{"title": "Rally Reading Series: Kevin Nguyen, E.Y. Zhao, and Aurora Huiza", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Pete's Candy Store", "address": "709 Lorimer St", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading evening of the Rally Reading Series with writers Kevin Nguyen, E.Y. Zhao, and Aurora Huiza. The series is themed \"Overtly Political Literature\" and gives a platform to underrepresented voices. After live readings, writers talk with the audience, who can ask questions and share thoughts. Readers also collectively suggest an actionable call, such as an organization to donate to or ways to confront injustice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rally-reading-series-kevin-nguyen-ey-zhao-and-aurora-huiza-54772/", "official_url": "https://www.rallyreadingseries.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/226c8e2824c45fda2e26adf58d053203a092cd9561ebc4d5b7c9975d16da416a-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Pete's Candy Store", "address": "709 Lorimer St", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Some upcoming events", "start": "2026-09-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Word Is Change", "address": "Tompkins Avenue 368, 11216", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A roundup of upcoming literary events listed by the bookstore The Word Is Change at its Brooklyn location. They include a literary salon called Joy in the Soft Apocalypse with readers including M. K. Thekkumkattil, Amelia Possanza and Ashna Ali, hosted by Kate McDonough and Grazi Ruzzante, a poetry launch for Jay Gao's The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber (Nightboat) with special guests, a Halloween Open Streets called Trick or Streets, a reading of Brenda Ijima's Shelter Is Necessary for Existence (Two Dollar Radio), Liza Minno discussing Rule of Innocents with Lou Cornum, and a Pinko magazine launch.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/some-upcoming-events-56995/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Hunter MFA Reading", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "KGB Bar", "address": "East 4th Street 85, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An evening reading at KGB Bar featuring MFA students from Hunter. Writers present new work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including Solange Azor, Aurora Fox and Robin Arble, among others.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/hunter-mfa-reading-53381/", "official_url": "https://redroomnyc.com/event/hunter-mfa-reading-private-curtain/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/890d4745688066eb0d5883eda53ac9b2fcb3b6ed4f43fac45b10598ed23bbddf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Creative Writing MFA Reading at KGB Bar", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:15:00-05:00", "place": "KGB Bar", "address": "East 4th Street 85, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://redroomnyc.com/event/hunter-mfa-reading-private-curtain/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A public reading evening at KGB Bar on its first floor, with doors at 7:00 pm and the reading beginning at 7:30 pm. It is run by the MFA Creative Writing Program and presents nine student writers: fiction by Solange Azor, Kobi Naseck and Valeria Rotella, non-fiction by Aurora Fox, Nhi Mundy and Taylor Stout, and poetry by Robin Arble, Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers and Kayla Thompson. The event is open to everyone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/creative-writing-mfa-reading-at-kgb-bar-66607/", "official_url": "https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/event/creative-writing-mfa-reading-at-kgb-bar/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Women+ On the Edge of Democracy", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T21:00:00-04:00", "place": "Salem Missionary Baptist Church", "address": "East 21st Street 305, 11226", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.salembrooklyn.com/event-details/women-on-the-edge-of-democracy", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/democracy", "stage/theatre"], "description": "An evening of readings of new short plays written by women playwrights, held at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Brooklyn. It is part of the nationwide initiative Women+ On the Edge of Democracy and was organized by Lecturer in Theater Vivia Font. A mix of professional and non-professional actors, directors and producers will share readings of 10-minute plays by playwrights such as Heidi Schreck and Lauren Gunderson, among others. The event is free, and RSVP is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/women-on-the-edge-of-democracy-55676/", "official_url": "https://www.salembrooklyn.com/event-details/women-on-the-edge-of-democracy", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bfcedfe64ddccf2de97432ac427e2decde57d1e6001c706f85f4353508f49067-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kissing While The Radio", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "KGB Bar", "address": "East 4th Street 85, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading at KGB Bar called Kissing While The Radio. Five writers—Ira Gamerman, Marina Gasparyan, Maarit Hara, Lisa Rogal, and Soggy Shmavi—present their work to the audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/kissing-while-the-radio-79244/", "official_url": "https://kgbbar.com/event/kissing-while-the-radio-13/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d8f6c907602f070266fd56b62fc8d2eb7b5ede4cb8d92c14af482594fa7caa16-1200.webp"}, {"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. It is called An Evening With World Poetry. A discussion moderated by Mark Mazower follows the reading. It takes place at Von in New York City.