The 5 coolest things in NYC this weekend

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Here’s the 5 coolest things happening this weekend:

• Disney on Ice Presents: Frozen & Encanto

• Luminosa: A Festival of Lights

• 2025 Gun Hill Barrel Aged Beer Festival

• The Mindful Reading Circle

• Bacterial Biocement: Growing Living Materials

Let’s go!

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Disney on Ice: Frozen & Encanto 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Let it go and talk about Bruno all you want with friends or family as Disney on Ice headlines the Barclays Center with both Frozen and Encanto.

Relive Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven’s magical adventure to bring back sumer in Arendelle. Then get to see Mirabel and the rest of the Madrigal Family as they skate away in the background of your favorite songs from both titles.

 Tickets Here 

Luminosa: A Festival of Lights

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Have yourself shining, shimmering and splendid weekend night by taking a stroll or go on a date at Queens Botanical Garden to witness the scenic lamp scene displays.

This year’s Luminosa will captivate guests with over 100 displays from glowing ice castles, snowy forests and frosty landscapes of Winterland.

So light up your weekend and create memories, take photo ops and enjoy the live performances of this annual lights festival.

Tickets Here 

2025 Gun Hill Barrel Aged Beer Festival

SATURDAY

Continuing its tradition and celebrating a new venue at Publick House in Brooklyn, Gun Hill Barrel Aged Beer Festival once again gathers up breweries from all over for an afternoon of live music, food and barrel aged beers.

Year 5 of this festival will be joined by over 20+ breweries — each having at least 1 barrel aged beer.

Blues band Muddy Wine is set to perform live for this event.

Tickets Here

The Mindful Reading Circle

SATURDAY

Love books and in the lookout for a quiet space (aside from the public library) to read and connect with fellow bookworms in a calm and cozy space?

Adanne Bookshop is having a mindful book reading gathering for book lovers to read and relax. Attendees may bring their own books and are welcomed with a guided meditation and light snacks.

Tickets Here

Bacterial Biocement: Growing Living Materials

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

You’ve heard of artificial intelligence, now get to know growing living materials — before everybody else is using it and becomes mainstream.

Architect and researcher Laura Maria Gonzalez is having a 2-day workshop on the principles of biocementation wherein the attendees will work with microbes to create their own customized biocement tiles.

Even without a prior microbiology background participants of all levels are welcome on the all-weekend hands-on workshop in creating a living material of the future.

Tickets Here

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