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Tuesday Oct. 21, 2025

Homework Help

4 – 5 pm

Homework Help

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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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 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

Wednesday Oct. 22

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

4 – 4:45 pm

Reading Buddies

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

5 – 5:45 pm

Reading Buddies

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Lulu Square Invitation

5:30 – 7 pm

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 SchoolUpper West Side

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6 – 7:15 pm

Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Community RoomFar West Village

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6 – 8 pm

Pascale Sablan’s GREATNESS Book Talk and Reception

Higgins Halls Auditorium

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidWilliamsburg

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7 – 9 pm

A Reading by NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn

LeFrak Concert HallFlushing

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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 morbidWilliamsburg

Thursday Oct. 23

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

10:30 – 11:30 am

Baby Lap Time (Pre-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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

2 – 5 pm

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Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

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3 – 4 pm

The Art of Immigration: Italian Art in an American Chruch

Italian American MuseumLittle Italy

Ryan Byrnes

5 – 6 pm

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

Queens Libray at WhitestoneQueens

eurolitnight

6 – 10 pm

European Literature Night 2025

Ukrainian Institute of AmericaUpper east side

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Lesbian Lives Opening Program

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

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidWilliamsburg

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidWilliamsburg

Friday Oct. 24

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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9 am – 3 pm

Global Minds Summit New York

The Westin New York at Times Square

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10:45 – 11:45 am

The Purpose Pivot: A Morning of Meaningful Connection + Realignment

18 Goodfriend Drive, East Hampton, NY 11937EAST HAMPTON

Powerhouse of Horrors Event

6 – 10 pm

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

Powerhouse ArenaDUMBO

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

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

Quimby’s Bookstore NYCWilliamsburgh

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidWilliamsburg

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidWilliamsburg

Saturday Oct. 25

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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