Jeffrey Kluger
In The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed-in Your World, Kluger, the chief science writer at Time magazine, frames the new research on narcissism and explains the complex, and oftentimes exasperating personality disorder.
- Date:
- Sep 11, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $28
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Ronna & Beverly
with special guest Bishop Gene Robinson
Comedians Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin bring their alter egos, fifty-something Jewish mothers Ronna and Beverly, to our Downstairs stage for a live-taping of their self-titled, acclaimed comedy podcast.
Serve Others with Sixth & I
Volunteering at SOME
Serve breakfast at So Others Might Eat (SOME), an organization that works to end chronic homelessness in DC.
Just Neighbors
Individual Meeting Training
Reverend Luis Leon from St. John’s Church organizers from the Industrial Areas Foundation lead an introduction to community organizing principles on how to conduct a one-on-one meeting.
David Mitchell
In The Bone Clocks, the best-selling author tells the spellbinding story of a teenage runaway who wanders deep into the English countryside, where visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.
Joyce Carol Oates
In Conversation with Louis Bayard
Lovely, Dark, Deep is a collection of ten stories that map the eerie darkness within us all, making visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurk at the edges of ordinary lives. Bayard, a former student of Oates, also shares what he learned from the legendary literary master.
Who Needs a Pulse
CANCELED
The DC-based duo formerly known as “Mike and Cody” brings its danceable pop electronic sound to our Downstairs stage.
- Date:
- Sep 20, 2014 • 8:00 pm ET
- Category:
- Music
Back to School Comedy Featuring Louis Katz
with Mike Finazzo and Grant Gordon
Deftly combining high and lowbrow humor, Katz headlines an evening of class act comedy featuring emerging stand-up comedians on our Downstairs stage.
Christian Rudder, OkCupid Co-founder
In Conversation with Megan Garber
In Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking), the Harvard-trained mathematician, rock musician, and OkCupid cofounder helps us understand human nature.
- Date:
- Sep 22, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $14
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $28
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Peter Thiel
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future draws on everything the co-founder of PayPal and investor in hundreds of start-ups has learned about how to build companies that create new things.
- Date:
- Sep 23, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $15
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks