The popular ice cream destination in Prospect Heights shares recipes for their most sought-after flavors, including Salted Crack Caramel and “the Munchies.”

A journalist tackles the history of the American spirit. Local distillery Widow Jane Distilling will serve tasting samples.

Dust & Grooves joins forces with I Love Vinyl, Dub-Stuy Records (& the Tower of Sound), Turntable Lab, and Classic Album Sundays for an opening reception and book launch party for Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting, the debut book by photographer Eilon Paz about the world’s finest record collectors.This public event celebrates vinyl culture and photography with a photo exhibition, a listening session, a book signing, and a raffle, featuring rotating sets from over 20 DJs who are featured in the book spinning all-vinyl on an audiophile sound system.

From the author of the New York Times Bestseller and widely acclaimed Tenth of December comes CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY, George Saunders’s convocation address at Syracuse University last May. The author will sign any of his books with the purchase of Congratulations, By The Way at our store.

How did Dee Williams figure out how to have monthly bills totaling only $8 dollars a month? Find out her simple secrets of The Big Tiny! The New Yorker’s Alec Wilkinson joins Williams in conversation. The program is sponsored by Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.

Based on the popular Tumblr, this hilarious collection features imagined misguided early drafts of classic books, screenplays, and contemporary literature. The program will be hosted by Tim Manley (Alice in Tumblr-land) and feature readings from Ben Jurney, Melinda Taub, Andy Ross, Bob Powers, and author Paul Laudiero.

The debut novel from the frontman of the Pixies involves a French battleship explosion, the first narrative pornographic movie, and more. The conversation between Francis and co-author Josh Frank will be accompanied by a slideshow of images featured in the book, and the program will conclude with a signing. Tickets are $10 and can be applied as credit towards the purchase of The Good Inn.

Join us for a literary crawl through Brooklyn’s DUMBO community in celebration of La Diada de Sant Jordi, also known as “International Books & Roses Day” and UNESCO’s “World Book Day.” The event, which will highlight literature in translation, will take place in partnership with four local bookshops on Saturday, April 26. There will be a short bilingual reading at each bookshop, in Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan, respectively.

The co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery tells the story of how a band of microbrewers became one of America’s great entrepreneurial triumphs. Bronx Brewery’s Chris Gallant joins Steve Hindy in conversation. Those that purchase a copy of the book will be able to enter a raffle: prizes include a gift certificate for 10 tokens at Brooklyn Brewery and a special Brooklyn Brewery Big Bottle!

Two renowned artists rep their respective cities in these two dynamically illustrated collections, Hello, New York and Meanwhile, in San Francisco.

Combining insights from management literature, business history, and pop cultural resources, an n+1 editor looks at the hidden history of the white-collar workplace. Saval will be joined in conversation with fellow n+1 editor and bestselling author Chad Harbach.

In this powerful memoir, a former Bangladesh Air Force officer confronts the man who tried to kill him 10 years earlier. Baratunde Thurston (How to Be Black) joins Giridharadas in conversation.

A fascinating look at the journey from 17 year old dumpster diver to 29 year old CEO of Nasty Gal, a $100 million dollar etailer. Sophia Amoruso will be joined in conversation by Christine Barberich of Refinery29. Tickets are $5 and can be applied as credit towards the purchase of #GIRLBOSS.

Prochnik’s historical biography relays the extraordinary rise and fall of Stefan Zweig, the Austrian writer who recently inspired Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Rebecca Mead (My Life in Middlemarch) and Wayne Koestenbaum (My 1980s and Other Essay) join Prochnik in discussing writers and their influence.

The Waters of Our Time combines Thomas Roma’s career-spanning photographs with the unique contemplation of his watchful son, Giancarlo T. Roma. Former Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, Susan Kismaric, leads a conversation between the Romas about the project.

The author of the best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set inside Oslo’s maze of especially venal, high-level corruption. Nesbø will be joined in conversation by Laura Miller of Salon in a rare U.S. appearance. Tickets are $10 and can applied as credit towards the purchase of The Son.

The owners of Brooklyn Brew Shop share 30 recipes for mastering beers inspired by popular craft breweries.

The second novel from the consistently talented Porochista Khakpour—a former powerHouse Books employee—follows a feral boy coming of age in New York as the city hurtles toward 9/11.

Chic New York food stylist and caterer Diana Yen celebrates the release of her sumptuous new cookbook A Simple Feast with Cherry Bombe’s Editorial Director Kerry Diamond and Creative Director Claudia Wu, who’ll join the author in conversation. Tickets are $35 and include an autographed copy of A SIMPLE FEAST, beer and wine, and food provided by the Jewels of New York.