Upcoming events!
Free Community Cuts For Queer Joy!
June 18th 4pm-8pm
Haircuts and care can make us feel more like ourselves and shouldn’t just be reserved for when we have extra money to spend! So, come by to get your most genderful and queer looks taken care of in celebration of QUEER JOY on June 18th from 4-8pm. In collaboration with RI Public Health Institute and some local queer stylists all cuts are FREE! Appointment are 30 minutes each and are done on a walk in basis! We’ll have music playing and a DIY nail painting station to play at while you wait! Let’s get fabulous this Pride Season.
Juneteenth!
June 19th 8am-out of stock
As usual we will be celebrating Juneteenth by giving away free plants for Black Folks! All black identifying members of the community are encouraged to come take home a new friend. Plants will be available from early morning until we run out! The cafe will be offering our usual hours of 8-5pm on Juneteenth.
Craftland X Small Format!
June 21st 1pm-6pm
Pride weekend proper in PVD! Hit me baby one more time: Craftland x Small Format for that tasty hit of creative and tasty queer community in Downtown! Stop by between 1pm-6pm for mocktails, rainbow pastries, and kinky coffees from a real QUEER OWNED business! We support us, honeyyyy!
Speed Dating!
June 28th 7pm
Back by popular demand Sapphic Speed Dating: Pride Edition! This event will sell out so scoop those tickets and connect with some local sweeties.
Pride Queer Bookclub
June 30th!
Join us for our first Drag Reading Hour This bookclub will be an all ages event, and we encourage you to bring your loved little ones!
International Knit in Public Day
June 14th, 2:30-4:30pm
Another annual year FIVE, m’guy! This international Feminist Fiber Arts event takes place worldwide on June 14th and we’ll be hosting the Rhode Island chapter in collaboration with our Sunday Queer Knitting Circle veteran Claudia! Last year we did a watermelon prayer flag, and this year we will be knitting trans apparel! You can bring your current yarn projects and hangout in public co-creating with others in Queer Community! Don’t know how to knit? No problem! Knitting veterans will be teaching beginning lessons.
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
Queer Bookclub
Join us on May 26th, 2025 for a film screening of Park Chan-Wook’s The Handmaiden (2016) which is an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ “The Fingersmith.” While the original book set in Britain, Park Chan-Wook adapts the story to fit a Japanese imperialist context: “In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her fortune" (IMDB).
This sapphic thriller will have you hooked! Stay tuned for more details about the screening :)
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
critfest folk punk show
Come enjoy a cozy folk punk show that is a Benefit for the Wildlife Clinic of RI! Doors at 6:00pm, Music at 6:30pm. Click the event for more details :)
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
May Day Free Market
As many of of you know, May 1st is International Worker’s Day. As a queer, worker owned co-op Small Format is proud to be a small part of a rich history of labor organizing. To celebrate with our community we are hosting hosting a Free Market. Bring some items from the above categories that you are ready to part with, and a bag to collect some new finds! Worried about coming empty handed? Don’t be! This is not a transactional or exchange based event. Everyone is welcome to take what they want, no questions asked.
Queer Bookclub
Join us on April 28th from 5:30-7pm for a discussion on K-Ming Chang’s “Bestiary”—click the event for more details!
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.
Queer Knitting Circle
Queer Knitting Circle is Small Format’s longest running social event. Come by from 3-5 every Sunday, grab a drink or a bite to eat, and bring your favorite craft to work on.