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, 11:30 am Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art The Long Island Museum
Tomorrow, 6 pm Pluto TV Movies With A View at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Tomorrow, 7 pm Divination Exchange Party! Give Readings & Get Readings! Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room
Tomorrow, 7:30 pm Enjoy Kind Kitchen’s Garden-to-Glass Cocktails & Artisanal Vegan Cheese Tasting at Brooklyn Roots Collective on 8/7 Brooklyn Roots Collective
Aug. 8, 8 pm Is Drag All There Is?: A Drag Show Celebrating Ten Years of Nancy NoGood Coney Island USA
AMNY JFK Airport breaks ground on parking lot aiming to reduce illegally parked trucks on Queens streets
Gay City News “Who Killed Teddy Bear,” dramatic thriller starring out actor Sal Mineo, screening at Film Forum