TUESDAY Bonnie McFarlane + Jim Gaffigan Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m at The Strand, 828 Broadway Bonnie McFarlane has made a career out of opening…
4 Talks and Readings Not to Miss This Week
TUESDAY The Narrow Door with Paul Lisicky, Fiona McCrae and Meghan Daum Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street…
Men With Cats, and 3 More Talks and Readings Not to Miss This Week
TUESDAY Kia Corthron + Robin D. G. Kelley Feb. 9 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway Kia Corthron, playwright and writer for The…
Talks + Readings: Radical Mutants, Hanya Yanagihara and Choose Your Own Misery
Ramzi Fawaz + Phil Jimenez Thursday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway “Dissecting comic book history through the lens of queer theory” is probably…
Talks + Readings: Scam Artists, Music Meccas, and Steve Jobs-O-Rama
The Confidence Game Tuesday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway New Yorker columnist Maria Konnikova is in her element with a deep dive…
Talks + Readings: Internet, City and Ocean – Approaches to the Commons
The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet Tuesday, January 12 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway When 26-year-old…
The Man Who Fell to Earth: David Bowie’s Formative Years in ’70s New York
By now you’re well aware that David Bowie has died, just days after his 69th birthday and the release of his 25th studio album. During the wee hours of…
James Franco Is Sliding Down the Strand’s Chimney
Want to sit in James Franco’s lap? We’re not sure he’ll let you do that (not after that slip-up with the 17-year-old) but he has…
Kim Gordon w/Raymond Pettibon
If you missed Raymond Pettibon’s exhibition of surfer paintings back in April, this is yet another chance to enter his warped pop-art world: the Venice,…
War, Marxism, Nannies and Crime: Serious Stuff at This Week’s Talks and Walks
If the fun and frippery of summer are wearing you out already, explore a darker side of life at these readings, talks, and historical walks.…