11 am – 1 pm Back-to-School Party and Backpack Giveaway Ages: 3 and upAttractions Books & Readings Family Kings Theatre CourtyardFlatbush
7 – 9 pm Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series Books & Readings Free Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City
10 am – noon Read Aloud in the Park August 30th! Ages: 5 – 8Books & Readings Community Family Prospect Park, Long MeadowPark Slope
7 – 8:15 pm The Art of the Short Story: Melissa Lozada-Oliva on Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive! with Alejandro Varela Books & Readings Talks The Center for FictionDowntown Brooklyn
7 – 8 pm Age of Union founder/environmentalist Dax Dasilva discusses & signs Echoes from Eden: A Daring Voyage to Protect Earth’s Last Wild Places Books & Readings Free WORD Bookstore
Tomorrow, 8 pm Is Drag All There Is?: A Drag Show Celebrating Ten Years of Nancy NoGood Coney Island USA
QNS Health department to spray parts of Queens with pesticides to kill mosquitoes, reduce risk of West Nile virus
Brooklyn Paper Theft jumped in Brooklyn in July, stats show, as other major crimes continued to decline