WEDNESDAY Womanhood Live! At Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 7 pm: FREE. If you’re not the type to sit around watching short-form video clips all day,…
Performance Picks: Harsh Noise Videos IRL, LOL Sadism, and Theatre Ina Garden
THURSDAY Loose: A Comedy Show August 11, 7 pm at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: $10. The always-effervescent Jo Firestone hosts this monthly evening of chuckles…
4 Readings: Girl Talk, Pizza Stories, and Blink 182’s Drummer Tells All
TUESDAY Book Launch: The Mandibles: A Family by Lionel Shriver June 28 at 7 p.m. at Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street (DUMBO). Perhaps watching the firestorm…
Talks + Readings: Drunken Careening Lesbian Erotica and a Lit Rag Holiday Party
The Rumpus & Electric Literature Present It’s Too Cold for This: A Holiday Reading Tuesday December 15, 7 pm at Housing Works Bookstore Café. 126 Crosby…
Talks + Readings: Drew Barrymore, Luc Sante, and Some Warhol Snaps
TUESDAY Drew Barrymore October 27, at 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 33 East 17th Street (Union Square). The Shirley Temple of the ‘80s will read…
This Year’s Lit Crawl: Less Crawling, Still Plenty of Drinking and Thinking
At first glance, PEN America’s Lit Crawl 2015 might look like a family-friendly affair, with innocuous activities like face painting and board games. But take…
Talks + Readings: Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and Miranda July, For Starters
TUESDAY Nitehawk’s “Booze & Books” series is partnering with Abrams Books for a signing of Tom Shone’s Woody Allen: A Retrospective and screening of the director’s 1980…
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…