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Book Launch Banner – The Widower Without a Will

Book Launch Party: The Widower Without a Will by Katherine Grant

The LocalQueens

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Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show

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Quiet Reading Party

Brooklyn Public Library – Mill BasinBROOKLYN

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Hello (And Goodbye) To All That

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

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

The Center for FictionBrooklyn

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Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Twisted Spine Event

The Twisted Spine Presents: CJ Leede & Zombieland Screening

The Twisted SpineBrooklyn

Lulu Square Invitation

Screening and Panel Discussion with Creators of the New Apple TV Series Lulu is a Rhinoceros

Ages: 5 and up
Books & Readings
Family
Film

The Gateway Schoolnew york

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Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

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Pascale Sablan’s GREATNESS Book Talk and Reception

Higgins Halls AuditoriumBrooklyn

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A Reading by NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn

LeFrak Concert HallFlushing

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An Interview with Maria Smilios, Author of The Black Angels

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Nature’s Engineers, June 2024, windmills, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-029

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Ages: 12 and under
Art
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Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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The Art of Immigration: Italian Art in an American Chruch

Italian American MuseumLittle Italy

Ryan Byrnes

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

Queens Libray at WhitestoneWhitestone

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European Literature Night 2025

Ukrainian Institute of AmericaUpper east side

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Lesbian Lives Opening Program

The New School, The Auditorium, Room A10 Alvin Johnson/A. M. Kaplan Hall 66 West 12 Street, New York CityNew York City

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Global Minds Summit New York

The Westin New York at Times SquareManhattan

Powerhouse of Horrors Event

Powerhouse of Horrors: Horror Extravaganza with TWELVE of Your Favorite Horror Authors

Powerhouse ArenaBrooklyn

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Release Party for PANTHER CITY: Tales of a Gen X Grade 3 Class Project Run Amok

Quimby’s Bookstore NYCBrooklyn

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Celebrate Halloween

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Walking Tour: All-of-a-Kind Family

Walking Tour: “All-of-a-Kind Family”

Museum at Eldridge StreetLower East Side

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Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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Family Program | Songs and Stories

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

“Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”

TOM TORO: AND TO THINK WE STARTED AS A BOOK CLUB…

Joe’s PubNoho

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WORD PLAY – Free Poetry Jam

Sugar MouseEast Village

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Gabba Gabba We Accept You: Ramones Music, Reading and Crafts Workshop

Oak Ridge, Forest ParkWoodhaven

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