{"title": "La Dolce Lettura • Book Club at Casa Belvedere", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation", "address": "79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States", "price": "$0 Members / $10 Non-Members", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "The La Dolce Lettura Book Club meets for a thoughtful discussion of The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff, a moving and intimate novel about family, love, addiction, and the lasting impact of the choices we make. Through layered perspectives, the story explores the complicated bonds between parents and children and how families navigate hardship, forgiveness, and hope. The gathering takes place in The Galleria and welcomes a meaningful conversation about this emotionally resonant story. The novel can be found at the New York Public Library, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/la-dolce-lettura-book-club-at-casa-belvedere-93546/", "official_url": "https://casa-belvedere.org/event/la-dolce-lettura-book-club-at-casa-belvedere-14/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation", "address": "79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "CRS Book Club: “In the Image” by Dara Horn", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club"], "description": "A book club meeting discussing the novel In the Image by Dara Horn. The club, run by Congregation Rodeph Sholom, meets monthly to discuss books by Jewish authors or on Jewish themes. The novel follows a family across generations and continents, exploring love, faith, history, memory, and identity through wit and Jewish tradition. Readers are welcome to read the book beforehand and join the discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/crs-book-club-in-the-image-by-dara-horn-81162/", "official_url": "https://rodephsholom.org/event/crs-book-club-in-the-image-by-dara-horn/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6f87066bc6ee59d7be19d45fe73aaa2aa584d9a8468630feb292b60fdb409b00-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mitchell-Linden Book Club: Lon...", "start": "2026-11-03T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Queens Library at Mitchell-Linden", "address": "Union Street 31-32, 11354 Flushing", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club", "history"], "description": "A book club meeting for adults at the Mitchell-Linden library, where participants discuss a book together in person. 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The conversation will be moderated by Pamela Paul, a writer at large for The Wall Street Journal and former longtime editor of the New York Times Book Review, author of 10 books including the picture book \"The Path.\" RSVP to Rachel Parker at rparker@penguinrandomhouse.com.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/every-story-is-a-love-story-book-launch-53338/", "official_url": "https://www.judson.org/calendar/every-story-is-a-love-story-book-launch-11-2-26", "image": "https://noky.io/images/729d002e3c37ebdc4735bac5aa150cc8fb9d0edb9023dc292141951430768513-2000.webp"}, {"title": "West Farms Book Club: Go Tell it on the Mountain", "start": "2026-11-05T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "West Farms Library", "address": "Honeywell Avenue 2085, 10460 Bronx", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club"], "description": "A book club session at West Farms Library devoted to \"Go Tell it on the Mountain\", where participants come together to discuss the book.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/west-farms-book-club-go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-57440/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Xita Rubert: The Key Biscayne Affair w/ Leslie Jamison", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books Are Magic", "address": "Smith Street 225, 11231 Brooklyn", "price": "11 USD (ticket + $10 gift card) to 30 USD (ticket + book)", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel"], "description": "An in-store book event at an independent Brooklyn bookstore featuring Xita Rubert in conversation with writer Leslie Jamison. Rubert presents The Key Biscayne Affair, a darkly funny coming-of-age novel in which an unnamed, unreliable narrator remembers a surreal childhood stay with her eccentric Spanish philosophy professor father on a gated island off the coast of Miami. As the professor is embraced by a glittering social scene and his antics tip into recklessness, the narrator is drawn into the island's morally ambiguous world, becoming witness and accomplice to his erratic behavior. A book signing follows the talk.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/xita-rubert-the-key-biscayne-affair-w-leslie-jamison-51409/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3d589185ec2aefd83a0585547344075f2cb151fa0c77552ffc383e34eb9faada-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Meet The Author at LPAC", "start": "2026-11-07T11:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "LaGuardia Performing Arts Center", "address": "Van Dam St 45-50", "price": "$27.50 General Admission", "price_from": "27.50", "price_to": "27.50", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "Meet The Author at LPAC is a morning series that turns children's books into lively experiences with stories, performances, music, movement and creative activities for kids. 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. The event takes place in the Little Theater.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/meet-the-author-at-lpac-53452/", "official_url": "https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/susan-verde", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b773f1813848e5693ad4423dd3b87b44f5f343af6097b77ca9ec5e44c0791fa6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "November 13th: 2025 Autumn Cocktail Reception", "start": "2026-11-13T17:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "National Council of Jewish Women New York", "address": "West 72nd Street 241, 10013 New York", "price": "Tickets start at $250", "price_from": "250.00", "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/women/womens-rights", "literature/non-fiction"], "description": "An autumn cocktail reception by the National Council of Jewish Women New York, featuring journalist Irin Carmon in conversation with board vice president Meredith Barnett about her new book, Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America. Proceeds benefit the organization's Pregnancy Loss Support Program, which for more than 40 years has supported parents after miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death through trained volunteer counselors who have experienced loss themselves. Proceeds also further NCJW NY's work for social justice and empowerment for historically excluded and underserved people in New York City and state.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/november-13th-2025-autumn-cocktail-reception-54086/", "official_url": "https://ncjwny.org/event/2025autumncocktailreception/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/af74b399273ea998861e507e7ba18a01e36adde7d770e8eb52223b50c497e459-1200.webp"}]}