{"title": "Andrew Lichtenstein — This Short Life", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Bronx Documentary Center", "address": "Courtlandt Avenue 614", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "society/activism"], "description": "The Bronx Documentary Center hosts a photobook talk in which documentary photographer Andrew Lichtenstein presents his book This Short Life. The book combines photographs with oral histories to profile 12 Americans working toward a more just and equitable society during a period of political and social upheaval, exploring activism, community and imagined futures. Lichtenstein's third book in a trilogy about America, it shares stories of struggle, sacrifice and redemption through intimate portraits and first-person testimony. The talk covers the people and stories in the book and his collaborative approach, and is followed by an audience Q&A, with books available for purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/andrew-lichtenstein-this-short-life-51499/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7669a18a43b98154fe0217ca8bed7028d52841c3d14c209f72c2f04e696c6ac6-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Bronx Documentary Center", "address": "Courtlandt Avenue 614", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Serhii Korovayny — Love Letter to Donbas", "start": "2026-11-04T18:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Bronx Documentary Center", "address": "Courtlandt Avenue 614", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "history/war"], "description": "A photobook talk at the Bronx Documentary Center presenting 'Love Letter to Donbas'. 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After the presentation, Bernadette Tuazon, Director of Photography at CNN Digital, moderates a conversation and an audience Q&A.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/serhii-korovayny-love-letter-to-donbas-51498/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/382d44c690b8618a3c126a094fc12ecd9de95e1760aba9bce3fd72ded7c50986-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Framing America: Portraiture, Identity, and Belonging", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Flushing Town Hall", "address": "Northern Boulevard 137-35, 11354", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "A panel talk with photographers Gina Minielli, Jim Richards, Tony Gonzalez, and Zachary Schulman, moderated by curator Stephanie S. Lee. 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All are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/framing-america-portraiture-identity-and-belonging-52655/", "official_url": "https://www.flushingtownhall.org/show-details/framing-america-portraiture-identity-and-belonging", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f0932397ff4db5ff4428ce1a10df1276c9c4e32fae39f5081b0535ed05b9d591-600.webp"}, {"title": "DPI Presents: Another View Book Launch and Signing Featuring Dr. Isolde Brielmaier and Awol Erizku (Phaidon)", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Iris Cantor Theatre", "address": "West Houston Street 38, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "literature"], "description": "A panel and book launch with signing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Photography & Imaging, held in Riese Lounge on the 1st floor and with limited seating. Editor Dr. Isolde Brielmaier and photographer Awol Erizku present \"Another View: The Vibrant World of Contemporary Black Artists\" (Phaidon). The book explores the studios, living spaces, and creative processes of twenty notable Black artists through 150 never-before-published photographs by Erizku, with profiles based on interviews by Brielmaier and an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. A government-issued photo ID is required for entry, and guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/dpi-presents-another-view-book-launch-and-signing-featuring-53240/", "official_url": "https://tisch.nyu.edu/photo/events/dpi-presents--dpi-professor-isolde-s-book-signing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a0cc6fc700a494b95fd85d0c9b2f56c6dd16ddf448a0d0f3bca12c35f284dd46-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Book Event – Gerald Cyrus: Uptown Odyssey", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "International Center of Photography", "address": "Ludlow Street 84, 10002 New York", "price": "$5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "A book event at the International Center of Photography celebrating the release of Gerald Cyrus's monograph Uptown Odyssey, offered both in person and online. 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Hettie Judah then leads an open, hour-long conversation with questions about the art world, her work, and navigating a creative life. She will sell and sign copies of her new book, 'How to Enter the Art World... AFTER a late start, a first career, illness, raising children, a crisis of confidence, leaving it in disgust', and refreshments follow.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/author-talk-with-hettie-judah-79604/", "official_url": "https://www.mothercreatrixcollective.com/events/author-talk-with-hettie-judah", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6f4451de70eca7a0b331b5d249d5f5226b2bad39b97bc710aef862936ddf9d4b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Book Launch: Bodega Cats of New York by Dan Rimada", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "PowerHouse Arena", "address": "Adams Street 28, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "33.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "nature/animals"], "description": "A book launch presenting a photo book about the working cats of New York City's bodegas and neighborhood stores. 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It captures the last generation of true working animals in New York and the family-owned corner stores where they still charm customers every day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-launch-bodega-cats-of-new-york-by-dan-rimada-54915/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-bodega-cats-of-new-york-by-dan-rimada/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a7fbb226b89079236f5242d42840427a8cd4999374c2cd07662d92a49353168-600.webp"}, {"title": "IN CONVERSATION: sonia louise davis & Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Hesse Flatow Gallery", "address": "West 26th Street 508, 10001 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "An In Conversation event at the Hesse Flatow gallery celebrating sonia louise davis's solo exhibition, a promise, a portal, possibility. 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NABJ hosts the conversation about his journalism work, its impact on people of color, and how those experiences can become a book. NABJ also organizes pre-orders of the book, picked up at the event, supporting the small black book business “Tuma’s Books.”", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-talk-with-journalist-and-author-trymaine-lee-52247/", "official_url": "https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/book-talk-with-journalist-and-author-trymaine-lee/", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series with Pierpaolo Mittica and Adam Higginbotham", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "International Center of Photography", "address": "Ludlow Street 84, 10002 New York", "price": "Tickets Starting at 5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "A photographer lecture in the Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks series at the International Center of Photography on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Environmentalist photographer and filmmaker Pierpaolo Mittica speaks about his career, including his coverage of Chernobyl that will be highlighted in a new documentary, in conversation with writer Adam Higginbotham and moderated by ICP's Director of Collections, Erin Barnett. The program takes place both in person and online, and the lecture series honors photography historian Naomi Rosenblum and is supported by the Rosenblum Family.