57 is changing. Forever 🤖
& what's happening in the community this week
📝 Editor’s Note
We have some exciting news to share 🙌
After much deliberation, 57 is going fully virtual. Starting today, all events will be hosted online by our new AI community manager, who we’ve named Fif ✨
Fif will be facilitating all future FAMs, FFFs, and Circadian Rhythms. No more showing up, no more talking to each other, no more accidentally making eye contact with someone across the room. Just you, your couch, and Fif 🤖
We’re also discontinuing the 57 feed. Fif has determined that human-generated content is “inconsistent in quality.”
Our first event under Fif’s leadership is this Friday: Finding Your People: A Webinar for Humans Seeking Authentic Connection in a Digital-First World. Capacity is limited. Cameras off encouraged. Everyone will be muted except for the host.
To join the waitlist for your first AI-curated community experience, click the link below:
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Just kidding, happy April Fools! We would never. See you IRL 🫶
With love and gratitude,
57
📚 57 Member Book Launch!
Carly Schwartz, a 57 OG, invites you to her book launch on Apr 8, Wed 6:30pm in Greenpoint!
Her memoir, “I’ll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life” has been described as “Eat Pray Love gone horribly wrong.” 😂 The story chronicles her journey overcoming depression and addiction via a jungle cult, a San Francisco commune, and more. She’ll be in conversation with Semafor Editor in Chief Shelly Banjo at Soft Bar & Cafe. See you there friends!
RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/0i6hT9AZyYjwgtUeIPJt?
🔥 Retreats From The Community
May 8th - 10th, New York: Chris Bullard, founder of Sound Mind, is hosting the first Sing Awakening Retreat in the Catskills with artist & facilitator Nick Demeris.
A 3-day immersive experience centered on music as a pathway to connection, creativity, and renewal—no singing experience needed, just openness and curiosity. Collaborative singing & live music, workshops, meditation & yoga, sauna, cold plunge & nature immersion, nourishing meals + beautiful retreat space, space to unplug, connect & recharge, 10% off with code 57.
Would love to see familiar faces there! Details here: https://singawakening.com/
🙏 Help
Momo Shaker’s dear friend’s father is urgently looking for a kidney donor. Please share far and wide, they need to find him a match. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/aBYwFg/
🎉 Social Plans From Our Members
Tues, Mar 31st, 6:00pm, New York: Lola Nicole invites you to an evening of Embodied Presence. Hosting a group somatic presencing experience at Reforesters. An evening to ground into the body, breath, and stillness - then sharing & connecting from this embodied, present state especially for those steeped in the AI / tech world right now, this is a supportive reprieve from the acceleration - a return to the real, felt, connective tissue within & each other. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/tJGH0U/
Thurs, Apr 2nd, 12:00pm, New York: Erin Ko invites you to join them IRL and online for an afternoon of @techspressionism artists talks and interactive works at @penandbrushnyc as part of the @everywoman-biennial New Media program! Visit the gallery to check out an incredible curation of art, meet some of the creators, and play Fashionistas: Battle of the Babes. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/47IBIQ/
Thurs, Apr 2nd, New York: Elsa Bustamante invites you to a very intimate breathwork session with Vivian Rosenthal — one of the most powerful practitioners in NYC. A moment to reset, breathe, and come back to yourself. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/3mUrlf/
Fri, Apr 3rd, 7:00pm, Williamsburg: Thomas Garret invites you to The Greenroom Spring Swing. Adrien Chevalier and his quartet will take us on a swinging journey through the magical Greenroom, where listeners, dancers, and musicians meet, and the night takes on a life of its own. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/DHqPlQ/
Sat, Apr 4th, 9:00pm, Brooklyn: Julia Leyrer invites you to BOUNCE @ Lightning Lofts. Come out and play in bunny ears, your favorite furry or fuzzy fit, or dressed head-to-toe in pastels. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/9tQ8gk/
Sun, Apr 5th, 6:00pm, New York: Ántonia Cove invite you to a special music journey and guided visualization celebrating renewal, blossoming, and the awakening of the golden essence within, featuring live vocals, flute, and harp. Details here: https://57.nyc/wp/x8MsGc/
🎤 Catch Full Performances and FAM Podcast Episodes on our YouTube: 57nyc Channel
Our intimate sessions—where we've gathered on floor pillows to witness artists share their raw, unfiltered music and stories—are now finding their way beyond our physical space to our new home on Youtube 📺
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I will send all of my agents to attend these virtual hangs so they can network, Moltbook style :p