{"title": "The Flight Nurses’ War: The American Women Who Saved Thousands of Lives at Iwo Jima and Okinawa", "start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Hunter College", "address": "Park Avenue 695, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii", "literature/book-presentation"], "description": "A talk at Roosevelt House marking the New York launch of historian Leah Garrett's new book, The Flight Nurses’ War: The American Women Who Saved Thousands of Lives at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Garrett, a Jewish Studies professor at Hunter College, will discuss her book in conversation with retired Army Major General Mari Eder. The book follows a team of American combat nurses who braved enemy assaults, disease and Kamikaze attacks in the Pacific Theater to evacuate thousands of wounded soldiers and help win the war. The event is co-presented by the Jewish Studies Center at Hunter College.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-flight-nurses-war-the-american-women-who-saved-thousands-53086/", "official_url": "https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/event/the-flight-nurses-war-the-american-women-who-saved-thousands-of-lives-at-iwo-jima-and-okinawa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1dd71c453d49f6657b62ebb060fb7173fbed035e5895954aac2e5c6d4d26ddba-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Hunter College", "address": "Park Avenue 695, 10065 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime", "start": "2026-04-23T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Poster House", "address": "West 23rd Street 119, 10011 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design/poster", "history/world-war"], "description": "\"Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime\" is an exhibition of book-related posters from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Germany printed during the World Wars. It is curated by Molly Manning, an author, historian, and associate professor of law at New York Law School, with exhibition design by Randee Ballinger. It shows how nations relied on public book donations and fundraising to supply soldiers with reading material, and how books became a symbol of freedom and democracy. It takes about 20 minutes to visit, is rated G, and is located in Poster House's Lower Level Hallways.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/reading-under-fire-arming-minds-hearts-during-wartime-54902/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b971fa932fa1133dadc5f147a4746deb60d7cceae7a72ae801556ad3c8448915-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Women as Witnesses: Photography and the Algerian Revolution", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "International Center of Photography", "address": "Ludlow Street 84, 10002 New York", "price": "$5", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://buy.acmeticketing.com/events/262/list?date=2026-11-11T00:00:00-0500&membershipIds=", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "history/war"], "description": "A panel conversation titled \"Women as Witnesses: Photography and the Algerian Revolution\" taking place in person and online at the International Center of Photography's Library on New York's Lower East Side. It is led by Maura McCreight, PhD, joined by Cynthia Young, Director of the Robert Capa and Cornell Capa Archive at ICP, and filmmaker Mila Turajlić. The discussion examines women who drove the Algerian Revolution (1954–62) as combatants, nurses, and photographers, with a special focus on Elaine Mokhtefi, an American-born activist and heroine of the revolution, as well as the broader history of war photojournalism and Turajlić's film on Mokhtefi's contributions to the resistance. The panel takes place alongside an exhibition at the Palais de la Culture in Algiers opening December 2026, curated by McCreight and funded by the International Association of Friends of the Algerian Revolution (AIARA), featuring work by American photographer Kathryn Updegraff.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/women-as-witnesses-photography-and-the-algerian-revolution-66663/", "official_url": "https://www.icp.org/events/women-witnesses-photography-and-algerian-revolution", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2b82a5f6d55c0aa7bb043f89f2261cb522f8f31477cc03fbe92ea85dcab43158-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Book Club Community Shabbat Luncheon with Dr. Shaina Trapedo", "start": "2026-10-31T11:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "Member adult: Early bird $48 | Regular $52; Non-member adult: Early bird $49 | Regular $54; Youth – ", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": "54.00", "tickets_url": "https://shearithisrael.shulcloud.com/form/book-club-luncheon2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish", "literature"], "description": "A community Shabbat luncheon at Congregation Sherith Israel titled 'Between the Wars: Jewish Characters in 1920s & 1930s American Literature'. It is hosted by the congregation's Book Club and features insights and guided discussion by Professor Shaina Trapedo of Yeshiva University, following morning services. Book club members and non-members alike are welcome, with a list of 22 selected books offered for optional reading, including works by Anzia Yezierska, Willa Cather, and F. Scott Fitzgerald; Professor Trapedo is expected to give special attention to William Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom'. Dr. Trapedo directs honors programs at Stern College and Yeshiva College, teaches English at Stern College, and is a resident scholar at Yeshiva University's Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-club-community-shabbat-luncheon-with-dr-shaina-trapedo-52187/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/book-club-luncheon2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bbd6bdb097f18cd75cc0c42cc797a0c9e37d00be793c3f83db677e2e8ff8445-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Forgotten Law Enforcement: Behind the Gates with Correctional Staff at Rikers Island Jail", "start": "2026-11-12T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T18:30:00-05:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-forgotten-law-enforcement-tickets-2002729201955?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/prisons"], "description": "A book talk on 'Forgotten Law Enforcement: Behind the Gates with Correctional Staff at Rikers Island Jail', held in the Moot Court at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It is hosted by John Jay College's Future of Public Safety Initiative as part of a fall series of events on public safety. Dr. Simone Martin-Howard, an Associate Professor at John Jay, discusses her book, based on in-depth interviews with correctional staff at Rikers Island, focusing on the experiences of Black and Caribbean men and women working inside the jail system. Correction officers Karl Chin and Jeri Henderson serve as discussants, with moderator Erica Bond, Vice President of Justice Initiatives at John Jay.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/forgotten-law-enforcement-behind-the-gates-with-correctional-53323/", "official_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/forgotten-law-enforcement-behind-gates-correctional-staff-rikers-island-jail", "image": ""}, {"title": "Photobook Talk: Andrew Lichtenstein — This Short Life", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Bronx Documentary Center", "address": "Courtlandt Avenue 614", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "society/activism"], "description": "The Bronx Documentary Center hosts a photobook talk in which documentary photographer Andrew Lichtenstein presents his book This Short Life. The book combines photographs with oral histories to profile 12 Americans working toward a more just and equitable society during a period of political and social upheaval, exploring activism, community and imagined futures. Lichtenstein's third book in a trilogy about America, it shares stories of struggle, sacrifice and redemption through intimate portraits and first-person testimony. The talk covers the people and stories in the book and his collaborative approach, and is followed by an audience Q&A, with books available for purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/photobook-talk-andrew-lichtenstein-this-short-life-51499/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7669a18a43b98154fe0217ca8bed7028d52841c3d14c209f72c2f04e696c6ac6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Every Story is a Love Story Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Judson Meeting Room", "address": "243 Thompson Street, New York, NY, 10012", "price": "", "price_from": "29.00", "price_to": "29.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "A book launch for \"Every Story is a Love Story,\" the new book by Imbolo Mbue, held in the Judson Meeting Room. The conversation will be moderated by Pamela Paul, a writer at large for The Wall Street Journal and former longtime editor of the New York Times Book Review, author of 10 books including the picture book \"The Path.\" RSVP to Rachel Parker at rparker@penguinrandomhouse.com.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/every-story-is-a-love-story-book-launch-53338/", "official_url": "https://www.judson.org/calendar/every-story-is-a-love-story-book-launch-11-2-26", "image": "https://noky.io/images/729d002e3c37ebdc4735bac5aa150cc8fb9d0edb9023dc292141951430768513-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Book Talk with Journalist and Author Trymaine Lee", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "CUNY Graduate School of Journalism", "address": "West 40th Street 219, 10018 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchl9AL4Acth3epA5EFCLEmWRCSjTLQ5Bq7KKN6vImzSFRgfg/viewform", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/racism", "literature"], "description": "A book talk for “A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life In America” by Trymaine Lee. 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