These 318 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 25 at 1pm (This weekend)
Talea Beer Co. Bryant Park · Midtown • $95
Lit Society pairs cocktails and curated reading selections at Talea Beer Co. Bryant Park for an afternoon of quiet communal reading, guided literary conversation, and a mixer connecting readers across different archetypes.
October 25 at 10am (This weekend)
The Whitby Hotel · Midtown
Nine authors, one stage, and a buffet brunch. Totally Booked: Live! turns the literary talk show into a cozy afternoon of candid conversations, book shopping, and signings at The Whitby Hotel.
October 25 at 6:30pm (This weekend)
Gerald W Lynch Theater · Upper West Side
Trace Borges's labyrinth from the Río de la Plata to Iceland and Japan with two of Latin America's sharpest literary minds. Valeria Luiselli and Alan Pauls talk writing in flux, in Spanish.
October 25 at 7pm (This weekend)
Strand Bookstore · East Village
The author of Station Eleven returns with a tale of doubles and fractured timelines in post-collapse America. Hear Emily St. John Mandel unpack Exit Party, with Sebastian Junger moderating, inside Strand's Rare Book Room.
October 25 at 6:30pm (This weekend)
Good Company - Cannabis Dispensary · Upper West Side
Bring your book and settle in for a reading party with a twist: silent chapters, one-on-one breakouts, and group discussions in the unexpected backdrop of a community dispensary.
October 25 at 2pm (This weekend)
Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA) · West Village • Free
Celebrate seven decades of Sudanese master printmaker Mohammad Omer Khalil at the launch of his first major monograph. The artist joins curators and writers for readings and conversation tracing his journey through art.
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Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM
David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side
Sun, Oct 25 · 6:30 PM
The Elixir Bar at The Alchemist's Kitchen · SoHo
Sun, Oct 25 · 3:00 PM
Wells Editions · Manhattan
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:30 AM
The Parish of Calvary St. George's · Gramercy
Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice · Upper West Side
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
McNally Jackson Books Seaport · Financial District
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice · Upper West Side
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:30 AM
The Parish of Calvary St. George's · Manhattan
Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
The Strand · Manhattan
Sun, Oct 25 · 5:00 PM
Torn Page · Chelsea
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:30 AM
The Parish of Calvary St. George's · Manhattan
Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice · Upper West Side
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Harlem
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust · Manhattan
$10
Mon, Oct 26 · 5:30 PM
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery · East Village
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Strand Bookstore · East Village
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
The Museum of Interesting Things · SoHo
$15
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
The Strand · Hell's Kitchen
Mon, Oct 26 · 12:00 PM
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
The National Arts Club · Gramercy
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
Tibet House US · Chelsea
$65
Mon, Oct 26 · 5:30 PM
Columbus Cir · Midtown
Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PM
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building · Midtown
Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM
Albertine · Upper East Side
Free
Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM
Hotel Alameda · Chelsea
Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PM
Strand Bookstore · East Village
Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM
Fraunces Tavern · Financial District
$30
Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center · Upper East Side
Free
Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM
P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio · Lower East Side
Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PM
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Harlem
Tue, Oct 27 · 5:00 PM
Anew · West Village
Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space · Upper West Side
$43
Tue, Oct 27 · 11:30 AM
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center · Upper East Side
Wed, Oct 28 · 7:30 PM
St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 28 · 6:00 PM
Ukrainian Institute of America · Upper East Side
Wed, Oct 28 · 6:00 PM
The Corner Bookstore · Upper East Side
Wed, Oct 28 · 7:00 PM
St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 28 · 7:00 PM
City Lore · East Village
Wed, Oct 28 · 11:00 AM
Heft Gallery · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:30 AM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
This program is included with Museum admission (free for kids 16 and under)
Wed, Oct 28 · 7:00 PM
Strand Bookstore · East Village
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:30 PM
Good Company - Cannabis Dispensary · Manhattan
Free
Wed, Oct 28 · 6:00 PM
The National Arts Club · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
Strand Bookstore · East Village
Thu, Oct 29 · 6:30 PM
OPEN STUDIO · Chinatown
Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PM
Fashion Institute of Technology · Chelsea
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 6:30 PM
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts · Manhattan
$10-$40
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
The Strand · Hell's Kitchen
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM
Instituto Cervantes · Midtown
Fri, Oct 30 · 3:00 PM
Riverside Park · Morningside Heights
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM
Museum of Chinese in America · SoHo
$10-$35
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM
Torn Page · Chelsea
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM
P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio · Lower East Side
$15
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM
Strand Bookstore · East Village
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