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LENNON IN NEW YORK Bob Gruen reads from and signs his book “John Lennon: The New York Years” (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), a compendium of photographs taken during the last decade of Lennon’s life. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO HOME Park Slope resident Jonathan Safran Foer reads from his second novel, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (Houghton Mifflin), as part of the Brooklyn Writers for Brooklyn Readers series. Saturday, 2 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
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