8-Ball Community

They hosted film screenings, readings, performances, parties, and other events at the request of Grand Billiards' owner, who wanted to attract the neighborhood's new residents to his pool hall.

[6] The collective teamed up with tattoo artist Mark Cross to start Muddguts, an exhibition space in Williamsburg, which it helped run from 2013 to 2014.

The collective has hosted film screenings, workshops, art exhibits, artist talks, skillshares, music shows, and other events out of these spaces.

[24] 8-Ball launched its online public access television station on January 20, 2017, playing Aldo Tambellini's piece "Inauguration '81" while Donald Trump was getting sworn in as president.

The station has aired Angela Davis' 1972 interview from California State Prison, footage of protests in New York and Standing Rock, a video countdown show called MTV 12, interviews with East Village residents, short films by Look at my Black Beauty (LAMBB), Hello Kitty's Alice in Wonderland, "cam-girl pseudo-porn and a video that shows how to skin a whole hog.

"[27] TANK Magazine likened the station's programming to the 1970s downtown New York television show TV Party, "known for its decadent raucousness as much as its dissident outlook.

[30] The collective airs protest footage and programs devoted to advancing social movements on 8-Ball TV and produces an activism zine called the Affinity Journal.

[26][31] In 2019, 8-Ball launched a mentorship program for emerging artists in memory of Jim Walrod, a New York designer, Fiorucci art director, and "downtown legend" who died in 2017.

The collective also partnered with artists including Tauba Auerbach, Daniel Arnold, and Kim Gordon to release a line of T-shirts for its eighth anniversary.