BostonYPA’s After 5 Socials are the loosest thing on the group’s calendar — no formal agenda, just an after-work hangout — and this edition lands at Night Shift Brewing’s seasonal open-air beer garden in Dewey Square on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, steps from South Station. The group claims a reserved stretch of the garden amid the downtown towers.

Night Shift pours its own beers alongside seltzers, wine, and non-alcoholic options, and the crowd is twenty- and thirty-something professionals unwinding rather than working the room. It’s built for people who find formal networking exhausting: conversations start over a shared picnic table and connections happen on their own schedule. Commuters have it easiest — the garden sits practically on the walk to the train. Come straight from the office and let the evening do the work.