FOR THE STREETS

№ 0012·HAPPENING 002·Rivington Street·AUG 23 2026·9:00 PM–6:10 AM

DINNER FOR FOURTEEN, RIVINGTON

A fifth-floor walk-up. One pot. Everyone brought wine and nobody brought bread.

Present: the host, thirteen guests, the downstairs neighbor (briefly)

The table

The invitation said eight. The host was still in the shower at nine. The first guests sat on the floor of the hallway and opened a bottle, which set the tone.

Someone on the fire escape
Two people laughing, one with eyes closed
The fire escape was the second room. The downstairs neighbor came up at 1 to complain and stayed until 3.
The kitchen, every surface
The kitchen, 2:15 AM.

“I've lived here four years and this is the first time I've had more than three people in it. I feel like I'm at someone else's party.”

— The host
The apartment at 6 AM, empty
6:10 AM. Everyone gone. The host asleep in the bathtub, fully dressed, by choice.

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