Cécile McLorin Salvant
The highly acclaimed and wonderfully talented young singer performs fresh interpretations of unknown and scarcely recorded jazz and blues compositions.
An Evening with Pete Yorn
You & Me Acoustic
The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs material from throughout his career that began with the release of his highly acclaimed LP, musicforthemorningafter, in 2001.
Cathy Barrow
In Conversation with Bonnie Benwick
In Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving, the author of the food blog of the same name shows what home cooks can do to turn the fleeting abundance of the farmers’ market into a well-stocked pantry full of canned fruits and vegetables, jams, stocks, soups, and more.
- Date:
- Nov 3, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $35
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Ethics Under Fire
Does the IDF Maintain a Moral High Ground? With IDF COL (Res.) Bentzi Gruber, PhD
Based on his 30-year combat record in the reserves, Colonel Bentzi Gruber explores the moral and legal aspects of the war on terror and how the IDF applies ethics when making life and death decisions during combat.
Walter Isaacson
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet, as well as a guide to how innovation really happens.
- Date:
- Nov 4, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $15
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Karen Armstrong
In Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, Armstrong sets out on a journey from prehistoric times to the present to discover the truth about religion and violence in each of the world’s great traditions.
- Date:
- Nov 5, 2014 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $15
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $35
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Eric Hutchinson
with Special Guest Tristan Prettyman and Nick Howard
The Washington, DC-raised singer, pianist, and guitarist performs his irresistible songs with an unmatched, engaging presence.
- Date:
- Nov 6, 2014 • 7:30 pm ET
- Category:
- Music
Maya Beiser
The Israeli-American classical cellist mixes spiritual with contemporary in her newest program All Vows.
Suzanne Vega
Celebrated as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Vega returns with a performance showcasing her distinctive, clear vibrato-less voice.
An Evening with Amanda Palmer
The Art of Asking Book Tour with special guest Thomas Dolby
Part manifesto, part revelation, The Art of Asking is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet.