{"title": "“Saints and Scoundrels: A Poetry Reading with Patti Smith, Janet Hamill, Lenny Kaye, Gerard Malanga, Oliver Ray, and Anne Waldman.”", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Saint Mark's in-the-Bowery", "address": "East 10th Street 131, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian/all-saints-day", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A poetry reading for All Saints Day at Saint Mark's in-the-Bowery, the site of the legendary rocker's very first poetry reading, where she is accompanied by a cast of \"saints and scoundrels\" — poets who helped her along the way.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saints-and-scoundrels-a-poetry-reading-with-patti-smith-jane-86655/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Saint Mark's in-the-Bowery", "address": "East 10th Street 131, 10003 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Belladonna Collaborative Poetry Reading and Chaplet Release w/ Sol Cabrini and Joey Baer", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "P.I.T. 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Open to the public, the service lifts voices in remembrance and gratitude, celebrating the love, courage, and hope that connect us across generations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/from-memory-to-hope-a-service-of-poetry-and-prayer-to-honor-86653/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "“Halloween Special: Channeling Edgar Allen Poe in the Historic Marble Cemetery” with Toni Blackman, Bob Holman, and Denize Lauture.", "start": "2026-10-31T22:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "New York City Marble Cemetery", "address": "52-74 East 2nd Street, New York, NY 10003", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A Halloween evening of ghost tales and poems built around Edgar Allan Poe, staged in the historic NYC Marble Cemetery. Toni Blackman performs as \"The Raven,\" Bob Holman reads a newly discovered Poe poem called \"Brain Fever,\" and Haitian poet Denizé Lauture presents a Creole-inflected \"Annabel Lee.\" Listeners will also hear \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" and can take a break from the Village Halloween Parade to raise Poe and his kindred spirits from their resting places.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/halloween-special-channeling-edgar-allen-poe-in-the-historic-86652/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "BookTalk: Patti Smith & Nelio Biedermann", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Cherry Lane Theatre", "address": "Commerce Street 38, 10014 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir"], "description": "BookTalk: Patti Smith & Nelio Biedermann is a live conversation at Cherry Lane Theatre, part of the venue's BookTalk series pairing an author with an artist who inspires them. In partnership with McNally Jackson Books, poet, writer and performer Patti Smith joins Swiss writer Nelio Biedermann to discuss Smith's latest memoir, Bread of Angels, and Biedermann's acclaimed English-language debut, Lázár. A rare signing event with both authors follows the conversation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/booktalk-patti-smith-nelio-biedermann-51822/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/79390ec1a4120e65e24bbcac94b89b79c2edab4a9b80f55ef0de289b92c788ea-2000.webp"}, {"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", "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. 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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": "All Saints’ Day Concert", "start": "2026-11-01T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T13:45:00-05:00", "place": "Marble Collegiate Church", "address": "1 West 29th Street, 10001 New York, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["religion/christian/all-saints-day", "music/folk"], "description": "All Saints’ Day Concert is a church concert at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. Michael T.C. 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Contributions may be given in advance or in person to the Friends of Music of Holy Trinity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/music-readings-for-all-hallows-eve-51912/", "official_url": "https://www.holytrinity-nyc.org/upcoming/2022/10/31/music-amp-readings-for-all-hallows-eve-afdh7-gfdah-nytkx", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72c8fe43bb4580d2383ecc561e3f68d429197a1e3f52b42d8d331230d5887895-1200.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, "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": "First Mondays: Readings of New Works In Progress", "start": "2026-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2027-06-07T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Performance Space 122", "address": "1st Avenue 150, 10009", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "First Mondays: Readings of New Works In Progress is a reading series at Performance Space New York where writers present new, unpublished work-in-progress to an audience. It is organized and curated by Sarah Schulman and aims to build and grow literary community, mixing well-known and rewarded writers with under-recognized artists, emerging writers, and some who have not yet published. The October 5 season opening features Sarah Schulman, William M. Burton, Lazz Kinnamon, and more with THE LESBIAN BODY by Monique Wittig.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/first-mondays-readings-of-new-works-in-progress-67058/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Latine Queer Studies Reading", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "College of Staten Island", "address": "Victory Boulevard 2800, 10314 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/queer"], "description": "A public evening of queer Latine poetry, at which the Brooklyn-born poet Emanuel Xavier reads from his new book of poems, \"Still, We Are Sacred.\" It is a CC CLUE event hosted by the LGBTQ+ Resource Center and the English Department of the College of Staten Island, and refreshments will be served. Xavier's work bridges spoken word, literary poetry, and queer cultural history, and he has written several collections including Love(ly) Child, Pier Queen, Americano, If Jesus Were Gay, Nefarious, and Radiance. The reading takes place in the Green Dolphin Lounge in building 1C on the college's campus at 2800 Victory Boulevard, admission is free, and it is made possible by funding from the New York City Council to the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Institute with support from the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/latine-queer-studies-reading-52069/", "official_url": "https://www.csi.cuny.edu/latine-queer-studies-reading", "image": ""}, {"title": "Riverside Poetry Reading Group – November", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A monthly poetry reading group that gathers in the library for an hour of guided reading and discussion, with views of the Hudson River. Staff members of Poets House lead the sessions, choosing a set of poems new and old, classic and cutting-edge, and participants are welcome to bring their own contributions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/riverside-poetry-reading-group-november-86663/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}