May 8, ‘Divorce case of Dr. William E. Thomas’ in 1902
Brooklyn Reading Works presents Edgy Moms 2014: Provocative Writing about Mothers and Motherhood today at 8 p.m. The reading is at The Old Stone House in Park Slope and costs five dollars. There will be wine and refreshments. … There is a gallery tour of the Brooklyn Museum’s “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” exhibition at 6:30 p.m. The tour meets on the fifth floor. … The Brooklyn Public Library is holding a free bicycle helmet fitting today from 4 to 6 p.m. at their Kensington Branch, in anticipation of their second annual Bike the Branches event on May 17.
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Notable people born on this day include guitarist Joe Bonamassa, who turns 37; singer Enrique Iglesias, born in Madrid, who turns 39; and “Gravity’s Rainbow” author Thomas Pynchon, who turns 77.