{"title": "Make Your Own Gratitude Journal Bookbinding Workshop", "start": "2026-11-04T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/bookbinding", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "Make Your Own Gratitude Journal Bookbinding Workshop is a beginner-friendly, hands-on bookbinding session hosted by MindfulNYU and NYU Libraries. Participants get a step-by-step lesson in constructing and hand-sewing a blank gratitude journal, then decorating it with art supplies, with all bookbinding materials provided. The workshop explains how gratitude writing can rewire the brain to notice positive experiences, calming the nervous system and building emotional resilience. Attendees leave with a hand-bound journal and the foundational knowledge to sustain a gratitude journaling habit.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/make-your-own-gratitude-journal-bookbinding-workshop-81223/", "official_url": "https://nyu.libcal.com/event/17777894", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a94f77926f4a0e92458f8efbcb61a7635ac94fbf42dc48b3cb49470560f42ad7-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-04T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Mindfulness Moment at Bobst", "start": "2026-11-03T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T15:30:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "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. Organized by Roxane Pickens and Laurie Murphy of NYU Libraries, the semester's sessions center on using objects such as plants, tea, and rocks as a point of focus and contemplation. They offer techniques to help you stay focused and grounded, with registration appreciated and walk-ins welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mindfulness-moment-at-bobst-52441/", "official_url": "https://nyu.libcal.com/event/17533885", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41311425f0ff4a36eb268f01716dd86d59dea1ea2d0754b49dc2bb42f05beba3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Some Other (Note) Books", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Printed Matter, Inc.", "address": "West 11th Street 231", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/bookbinding"], "description": "A drop-in bookmaking workshop where anyone can build their own spiral-bound notebook. It is hosted by Some Other Books, a publisher of artists' books and multiples based in Queens, NY. Participants work with various-sized scrap papers, binding coils and a hole punch machine, experimenting with layering pages to create unique notebooks. All ages are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/some-other-note-books-55019/", "official_url": "https://www.printedmatter.org/programs/events/2334", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e527fb01786de718172c62cde57f206be20076f9bc8aeab40c8220b05a0d4d7b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Meditations on Earth", "start": "2026-11-04T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/environment", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "Meditations on Earth is an in-person session of guided meditations that weave mindfulness with reflections on our environment, open to first-timers and longtime practitioners alike. It is led by Bart van Melik as part of an ongoing community meditation series hosted by the Office of Sustainability and NYU Libraries on Wednesdays throughout the academic year. Themes include the connectedness of all things, how we live in relationship with ourselves, others and the world around us, and the nature of change, from the expansion of the universe and the climate to the nature of thought itself. Cushions, benches, chairs, and backjacks are available, registration is not required but encouraged.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/meditations-on-earth-52445/", "official_url": "https://nyu.libcal.com/event/17315959", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b82009155e8b6f72e072c7eabef99183da6b7ccc453c698e66be10c12331a36a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Creativity Break: Zines", "start": "2026-11-11T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/zines"], "description": "Creativity Break: Zines is a hands-on creativity break exploring zine making. It is hosted by NYU Libraries and led by Laurie Murphy. Zines are small, self-made publications that can be about anything, from a favorite hobby, pet, band or author to fashion, sexuality, politics, environmentalism or literary criticism. Materials are provided, examples of zines are shared for inspiration, and no experience is necessary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/creativity-break-zines-81228/", "official_url": "https://nyu.libcal.com/event/17734223", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ee6427c6604084a38e6f8b03a28907fedd8ebfea9d75195628d2fa4269c2d1f9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mindfulness Moment: Sound Bath", "start": "2026-11-04T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T12:20:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "Mindfulness Moment: Sound Bath is a mindfulness session where singing bowls create resonant sounds that \"bathe\" the listener in a deeply immersive listening experience. It is hosted by MindfulNYU and NYU Libraries and is designed to quiet mental noise and reset focus. Each session lasts 20 minutes, and participants are welcome to stay for a longer sound bath. Attendees can just show up as they are and let the vibrations lead their midweek reset.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mindfulness-moment-sound-bath-71197/", "official_url": "https://nyu.libcal.com/event/17768014", "image": "https://noky.io/images/afe833fb3da62efcf0245c60542bef28a626dcf781495766186da94a1dc0c061-1200.webp"}, {"title": "For Educators | Teaching with Artist Books", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "El Museo Del Barrio", "address": "5th Avenue 1230, 10029 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/bookbinding", "art"], "description": "A full-day professional learning workshop for educators on teaching with artist books. El Museo Del Barrio hosts the event, which combines gallery experiences, hands-on bookmaking, and practical classroom applications. Participants explore storytelling, visual expression, and book design, discovering how artist books can inspire creativity, strengthen literacy, and connect learning across disciplines, and leave with fresh ideas to integrate into their teaching.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/for-educators-teaching-with-artist-books-79195/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ff781dc9a8df0eb50c9b7e85f92ee5ffebe53a9c9efc40de2ade9ce3b5e48355-2000.webp"}, {"title": "From Footnote to Finding Aid", "start": "2026-11-04T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Elmer Holmes Bobst Library", "address": "Washington Square South 70, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/library-skills"], "description": "This is an in-person workshop called \"From Footnote to Finding Aid\", held on the 2nd floor of Bobst Library in classroom 251. It is led by Susan McElrath and Laurie Murphy of NYU Libraries, and it teaches how to analyze citations in journal articles and books to locate primary sources. It also briefly discusses how secondary sources help set you up for success when working with primary sources.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/from-footnote-to-finding-aid-71196/", "official_url": "https://nyu.libcal.com/event/17720915", "image": ""}, {"title": "Writing Life Workshop: Readings for Writers", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T19:15:00-05:00", "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "free of charge; registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "Writing Life Workshop: Readings for Writers is a monthly workshop for working writers, held in the library's Whitridge Room. It is conceived and led by Audrey Gray, a national magazine journalist who has written for The Guardian, Mother Jones, The New Republic, and Architectural Digest. Each month the group reads aloud passages of nonfiction, fiction, and occasional poetry that elevate a writing tool such as clarity, humor, structure, or daily routines. It is not a critique session of participants' work, and no preparation is necessary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/writing-life-workshop-readings-for-writers-79662/", "official_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/events/readings-for-writers-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c5463ca160b4a9c05c40f10a3d5bdfa4f33cb3af802e6677201aba7166c79c40-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Diamond Art Painting: Bookmark...", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts", "wellness"], "description": "Diamond Art Painting: Bookmark... is a craft session for adults at the Maspeth library, where participants make a bookmark with diamond art painting. The workshop is run by Queens Public Library and blends mindfulness and art, offering a tranquil escape from a hectic world.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/diamond-art-painting-bookmark-66828/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Zine Making Workshop", "start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "Queens Public Library", "address": "14th Road 151-10, 11357 Whitestone", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/zines"], "description": "Zine Making Workshop is a two-part, hands-on teen workshop where participants make small, self-published magazines called zines using simple materials like paper, scissors, and a pen. It is hosted by Queens Public Library, whose programme page lists it, and it takes place in person at the library's Broadway location in Astoria. Participants explore the history of zines and their many uses, discover free zines available online, and learn how to create, reproduce, and share their own. Whether interested in art, storytelling, or community engagement, attendees can express themselves in a fun and accessible way.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/zine-making-workshop-55191/", "official_url": "https://www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/zine-making-workshop/006973-1026", "image": ""}]}