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Each month spotlights a different part of the BAX community, from an open house and arts education to drag performance showcases, workshops, and Pride Month performances, while advancing racial and cultural justice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bax-35th-anniversary-season-a-year-of-creativity-community-c-51257/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/66033b2925e90b7b71152132d4ca802a243a3daf1a7bd8b65bf73587f99effbe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Gowanus Wharf Block Party 2026", "start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Nevins Landing at Gowanus Wharf, Nevins Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["art/public-art", "community/neighbourhood"], "description": "A block party celebrating the opening of Nevins Landing, a new public waterfront park in Brooklyn. 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The program brings bold works by veteran filmmakers from the PRC alongside diaspora and emerging Sinophone voices, including young filmmakers from Japan, Canada, and China. Friday's screenings open with Chinatown Cha-Cha, a tale of an elderly women's dance troupe in San Francisco's Chinatown, and include Three Castrated Goats, with post-screening discussions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/12th-reel-china-biennial-2026-53237/", "official_url": "https://tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studies/events/fall-2026/reel-china-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ac22a3d15da8e36e8b75f0bf96ef5f66cf67ec4ead97fbbcd62d6bc24a96d62a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "+537 Reparto NYC", "start": "2026-11-12T21:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-13T01:00:00-05:00", "place": "Friends and Lovers", "address": "Classon Avenue 641, 11238 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "7.43", "price_to": "7.43", "tickets_url": "https://www.simpletix.com/e/537-reparto-nyc-tickets-299198", "category": "party-club", "tags": ["music/world/latin/cuban"], "description": "+537 Reparto NYC is a party night bringing reparto music to Brooklyn as part of a takeover of new corners of New York City. It is hosted by Friends & Lovers with El Garo and Afrosamurai MC bringing the heat, plus botadera.com and a few surprises along the way. 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It is presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, where in-person screenings, filmmaker Q&As and receptions are held. This year's lineup, curated by ASF Program Manager Kyle Reinhart, brings Baltic stories about attaining dreams and enacting change in the face of great challenges. The films explore personal subjects such as family life and coming of age, as well as political history from the Soviet occupation to the present, putting a deeply human perspective on perseverance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-2026-new-york-baltic-film-festival-55690/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nybff-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6a5088c74ac0a88c2a22510d21151e9f24da0271a45f84016b7e6cb1cc6f5e3e-2000.webp"}]}