{"title": "Work in Progress: A Queer Literary Open Mic", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-29T21:00:00-04:00", "place": "Hive Mind Books", "address": "Irving Avenue 219, 11385", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer", "literature"], "description": "A monthly open mic night for queer and trans writers, held in a bookshop. All genres are welcome as writers of all genres share their work. 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It offers casual coworking rather than a formal programme. Writers can bring their work and spend the session in company. The gathering takes place at Hive Mind Books & Coffee in Bushwick.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/queer-writer-coworking-53031/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/62a9373bf8bb86684293cce2ae7538dd49d7bd309f8063aab94e3785963d3e48-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Intimate Fragments: A Smutty Trans Open Mic (after-hours)", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-29T21:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Nonbinarian", "address": "President Street 1130, 11225", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer", "literature"], "description": "Intimate Fragments: A Smutty Trans Open Mic (after-hours) is a monthly open mic held at The Nonbinarian Bookstore in Crown Heights. It offers trans and queer people the space to share their rawest, grittiest, sexiest, and silliest work. The event runs from 7pm to 9pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/intimate-fragments-a-smutty-trans-open-mic-after-hours-56823/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "(OPEN) The Bureau - Queer Bookstore", "start": "2026-10-29T13:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-29T19:00:00-04:00", "place": "NYC LGBT Community Center", "address": "West 13th Street 208, 10011", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer", "literature"], "description": "(OPEN) The Bureau – Queer Bookstore is the open hours of The Bureau of General Services – Queer Division, a queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space in room 210 of The Center. The Bureau seeks to excite and educate a self-confident, sex-positive, and supportive queer community. It hosts readings, performances, film screenings, book discussion groups, and workshops, providing an open and inclusive space for dialogue and socializing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-the-bureau-queer-bookstore-54498/", "official_url": "https://gaycenter.org/event/open-the-bureau-queer-bookstore-119/", "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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "Full Moon Circle", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T19:30:00-04:00", "place": "Hive Mind Books", "address": "Irving Avenue 219, 11385", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "", "tags": [], "description": "Full Moon Circle is a community gathering at a bookshop in Bushwick for moon-loving queer folks. It is hosted by Hive Mind Books. The event brings people together for a magical evening under the full moon.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/full-moon-circle-53034/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/53896cf8770a4df2f99b16f991d1a51b272bb99b9fc1d9c67fe1226abac5574c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Craft Talk: Writing Queer YA with Max Fischer and David Levithan", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Hive Mind Books", "address": "Irving Avenue 219, 11385", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://gathryapp.com/venues/hive-mind-books-coffee-shop", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer", "literature"], "description": "A craft talk on writing queer YA fiction, held to celebrate the release of The Unpoetic Life of August Grey. Authors Max Fischer and David Levithan discuss their process in an evening all about the books. It takes place at Hive Mind Books & Coffee Shop in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Grab a coffee and a seat for this rare chance to hear two YA voices talk craft.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/craft-talk-writing-queer-ya-with-max-fischer-and-david-levit-53035/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1a4b8c624e5705b29a067a2ee6fdf96c86c2a8d5751cbf77a36a93b54af8c991-2000.webp"}, {"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, "tickets_url": "", "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": "Nonbinarian Puzzle Night (after-hours)", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Nonbinarian", "address": "President Street 1130, 11225", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "quiz-games", "tags": ["games/puzzle"], "description": "Nonbinarian Puzzle Night (after-hours) is a laid-back evening of puzzles at the Nonbinarian Bookstore in Crown Heights, after the store has closed. Puzzlers are invited to put away their phones and enjoy a chill, decidedly not competitive night with a cozy vibe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nonbinarian-puzzle-night-after-hours-56825/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}