Talks and readings in New York City on Wednesday 4 November

Dispatches from the Field: expedition to Bikini Atoll.

Another View book launch with Brielmaier and Erizku.

Ben Pentreath talks design and A Year at the Parsonage.

Charles Bernstein and Richard Tuttle read their new book.

Samuel Stein on housing as a right, with a reading.

Skirball Salon: On Butoh, a talk on Sankai Juku.

Gender in Motion: a talk on dance and gender.

Queer Latine poetry evening with poet Emanuel Xavier.

Gerald Cyrus talks Uptown Odyssey, Harlem in the 1990s.

Jazz Lecture Series: Duke Ellington's big band revolution.

Photobook talk: Serhii Korovayny on Love Letter to Donbas.

Book launch: Phrased & Confused by Eli Burnstein.

First Mondays: writers read new work, with Sarah Schulman.

New Works Fall Festival: new Irish plays read aloud.

Talk on gut health and chronic disease.

Primary election results, watched together outdoors.

Job fair with New York State and City agencies.

Book club discussing The Poet Empress by Shen Tao.

Weekly Talmud study with Rabbi Dave Levy.

Da'wah Information Table: learn about Islam, open to all.

AI: What Is and How to Use It Safely, free talk.

Louise Levy and Joslin Zeplin-Paradise on hearing health.

Physics Colloquium: talk by Euclides Almeida with lunch.

Aspects of Aging: talk on aging in place with Liz Singer.

Mark Malkoff salutes Tonight Show host Johnny Carson.

Hunter Authors Showcase: readings by alumni writers.

The Five Books LIVE Podcast with Jill Kargman.

Gaël Faye and Peter Godwin: his new novel Jacaranda.

EMU: tender comics about loving yourself and others.

Book talk with Javier Sánchez on the new JSa monograph.

Designers present unfinished work in progress.

Cedar Downs Water District: info session on PFOS in water.

Anna Hezel: The Little Book of Olives, in conversation.

Santos Bravos: Dual — the Latin pop group behind the music.

Hunter MFA writers read fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

StorySocial: Q&A with Clyde Phillips of Dexter, plus drinks.

The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald: online book chat.

Open philosophy evening for all, no experience needed.

Talk on imperfection and God's compassion.

Creative Writing MFA Reading: fiction, non-fiction, poetry.