The Best Author Readings and Open Mics in Brooklyn

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Friday Aug. 15, 2025

3:30 pm

Summer Adventure:Treasure Boxes

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Kips Bay Library

5 – 6:30 pm

Fridays at Five ~ Tim Weiner

The Hampton Librarybridgehampton

Susan Morrison Mary Ellen Matthews 12

6 – 7:30 pm

Stories. Noisemaking. Laughter: A Portrait of Lorne Michaels and SNL with Susan Morrison, Mary Ellen Matthews, Jim Downey, and Sarah Paley

The ChurchSag Harbor

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7 – 9:30 pm

Summer Nights A Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic

uproseSunset Park

Saturday Aug. 16

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education Center

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime: Summer at the Library

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Yorkville Library

11 am

Sensory Saturday Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stapleton Library

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 Media

Noon – 4 pm

NEW DATE: 2nd Annual Bronx Bookworm Book Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Festivals

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1 – 9 pm

BOMB Small Press Flea 2025

AmantEast Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

2 – 3:30 pm

Laurie Schulsinger Klein makes an Author Visit!

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Sunday Aug. 17

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education Center

11 am

日本語ストーリータイム Family Storytime in Japanese

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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 Media

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Grand Concourse Library

3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library

Monday Aug. 18

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

Great Books With Jill

10 am – noon

Great Books with Jill

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

10 am

Baby Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

58th Street Library

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Books and Babies!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library

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12:30 – 1:30 pm

Bryant Park Reading Room: Reel Talks

Tuesday Aug. 19

10 am

Toddler Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

58th Street Library

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller Park

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education Center

11 am – noon

Storytime: Ladybugs

Greenbelt Nature Center

11 am

Live Virtual Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Edenwald Library

11 am

Urban Health Plan Baby Fun

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Hunts Point Library

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2 – 3:30 pm

Poetry Potpourri

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

2:30 pm

Summer Adventure Kids Activity Series week 8

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

St. George Library Center

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