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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>
Book Launch: Mud on the Moon by Nita Noveno in conversation with Wah-Ming Chang
Thu, Aug 27th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Mud on the Moon is a hybrid memoir that intertwines a daughter’s exploration of her Filipino immigrant father’s obscured past with a reimagined version of his untold story. Born in Southeast Alaska, Nita Noveno traces the legacy of her father, who arrived in the US in 1928 as part of a wave of Filipino men<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-mud-on-the-moon-by-nita-noveno-in-conversation-with-wah-ming-chang/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Mud on the Moon by Nita Noveno in conversation with Wah-Ming Chang"</span></a>
Book Launch: Always Have Enough by Maria Melchor in conversation with Sherri Lu
Thu, Sep 3rd 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Master your finances in six weeks with a money system designed to reflect your values and ambitions—no matter what your starting point. If you didn’t grow up with money or advice on how to manage it, this guide will walk you through key steps to building generational wealth with clarity and confidence. You can master<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-always-have-enough-by-maria-melchor-in-conversation-with-sherri-lu/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Always Have Enough by Maria Melchor in conversation with Sherri Lu"</span></a>
Book Launch: “Reality TV for Snobs” with Ali Barthwell & Josh Gondelman
Tue, Sep 8th 2026
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Cafe con Libros
Celebrate the launch of Emmy-winning TV writer Ali Barthwell’s new book: “Reality TV for Snobs: Everthing You Need to Know About the Shows You’re Too Intellectual to Watch”. Published by Quirk Books, “Reality TV for Snobs” is a smart, witty guide to influential reality shows—for people who love being in the know but don’t know<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-reality-tv-for-snobs-with-ali-barthwell-josh-gondelman/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: “Reality TV for Snobs” with Ali Barthwell & Josh Gondelman"</span></a>
Book Launch: The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz in conversation with Amber Tamblyn
Tue, Sep 8th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
For fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mütter’s Marvels. The year, 1851. The place, a Quaker farming community turned Underground Railroad stronghold, where<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-the-ballad-of-the-fugitive-william-parker-by-cristin-okeefe-aptowicz-in-conversation-with-amber-tamblyn/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz in conversation with Amber Tamblyn"</span></a>
Book Launch: Garden Variety by Timothy Pakron in conversation with Halle Burns
Wed, Sep 9th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
A new cookbook focused on garden-fresh recipes from the beloved home cook, photographer, and creator of Mississippi Vegan Growing up, while Timothy Pakron watched his father tend to his garden, he knew that someday he would want to put down the same kind of roots in a backyard of his own. When he moved to<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-garden-variety-by-timothy-pakron-in-conversation-with-halle-burns/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Garden Variety by Timothy Pakron in conversation with Halle Burns"</span></a>
Book Launch: Obsolete by Garrison Lovely
Fri, Sep 11th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
About the Book. Is AI a bubble or humanity’s last invention? An existing harm or an existential threat? Obsolete cuts through the hype and false binaries to answer all the AI questions you have, while raising some you probably aren’t prepared for. The richest companies in history are racing to build a machine that replaces<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-obsolete-by-garrison-lovely/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Obsolete by Garrison Lovely"</span></a>
Book Launch: Tending the Vines by Ashia S. Ajani
Tue, Sep 15th 2026
4:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
This standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America. In Tending the Vines, Ashia S. Ajani illuminates how eight unique plants tell the story of the Black diaspora in America. Each chapter is a deep dive into one plant—including eucalyptus,<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-tending-the-vines-by-ashia-s-ajani/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Tending the Vines by Ashia S. Ajani"</span></a>
Book Launch: Dear Dealer by Nadia Bowers
Tue, Sep 15th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
For readers of Beautiful Boy and The Night of the Gun, this gripping memoir explores addiction, grief, and family trauma as one woman goes in search of her sister’s killer. In the summer of 2015, Nadia Bowers’s beloved older sister, Sasha—a social worker and Ivy League graduate—was found in her car in a restaurant parking<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-dear-dealer-by-nadia-bowers/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Dear Dealer by Nadia Bowers"</span></a>