# Event Details - **Event Name**: Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us as we conclude our book club read Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean and the Origins of the Climate Crisis with the author!About this EventEvent Description:Join us at King Manor Museum for an interactive public program accompanying the book club for Tao Leigh Goffe’s Dark Laboratory. Author Tao Leigh Goffe will join us for a discussion on how she blended nature and science writing along with memoir to write an expansive investigation on colonialism’s role in climate change. This is the conclusion of our King Manor x Melting Metropolis reading circle.After the discussion, Goffe will lead a creative writing workshop on memory, water, and climate. Attendees will reflect and document what it means to live in Southeast Queens during the climate crisis and what actions we can take to safeguard our future.This event is twofold: attendees will have the option to either join the book discussion, the writing workshop, or both! You do not need to be a member of the book club to join either event.This program is free and open to the public. Attendees can join in-person or online.Schedule:12-1:15pm: Book discussion with Tao Leigh Goffe1:15-1:30pm: Intermission1:30-2:30pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh GoffeAbout The Creative Writing Workshop:Memory Floods: Writing, Water, and the Wetlands of QueensMemory Floods is a creative writing and water-mapping workshop that explores how landscapes remember, especially in southeast Queens, where urban marshlands reveal the region’s wetland past each time it rains.Together, participants will reflect on intergenerational memory through water, not only what we inherit through family stories, but what we inherit through place and our neighborhoods. Why do certain blocks flood while others stay dry? What histories of race, white flight, urban planning, and environmental neglect shape where water pools? How do erased waterways and filled-in marshes continue to structure everyday life? Through guided prompts and collaborative freehand mapping, we will trace the hidden hydrology of the borough and consider how memory lives in shoreline, soil, pavement, and infrastructure.No prior creative writing experience is needed. This workshop welcomes readers, students, and neighbors interested in storytelling, environmental justice, and local history. By the end of the session, participants will leave with new tools for reading the city through water, and for imagining more just futures in the face of rising seas and intensifying stormsCome prepared to share memories, photos, observations, and curiosity about the places you move through every day.About The Author:Tao Leigh Goffe is an award winning historian, professor, and artist who grew up between London, where she was born, and New York City. Her research explores race, climate and creative technology. She studied English literature at Princeton University before earning a PhD at Yale University. She lives and works in Manhattan, where she is an associate professor at Hunter College.******************************************************************************************This event is made possible, in part, with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/queens/notes-from-a-dark-laboratory-a-writing-workshop-with-tao-leigh-goffe/100001983121535898 - **Event Categories**: art, workshops, literary-art, sports, crafts, nonprofit, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Queens - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: King Manor Museum - **lat**: 40.7030183 - **long**: -73.80375600000002 - **full address**: King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/95c0521249c9d7dfff6018c76ef1b40f312d35b29b1faee6e46dac10f06888e5-rimg-w1200-h600-dc88c1be-gmir.jpg?v=1776241302 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe being held? - **A:** Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe takes place on Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 02:30 pm at King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe? - **A:** Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe is organized by King Manor Museum. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at King Manor Museum's events? - **A:** Attendees have given King Manor Museum a rating of 4/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. King Manor Museum has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Notes From A Dark Laboratory: A Writing Workshop with Tao Leigh Goffe is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Queens, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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