Free UWS Events
Events
+12
Oct 24, 2026
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21 min read
Issue #24: Big Dreams, Little Brains and a Lot of Dogs.
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows where a thousand dogs in costume will be on Sunday, which grocery store might grow ten stories, and why New Jersey third graders are back to looping their l's. Early voting starts today. Let's go. (Treats in one pocket, ID in the other.)
Events
+15
Oct 16, 2026
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17 min read
Issue #23: Owls, Open Doors and Pappardelle
Good afternoon, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows which water tower has owls, which UWS spot made Yelp's top 100 pasta list, and why Broadway at 75th suddenly has a sky. Heads up, you'll need a real coat tomorrow. Andiamo!
Events
+15
Oct 2, 2026
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13 min read
Issue #22: Bette and the Mayor
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows your radiator's legal minimum by heart. This week, a museum finally gives 18th-century schoolgirls their due, Big Tech gets sworn in at City Hall, and there's $1 million waiting for your best complaint. Let's go!
Events
+12
Sep 26, 2026
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14 min read
Issue #21: Everything's Cancelled Except the Bear & Gustavo
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who is not taking this weather personally. Plenty came off the calendar this week. What's still standing: a hundredth birthday party for Winnie-the-Pooh, a trivia night that pays out in sold-out film tickets, $131.5 million headed to the people who bring you dinner, and one maestro in a golf cart. See you out there. Eventually.
Events
+5
Sep 22, 2026
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25 min read
It's Fall, People - 2026 Autumn Guide
Hello West Siders! We're the neighbor who finds the deep cuts of the season, from a beach leaf peeping getaway, to local and nearby special events, and we remind you where to get the Turkey or not so you don't have to search it up while sipping the Pumpkin Spice. We're sending you all bouquets of sharpened pencils. Let's go!
Events
+13
Sep 18, 2026
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15 min read
Issue #20: A Sellout, a Windfall, and a New Neighbor
Hello West Siders. We're the neighbor who went quiet for the summer and came back with $60 million, can tell you what 2,300 west siders fought to get tickets to, and why the man who conducted the Muppets at the World Cup matters more than ever to culture, music, and the Upper West Side. We'll still hold the elevator door for you. Let's go.
Events
+9
Jul 3, 2026
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14 min read
Issue #18: Bananas, Blue Angels, and the Big 2-5-0
Good afternoon, West Siders. We're the neighbor who can tell you where to watch the World Cup indoors, where to survive the heat with the littles, how to crack the code for getting a wheelchair into a Broadway show, and exactly where our own council member is celebrating the Fourth this weekend. Half the building's gone upstate for the weekend, and everyone still here is negotiating with a single window unit under a 100-degree sky. So we packed it full and draped it in red, white, and blue, because the country turns 250 on Saturday and the tall ships are sailing straight past Riverside to make sure you know it. Pour something cold. We did the running around so you don't have to. Let's Go!
Events
+12
Jun 26, 2026
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14 min read
Issue #17: Caps, Gowns, and a Handbag at the Guggenheim
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows which of the five Greenmarkets has the best peaches, passed the tissues to the graduates, read your Citi Bike receipts, and pre-ordered the championship handbag, obviously. Gowns off, summer on! Let's go!
Community
+12
Jun 19, 2026
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14 min read
Issue #16: A Title, a Tribute, and a Woman in a Brown Dress
Good evening, West Siders. We're the neighbor who likes a weekend with some weight to it: a little history, a lot of sun, and more free things to do than any reasonable person can get to. We already toured the new Aldi, have feelings about a $12 bike ride, and read every last comment on that Trader Joe's missed connection, so you don't have to. Plus a championship fifty-three years in the making, and the World Cup, three ways. Let's go. (Sunscreen first; the UV's been showing off all week.)
District-3
+14
Jun 12, 2026
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14 min read
Issue #15: The Buzzer, the Bracket, and the Branch
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who found the World Cup playing under a blue whale, knows Sunday's parade is coming for your crosstown bus, and started hoarding pennies the day they killed them. Always Knicks! Let's go.
District-3
+13
May 29, 2026
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13 min read
Issue #13: The Sun, the Sweep, and the Zingone Bros Cat
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who mapped every sports bar on the west side, got you a private Raphael viewing before the museum opens, and reminds you the World Cup lottery closes tomorrow. Manhattanhenge, tonight, 8:13 PM. After that, we've got ballerinas, bobbleheads, and a $10,000 lightbulb the city still hasn't screwed in. Let's go. (Westward.)
Events
+6
May 15, 2026
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13 min read
Issue #11: Gold Medals, Gold Stars, and the Sturgeon King
Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows which restaurants the New York Times loves and which ones it ghosted. Jesse Owens's Olympic gold is at AMNH. The Knicks swept Philly. There are two comedy clubs three blocks apart running six shows each this weekend, fresh sand hitting the playgrounds, and a circus at Lincoln Center. And May is Bike Month, which on the UWS means everyone's a cyclist, a critic, or both. Scroll to the bottom for a live music hot list you can walk to. Grab your morning beverage. Let's go.