Skip the Small Talk Night im McCarren Parkhouse

EVENT START-END TIME | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET CHECK-IN BEGINS | 6:45 pm ET WHERE | McCarren Parkhouse, 855 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222 (map) AGE RANGE | All Ages: While many folks who attend our events are in their 20s and 30s, all guests of all ages will be enthusiastically welcome! FOOD/DRINKS | Delicious alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for sale! Please note there is a 1 drink minimum for this event, and you can check out the drink menu here. There will not be food for purchase during our event, but please feel free to bring outside food to the venue if you'd like - or arrive a bit early to grab a sandwich from Club Club! (Club Club close around 8pm.) PARKING / PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION | Accessible via public transportation. Limited street parking and parking garage nearby. When you arrive, enter McCarren Park at Lorimer and Nassau, and follow the concrete path to enter the main entrance which is opposite the baseball fields. We will be in the East Wing. ACCESSIBILITY & OTHER VENUE DETAILS | Wheelchair accessible. There will be enough seating to accommodate all guests. Gender affirming restrooms will be available. For ASL and any other accommodations not listed, please see more info here. What’s It Like?We've all heard that making friends is hard, loneliness is an epidemic, and the internet is making us all forget how to be humans. So let’s ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING about it and talk to other human beings! You’ll pair up with the other nice people who showed up, and you’ll switch off partners every so often (kinda like speed-dating, but without the speed and without the dating). We'll have a fabulous host leading the whole shebang so it won't be awkward, and we'll give you question cards to guide conversation just a few notches deeper than you'd usually go so you don't accidentally talk about what you do for work six times in a row. And don’t worry… the questions aren’t going to trick you into trauma-dumping and aren’t just variations on “If you could have dinner with anybody dead or alive, who would it be?” They’re designed to actually help you feel connected to people, so they’re stuff like, “In what ways are you different from the person you were five years ago? In what ways are you the same?” And, “If you could give your 10-year-old-self one piece of advice (after stock tips and lottery numbers and that kind of stuff), what would it be?” And if you don’t vibe with any question for any reason, you can always just pick another one! Feel free to come alone (most people do-- we promise we won't make it weird for you) or bring a friend! There will be drinks for sale! There is a 1 drink minimum purchase for this event, so please keep that in mind. Check-in for this event will begin around 6:45 pm. Please do your best to arrive before 7:00 pm so we can begin as close to on time as possible. Skip the Small Talk is dedicated to providing an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone. Check out our safety policy here: tinyurl.com/ststSafety