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-naomi-rosenblum-icp-talks-photographer-lecture-series-wi-53181/", "official_url": "https://www.icp.org/events/naomi-rosenblum-icp-talks-photographer-lecture-series-pierpaolo-mittica-and-adam", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47626d8275403a6595bb73693dcf35796a8185f64c0bb968e7b98ca7d6483a1b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jeff Ament & Barry Ament + Roberta Bayley: Since Forever", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Strand Building", "address": "826 Broadway, New York, NY 10003", "price": "89.09 USD", "price_from": "89.09", "price_to": "89.09", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir", "music/rock"], "description": "This is a book release event for 'Since Forever', a photographic memoir by Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, filled with more than 250 black-and-white photographs of the band's early years. Ament joins his brother, designer Barry Ament, in conversation moderated by photographer Roberta Bayley, hosted on the 6th Floor of the Strand Building. Doors at 6:30 PM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/jeff-ament-barry-ament-roberta-bayley-since-forever-86950/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc5d2c479ae7a2f0c7a347017059458c1827bbe6bb453b5a9f90cac509067bf0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Let's Keep This Conversation to a Minimum", "start": "2026-11-02T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film"], "description": "A short film that shows four tiny portraits of Clara Schumann, Cicero, Martha Graham and Franz Kafka through the eyes of laughter. It was made by Maira Kalman and Alex Kalman. The screening is followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and a signing of Maira Kalman's new book, Joy. The filmmakers say they are amazed at how wonderful and terrible things are at the exact same time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/lets-keep-this-conversation-to-a-minimum-53131/", "official_url": "https://www.ifccenter.com/films/lets-keep-this-conversation-to-a-minimum/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d2121824286cab0fcae785fad5f5fbf7704c302e72a21a7472350d69c228f7b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Camera Ministry: Lens-based Encounters", "start": "2026-11-13T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T16:30:00-05:00", "place": "UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art", "address": "Onderdonk Avenue 352, 11385 Ridgewood", "price": "$295 early bird registration ends on Nov 7, 2026; $350 regular registration", "price_from": "295.00", "price_to": "350.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "film/documentary"], "description": "Camera Ministry: Lens-based Encounters is an intensive weekend workshop on lens-based storytelling, held at the UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art in Ridgewood. It is led by New York-based photographer and filmmaker Khalik Allah, who unpacks his singular approach to image-making and his concept of the 'Camera Ministry', treating the camera as both a technological object and a spiritual instrument. Participants explore how a camera can become a means of presence, connection and encounter rather than mere observation, considering the roles of intuition, trust and vulnerability in making an image, and can share their own work in feedback sessions. Guest artists include filmmaker and cinematographer Shevaun Mizrahi, discussing her move from cinematography to directing, and hip-hop photographer and cultural archivist Jamil GS, reflecting on photography as cultural memory.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/camera-ministry-lens-based-encounters-57169/", "official_url": "https://uniondocs.org/event/camera-ministry-lens-based-encounters-2026-11-13/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2b18874d78accc9d184e71a19964981f9dfe1c9a552483f86af85f7091752fb1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Short Film Screening: Elijah (2024) & Community Discussion", "start": "2026-11-14T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T16:30:00-05:00", "place": "Brooklyn Public Library", "address": "Cadman Plaza West 286, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film", "society/identity"], "description": "A free afternoon screening of the short film Elijah (2024), followed by a community discussion. The talk explores identity, family, and acceptance with special guest Jillian Celentano, a licensed clinical social worker, educator, and author. 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Author Samuel Stein introduces his new book 'A Right to Housing?' and its untraditional structure with a short reading. He is then joined by Andrew Brown, policy expert at Van Alen Institute, for a discussion ranging from the politics of housing policy to what a genuine right to housing could look like in practice. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/author-talk-a-right-to-housing-by-samuel-stein-57338/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9dc284fc0c86daa046debbfb897d848c692dea1cf3aaaf4790cc26ed973fedc7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Space Behind the Face: Life Stories", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Adam Space", "address": "", "price": "From $35, or $67 with a copy of the book", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "35.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir", "stage/theatre"], "description": "An evening of conversation celebrating the publication of 'The Space Behind the Face: Life Stories', the memoir by the late theater and visual artist Robert Wilson. BAM presents actor and writer Keith McDermott, who helped Wilson complete the manuscript before his death in July 2025, talking with a group of Wilson's associates and creative collaborators. The book blends intimate remembrance, cultural history, and a road map for living an artistic life. Books purchased at the event will be marked with a special Robert Wilson stamp.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-space-behind-the-face-life-stories-51186/", "official_url": "https://www.bam.org/talks/2026/the-space-behind-the-face", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09bd4acc14e1852d997a7219e9bf939eb7caddcaeb19876573a046c9f7e8eac5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Art + Furniture: A Conversation with Dennis Miller", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "New York School of Interior Design", "address": "East 70th Street 170, 10021", "price": "", "price_from": "17.35", "price_to": "17.35", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design/furniture-design"], "description": "An evening conversation on the American furniture movement, held at the New York School of Interior Design. Curators Thomas Mellins and Donald Albrecht will interview Dennis Miller, author of the book Art + Furniture: An Oral History of the American Furniture Movement, published by Abbeville Press. The book grew out of an oral history project at the school's archives and tells the movement's story through its protagonists' words, with contemporary and archival photography. The evening includes a reception and ends with a book signing, with copies available for purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/art-furniture-a-conversation-with-dennis-miller-54344/", "official_url": "https://www.nysid.edu/events-calendar/art-furniture-a-conversation-with-dennis-miller", "image": "https://noky.io/images/146338c651cf249f12c250a75849e6bed51fc8b9d89d3e776df1b646927829a4-1200.webp"}]}