Social Alchemix (Live!) is back for monthly Monday night festivities (photo by Karen May)
Who: Social Alchemix (Live!)
What: Cocktail party social experiment
Where: the Studio @ Threes Franklin, Threes Brewing Greenpoint, 113 Franklin St., Brooklyn, and Caveat NYC, 21 A Clinton St., Manhattan
When: Monthly Monday nights: March 14 and April 18, the Studio @ Threes Franklin, $18-$49, 6:30; May 16, Caveat NYC, $18, 7:00
Why: After being locked inside for much of the last two years, we are all ready to break out and party with friends, relatives, colleagues, and strangers (in safe spaces). During the pandemic, Social Alchemix held events over Zoom, an interactive game night featuring storytelling, an original card deck, and specialty drinks conceived, designed, and hosted by cocktail guru Wil Petre. The participatory event, held monthly on Monday nights, encourages everyone to come together in the spirit of fun and camaraderie. The cards features such prompts as “What rules are meant to be broken?” and “How would you like to be remembered?”
Social Alchemix (Live!) is now back in person; the March 14 and April 18 gatherings take place at the Studio @ Threes Franklin in Brooklyn, while the May 16 edition moves to Caveat NYC in Manhattan. “This game and show certainly had weight prepandemic,” Petre said in a statement. “Feelings of isolation due to this hyperconnected hustle-culture — the past two years only seemed to underline these issues. As a country we’re as divided as ever, and after months of lockdown, we’re incredibly rusty when meeting new people. If ever there was a need for an evening of permission, not only to share our stories but to deeply listen, listen longer than we are used to, that time is now.” General admission is $18; for $49, you get to take home your own copy of the game. And be prepared to hang out for the afterparty.