TimeOut NY Rates Paradigm Shift "Critics' Pick" honored an unprecedented 8 times!http://www.paradigmsh...Use the "F" word. Change NYC. Change the World.Mission Statement: We foster a thriving, active, diverse, and expanding feminist community with the purpose of self-expression and coalition building, creating a shift in social, political, and economic consciousness.Paradigm Shift is the New York City metro-area’s critically acclaimed and largest feminist community group and event series. We hos …

What do you read on your way to work? Want to talk with others about the latest or greatest book you've just finished? Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club! Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, you'll read a new book every month. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends!

Hey ladies! Do you like reading fantastic novels, memoirs and moving non-fiction (think... Time Traveler's Wife, The Devil Wears Prada, The Glass Castle, My Sister's Keeper, The Secret Life of Bees)?? If you enjoy a glass of wine and are looking to meet up with other girls in the city, make friends, and chat about a great book you just read, then this club is for you! I will set up a poll to vote on a new book each month and then meet up at a coffee shop, lounge or restaurant to discuss the book …

This club's goal is to have great discussions on renowned works in both fiction and non-fiction. This would include great works of literature, history, autobiographies, biographies, plays etc. Great books and great discussions are our goal; books that profoundly explore human nature. Especially for fiction it would be great to hear from people who have read the book at different phases of their lives and to hear how their opinions of the book have changed. We will have monthly meeting with most …

I like to watch documentary films. I am sure there are others who are like me in this regard! Therefore, this group is for people who love to see documentary films and discuss/share ideas. I don't know about you but the reason I like documentaries because they help me to connect the dots of my understanding. They help me to see, hear and read at the same time. Reading, traveling, writing etc. can serve similar purpose but watching well-made documentaries can be highly effective plus comparativel …

NYCC (New York Culture Club) is a social and educational cultural studies organization. Essentially we are a combination book club / cultural immersion group. Our goal is to embrace and appreciate the diversity of our world, and the people within it, while engaging in a social and entertaining experience that take us around globe via the city of New York. PLEASE FOLLOW US: http://www.facebook.com/NYCultureClub https://twitter.com/nycultureclub HOW IT WORKS: Every quarter we choose a country or c …

The Breakdown: We read good books. We're looking for other intellectually curious, like-minded 20somethings (a vague guideline) in Astoria (another vague guideline) to read them with us, share some food, drink, and sweet convo. The Criteria For Choosing Said Good Books: Magical language (with a healthy dash of magical realism), fresh voices (love a debut) irreverent to painfully relevant, growing up, growing old, dying, coming back to life, urban culture to Southern idyllicy, savory books that y …

I decided to start the group because I cannot find a book club that assigns books that are more to my liking. So I am hoping to find other girls who will enjoy the type of books I love to read. I read both fiction and non fiction, but my main interest is stories that touch upon specific things: feminism, sexuality, mental health, etc. So join my group if you are looking to stay local in Brooklyn, like to drink and like to read.

The group meets the last Wednesday of every month to discuss New Yorker essays and short stories. The PLUS is a pre-meeting, separate discussion of a book ( fiction or non-fiction ) chosen in advance by the group. A member may participate in The New Yorker meeting without joining the book discussion. All essays, short stories, and books are chosen at each meeting by the group. In some cases the group may decided to devote multiple sessions to a book.

Playsmiths Presents is the public arm of our workshop. We develop and produce new plays, hold workshops and seminars, and generally try to further the future of American theater. We tell stories. Since its inception in May 2009, Playsmiths has helped develop more than 30 full-length plays and scores of short pieces.  We have produced nine public concert reading events, starting off 2012 with ST. VALENTINE’S MASSACRE 2: SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, a now annual, again sold out evening of short plays at …

We are an eclectic group of entrepreneurs, authors, publishers, agents, and technologists with a goal of creating a community to actively drive changes in the publishing industry.

