Pride 2026 Karaoke Happy Hour

HAPPY HOLIGAYS!! Let's Kick off Pride 2026 with KARAOKE! We will have singalongs, a delicious elevated pop up with [SASSbk,](https://www.sassbk.com) a pop-up with [Claim Our Space Now](https://www.claimourspacenow.org) featuring their signature mutual aid initiative, Marsha’s Closet. [THEM](https://www.them.us) will be popping up to providing binder fittings and sell their latest magazine. There will be karaoke sponsored by [Rythm](https://rythm.com/our-story), food available for purchase, full bar service, music, a raffle, queer owned vendors, delectable plant medicine, and garden giveaways! In 2026 we’re welcoming so many new lgbtqia folk to our city! Let's mingle with our new lovers + friends. Let's sing our hearts out!! This Pride Kick event is about fostering and strengthening community. This year we're supporting [New Alternatives,](https://www.newalternativesnyc.org/client-services#dataItem-j86t3992) a non profit organization that  assists LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in New York City who are 16 to 30 years of age and homeless or at risk. By raffling off gifts from queer owned brands and businesses ($5). We can raise funds for New Alternatives. **All proceeds from raffle will be donated to New Alternatives.** ABOUT [BOYFRIEND CO OP](https://boyfriend.coop/menu/) BOYFRIEND took shape March 2022, when a couple best friends decided to make their dream of forming a lesbian co-op into a reality. BOYFRIEND is a space that caters to the queer community and cares for the workers that build it. It's a space with accessible pricing, friendly vibes, fairly compensated bartenders/baristas, yummy drinks, and cutesy décor. It is casual but cute, friendly but sexy. It celebrates racial, sexual, and gender diversity in a comfortable and colorful setting. ABOUT your curator **CARMEN LOBUE (they/them/Bue)** Carmen LoBue (they/them/Bue) is a Black American, Indigenous, &  Filipino filmmaker, actor, director, and writer with a passion for creating uplifting and empowering stories. They made history starring as _Dre_ on season three of Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q, the franchise’s first non-binary character. Named one of Paper Magazine’s “100 People Taking Over 2019” and a 2018 New Legacy Maker by the Tribeca Disruptor Foundation for their advocacy work as an artist. As a cultural worker, they’ve collaborated with organizations Everytown for Gun Safety, The Disruptors, 5050x2020, Time's Up, New Alternatives, One Fair Wage, The Boys Club of New York, and Paths. LoBue is a resident company member of The Actor's Center, The Alliance of Women Directors, The Dark Laboratory. LoBue was recently Sacred Artist in Residence at Kripalu (2025). ABOUT SASSbk _**queer & womxn owned. queer & womxn led. justice involved. legacy. from new york, made in new york.**_ \*\*We started SASS to celebrate the unique allure of plant medicine by handcrafting treats that work with their flavors and effects instead of against them. Brooklyn-based confectionery making premium infused chocolates that are designed to delight the senses. We are a team of passionate cannabis and culinary experts creating luxurious confections that are handcrafted by artisans at NY’s oldest family-run chocolate factory. Our expertly dosed fine chocolates are vegan, gluten-free, made exclusively with the freshest ingredients, and infused with locally sourced botanicals.\*\* ABOUT Claim Our Space Claim Our Space Now is a NYC Based and Black-Queer and Immigrant led nonprofit organization (EIN 86-1214774) focused on building and mobilizing community power by making activism accessible to uproot systems of colonization through our three tenets: Inform, Inspire, Speak Truth to Power. As an intersectional coalition, we act as a multimedia resource online and on-the-ground to provide aid and empower all Black and oppressed peoples to build worlds that reclaim the land and liberation. **KARAOKE CO- HOST** **Sarin Monae West** is an award-winning actor originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sarin serves as Treasurer/Director of Operations for Black Artist Network and was most recently seen in Coriolanus at Theater for a New Audience (dir. Ash K. Tata), and as Bushy in _Richard II_ starring Michael Urie. BROADWAY: _The Skin of Our Teeth_ (dir. Lileana Blain-Cruz). OFF-BROADWAY: Red Bull Theater’s _Medea: Reversed_ (Lucille Lortel Award Winner), _Merry Wives_ at Shakespeare in the Park (dir. Saheem Ali). Other plays include Whitney White’s _By The Queen_ (dir. Shana Cooper, Hudson Valley Shakespeare), _The Scenarios_ (Helen Hayes nominee for Best Lead Actor in a play - dir. Tiffany Nichole Greene, Studio Theater). TV: _The Equalizer_ (CBS), _Evil_ (CBS), _And Just Like That_ (HBO Max), _The Other Two. BFA: Oklahoma City University, MFA: NYU Grad Acting_