About us
Welcome, fans of Harry Potter!
We are New York City's Harry Potter Meetup group, known as the New York Order of the Phoenix.
If there are Potter-related things happening in NYC, we will be there! This goes for both the official franchise and fan-created works:
- New HP or Fantastic Beasts movies
- Harry Potter Exhibitions
- Harry Potter trivia
- Wizard rock concerts
- Performances from the Puffs team or Team StarKid
- Book releases and signings for books about HP
Aside from those events, we will meet monthly on the third Tuesday of each month: for HP book discussions, Potter-themed games, Potter-themed crafts, and more. We will be your geeky friends, who will get your references and eagerly debate the minutiae of the wizarding world!
And if you catch wind of something Pottery happening in the city, post about it here and there’s every chance it will become A Thing.
Upcoming events
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Book Launch Party for "Voldemort: The Definitive Study of Tom Riddle"
Books of Wonder, 42 West 17th St, New York, NY, USWe are celebrating the publication of a new book of Harry Potter character analysis - "Voldemort: The Definitive Study of Tom Riddle."
Join us at Books of Wonder for an author event (costumes! Q&A! surprises!), followed by a signing. The author of the book, Grace Candido-Beecher, will be in conversation with our organizer Irvin (author of Dumbledore and Malfoy) - and all their books will be available to buy and get signed.
Please reserve your spot at Eventbrite to help the bookstore keep track of headcount!
The official book description:
Immerse yourself in the untold, blood-chilling history of the darkest wizard of all.
You love Harry Potter and his enchanting adventures. You’ve followed along every painstaking step of his journey and know his story inside and out. But, you’re curious about the darker side of this story. You’ve strayed into the menacing shadows around darker legends. You want to know the full story of Tom Marvolo Riddle.
At first glance, Tom appears to be a one-dimensional character with very little development. After all, the Harry Potter series reveals only of a few chosen memories of Tom's life, shared for the sake of learning his weaknesses. Beneath the surface, however, there is the barest whisper, the most fleeting impression of something far deeper. Tom would prefer you refrain from peeking behind the facade of the fearsome, one-dimensional persona he’s crafted (and annoyingly talks about in third person at times). But in Voldemort: An Unofficial Exploration, author Grace Candido-Beecher lays bare the darker aspects of the Harry Potter books, leading you headfirst into the shadows to discover the humanity of a man who desperately wants to be anything but human.
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HP Board Games in the Park (Rain Day for Cosplay Day)
Astoria Park, 21st & Astoria Blvd, Entrance Of Park, Astoria, NY, USCome join for a picnic in Astoria Park! You bring the snacks and picnic blankets, we'll bring the HP-themed games (HP Clue! HP Scrabble!), and we can have a nice day hanging out in the park.
We'll probably end up at the South Hill, around 23rd Ave, but you can use the comments here to find us or just message the organizer on Meetup.
Please note: the plan is board games on this day, but if our Cosplay Day on Governor's Island doesn't work out because of weather, we'll do that on this day instead. Either way, we'll be doing HP activities somewhere nice and outdoorsy on this day!
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Past events
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