Open 7 days a week!
Get $1 off beer, wine, and hard cider every Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m.
Rough Draft Bar & Books presents The 2nd Quadriannual Ulster County Grownup Spelling Bee!
Have your little ones join us for storytime while you grab some coffee at the bar!
Come one, come all! It’s finally happening, the HV LGBTQ Center is bringing a queer
adult book club to the Hudson Valley!
Come join the Kingston Policy and Politics Book club reading “The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities”. New members welcome!
Join the Omnibus Book Club for their September meeting, reading Ask the Dust by John Fante. New members welcome!
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Join us for the Eugene Tyler band, a great night of bluegrass tunes!
Join us for Sunday morning story hour with author Melinda Pruitt!
Do you love the spoken word? Writers Speak Easy is a monthly open reading and roundtable discussion. Participants are encouraged to perform their original work and the work of others, and to engage with one another throughout the evening. Poets, storytellers, authors, comics... Join us in cultivating a supportive literary community. All are welcome.
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Come celebrate the life of Pauline Uchmanowicz with a reading in her honor.
Join us for Sip & Write Night, where you can choose from coffee, beer, wine, and a selection of non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy while you write.
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Award-winning author Helon Habila has been described as "a courageous tale teller with an uncompromising vision...a major talent" (Rawi Hage). His new novel Travelers is a life-changing encounter with those who have been uprooted by war or aspiration, fear or hope. Author Helon Habila will read from his new book, Travelers, which Publisher's Weekly called "a potent tale for these times."
Writing can be a lonely endeavor! Sip & Write nights allow you to write in the company of others, so you don't feel isolated.
Please join us for an evening highlighting three local authors and their recently published works. Each author will have a table for meet-and-greets, book signings, and conversation with friends, family, fans, and potential new readers. This month's events features Carol Bergman, Evan Anderson, and Beth Cramer.
Rough Draft and the Kingston Tenants Union welcome Samuel Stein, author of Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, for a reading and discussion about issues facing cities all over the country, including Kingston.
Closing at 6pm for a private event! We will be having bagels and the bar will be open earlier in the day!
Join us and many of the other Uptown businesses for Stockade Nights, the September edition!
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Do you love the spoken word? Writers Speak Easy is a monthly open reading and roundtable discussion. Participants are encouraged to perform their original work and the work of others, and to engage with one another throughout the evening. Poets, storytellers, authors, comics... Join us in cultivating a supportive literary community. All are welcome.
Sloop Brewing is taking over our taps! A portion of the evening's sales will be donated to the Kingston YMCA Farm Project!
This month the Kingston Policy and Politics bookclub is reading The Fix: How Countries Use Crises to Solve the World's Worst Problems.
New members always welcome!
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
We're thrilled to welcome Binnie to Rough Draft for a dramatic reading, meet-and-greet, and book signing. She'll be joined by actress Juliette Bennett, who will interview Binnie and moderate a discussion, and other special guest(s) to be announced.
Join Jon Bowermaster, noted oceans expert, award-winning artist, author, filmmaker, and adventurer, as he speaks about using cinematography to promote conservation of nature
Drag bingo is back at Rough Draft! Join us for prizes, laughs, libations, and more.
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
We are excited to welcome Stephanie to Rough Draft! Stephanie will read from the anthology she co-edited, Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness. She will be joined in conversation by Kingston resident JoAnn Myers, PhD, associate professor of political science at Marist College and an expert in gender and LGBTQ issues.
Writing can be a lonely endeavor! Sip & Write nights allow you to write in the company of others, so you don't feel isolated.
It’s a national celebration of America’s favorite beer! Get $4 cans of Bell’s Two-Hearted IPA all day long.
Join us for an afternoon celebrating local authors and their recently published books all about Woodstock -- the famous 1969 music festival and the town it's named for.
Levanta means “lift” in Portuguese and Spanish, and this unique quartet brings a collective intention to do just that: lift the music and the spirits of the listeners. FREE with food or drink purchase!
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Poets, storytellers, authors, comics ... Join us for an open-mic with room for discussion and connection.
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
Acclaimed novelist Courtney Maum will read from her new book, Costalegre, with time afterward for signing and conversation. Ryan Chapman, author of Riots I Have Known, will lead and moderate discussion.
We’re thrilled to welcome back repeat visitors Charming Disaster (as heard on Welcome to Night Vale!) for another evening of playfully dark storytelling music. Free with food or drink purchase.
Play in teams of up to six, and win cash to spend at the bar!
