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Sunday Oct. 19, 2025

ppoop

11 am – 3 pm

Meet & Greet with author Lauran Weber author of “Peter Poop Dreams of Going to Paris”

Tiny Raccoon BooksSayville

11 am – 2 pm

Fall Fest at the JCCMW

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Community
Family

JCC Mid-WestchesterScarsdale

d2ds_d2d@540

Noon – 6 pm

Join Dare2Draw at Arts Gowanus Open Studios – Oct. 18 & 19! (12-6PM)

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Dare2Draw Studios @540 President St, GowanusNew York City, Brooklyn

Book Launch Banner – The Widower Without a Will

2 – 4 pm

Book Launch Party: The Widower Without a Will by Katherine Grant

The LocalQueens

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Monday Oct. 20

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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

quiet reading party

2 – 3:30 pm

Quiet Reading Party

Brooklyn Public Library – Mill BasinBROOKLYN

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

Psychic night Desmonds

6:30 – 9 pm

Psychic Dinner Night at Desmond’s

Desmond’s Restaurant at East WindWading River

Tuesday Oct. 21

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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

Toddler Time (Walkers – Preschool Age 3)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Poety Pot

2 – 3:30 pm

Poetry Potpourri

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Global Affiars

4 – 5 pm

Global Affairs – The Role of the United States in the World

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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 FictionBrooklyn

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7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Twisted Spine Event

7 – 10 pm

The Twisted Spine Presents: CJ Leede & Zombieland Screening

The Twisted SpineBrooklyn

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 Schoolnew york

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6 – 7:15 pm

Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

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6 – 8 pm

Pascale Sablan’s GREATNESS Book Talk and Reception

Higgins Halls AuditoriumBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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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

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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