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Monday Aug. 18, 2025

Reel Talks

8 am – 5 pm

Bryant Park Reel Talks: Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960-1990

Bryant ParkManhattan

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12:30 – 1:30 pm

Bryant Park Reading Room: Reel Talks

Bryant ParkManhattan

Tuesday Aug. 19

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

11 am – noon

Storytime: Ladybugs

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

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6:30 – 8 pm

Sandy Hudson Discusses Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All with Brian Jones

New Lots LibraryBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Wednesday Aug. 20

Noon – 3 pm

Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton’s Back To School Giveaway

Tappen ParkStaten Island

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7:30 – 10 pm

Word Play – Free Poerty Slam @ Sugar Mouse

Sugar MouseEast Village

Thursday Aug. 21

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10 – 11 am

Stories in the Garden

Ages: 8 and under
Books & Readings
Classes
Family

Saturday Aug. 23

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Buzzing Bee Hives

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11 am – 4 pm

Back to School Festival

Major R Owens Community Center, 1561 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 2

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

Sunday Aug. 24

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Buzzing Bee Hives

11 am – 2 pm

Book Signing with grannysoffherrocker at Lenny’s clam bar

Books & Readings

Lenny’s Clam BarHoward Beach

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 2

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

An Afternoon with Stan Smith

P.C. Richard & SonUpper West Side

Tuesday Aug. 26

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

Friday Aug. 29

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7 – 9:30 pm

Voices United

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CTRBROOKLYN

Saturday Aug. 30

10 am – noon

Read Aloud in the Park August 30th!

Prospect Park, Long MeadowBrooklyn

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

Sunday Aug. 31

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

Tuesday Sep. 2

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

Wednesday Sep. 3

5 – 6:30 pm

Rainbow Trap: Book Launch + Panel Discussion

Kimball Hall 246 Greene Street New York, NY 10003 United StatesNew York City

Thursday Sep. 4

6 – 10 pm

Identity, Immigration, Environment

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

7 – 8:15 pm

The Art of the Short Story: Melissa Lozada-Oliva on Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive! with Alejandro Varela

The Center for FictionBrooklyn

Queer Book Club – 3

7 – 9 pm

Queer Book Swap

good judyBrooklyn

Friday Sep. 5

10 am – 10 pm

Identity, Immigration, Environment

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

Saturday Sep. 6

M Palma Mir Photographer for El Museo del Barrio June 2025 Coqui Club022 (1)

10 – 11 am

Coquí Club: Hanging with Your Friends

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

El Museo del BarrioEast Harlem

10 am – 10 pm

Identity, Immigration, Environment

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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