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    • Music: Classical Interludes: Orchestra of St. Luke’s: The Music of Chen Yi

    Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    Discover the remarkable music of Chen Yi, a celebrated Chinese-American composer whose work connects cultures and tells stories that resonate around the world. This special program brings Chen Yi’s music to life offering an experience that blends tradition, inspiration, and creativity. Born in China and thriving as an artist in the United States, Chen Yi combines […]

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    • Author Talk: Katie Kitamura Discusses Audition

    Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    Join BPL Presents as Katie Kitamura takes the Dweck stage to discuss Audition, an exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young—young enough […]

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    • Carlos Hernandez and Diana Pho Discuss Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing

    Park Slope - Brooklyn Public Library 431 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Join Diana Pho, editor of Erewhon Books, and award-winning writer Carlos Hernandez as they answer your questions about the state of science fiction and fantasy publishing today. Have a novel you've finished that you'd love to untrunk? Wondering what it's like to write a Marvel comic? Unsure of how to pitch your book to an […]

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    Screening: Slumlord Millionaire with Filmmakers

    Center for Brooklyn History - Brooklyn Public Library 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for a screening of Slumlord Millionaire, a powerful documentary that exposes the David-and-Goliath struggles for housing justice in New York City. The film shines a light on the ordinary Brooklyn residents whose courageous fights against powerful landlords and developers reveal the depth of the housing crisis in our borough. From Sunset Park to Clinton […]

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    This Moment in Immigration: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done

    Center for Brooklyn History 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, New York

    Across the country, migrants and refugees are living in fear as the nation confronts a pivotal moment in our history. Sweeping state-level restrictions along with drastic changes in national policies […]

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    Unscripted: A Night Against Censorship, Featuring George Takei

    Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    Brooklyn Public Library welcomes George Takei to Central Library's Grand Lobby for a conversation about the transformative power of books and the dangerous trend of censorship. The event is free […]

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    University Open Air: Mid-Autumn Festival Traditions & Customs

    Prospect Park Boathouse 101 East Drive, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 is tomorrow, October 6; in this class, we will talk about the traditions and customs, and the deeply rooted cultural meaning, behind this festival. Julia Adams is a certified Life Coach, a Songwriter and an educator at a private museum. She is also an expert in tea cultures, skilled in the […]

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    Hetty Lui McKinnon on Cookbook: Linger, with Emma Straub

    Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights 286 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Join us at Brooklyn Heights Library to hear Hetty Lui McKinnon discuss her new book Linger with Emma Straub “ culinary life began with salad. A charred broccoli salad, to be specific. Crispy florets tossed with chickpeas and cooling mint, flecked with red chilli pepper and zested lemon peel, bathed in a garlicky caper oil. […]

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    Brian Jones Discusses Black History Is for Everyone with Jamaal Bowman

    Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    BPL Presents welcomes Brian Jones, a longtime educator whose Black History Is For Everyone explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. Jones will be in conversation with Jamaal Bowman. Black history is under attack from powerful forces that seek to […]

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    Cory Doctorow Discusses Ensh*ttification with Lina M. Khan

    Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    BPL Presents welcomes Cory Doctorow, to discuss Ensh*ttification, which argues that “it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can fix—or disensh*ttify—it.” Doctorow will be in conversation with Lina M. Khan. When Cory Doctorow coined the term ensh*ttification, he was not just finding a funner way to say “things are […]

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    Stolen Relations: Recovering the History of Native American Enslavement

    Center for Brooklyn History - Brooklyn Public Library 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

    The Stolen Relations project is a tribally collaborative initiative to recover, interpret, and share with the public the long-hidden history of Native American enslavement. Developed over the past decade and formally launched in May 2025 (www.stolenrelations.org), the project brings together a growing database of individual records alongside contemporary Native perspectives, artwork, music, and other resources for tribal […]

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