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Monday Oct. 20, 2025

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2 – 3:30 pm

Quiet Reading Party

Brooklyn Public Library – Mill BasinBROOKLYN

Tuesday Oct. 21

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6 – 7:15 pm

Hello (And Goodbye) To All That

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

7 – 8:15 pm

The Center for Fiction Presents Brandon Taylor on Minor Black Figures with Matthew Sitman

The Center for FictionBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Wednesday Oct. 22

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6 – 7:15 pm

Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7:30 – 9 pm

An Interview with Maria Smilios, Author of The Black Angels

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Thursday Oct. 23

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2 – 5 pm

Bright Habits Powered by National Grid

Ages: 12 and under
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Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Ryan Byrnes

5 – 6 pm

Italian-American Heritage Month: History and Author Talk with Ryan Byrnes at Whitestone Library

Queens Libray at WhitestoneWhitestone

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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Friday Oct. 24

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9 am – 3 pm

Global Minds Summit New York

The Westin New York at Times SquareManhattan

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Saturday Oct. 25

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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Sunday Oct. 26

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10 am – 6:30 pm

Celebrate Halloween

Ages: 12 and under
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Art
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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