{"title": "HTBAF: Appetite", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Open Source Gallery", "address": "17th Street 306, 11215", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling"], "description": "HTBAF: Appetite is an evening of live storytelling at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn, part of the twelfth season of the community series How to Build a Fire. The series was founded by poet Terence Degnan, who each year partners with the gallery to choose hosts; the 2026 season is hosted by Sophia Pazos and Sasha Pincus, with Emilee Lord as showrunner. Under this month's theme, storytellers share real-life personal tales of cravings, lost appetite, or wants they changed their minds about. 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It is run by the theatre's New Play Development Program, which nurtures new plays and musicals exploring Irish and Irish-American stories. This year's lineup presents works by Eoin McAndrew, Karis Kelly, Iseult Golden and David Horan, Hannah Khalil, and Chris Gethard, with readings curated by Nicola Murphy Dubey and Juliette Carbonnier. 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This season also features workshops by artists including Eartheater's child (Nova Harlem), Dorchel Haqq, Charmaine Bee, Andros Zins-Browne, Sophie Ortiz, Gillian Walsh, Sigrid Lauren, and Viva Ruiz, alongside Works In Progress showings by Cristina Moya-Palacios and Viva Soudan.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/open-movement-fall-2026-54719/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/41dcde7a9d71b58bd25d912ebe98c7c8d13f23e2a18cd61bc292e180bd820fa3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hunter MFA Reading", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "KGB Bar", "address": "East 4th Street 85, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An evening reading at KGB Bar featuring MFA students from Hunter. 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