{"title": "Roundabout Theatre Company: “In the Hear...", "start": "2026-10-28T17:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-28T19:00:00-04:00", "place": "Queens Public Library", "address": "14th Road 151-10, 11357 Whitestone", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.queenslibrary.org/programs-activities/older-adults/mail-book", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "An artist-in-residence workshop series titled “In the Heart of Queens,” an eight-week intergenerational artistic offering. Teaching artists Ryan C. Kim and Amy E. Witting of Roundabout Theatre Company lead it in-conversation with the Off-Broadway production of \"The Heart,\" a musical adapted from Maylis de Kerangal's novel \"Réparer les Vivants.\" Through writing and performance, participants build an ensemble, explore personal and collective stories, and experiment with adapting memories, conversations, library resources, and lived experiences into original theatrical work. The group creates, rehearses, and shares a new performance celebrating the voices, histories, and communities of Queens. 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It is guided by a New Victory Teaching Artist from New Victory Theater, who leads small groups to learn arts-based skills, get creative, forge family memories and make new friends. Everyone must have a workshop ticket, and each family must have at least one adult participating. It is recommended for everyone 6 and up and lasts 90 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/family-workshop-musical-theater-54167/", "official_url": "https://www.newvictory.org/events/2627-family-workshop-musical-theater", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e95e304d1f80e66399a762856eb697c25a7c077e4f534670bae29326e57857f5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rough Draft Festival", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "LaGuardia Performing Arts Center", "address": "Van Dam St 45-50", "price": "Free to attend with a Free RSVP; a $25 Supporter Ticket is also offered", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ci.ovationtix.com/35690/production/1292857", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Rough Draft Festival is a festival at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center where invited artists share works in progress through performances and conversations with the artists. Behind it is LPAC, as part of its commitment to supporting new work, giving artists opportunities to strengthen storytelling, test new possibilities, and connect with audiences and fellow artists. Audiences are invited into the creative process, seeing how new work evolves through experimentation, revision, and collaboration. On October 27 the program presents \"Skin to Skin - Triptych of an American Epidemic\", created by playwright Jeremy J. 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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": "Writing Life Workshop: Readings for Writers", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=304", "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. 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Each performance blends classical repertoire with his original works, inspired by the sounds and cultural traditions of the surrounding neighborhood. Children help guide improvisations, families collect stamps in a concert passport, and a bilingual English-Spanish activity book lets them continue their musical journey.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-queens-musical-passport-52653/", "official_url": "https://www.flushingtownhall.org/show-details/the-queens-musical-passport", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a1392905b4990414ee757ddae51c421febef159cfa211be11e497405ee6c9422-600.webp"}]}