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Gogobot is an innovative planning tool that tailors recommendations for places to stay, eat and play to your specific tastes. It also allows you to share your great experiences with people who have the same interests as you; people in your “tribes.”
Gogobot’s GoGo This Week feature empowers you to discover and take advantage of great events, openings and exhibits throughout the city each week. Visit the website or download the app for more GoGo This Week upcoming events.
Here are some exciting events and sites to check out in downtown New York this week, courtesy of Gogobot:
1. Unicycle Festival
Check website for complete list of locations
Thursday, Sept. 1 – Sunday, Sept. 4 (Check website for times)
Who says two is better than one! The Unicycle Festival celebrates the greatest invention of them all, the wheel. Just the one wheel… With tons of events throughout the five boroughs, pros and amateurs can enjoy monowheel fun with long distance rides, workshops, unicycle classes, performances, unicycle hockey, basketball, sumo and a trials. FREE
2. Marvel Trivia
Strand Books (East Village)
Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
To celebrate the release of “Marvel: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know” Strand Books is calling on all comic book geeks for the ultimate Marvel Trivia challenge hosted by Lorraine Cink and John Sazaklis. Tickets are $15 and include admission and a $15 Strand Books Gift Card.
3. Salsa Week
Haus (Tribeca)
Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 8:00 PM
Dance, learn or just watch, however you choose to participate in this year’s New York Salsa Congress, don’t miss the salsa kick off Party at Haus, with complimentary hors d’oeuvres by GOYA Foods. You’ll also find us sipping and shaking our thang at Pitorro and Coquito Tasting at Port Morris Distillery. Check website for a complete list of events. Tickets start at $15.
4. 90s Shop and Sip
Story (Chelsea)
Thursday, Sept. 1 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
If you have never been to Chelsea’s Story, it is a concept-store that every few months creates a unique themed shopping experience. This retail installation takes shoppers back to the 90s. Best time to check out Story is at the shop’s weekly Happier Hours on Thursdays where you can enjoy ‘90s-inspired foods and cocktails, get jiggy wit’ it to 90s tunes and shop for your all your favorite 90s memorabilia. FREE
5. International Breakfast Feast
Solar One (Kips Bay)
Saturday, Sept. 3-Sunday Sept. 4 from 2-5pm or 6-9pm
We are totally obsessed with BreakFestival because it the only food event that allows us to taste a wide range of breakfast foods from all over the world. Over 10 chefs will prepare special breakfast dishes that include a twist on the traditional and global treats like Tunisian Breakfast Porridge Droh Sorghum with Halva and Rose Petals, Caribbean Bake and Codfish Sandwich and Cuban-Chinese Benedict with Chinese Sausage, Bok-Choy and Tomate de Arbol Hollandaise Sauce. $45 gets you all you can eat and drink!
6. Tango Nights
Washington Square Park (West Village)
Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 6-9pm
This Tuesday we are setting time aside for a night of tantalizing tango from Strictly Tango NYC Dance School. As novices, we are looking forward to the classes, music and open dance. Who knows, we might develop a real taste for tango, but at worst we’re going to have a fun time. FREE
If you know of great events happening in your neck of the woods that might be a fit for a future GoGo This Week column, please send details about the event to events@gogobot.com
– Courtesy of Gogobot
