All Events

12.12.2023

Heddy Honigmann’s Crazy

Brooklyn, Brooklyn

12.12.2023

A screening of Heddy Honigmann’s 1999 documentary “Crazy.”

12.08.2023

Whither Humanitarianism?

New York, New York

12.08.2023

A panel on humanitarianism on December 8.

11.10.2023

Ain’t You Wanna Cut It Out?

New York, New York

11.10.2023

A screening and discussion to celebrate the release of “Kleenex/LiLiPUT.”

July & August 2023

Hell or Las Vegas: A Film Series

New York, New York

July & August 2023

This summer, Roxy Cinema New York and The Baffler invite you to a film screening series in celebration of our sixty-ninth issue, “Hell or Las Vegas.”

06.08.2023

An Evening with Quinn Slobodian and Hari Kunzru

Brooklyn, New York

06.08.2023

In his recent book, Crack-Up Capitalism, historian Quinn Slobodian describes a fractured global map of zones, libertarian laboratories, and offshore enclaves from Somalia and Liechtenstein to Hong Kong and Honduras. Hari Kunzru has explored similar terrain in his recent ...

08.14.2019

The Bad Society Cruise with Girlpool and Masters of Fright

New York, New York

08.14.2019

Join The Baffler as we set sail on the fetid waters of the East River for the first-ever Bad Society Cruise—with musical guests Girlpool and Masters of Fright—on the evening of Wednesday, August 14.  Boarding begins at 6:30 p.m. at Skyport Marina in Manhattan (2430 ...

05.29.2019

The Bad Society: Xenia Rubinos, Public Practice, and Blood Club

Brooklyn, New York

05.29.2019

MAY 29, 2019—THE BAD SOCIETY continues! Please join The Baffler for the next installment in our ongoing series of concerts and talks, this time at Brooklyn’s Murmrr Ballroom, following the release of our most recent issue, “Chronic Youth.” To commence our spring ...

01.24.2019

The Bad Society: Gauche, The Sediment Club, and Alice Cohen

Brooklyn, New York

01.24.2019

JANUARY 24, 2019—Please join The Baffler for an evening of music, readings, and conversation as we celebrate our first issue of 2019, Pilgrim’s Regress, and inaugurate THE BAD SOCIETY, our new series of concerts and talks for the disaffected and generally ...

08.25.2018

The Baffler’s 30th Anniversary Party with Deerhoof, Palberta

Brooklyn, New York

08.25.2018

SUMMER OF 1988: The Baffler is born as a punk literary magazine with the timeless proclamation, “Your Lifestyle Sucks.” A laugh in the face of academic jargon and the commercial avant-garde, The Baffler was instead a celebration of critical intelligence—taking to task ...

03.09.2018

The Baffler at AWP

Tampa, Florida

03.09.2018

As a respite from the throes of networking hell at AWP, The Baffler invites you to Tampa’s premier pirate-themed bar for a night of poetry and free booze. Join us Friday, March 9, at Gaspar’s Grotto (1805 E. 7th Avenue) starting at 6:30 p.m., whereupon we’ll be whipped ...

09.12.2017

A Crack in Everything

Brooklyn, New York

09.12.2017

Why is the project of dramatically upgrading the quality of our species-being so reliably doomed? Join us on September 12 at Littlefield to celebrate the publication of Issue 36, “A Crack in Everything,” and for a reading in which—as if by séance and certainly with the ...

06.15.2017

The Bad Society Launch Party

New York, New York

06.15.2017

Against our recent backdrop of horrifying blows to the body politic, any shred of good news feels like cause for celebration. When two unmistakably positive developments arise . . . well, we’re left with no option but to throw a party. On June 15, come help us celebrate ...