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/an-evening-with-world-poetry-featuring-a-reading-by-poets-pa-57361/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Poetry Aloud", "start": "2026-10-31T15:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Poets", "address": "144 Montague St, Brooklyn", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://events.brooklynpoets.org/events/brooklynpoets/2002376", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Poetry Aloud is a weekly gathering where participants read poetry aloud from collections in the bookstore and discuss them informally. It is hosted by Brooklyn Poets, whose book offerings celebrate a diverse range of poets and themes with a focus on contemporary poets. 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": "PAGE BREAK Presents: STAGE BREAK", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T22:00:00-05:00", "place": "Littlefield", "address": "Sackett Street 635, 11217 Brooklyn", "price": "$11.79", "price_from": "11.79", "price_to": "11.79", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "STAGE BREAK is a live reading event where four writers read their original short stories with audience members joining them on stage. It is a new edition of the reading series by PAGE BREAK, the only reading series where everyone reads. Three randomly chosen audience members read each story on stage together with its author, one page at a time, alternating between the four readers, and every attendee receives an exclusive zine with the stories printed in it. The lineup features Emma Copley Eisenberg, Kyle Dillon Hertz, Tanaïs and Sara Youngblood Gregory, hosted by Mikey Friedman.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/page-break-presents-stage-break-66794/", "official_url": "https://littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=2003222700021", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98eaa38505bc68d9fb3d2c8d71b78a7e00dfadcfbca22ffb17ebd5402340305e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Feel the News", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T21:30:00-05:00", "place": "Friends and Lovers", "address": "Classon Avenue 641, 11238 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "12.51", "price_to": "12.51", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feel-the-news-comedy-tickets-2003941391647?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up", "society/politics"], "description": "An anti-capitalist, anti-fascist comedy show in which comedian and writer Marcela Onyango tells the audience how to feel about the news, cultural moments and other things happening to us. Behind it is Feel the News; the night features Andrea Coleman, Oussama Tabbara, Alex Kim, Hoodo Hersi, Gabe Pacheco and Tarunika Anand, with books, inspirational guests and general chaos. Each month covers a different topic of concern and raises funds for mutual aid.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/feel-the-news-71255/", "official_url": "https://www.fnlbk.com/upcoming/2026/11/7/feel-the-news", "image": "https://noky.io/images/57291838625e82ddbf7afdf2cdcf4ece501fd8d36af34ff2728f06add2c4aba3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Rozina Ali discuss Crossing the Red Line & Seasons of Fury", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "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": ["society/politics"], "description": "An evening of conversation at the bookstore Books Are Magic on Smith Street in Brooklyn. Journalists Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Rozina Ali discuss the books Crossing the Red Line and Seasons of Fury. The talk takes place at the shop's Brooklyn location.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/akbar-shahid-ahmed-and-rozina-ali-discuss-crossing-the-red-l-51405/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Unruly", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Performance Space 122", "address": "1st Avenue 150, 10009", "price": "Pay what you can with RSVP", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ci.ovationtix.com/203/production/1283947", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "\"Unruly\" is a reading in the First Mondays reading series, featuring Owen Park, Betty Shamieh, and Rivers Solomon. First Mondays brings a wide range of writers presenting new, unpublished work-in-progress to an audience at Performance Space New York. The series is curated and organized by Sarah Schulman and aims to build and grow literary community, presenting well-known writers alongside under-recognized and emerging ones.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/unruly-54725/", "official_url": "https://performancespacenewyork.org/shows/first-mondays-unruly/", "image": ""}, {"title": "GOTV Rally & Canvass", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "NYC DSA Office", "address": "10002", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "demos", "tags": ["society/politics/elections"], "description": "A Get Out the Vote rally and canvass where volunteers talk to neighbors about Darializa Avila Chevalier's platform of keeping people in their homes, defending neighbors from ICE, and investing in babies, not bombs. It is organized together with coalition partners. No experience is needed: canvasses begin with a training, pairing up is an option, and participants are encouraged to bring a friend or make a new one.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/gotv-rally-canvass-79415/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/104f8119627506bbaa582ece416d5b47662f9cee551defe955817d6791060565-1200.webp"}]}