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Paper Lamp Workshop💡Viral Sandwiches🥪 @newyorkers Column 🎙️

New York Locals
October 09, 2026

Welcome back to New York Locals 👋

Each week we round up the best of the city—new openings, events, and things to do—plus custom maps and the latest laughs from our iconic @newyorkers column.

⋆⭒TOP 5 WEEKEND ACTIVITIES⋆⭒

1. Make Your Own Paper Lamp at Artists & Fleas

Every weekend this October, @artistsandfleas Williamsburg and @como.demo team up for SPOTLIGHT, a glowing installation paired with a paper lamp workshop where you build your own. Each ticket comes with a $15 credit to shop the market’s local makers, so you’ll leave with more than just a lamp.

📍 70 N 7th St, Willilamsburg

2. New Japanese Bathhouse In Greenwich Village

Founded by the fourth-generation heir of a 90-year-old hot spring inn in Japan, Furoya (@furoya.us) brings a quiet circuit of hot tub, sauna, cold plunge, and rest to Greenwich Village, all built around reaching “totonou,” that clear, settled calm. 🧖‍♀️ The Founding Member waitlist is open now.

📍 65 West 13th St, Greenwich

3. Central Park’s New Map Tracks Fall Color in Real Time

Leaf peeping season is officially here, and Central Park’s new foliage map shows exactly where the colors are popping right now. 🍁 Check it on the park’s official website before your next stroll. 🌳

4. Free Banned Books Are Up for Grabs at NYPL This Week

For Banned Books Week, NYPL is giving away thousands of free banned and challenged books at select branches in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. 📚 Pick one up through Saturday, Oct 10, while supplies last.

5. Small Business Spotlight: Table Mercato

Emmy-winning former Yankees reporter Jen Royle has brought her viral Boston sandwich shop, Table Mercato, to the East Village, and it sold out by day two. 🥪 Come hungry for the focaccia sandwiches and chicken Parm that drew 90-minute lines back home.

📍 214 E 10th St

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NYC Cool Jobs 💼

On the job hunt? Here’s where we drop cool jobs from all kinds of NYC companies. Check this section every week for what’s new

Lavender Lake Brooklyn
Bar Manager
Email your resume to [email protected]

Tearoom by Calmplex
Part-time Server
Email your resume & brief intro to [email protected]

McHale’s
Servers, Bussers, and Hosts

Down the Hatch
Part-time server and part-time barback
Email your resume to [email protected]

@newyorkers Column 🤪

Another week in the books; here's a recap of what’s happened in NYC over the last few days:

The Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs by the Rays, and fans had a lot to say.
NYers shared their thoughts on the $60 loaf of bread being sold in SoHo.
Is MSG louder for the Knicks or Rangers?
NYers chose which borough they'd want to live in forever.
Giants fans reacted to improving to 3-1 despite the team’s injuries.
Legendary NYC nightclub 1OAK is making a comeback.
Knicks basketball is almost here… NBA preseason has started!
The dude walking from the Bronx to San Francisco is closing in on his final destination.
NYC comedians are heated as SiriusXM’s shakeup hurts the pay of working comics.
New York declared a measles emergency after 108 cases have been found in the state so far this year.
NY Comic-Con is back, and fans lined up hours before first day to get in first.
Bodega cat taking a nap is a mood.
A New Orleans style wedding line made its way through DUMBO this weekend.
The Anthropic researcher who quit over the dangers of AI testified to City Council.
The MTA’s Pop-Up Shop is back, featuring authentic seating, signage, lighting fixtures, and more.
NYC is testing Paris-inspired gates to give school students more outside street space.
After a successful test, the MTA is installing more fare gates across the system.
Strange lights have been spotted in the skies over Brooklyn recently.
Midtown Comics by Times Square had a massive line for the release of new Marvel comics.
Throwback: Halloween 1984 in NYC.
P.S. Want us to visit your business or event with our famous red microphone? DM @newyorkers.live 🎤

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