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Friday Nov. 7, 2025

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Saturday Nov. 8

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Nov. 9

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Saturday Nov. 29

Emmet Otter 1600×900

1 – 5:45 pm

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas + Book Signing

Ages: 5 and up
Books & Readings
Christmas

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

Sunday Nov. 30

Emmet Otter 1600×900

1 – 5:45 pm

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas + Book Signing

Ages: 5 and up
Books & Readings
Christmas

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

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