece. Decades ago, a falling object decimated a provincial Russian town, and those who later went near the crash site—now known as The Zone—disappeared. Access is strictly prohibited, but outsiders can still get in with the help of a “stalker.” Inside The Zone is The Room, within which secret wishes can be granted. Based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Stalker is a visually extraordinary and philosophically provocative fable about the limits of knowledge—personal, scientific, and spiritual.

High Life

Claire Denis’s latest film is set aboard a spacecraft piloted by death-row prisoners on a decades-long suicide mission to enter and harness the power of a black hole. But as is always the case with this filmmaker, the actual structure seems to evolve organically through moods and uncanny spells, and the closest juxtapositions of violence and intimacy. High Life features some of the most unsettling passages she has ever directed, as well as moments of the greatest delicacy and tenderness. With Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, and Mia Goth.

Cool Happenings:

This summer, enjoy everything that MoMA PS1 has to offer with free admission during UNIQLO Free Friday Nights.

Located just two stops away from MoMA, on the Queens-bound E or M train to Court Sq./23rd Street, MoMA PS1 is where you can experience the most innovative contemporary art. Relax in the courtyard with Pedro & Juana’s Hórama Rama, a panoramic junglescape with a waterfall and hammocks, and explore exhibitions including Simone Fattal’s sculptures, Edgar Heap of Birds’s political works, and much more.

Cool Happenings:

Is it a bear? Is it a clown? Is this real life?? "Poodles become living sculptures in this tale of competitive dog grooming." As MUCH as I would love to see this film, I will be working, but pleeeeease someone go take photos of all the dogs with their owners that show up for this absolutely fascinating film, free in Fort Greene Park.

Cool Happenings:

Check out this lecture at The Met!

Join Met curator Carmen C. Bambach, author of a new four-volume biography of Leonardo, as she explores the Renaissance artist's extraordinary life and creative genius through a close look at the painting Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness, currently on loan to The Met from the Vatican Museums. Note: Space is limited; advance registration is recommended.

Cool Happenings:

Workshop by the Freelancers Hub at the Made in NY Media Center. Pitch Perfect: Networking Skills for Freelancers.

Taking the confusion, fear, and awkwardness out of connecting with other freelancers and potential clients. By the end of this workshop, you will naturally be able to walk into any room - from a client pitch to a happy hour with peers - and clearly define the work you do, while building clientele and community. Hosted by the Freelancers Hub at the Made in NY Media center.