{"title": "Language City: Highlighting New York City s Mother Tongues", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/languages"], "description": "An afternoon at Poets House celebrating the many mother tongues spoken in New York City. Host Ross Perlin, author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York, brings together Sierra Leonian poet-historian Kewulay Kamara, Tibetan poet Tsering Gyaltso, and community scholar Nawang Gurung, along with Venezuelan llanera singers Luis \"El Cacique\" Garcia and Mafer Bandola with harp and maraca accompaniment. A discussion about minority languages in New York City follows. It is presented in partnership with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, the Endangered Language Alliance, and the People's Poetry Gathering partners, as part of the People's Poetry Gathering co-presented by City Lore, Bowery Poetry, and Poets House.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/language-city-highlighting-new-york-city-s-mother-tongues-86649/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "An Evening With World Poetry featuring a reading by poets Paul Muldoon, Haris Vlavianos and his translator Patricia Barbeito, with a discussion moderated by Mark Mazower", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Von", "address": "Bleecker Street 3, 10012", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "An evening of poetry readings by Paul Muldoon, Haris Vlavianos and Patricia Barbeito, the translator of Vlavianos. 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Poets Alvin Eng, Bob Holman and Wanda Phipps respond with their own work, and Susan Hwang premieres a new song based on a Zhadan poem; conditions permitting, Zhadan himself joins virtually from Kharkiv.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/ukrainian-poetry-outburst-hosted-by-virlana-tkacz-with-eugen-86654/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Careers in Languages, Languages in Careers", "start": "2026-11-09T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T15:30:00-05:00", "place": "Manhattan College", "address": "Manhattan College Parkway 4513, 10471 Bronx", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/translation", "society/languages"], "description": "A talk titled Careers in Languages, Languages in Careers: Professional Pathways for Speakers of One or Multiple Languages. Dr. Regina Galasso of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Director of the Edwin C. 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Everyone chooses a collection, spends about ten minutes picking poems to share, and reads aloud in a circle, with conversation about the books, individual poems and personal reflections. The group is free and open to the public, with donations welcome to support the programming.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/poetry-aloud-71104/", "official_url": "https://brooklynpoets.org/events/all/poetry-aloud-103126", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b0e519ec0157736afbb6eca197ff8beb99e843c651a9b9766a5ba83e9ee8485d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Slam Poetry and Spoken Word", "start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "LaGuardia Community College", "address": "Thomson Avenue 31-10, 11101 Long Island City", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2BnOC_1ZhJhHkr-ZyzMkvH5UNjc1Tk9UMjMxQ09MTDFZSlVOOTIzV1EzOC4u&route=shorturl", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "society/queer"], "description": "Slam Poetry and Spoken Word is a poetry event where students perform spoken word. 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It marks the 25th anniversary of The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English, whose anthologist, poet Phillis Levin, appears with Jonathan Galassi, Shane McCrae, Diane Mehta, Jason Schneiderman, and Tom Sleigh. The poets will read favorite sonnets from across the centuries and draw connections between the classic form and their own work, with remarks on the tradition by Jonathan Galassi. Audience questions and sonnet requests are welcomed, and light refreshments will be served.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/a-celebration-of-the-sonnet-with-phillis-levin-and-special-g-79654/", "official_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/events/celebration-sonnet-levin-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f34ae19953ab92b166c0b46c918e532d270bddf9ee11fad3d5cb7aae63d94973-1200.webp"}, {"title": "“Saints and Scoundrels: A Poetry Reading with Patti Smith, Janet Hamill, Lenny Kaye, Gerard Malanga, Oliver Ray, and Anne Waldman.”", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Saint Mark's in-the-Bowery", "address": "East 10th Street 131, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian/all-saints-day", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A poetry reading for All Saints Day at Saint Mark's in-the-Bowery, the site of the legendary rocker's very first poetry reading, where she is accompanied by a cast of \"saints and scoundrels\" — poets who helped her along the way.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saints-and-scoundrels-a-poetry-reading-with-patti-smith-jane-86655/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Poetry Reading | Youmna Chlala, Megan Fernandes, and Christian Campbell | Organized by Omar Berrada", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW)", "address": "West 39th Street 323, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A poetry reading with three poets whose work draws on multiple poetic traditions and resonates with visual expression. Youmna Chlala, born in Beirut and based in New York, is the author of the poetry collection The Paper Camera and a recipient of an O. Henry Award. Christian Campbell is a Trinidadian Bahamian poet, essayist and cultural critic and the author of Running the Dusk. The reading is organized by Omar Berrada and takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Asilah Oui: Robert Blackburn in Morocco, honoring the Asilah Cultural Moussem, which since 1978 has advocated for art's role in civic life and awards two poetry prizes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/poetry-reading-youmna-chlala-megan-fernandes-and-christian-c-56867/", "official_url": "https://www.rbpmw-efanyc.org/events-1/2026/11/8/poetry-reading-youmna-chlala-and-megan-fernandes-organized-by-omar-berrada", "image": ""}]}