Future New York Storytelling: Sim Eternal City × No Stone Tombstone — May 18 at Cafe Here, Red Hook
- Apr 20
- 2 min read
New York is slowly changing beneath rising tides. This is not just a loss of land — it is a loss of memory, and a loss of belonging. On Monday, May 18, IWBFD Storytelling Studios will gather friends, collaborators, and neighbors at Cafe Here in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for an evening of storytelling and reimagining the future we will grow into.
Presented as part of the New York Design Festival 2026 (NYCxDesign), the evening centers two works from the IWBFD Storytelling Studios universe: Sim Eternal City — a framework where Land Cities and Floating Cities coexist, and where elders remain active participants in the life of the city — and No Stone Tombstone, a new vision for memory, legacy, and space, set in Red Hook itself.
A Future We Will Grow Into
IWBFD Storytelling Studios — short for I Was Born For Death — builds stories around a single conviction: every ending is proof of a new birth, and the beginning of abundant coexistence. Sim Eternal City and No Stone Tombstone are two expressions of that conviction, translated into the particular geography of New York — a coastal city thinking about what kind of city it wants to grow old inside.
The Talk Table
5:00 PM — Doors open & pre-event networking
5:30 PM — Opening Remarks & Venue Introduction
5:40 PM — Special Speech (TBA)
6:00 PM — Sim Eternal City: Framework Introduction & Book Reading — Paul J. J. Kang
6:30 PM — Short break
6:40 PM — New York Storytelling Project — Meet Mistry
7:00 PM — No Stone Tombstone — Paul J. J. Kang
7:20 PM — We Kings Creative A.C.Ts: Special Campaign Introduction — Nate DiDomizio, IWBFD Storytelling Studios
7:30 PM — Post-event networking & wrap-up
Speakers
Paul J. J. Kang — Storyteller, IWBFD Storytelling Studios (Sim Eternal City & No Stone Tombstone)
Meet Mistry & Vigna Ganzi — New York Storytelling Project
Nate DiDomizio — Executive Producer & IWBFD Storytelling Studios (We Kings Creative A.C.Ts)
When & Where
Monday, May 18, 2026 · 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Cafe Here · 499 Van Brunt St, Unit 3a, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Reserve Your Seat
Seats are limited and reserved through the official New York Design Festival listing. Join us for an evening of storytelling — and a conversation about the future we are willing to grow into.
Presented by IWBFD Storytelling Studios. Co-presented with bcd-W Magazine and G15 Media. Part of NYCxDesign 2026.
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