No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America Thursday, August 2 at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Darnell Moore,…
Talks + Readings: Reformed Hoarder, Beautiful Bureaucrat, and a New BK Lit Rag
TUESDAY The state of Barry Yourgrau’s Queens apartment had gotten pretty bad at the time his girlfriend unexpectedly dropped in because she had locked herself out…
Talks and Readings: Letterman Writer, Iranian Women, and the Quest For 78s
Time again for Word Up, our weekly roundup of talks and readings. TUESDAY Tongo Eisen-Martin is a movement worker and educator who has organized against…
Talks and Readings: Cards Against Humanity, Video Games, and TV Writers
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…
Talks and Readings: Dissecting Warhol, a LES Eat Pray Love, and More
TONIGHT Overcoming the past is a key theme in young authors’ Edan Lepucki and Mira Jacobs debut novels, both published last year to great acclaim, so it…
Talks + Readings: Duff McKagan, Galway Kinnell, and a Living Female Rock Critic
Monday History buffs, take note: Battle Lines is not your ordinary Civil War read. This books is a team effort by graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm…
A Big Egg, Big Bees, and Even Bigger Data
All subjects you can contemplate at this week’s thrilling selection of readings and talks. Friday, September 5 We, The Outsiders Opening Reception We, The Outsiders is…
Readings and Talks: Sex, Celebs, Centimeters, and the Southside
Things are getting hot and heavy at this week’s upcoming readings and talks, with historical badass battles, fictional prostitutes, sexy sex-ed films, and a look…
The Public Library with Robert Dawson + Diane Caldwell
Since 1994, California-based photographer Robert Dawson has been travelling across the country, capturing images of public libraries—those hallowed, endangered urban oases of learning and contemplation.…
Meryl Meisler and A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick!
Meryl Meisler worked as a school teacher in cracked-out, riot-prone 80s Bushwick—but she also carried a medium format camera everywhere she went, snapping epic photos…