A Great Reading Series In Brooklyn Where Admission Is Free

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Next up is one of our favorite storytelling events, the Franklin Park Reading series. Not only will you get to hear some unbelievable prose from today's writers, but they'll also have $5 drafts, dessert and a free-to-enter raffle for the featured authors’ books. The event recurs every second Monday of the month from 8 pm—10 pm. Check out their next reading series event at their facebook page here.