Cocktails and Crafts: A Fall Festival Benefit for the Lower Eastside Girls Club

Make crafts while getting tipsy at this offbeat fund-raiser for the Lower Eastside Girls Club. A well-stocked booze station ($5 per drink) will offer vino from David Bowler, brews from Whole Foods Market Bowery Beer Room, and a Peche Bourbon cocktail mixed by Dushan Zaric (Employees Only)—your first tipple is included in the ticket price. In between trips to the bar, stop by the "Make" booth to try your hand at monogramming, jewelry making and more (activities range from $5 to $20). To help you keep your hand steady, there will be free Lucy’s Whey cheeses and snacks from Mary Cleaver (Cleaver & Co.), such as chicken potpie tartlets. Purchase raffle tickets (three for $20) for a shot at winning cookbooks signed by Eric Ripert, a Marc Jacobs purse and other swag. Proceeds benefit culinary and health training for teenage girls.