Friday, October 16, 2026, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM · Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village, New York City
Poets Meghan Reed, Zachary Crosby, and Indran Amirthanayagam feature at this month's Adverse Abstraction reading, followed by an open mic.
Tiki kitsch dialed up to eleven. Otto’s is that classic place where you can sip a flaming drink from a ceramic skull while a ska band thrashes in the back. Neon palm trees, bamboo-covered walls, and a cocktail menu that doesn’t hold back on the rum. You’ll leave wondering if that was just another night out or a fever dream fueled by mai tais and surf rock.
Rum cocktail with pineapple, orange, coconut, nutmeg
Traditional mai tai with orgeat and rum
Strong as hell. 151-proof rum, falernum, grenadine, and lime