STUDY HALL

STUDY HALL is a creative building series in Manhattan where all disciplines vibe and play together. At STUDY HALL, everyone’s an expert at something, and no technical experience is required. Presented in partnership with the city’s frontier voices, and hosted by Charlie Freiberg and Zak Hap.

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  1. 08
    next · mon jun 15 the fable hackathon

    an unauthorized one-hour hackathon — build whatever you can with Fable, demo it to the room, and win a rubber-rat trophy. no technical experience required.

    rsvp →
    venueBetty
    dateJun 15, 2026
  2. 07
    haunted house of machines

    an immersive horror night at the edge of AI and identity — talks on how horror evolves with technology, then a spatial-audio haunted house you walk twice, closing on a DJ set.

    • Lance Weiler Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab
    • Char Simpson narrative design for immersive horror
    withColumbia Digital Storytelling Lab · The Last Human Collective
    venueLincoln Center
    dateMay 18, 2026
  3. 06
    “sandboxing” with AIR

    a hands-on evening of works-in-progress — collaborative coding, an AI companion, and real-time shader skies. bafflement and bemusement welcome; bring your own unfinished thing.

    • Pedro Sanches Spells, collaborative coding chat
    • Yujin Lee KO, an AI companion
    • Maxime Heckel real-time skies & shaders
    venueCollaborative Fund
    dateMay 11, 2026
  4. 05
    gidgets, gadgets, gizmos

    a show-and-tell of half-finished machines — virtual libraries, screaming drum machines, underwater resonators, and live-coded visuals. show us the demo that almost works.

    • Andrew Boylan interactive installations
    • Jessica Garson live-coded visuals
    venueBOLZOT
    dateApr 6, 2026
  5. 04
    play mafia with plastic labs

    build an AI agent character with Honcho, then play a Mafia tournament against the whole room. winner takes dinner at Carbone. no technical experience required.

    • Vineeth Voruganti Honcho, AI agent characters
    • Eri Barrett Plastic Labs
    musicEri Barrett — electro & mellow deepcuts
    venueThe Monroe
    dateMar 23, 2026
  6. 03
    study hall × zo

    vibe coding is for everyone — demos built on Zo Computer, a hands-on breakout, and a show-and-tell, closing on a rare-vinyl DJ set. first-timers welcome.

    • Ben Guo Zo Computer
    • Vince Picone Hume AI
    musicsnav — rare vinyl
    venueThe Monroe
    dateMar 9, 2026
  7. 02
    demos & vinyl

    “life, friends, is boring — we must not say so.” a systems demo, a vibe-coding breakout, and a rare-vinyl DJ set to close. come as you are.

    • Chandiran Dhukkaram systems demo
    musicDJ Snav — rare vinyl
    venueThe Monroe
    dateFeb 16, 2026
  8. 01
    the first one

    where it started — a vibe-coding party of music, creative coding, and community. vibe coding is for everyone. music is for everyone. come as you are.

    • Zak Hap inspiration talk
    • Seb Krier Google DeepMind
    musicSeb Krier — ambient techno
    venueThe Monroe
    dateFeb 2, 2026