{"title": "Storytime at Columbus Circle: Ege and Ávra By Evgenia Mantikas and Elifgül Büyükoral", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "PowerHouse Arena", "address": "Adams Street 28, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "A storytime event presenting the picture book \"Ege and Ávra\" at Powerhouse at Columbus Circle. It is by Evgenia Mantikas and Elifgül Büyükoral, and the book is Mantikas's first. The story follows Ege, a girl from Türkiye, and Ávra, a girl from Greece, whose fishing lines cross while they fish with their grandfathers on the Aegean Sea; initial anger gives way to laughter, food, and prayer, a tale of friendship and understanding across cultural divides.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/storytime-at-columbus-circle-ege-and-avra-by-evgenia-mantika-54916/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/storytime-at-columbuhttps-powerhousearena-com-post_typeeventp25952previewtrues-circle-ege-and-avra-by-evgenia-mantikas-and-elifgul-buyukoral/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e35da840e6f7d820f841330ec5222bd0507dcd42d6ac69afe49b42618664a52-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "PowerHouse Arena", "address": "Adams Street 28, 11201 Brooklyn", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Flat Earth", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Rizzoli", "address": "Broadway 1133, 10010", "price": "", "price_from": "26.00", "price_to": "26.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel/contemporary-novel"], "description": "A book event celebrating the paperback release of \"Flat Earth\", a debut novel about female friendship and the New York art scene. 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