join us for the launch of the second issue of the solution-oriented / new york minded / for you and your friends magazine – grouphug.

we’re throwing together a night of workshops, crafts, talks & readings, installations, screenings, and of course, so you can grab your copy of grouphug. it, and our other work, will be there for you, as well as the works of some of our many talented contributors.

expect activities like :

• a mario paint station by keys (@random_man_editions)
  
• an interactive display of palestine.online with amad ansari (@badgalansari)
  
• community woodblock carving + talk by the incredible print pals (@printpals.nyc) team, becca and claire
  
• how to do tatreez, a palestenian embroidary art, with zeena (@z___________na),
  
• Melting Metropolis archive by bringing a memory you’d like to share or a photo you want to scan, with meral from Queens Memory Project (@queensmemory)

talks and readings from :

• amad ansari (@badgalansari) giving a presentation of his work palestineonline.net
  
• david perez (@thedavidperez_) and caits meissner (@thecaitsshow), about their ongoing epistolary work with incarcerated people around the country

screenings from :

• a looping all-night showcase of work from many artists, like suzie maez (@suziemaez)
  
• the newly premiered documentary – Soil Story

also :

• cherries
  
• homemade cookies,
  
• a digital drop-in from courtney bush, on movies (@anita_grape_resurrection)

and actually, much more…

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all that at the out-worldly @telos.haus on october 24, 2025 from 7p to 10:30p to celebrate the launch of grouphug issue two

we cannot wait for you to have this magazine in your arms. grouphug issue two represents the work of so many thoughtful new yorkers, features the artwork of isabella de matteo, amad ansari, and the boundless beauty of Queens as archived by meral and faye from Queens Memory Project. indeed, it is home to so many beautiful ideas.

all bound together by the effort of your neighbors.

we thank linco printing for supplying us with their 50 years of expertise to produce our magazine, and the folks at telos.haus for opening their doors to us – to give this issue its first moment with you all.