After Hours: Preserving Queer History and Nightlife in Staten Island

🌈 After Hours: Preserving Queer History & Nightlife in Staten Island🌈

Celebrate LGBTQ+ history, connection, and pure queer joy at Steiny’s Pub in partnership with Alice Austen House this spring. Four nights. Four vibes. One unforgettable series.

🥂 April 21 – Sip-In 60th Anniversary in Partnership with NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project

On April 21, 1966, activists from the Mattachine Society staged a historic protest at Julius’, demanding the right to be served in bars. It changed LGBTQ+ nightlife forever.

Join us 60 years later for a celebratory Sip-In featuring:
🎧 DJ Jeans Gallo
🎤 Guest speakers
🍸 Community toast

Raise a glass to queer resistance.

🔮 April 29 – Aura Photo Dating Night

Get your aura photographed.
Learn your colors.
Get matched based on your energy.

✨ Instant aura portraits
🎶 DJ Channels&Winds
💘 Cosmic matchmaking

Come curious. Leave aligned.

🎤 May 7 – Queer Karaoke

Big songs. Bigger energy.
Pop icons, power ballads, Broadway drama — all welcome.

🎧 Hosted by Reina NoBuena & Channels&Winds
🌈 Zero judgment
🎤 Maximum main-character energy

💪 May 15 – Sapphic Arm Wrestling for PRIDE

Strong. Sweaty. Spectacular.

🎧 DJ MyWai
💥 Friendly competition
📝 Waivers required to wrestle

Cheer. Compete. Celebrate queer strength.

Come for the history. Stay for the nightlife.