More than a club or a community of readers, this is a space for people who find pleasure reading literature from Latin America and Spain, a space where one can share opinions, ideas, and experiences of how the literature of Latin America and Spain have been changing and affecting one another. We will read non-fiction, fiction, articles, chronicles, essays, short stories and novels. The only requirement is that it is in Spanish. Más que un club o una comunidad de lectores, este es un espacio para …

A reading group for written word enthusiasts. We meet weekly to discuss fiction, non-fiction, poetry, news print and short works over drinks. New members are welcome to this relaxed reading group.

We are the Greater New York Independent Publishers Association (“GNYIPA”), a small, select professional level group of people involve with book publishing, writing, book design, book promotion, and self publishing. Our published works comprise a wide range of subjects and genres, including: non-fiction, fiction, self-help, history, LGBT literature, art, photography, playwrights, memoirs, children’s books, and other genres. You do not need to be a published author to join GNYIPA, but you need to …

So you live in Brooklyn*, the hippest, trendiest, judge-a-book-by-its cover part of the Country. And you are also a nerd. In this group, you can let your NERD! colors shine like Gandalf's light. You can be a movie nerd, a comic nerd, a food nerd, a ZOMBIE nerd....you can even be Nate Silver. Hell, you can even be a part-time nerd. This group is non-judgmental to all nerdome. We will have meet and greets, watch B horror films, take restaurant suggestions from the food nerds, play board games...lo …

So I majored in Creative Writing in college and loved my workshop classes. I vowed to find one after I graduated so that I kept up with my writing. That was over three years ago. I have not been in any writing workshops since and my writing has been getting less and less. Sound familiar? If you are an aspiring writer, love to write to release stress or just like to write as a hobby, but don't really find yourself motivated, then join my group. I love to write, but I feel that its too hard to do …

This group serves as a meeting place for writers who are interested in getting feedback on their manuscripts from the writing community. i prefer fiction writers (with emphasis on short stories, that are easier to deal with) but creative non-fiction is welcome as well. The group will not have a professional author in charge, but rather, is meant for folks who have taken at least one class and are familiar with the workshop/booth process. when registering to the group, please answer questions abo …

This book club reads popular fiction and non-fiction with spiritual themes, and then meets in fellowship for discussion. Redemption, humanity, freedom, rebirth, nature, justice, triumph, and the mystical are among the many spiritual themes explored. Hosted by Original Blessing: A Unitarian Universalist Congregation in north Brooklyn, New York. All are welcome!

We will meet and discuss classic and modern African, African American, Latino and Carribean literature. Good books, good food and conversation for people really interested in great conversation about though-provoking great books!

Introducing Stories & Spirits: a book club for booze lovers. We are two book lovers who enjoy the diversity and vibrance of New York's bar scene. So we're starting a book club that takes full advantage of it! We will discuss books in bars that reflect their themes, historical contexts, and cultural heritages. Think Drown at La Marina in Washington Heights. Or The Tiger's Wife at KGB Bar in the East Village. The Museum of Innocence at ilili in the Flatiron District. Or even Blood Meridian at Honk …

Spend Wednesday evenings in good company, making maps of your own hero’s journey and writing stories about the experience. “Art, Stories and Wine” lets you work and play with paint, ink, rubber stamps and more, to create a visual record of an important moment in your life. And along with the art, you’ll have a chance to write about the moment, using games and prompts to help you tell your unique personal story. These evenings are hosted by Oralee Wachter (“Mapping Your Hero’s Journey) and Thomas …

Calling all ladies (queer women, gay ladies, lesbians, or/and whatever way you label or identify) of Brooklyn who like to read and discuss books about queer issues/people/characters and/or by queer authors . All genres considered: fiction, non-fiction, memoir, biography, psychology, sociology. Once a month we will get together for food, drink and discussion. If our group is becomes large enough, we can have more than one book option going at one time. In the future, there will be a monthly poll …

This group is for anyone in the midst of writing a dissertation who needs to bitch, grip, complain and/or share successes, strategies, and failures. We will meet weekly over drinks and provide support while also de-stressing. Members will be encouraged to set goals with other members and develop networks of support and encouragement.