{"title": "Sidewalk Study: The Trouble With Happiness in East Village", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Strother School of Radical Attention", "address": "Washington Street 55, 11201", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction", "wellness/attention"], "description": "Sidewalk Study: WANT GROWS IN RAINY PLACES is a discussion session held in the East Village. It is led by Connor & Anha of the Strother School of Radical Attention, and centers on Tove Ditlevsen's short story 'The Trouble With Happiness' and the silk umbrella its young heroine cannot stop fantasizing about. The group takes a small longing seriously, asking what lies underneath our desires, what their roots are, and whether we can accept them — and ourselves — as they are.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sidewalk-study-the-trouble-with-happiness-in-east-village-105130/", "official_url": "https://www.schoolofattention.org/events/sidewalk-study-want-grows-in-rainy-places-in-east-village", "image": "https://noky.io/images/635e4c0900aa3a5a4e9525a2d682852e6f1986f9b71dd296157670bd3747c963-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Strother School of Radical Attention", "address": "Washington Street 55, 11201", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Sidewalk Study: ROOT LESS in Hudson Yards", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Strother School of Radical Attention", "address": "Washington Street 55, 11201", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/urbanism"], "description": "A guided group discussion held outdoors, called a Sidewalk Study, meeting in Hudson Yards. It is run by the Strother School of Radical Attention with Samvit & Cherilyn. The session centers on Mindy Fullilove's book 'Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It' and her idea of 'root shock,' the traumatic stress reaction to the destruction of one's emotional ecosystem. It asks how people can find strength when displacement, urban renewal, climate change and migration tear away the infrastructures that stabilize them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sidewalk-study-root-less-in-hudson-yards-105128/", "official_url": "https://www.schoolofattention.org/events/sidewalk-study-root-less-in-hudson-yards", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sidewalk Study: WORKING THE ROOT in Lincoln Center", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Strother School of Radical Attention", "address": "Washington Street 55, 11201", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["wellness/attention", "music"], "description": "A Study titled 'Sidewalk Study: WORKING THE ROOT in Lincoln Center', a discussion gathering at the Strother School of Radical Attention, held at Lincoln Center with Lindsee and Eleanor. It takes as its texts Saul Williams's liner notes for D'Angelo's Voodoo, where he calls the artist a 'conjur man' rooted in Hoodoo, Conjure and Rootwork, and Harmony Holiday's essay on the 2026 Grammys tribute to D'Angelo, which she found bereft of its roots. The session asks what remains of an artwork's original intention as it passes from artist to audience, and what is lost to shifting soils and souls.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sidewalk-study-working-the-root-in-lincoln-center-105129/", "official_url": "https://www.schoolofattention.org/events/sidewalk-study-working-the-root-in-lincoln-center", "image": ""}, {"title": "Get Lit! Book Club: Whidbey by T Kira Madden at West New Brighton", "start": "2026-11-06T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "West New Brighton Library", "address": "Castleton Avenue 976, 10310 Staten Island", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The Get Lit! Book Club meets to discuss the book Whidbey by T Kira Madden. The gathering takes place at the West New Brighton Library.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/get-lit-book-club-whidbey-by-t-kira-madden-at-west-new-brigh-116621/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Practical Ethics: A Time to Be Born and a Time to Die", "start": "2026-11-09T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "New York Society for Ethical Culture Hall", "address": "West 64th Street 2, New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/short-story", "society/ethics"], "description": "Practical Ethics is a discussion series that explores everyday moral dilemmas, such as white lies and tough choices about loyalty, honesty, and fairness, through lively conversations about short stories. It is facilitated by Ethical Culture Leader Richard Koral and takes place both in person and online on Zoom. This month's topic is 'A time to be born and a time to die…', based on the story 'The Blight' by Emma Cline, which participants are invited to read beforehand. Attendees can join the engaging conversation to challenge their thinking and sharpen their approach to ethical living.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/practical-ethics-a-time-to-be-born-and-a-time-to-die-54364/", "official_url": "https://ethical.nyc/events/practical-ethics-a-time-to-be-born-and-a-time-to-die/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3fc29bd57464f04292e7cf422a64cc1a65820fe516f8692df27da81925ee992-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Get Lit! Book Club: Whidbey by T Kira Madden at Fort Washington Branch", "start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fort Washington Library", "address": "West 179th Street 535, 10033 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club"], "description": "Get Lit! Book Club meets to discuss the book Whidbey by T Kira Madden. The club gathers at the Fort Washington Branch, the library on West 179th Street in New York City. Readers come together to talk about Madden's book in a book club session.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/get-lit-book-club-whidbey-by-t-kira-madden-at-fort-washingto-120681/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}