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Sugarcane to Glass: Rum and the Making of Caribbean Flavor
Wed, Jun 24th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Museum of Food and Drink
Join chef and mixologist Nelson German and culinary anthropologist and author Andréa Lawson Gray in conversation with Tonya Hopkins, aka The Food (& Drinks!) Griot, exploring rum, sugar, and the histories that shape Caribbean flavor. Drawing from their book Caribbean Cocktails: Drinks and Bites from the Afro-Latino Diaspora, they will examine how ingredients travel, how<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/sugarcane-to-glass-rum-and-the-making-of-caribbean-flavor/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Sugarcane to Glass: Rum and the Making of Caribbean Flavor"</span></a>
Book Launch: Who’s That Girl by Thea Glassman in Conversation with Madeleine Janz
Tue, Jul 28th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Go inside the writers’ room and onto the set of the honorary queen of comfort shows—with exclusive interviews from the creator, cast, writers, directors, and crew. In Who’s That Girl, entertainment journalist Thea Glassman takes readers behind the scenes with in-depth interviews with creator Liz Meriwether and the creative team, telling the story of how a<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-whos-that-girl-by-thea-glassman-in-conversation-with-madeleine-janz/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Who’s That Girl by Thea Glassman in Conversation with Madeleine Janz"</span></a>
Book Launch: Once Upon a Midnight Scroll by Heidi Becker
Wed, Jul 29th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Heidi Becker’s debut poetry collection follows one chronically online twentysomething’s journey from filming “brain rot” skits in her parents’ living room to sparking an anti-capitalist awakening across social media. Get tickets here!
Book Launch: Blizzard of Lies by Dave Wedge
Fri, Jul 31st 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
In January 2022, a Boston police officer turned up dead in the snow, seemingly a victim of a simple hit-and-run.But Officer John O’Keefe’s death kicked off a scandalous whodunit that invited federal scrutiny and triggered nationwide outrage. The explosive story of O’Keefe’s death, and the subsequent accusation and trial of his girlfriend Karen Read, ignited<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-blizzard-of-lies-by-dave-wedge/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Blizzard of Lies by Dave Wedge"</span></a>
Book Launch: United States of Oligarchy by Casey Michel
Mon, Aug 3rd 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
A staggering examination of how America’s wealthiest infiltrated the government and allied with dictators, transforming the U.S. from democracy to oligarchy. For years, a small group of billionaires has amassed increasing power, steering American politics for their own benefit. Many of these figures are familiar. There’s Elon Musk, who has used his wealth to help<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-united-states-of-oligarchy-by-casey-michel/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: United States of Oligarchy by Casey Michel"</span></a>
Book Launch: More Please! by Rachel Mansfield in conversation with Hunter Stoler
Tue, Aug 4th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Delicious, stress-free meals for busy families, with flexible solutions for any dietary need, from food entrepreneur Rachel Mansfield. Balancing a full plate of responsibilities—from work to home to kids—can be a handful. Add cooking three wholesome meals a day (plus snacks), and it can feel downright impossible. Social media may make it look effortless, but<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-more-please-by-rachel-mansfield-in-conversation-with-hunter-stoler/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: More Please! by Rachel Mansfield in conversation with Hunter Stoler"</span></a>
Book Launch: The Wound is Where the Light Enters by Chris Young
Wed, Aug 5th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
The inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man who, sentenced to life in prison, refused to surrender his future—a story so powerful that it transformed even the judge who handed down the sentence. If our world were more just, Chris Young would have been crossing a stage at college graduation at the age of 22.<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-the-wound-is-where-the-light-enters-by-chris-young/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: The Wound is Where the Light Enters by Chris Young"</span></a>
Book Launch: Now We’re Cooking by Matt Broussard
Mon, Aug 10th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
In Now We’re Cooking, Matt Broussard—known to millions as @ACookNamedMatt proves that great food isn’t complicated. Matt’s superpower is making things easy, not just making them look easy. Drawing inspiration from the Texas border to Asia and back again he gives home cooks of all levels weeknight-friendly recipes with punch that can be made efficiently:<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-now-were-cooking-by-matt-broussard/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Now We’re Cooking by Matt Broussard"</span></a>
Author Event: “We Hexed the Moon” with Mollyhall Seeley
Thu, Aug 13th 2026
7:00pm to 8:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Join Brooklyn Public Library and POWERHOUSE Arena for a reading and conversation with author Mollyhall Seeley on her novel, We Hexed the Moon (Saga Press, 2026). Copies of the book will be available for purchase from POWERHOUSE Arena Bookstore. This event will be held at POWERHOUSE Arena (28 Adams Street). Registration encouraged. ABOUT THE BOOK<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/author-event-we-hexed-the-moon-with-mollyhall-seeley/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Author Event: “We Hexed the Moon” with Mollyhall Seeley"</span></a>
Book Launch: Last Day by Stephanie Wittels Wachs in conversation with David Manheim
Tue, Aug 18th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
POWERHOUSE Arena will host a book launch celebrating the release of Last Day, the new book from Lemonada Media co-founder and CEO Stephanie Wittels Wachs. Based on the groundbreaking podcast of the same name, Last Day weaves together Stephanie’s personal story of loss with an exploration of addiction, recovery, harm reduction, and what can be<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-last-day-by-stephanie-wittels-wachs-in-conversation-with-david-manheim/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Last Day by Stephanie Wittels Wachs in conversation with David Manheim"</span></a>
Book Launch: Exhumed by Aaron Mahnke
Thu, Aug 20th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
About the Book. An engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s, from critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aaron Mahnke. What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter and remove her heart? That question has haunted<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-exhumed-by-aaron-mahnke/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Exhumed by Aaron Mahnke"</span></a>
Book Launch: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times by Skye Perryman
Tue, Aug 25th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Skye Perryman—TIME 100 honoree and CEO of Democracy Forward—offers an urgent, inspiring blueprint for how ordinary people can fight for freedom in extraordinary times. “A clarion call for everyone ready to meet this national and global crisis—and win.”—STACEY ABRAMS The future of our country lies in all of our hands. From protecting voting rights and<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-ordinary-people-extraordinary-times-by-skye-perryman/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times by Skye Perryman"</span></a>