Class is in session! The Miseducation of MUST LOVE BEARDS is here to clear up the most common misconceptions about our signature event. Check out Lessons 1–3 below to learn how the day party works before securing your spot. Women’s tickets are now on sale starting at just $15, and men’s complimentary RSVPs are officially open. Register early and come prepared to socialize, dance and enjoy the experience!

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Genese Jamilah

Photo Credit: Genese Jamilah in her EBONY Magazine office at Rockefeller Center in New York City, updating the I DON’T DO CLUBS website, May 2, 2014.

One week from today, I DON’T DO CLUBS turns 15 years old.

Yes, 1-5. A whole-ass teenager.

On Saturday, August 27, 2011, while Hurricane Irene swept through New York City, I was inside my Washington Heights studio apartment, 523 W 160th Street, New York, NY 10032 to be exact, reading ConcreteLoop.com Presents: Angel’s Laws of Blogging: What You Need to Know if You Want to Have a Successful and Profitable Blog.

That day, I created I DON’T DO CLUBS.

I never liked clubs, even in college. The late-night start times. The constant pushing on the dance floor and at the bar. The random men grabbing at you as you tried to make your way through the function.

I had had enough. And I was determined not to carry those same social habits into my post-Savannah State University life in New York City.

Around that time, I noticed the rise of day parties, brunch experiences, and after-work events. I thought, Why not put all of this information into a blog?

Blogging was a thing back then.

I DON’T DO CLUBS was an instant success. I quickly realized that curated event lists were more useful than individual event posts, so I launched what would become my iconic weekly event newsletter.

Every Wednesday, I selected the best events for Black professionals and creatives across Metro New York, and y’all loved it. Eventually, I hired an editorial team to cover other cities.

I DON’T DO CLUBS was booming.

And I was burnt out.

Between editing weekly event content, creating Black-owned business lists and Black-Owned Restaurant Month, producing MUST LOVE BEARDS, becoming a socialite, and holding down a full-time job as EBONY Magazine’s Digital Production Manager, your girl was through.

Something had to give.

And go.

I chose the weekly event newsletter.

For eight years, I kept Black professionals and creatives across Metro New York informed about the hottest events. And then, suddenly, they were on their own.

In the years that followed, IDDC subscribers repeatedly asked me to bring the lists back. But I stuck to my guns.

I was tired.

And I deserved a break.

Well, earlier this week, I decided the break was over.

The weekly event newsletter is officially back, now called the weeklies by Genese Jamilah.

the weeklies is your guide to the hottest events for Black professionals and creatives in Brooklyn, NYC, and NJ. Delivered every Thursday at 8AM, so you know exactly where to be that weekend.

Fifteen years later, in many ways, I DON’T DO CLUBS is returning to where it all started.

Click below to subscribe and receive your first guide on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 8PM.

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Take care,
Genese Jamilah