{"title": "LeVar Burton: Take My Word for It", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Cooper Union", "address": "7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, New York, NY", "price": "54.26 USD", "price_from": "54.26", "price_to": "54.26", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/o/30058841244", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir"], "description": "LeVar Burton: Take My Word for It is a book release event with the award-winning actor LeVar Burton, held in The Great Hall at Cooper Union. Strand Bookstore hosts the evening, in which Burton discusses his new memoir, Take My Word for It. The memoir traces eras of his life, from his roles in Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow to growing up during the Civil Rights Movement, and reflects on storytelling, family, and advocacy for liberation and equity. 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Writer and cook Colu Henry moderates the discussion, which takes place in the store's third-floor Rare Book Room. The memoir traces Morrell's life in one of New York's most celebrated wine families, following how food and pleasure shaped her search for love, belonging, and home. Signed copies can be purchased for those who cannot attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tarajia-morrell-colu-henry-desire-feeds-the-feast-86949/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e433eb507e569d0faf8bda8eff1cb0f4a155b329d2809ecfed1475fb470aa217-2000.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": "Julio Torres: The Perfect Gift", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Strand Bookstore", "address": "Broadway 828, 10003 New York", "price": "35.66 USD", "price_from": "35.66", "price_to": "35.66", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up", "literature/fiction"], "description": "Strand Bookstore hosts a book release event with writer, director, comedian, and author Julio Torres, who discusses his new book The Perfect Gift. The event takes place in the store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room. The book is an illustrated collection of whimsical gift ideas, described as a kids book for adults that celebrates imagination and human connection. Torres is known as a comedian, filmmaker, and former Saturday Night Live writer, creator of Fantasmas and Problemista.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/julio-torres-the-perfect-gift-86947/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea7c0300f9c562842257e55bb8d18a9600f8ff7dca933f248a595d097df7cf80-2000.webp"}, {"title": "J. Vanessa Lyon: Blackness Thirteen Ways w/ Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00-05:00", "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"], "description": "A book event at the bookstore Books Are Magic in Brooklyn. J. 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A Special One-night Only Performance", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Town Hall", "address": "West 43rd Street 123, 10036 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketmaster.com/mark-twain-tonight-a-special-onenight-new-york-new-york-11-02-2026/event/03006532AAE730FF?brand=townhall", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/humor", "stage/theatre"], "description": "Mark Twain Tonight! A Special One-night Only Performance is a benefit theatrical evening at The Town Hall. Entertainment Community Fund presents Emmy Award winning actor Richard Thomas performing the acclaimed Mark Twain Tonight! by Hal Holbrook, as the first and only actor authorized to do so since the original production. Through Twain's wit, humor and timeless observations, Thomas captures the spirit of one of America's most beloved literary voices, followed by a talkback with author Ron Chernow. One hundred percent of net proceeds benefit the Entertainment Community Fund, supporting performing arts and entertainment professionals in need.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mark-twain-tonight-a-special-one-night-only-performance-66448/", "official_url": "https://www.thetownhall.org/event/mark-twain-tonight-a-special-one-night-only-performance", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9e23ce37bf4977a34a9bd035a50bf6b79fb78ee66011d2b09b029d3c180dde9e-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", "tickets_url": "", "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"}]}