{"title": "Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Life in Perspective by Tiago Forte in conversation with Ryder Carroll", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "PowerHouse Arena", "address": "Adams Street 28, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "32.00", "price_to": "32.00", "tickets_url": "https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/powerhousebookstores/book-launch-life-in-perspective-by-tiago-forte-in-conversation-with-ryder-carroll", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A book launch for Life in Perspective, presented as a conversation between the author and Ryder Carroll, who moderates. Tiago Forte, the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Building a Second Brain and The PARA Method, presents his method for regaining clarity on life, values, and goals. The book centers on the ARC Method—Appreciate the Past, Reflect on the Present, and Create the Future—turning the annual life review into a step-by-step practice through guided journaling and reflection. Carroll is the New York Times bestselling author and inventor of The Bullet Journal Method.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-launch-at-columbus-circle-life-in-perspective-by-tiago-54917/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-life-in-perspective-by-tiago-forte-in-conversation-with-ryder-carroll/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/43b0cc4cef95137eb6d83543de58f9970b351545af51406cbaac82b9576fed04-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "PowerHouse Arena", "address": "Adams Street 28, 11201 Brooklyn", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Priyanka Mattoo: How to Be Less Useful w/ Radhika Jones", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books Are Magic", "address": "Smith Street 225, 11231 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/humor"], "description": "An in-store book event at the Brooklyn bookstore Books Are Magic: Priyanka Mattoo presents her book \"How to Be Less Useful\" in conversation with Radhika Jones. 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The guide teaches building a writing habit with just 15 \"Magic Minutes\" a day, a four-act structure with 22 plot points, and playful ways to beat self-doubt and writer's block. Purcell is also the author of \"Trafficked\" and \"This Is Not a Love Letter,\" an NPR Best Book of 2018.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-launch-workshop-write-a-novel-in-100-days-by-kim-purcel-54918/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-workshop-write-a-novel-in-100-days-by-kim-purcell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/19e35f1cef9fc9f5d6ec08860933e8daec714a81246ace19b31a8837abb45267-600.webp"}, {"title": "Book Launch: Junior Architects", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Van Alen Institute", "address": "Bond Street 303, 11231", "price": "Free with RSVP", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "Van Alen Institute hosts a book launch for 'Junior Architects: New Paradigms in Design Education' with a conversation, Q&A, and reception. 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On this Saturday, author Susan Verde explores belonging, connection and community through her book I Am We. Families meet the author, hear the story brought to life, ask questions and play in the world of the book, and every child leaves with a free copy to take home. 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It takes place with Benjamin Morsa, a licensed clinical psychologist trained in psychoanalysis and psychological assessment and founder of the group psychology practice Tide Pools in Oakland, California. His debut book examines the material urgencies of autism diagnosis alongside the conceptual and clinical problems diagnosis can produce, questioning what comes after diagnosis for both systems of care and the patient's inner world. Drawing on psychoanalysis, feminist science studies, and lived experience, it invites readers to think with, rather than through, diagnosis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/columbus-circle-book-launch-farewell-diagnosis-by-benjamin-m-54912/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/columbus-circle-book-launch-farewell-diagnosis-by-benjamin-morsa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ad3ab49573930b84157163cf4c5f8e71ecd1cba5d2aded2a8165558db7ee82f8-600.webp"}, {"title": "Photobook Talk: 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, "tickets_url": "", "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/photobook-talk-andrew-lichtenstein-this-short-life-51499/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7669a18a43b98154fe0217ca8bed7028d52841c3d14c209f72c2f04e696c6ac6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Launch Event | T Is for Traffic Cone by SARAH FEINGOLD", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books of Wonder", "address": "West 17th Street 42, 10011", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2003465320706?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books/picture-book"], "description": "A launch event for the picture book 'T Is For Traffic Cone: The City Pigeon's Alphabet', taking place in store at Books of Wonder. Author-illustrator Sarah Feingold presents her book, in which each letter introduces young readers to a familiar urban object—from sidewalks and construction zones to signs and street objects—with a calm, unbothered pigeon in the middle of the action. The read suits toddlers, preschoolers, city families, and adults who enjoy a little urban absurdity with their ABCs. Guests are invited to come by and celebrate the book's release.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/launch-event-t-is-for-traffic-cone-by-sarah-feingold-51415/", "official_url": "https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming-events/launch-event-t-is-for-traffic-cone-the-city-pigeon-s-alphabet-by-sarah-feingold", "image": "https://noky.io/images/28ff30fb78677403ce05719c9e796ae65fa2e8579f7da000d688c012d0779fec-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Book Launch: Phrased and Confused by Eli Burnstein", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "PowerHouse Arena", "address": "Adams Street 28, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/powerhousebookstores/book-launch-phrased-and-confused-by-eli-burnstein", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/humor"], "description": "A book launch celebrating the publication of a new work of humor writing. The author is Eli Burnstein, a humor writer who contributes to The New Yorker and McSweeney's Internet Tendency and hosts the popular event Spelling Bee. His book, Phrased & Confused: The Curious Meanings of Timeless Quotations, unpacks commonly misunderstood and enigmatic quotations, revealing what they really mean and why they still matter. Written for curious readers, it is a witty, light-footed tour through philosophy, literature, and language, from 'In the beginning was the Word' to 'A rose is a rose is a rose'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-launch-phrased-and-confused-by-eli-burnstein-54913/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-phrased-and-confused-by-eli-burnstein/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1298c73a0b3ce30aa7a7c6dbcad7089a1b2af9e4f2d2d1062842e6585279bfbd-600.webp"}, {"title": "Author Talk with Hettie Judah", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Stand4 Gallery and Community Center", "address": "78th Street 414, 11209 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "14.64", "price_to": "14.64", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-enter-the-art-world-after-tickets-2003944603253?aff=ebdsshios&sg=39071ed1a609fb330882651154f6ebaa2b5221fdad92c62abe4cde7833fa5ce984727752e83278ab0cbd26c3c0aa589d1b5eb408a5ae8b40eb22a9211f849d7326b2c425c533743bb9b1877b", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art", "literature"], "description": "An 'After Session' author talk with Hettie Judah at Stand4 Gallery, held alongside the exhibition 'And I am aware of my heart, it opens and closes'. Mother Creatrix Collective artists open with short presentations on their work in the show, including entering or reentering the art world after becoming caregivers. 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": "Mindfulness Moment at Bobst", "start": "2026-11-03T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "Mindfulness Moment at Bobst is a 30-minute community meditation session inviting participants to explore the practice of meditation. 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Brooklyn-based artist and writer Sarah Feingold, who created the book, will read from it, followed by a paper pigeon and traffic cone craft and a book signing, with light refreshments served. The playful, full-color book introduces the alphabet through sidewalks, signs, and everyday city objects, with a calm, unbothered pigeon at the center of every letter. It invites young readers and their adults to enjoy the humor and everyday surprises of urban life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saturday-storytime-sarah-feingold-launches-t-is-for-traffic-53627/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0bc1cc9f5cf8d389f866741cf2b86536edac59108ce3d317bc67521ca916017f-2000.webp"}]}