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October 25 at 6:30pm
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
The Twisted Spine · Williamsburg
A vampire broodmother, a mortal OBGYN, and a hunger that won't quit: Caitlin Starling launches her dark new novel MILKTEETH at Brooklyn's horror bookstore cafe, in conversation with Kailee Pedersen.
October 25 at 7pm +4
Plymouth Church · Brooklyn Heights • Free
Hear Frederick Douglass's Brooklyn story where it actually happened. Historian Theodore Hamm unpacks the abolitionist's speeches in the very church where his allies rallied, a free lecture in a landmark steeped in Underground Railroad history.
October 25 at 7pm
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
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 11pm
The Strand · Manhattan
Emily St. John Mandel unpacks EXIT PARTY, her novel of collapsed Americas, moon colonies, and shadow worlds. Sebastian Junger moderates the conversation.
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Sun, Oct 25 · 6:30 PM
The Elixir Bar at The Alchemist's Kitchen · SoHo
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
The Nonbinarian Bookstore · Crown Heights
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Harlem
Mon, Oct 26 · 4:00 PM
David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
Tishman Auditorium, The New School · Greenwich Village
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:30 PM
St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust · Manhattan
$10
Mon, Oct 26 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
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 · 9:00 AM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Mon, Oct 26 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
The Strand · Hell's Kitchen
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Japan Society · Midtown
$20 - $25
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Littlefield · Gowanus
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:00 PM
Saturn Road · Cobble Hill
$
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center · Upper East Side
Mon, Oct 26 · 9:00 AM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Caveat Theater · Lower East Side
$18.76 early bird (until Oct 19, 7:00PM) $24.41 standard $25 at the door $11.63 livestream $63.76 Early bird WITH NOTEBOOK
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
Tibet House US · Manhattan
$65
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:15 PM
The Foundation for Community Psychoanalysis · Downtown Brooklyn
Mon, Oct 26 · 5:00 PM
Sunnyside Muslim Center · LIC
$75
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
Crossroads Cafe · Bushwick
$
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Littlefield · Gowanus
$25
Mon, Oct 26 · 10:00 AM
Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain · Civic Center
$340
Mon, Oct 26 · 12:00 PM
St Jean Baptiste High School · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
205 W 54th St · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 2:00 PM
1 Park Ave #6 · Manhattan
$0
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 AM
Temple Emanu-El · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Bukharian Jewish Community Center · Forest Hills
Mon, Oct 26 · 2:30 AM
Harlem Islamic Cultural Center · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 11:30 AM
OHM Center · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Stout NYC · Midtown
$$
Mon, Oct 26 · 3:00 PM
David Geffen Hall · Upper West Side
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:00 PM
Poster House · Manhattan
Free
Mon, Oct 26 · 12:00 PM
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 9:00 PM
The BookMark Shoppe · Bay Ridge
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
McCarren Parkhouse · Williamsburg
$10-$20
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Books Are Magic · Brooklyn Heights
$10.89
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 AM
JASA Club 76 Older Adult Center · Manhattan
Free
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:00 PM
D'Angelo Center · Jamaica
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
The National Arts Club · Gramercy
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church · Windsor Terrace
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:00 PM
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center · Upper West Side
Mon, Oct 26 · 7:30 PM
The Greene Space · Manhattan
$50
Mon, Oct 26 · 8:00 AM
Trinity Church · Manhattan
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:30 PM
Broadway Theatre · Theater District
Mon, Oct 26 · 5:00 PM
Sunnyside Muslim Center · LIC
$75
Mon, Oct 26 · 2:30 AM
Harlem Islamic Cultural Center · Manhattan
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