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Tuesday Oct. 21, 2025

7 – 8:15 pm

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

The Center for FictionDowntown Brooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City

Twisted Spine Event

7 – 10 pm

The Twisted Spine Presents: CJ Leede & Zombieland Screening

The Twisted Spine

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