New York's Hottest Club Is a Chess Club
The Extremely Offline Joy of the Board Game Club
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**THE CLUB AS A LIFESTYLE PLATFORM: IT’S BIGGER THAN BRAT
**Bushwick circa 2022 onward is one of the most meme’d lifestyles, identities and ‘vibes’ that New York City has produced. The growing crop of club venues even amidst record rent raises demonstrate an urgent appetite for community, connection, and escapism that has emerged from that year or t
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oft clubbing speaks to the shift in our social needs in a post-pandemic world, the very same needs that have led to a rise in run clubs and hobby clubs such as chess and bowling. Previously the club was an adequate provider of your weekly dose of social interaction, a space to dance, socialise and, for many, get intoxicated too. However, for a gene... See more
Yusuf Ntahilaja • 2025: The Year of ‘Soft Clubbing’
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Gen Z and Millennials are seeking more IRL. High end social clubs are on the rise. Flip phones are back in. We want to spend more on experiences, less on stuff. Remote work is forcing everyone to seek in-person connection and community elsewhere.
Despite this, existing social clubs are struggling to survive and not e
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Emma Orlowny.eater.com“people ask how club chess came to be. The real answer is just that they wanted to play drunken chess in a bar. Um, I have this obsession with something called café culture, which I've coined to mean hanging out at a bar or café. But not like this. I'm interested in this long thread of the avant-garde, the cabaret, the do-it-yourself ethos, and Par
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