BROOKLYN SCRIBES Leonard Lopate of WNYC moderates a discussion and readings by three writers who live in or write about Brooklyn: Susan Choi, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Pete Hamill. Tonight, 7 p.m., Brooklyn College, Whitman Hall, 2900 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, 718-951-5195, $5.

STITCHES OF SURVIVAL Before her death a few years ago, Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz quilted a series of panels detailing her heroic journey of survival. Her daughter, Bernice Steinhardt, took those panels and created an illustrated book, “Memories of Survival” (Hyperion), which she discusses and signs. The event includes a screening of a short film by Lawrence Kasdan. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Cooper Union, the Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, 212-353-4195, free.

PEACE AND RABIN “Remembering Rabin: Whither Israel? Whither Peace?” is a panel on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. Panelists include the president of the American Task Force in Palestine, Ziad Asali, and the publisher of the For ward, Samuel Norich. Tonight, 6 p.m., the New School, Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, 55 W. 13th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-229-5488, $8.

GILEAD STORIES Critic James Wood interviews Marilynne Robinson about her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Gilead” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Tonight, 7 p.m., Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia , 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $20.

BROOKLYN PLAN A panel of local planners and stakeholders discusses the community-based development plan for the Atlantic Yards site in Brooklyn, an alternative to the proposed sports arena. Panelists include Daniel Goldstein of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and Mafruza Khan of the Pratt Center for Community Development. The moderator is Tom Angotti, a Hunter College professor of urban planning. Thursday, 8:30-10 a.m., Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave. at E. 51st Street, 212-935-2075, free, reservations required.

PREMADE HOMES Architectural historian Robert Rubin discusses Jean Prouve’s Tropical House, an early attempt at pre-fabricated housing. He will show two short films by Randy Bell on the reconstruction and restoration of a Tropical House shipped to France from Africa. It is currently on display at UCLA. Friday, 6:30-9 p.m., Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia, between Bleecker and W. 3rd streets, 212-358-6111, $10, reservations requested.

CHESS SET Architect John Dieboll, chessset collector Douglas Polumbaum, and curator Mark Sanders discuss design evolution as reflected in chess sets. The panel, “Chess Sets: Modernist Art & Design (And Beyond),” is moderated by Robert Rabinovitz, an instructor at Parsons The New School for Design and the Pratt Institute. The event takes place in conjunction with the exhibit “The Imagery of Chess Revisited.” Sunday, 3 p.m., the Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road at Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, 718-204-7088, free with museum admission: $5 general, $2.50 seniors and students, children under 12 free.

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