The Columbia Veterans Creative Writing Workshop is a free course open to all Columbia affiliates (Current Undergraduate, Graduates and Alumni Staff, Faculty) who are veterans or military family members. 

Words After War is pleased to offer another semester of their NYC writing workshop in partnership with the NYU Cultures of War Research Collaborative, February 12 - April 15, 7:30-9:30pm. 

Join Irreverent Warriors for a night of hockey and camaraderie, attending the Devils/Islanders game on March 21, 6-10pm. (The price of admission is the cost of the ticket).

Register here.

This event is NOT a fundraiser. It is an opportunity for Veterans and Active Duty to come together for a night of fun, yelling, and fellowship! Veterans and Active Duty only.

Silkies and boots are the uniform of the day!

Intrepid After Hours invites military veterans and service members to experience the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum at night. Explore the Museum without the crowds and get a close look at the Museum’s collection. Then join peers in conversation and a creative exercise. The event concludes with a catered dinner. Free for military service members and veterans with advance registration. These programs are closed to civilians, including family members.

The next After Hours event takes place February 26, 4:30-8pm.

Explore the special exhibit Navy Cakes: A Slice of History and celebrate with fellow veterans and Milk Bar. Hear and share stories about the significance of cake in the military, then work together to make Milk Bar's famous cake truffles. Eat some right away and take some home!

Register here.

Attend a special evening celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Pilsen and western Czechoslovakia by the U.S. Army on January 29. The exhibition opens at 6:30pm in the gallery and the Pilsner Jazz Band follows at 8pm in the ballroom.

Dignitaries and artists from western Czech Republic coming to New York to pay homage to U.S. troops for liberating Pilsen and to invite audiences to the Liberation Festival in Pilsen in May 2020.

RSVP for the exhibition here. RSVP for the performance here.

Poetic Theater Productions' veteran focused programming continues on March 27, 2pm, with Veteran Voices 2020, a program that has previously featured poetry, readings, theater, and music by more than 40 veterans and family members creating art together and a post show discussion about the ways New York can further support existing and new veteran voice programming. 

More information to come, tickets will become available soon.

Attend the Veteran Voices Performance Workshop on February 29, 3-6pm. These workshops are designed to guide veterans through a process of writing and performance that empowers them to speak their truths, share their experiences, bear witness together, and exist in a space of creativity, compassion, and camaraderie. Family members are welcome to attend.

Attend a reception for "From There to Here" Veteran Art Exhibition on February 12, 6:30-8pm. Experience artwork from 30 amazing veteran artists, spanning WWII through to the present day conflicts. Also featuring performances from Exit12 Dance Company, led by Marine veteran Roman Baca, and poetry readings.

RSVP here.

Fort Hamilton brings back memories of you and your loved one on Valentine's Day, February 14, 8-11:55pm for an Adult Prom, whether it be a blast from the past with a high school sweetheart or making a new memory that will last forever.

Enjoy live music from Force MD's, groundbreaking teen-soul crooners who precipitated the New Jack balladry of the early '90s. Available cash bar, portrait studio, DJ, and more. 

RSVP here.

The 5th Annual Stakeholders Awards Breakfast will honor those who have given exemplary service to our veteran community on March 28, 9am-12pm.

Purchase general admission tickets here for $40 and enjoy a special breakfast.

Distinguished Award Honorees include: Passaic County – JTony Vancheri, Paterson Veterans Counsel; Morris County – Jim Cavanaugh, Welcome Home Vets & Assumption Church, Morristown; Sussex County – Bill Robinson, DMAVA, Legion Riders; Essex County – Samantha Washington, Congressmen Paynes Office; Bergen County – Deborah Visconi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center; Hudson County – Tony Goodson, Samuel R. Shelton, VFW Post 2294 Jersey City; Union County – Sharon Knight, Union County American Legion Auxiliary; Regional Award – Dan and Katie Misuraca, Red White and Que; Mental Health Services Award - David Cathcart, Secaucus Vet Center; Women Veteran Award - SOSVETS Women Veteran’s Sub Committee Team, In observance of creating a Women Veterans Appreciation Day for the State Of NJ; Somerset / Middlesex / Hunterdon - Detective Ivis Molina - Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.