WEDNESDAY Meet the faces behind some of your favorite TV shows at Real Characters, a regular series hosted by Andy Ross (contributor to The Onion…
On Andy Warhol: Wayne Koestenbaum in Conversation with Stephen Koch
Discover an Andy Warhol who is “anything but the removed observer of most popular accounts” with critic, poet and CUNY professor Wayne Koestenbaum, whose writing…
Williamsburg Will Have to Wait a Bit Longer For McNally Jackson
Since the story broke in the Times, Williamsburg has been waiting for its very own outpost of the Soho bookstore McNally Jackson. Sadly, it’ll have…
Daphne Merkin in Conversation with Sasha Weiss
Daphne Merkin may have achortle-inducing last name, but her often painfully personal articles for publications like The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine tended to be more…
’90s Style Was ‘Exciting’ (Maybe) But the Fashion World Is a Horrible Place
Things you can learn at this weeks stellar readings and talks. Thursday, August 28 That’s When the Knives Come Down with Dolan Morgan Greenpointer Dolan…
Daniel Mendelsohn and Adrian Goldsworthy On Emperor Augustus
If ancient Rome is more your bag than medieval fantasy/sci-fi, then allow us to recommend this pow-wow on Emperor August (nee Gaius Octavius), featuring the…
Readings and Talks: Secret Societies, Southron Turncloaks and Storytellers
Since everyone cool/loaded has left the city for a summer get-away and you’re still here, what better way to pass these lazy days than by learning…
Readings and Talks: Psilocybin, Pitchfork, and Nightmare Landlords
Learn about the rise and fall and rise of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the fight for tenant rights in Poland, and re-appreciate the street art you no longer…
Readings and Talks: Brooklyn Girls and Renaissance Men
Time again for Word Up, our weekly roundup of readings and talks worth getting up and out of the house for. Thursday, July 10 Emily…