Trivia Night
British Invasion Edition
From sports to pop culture, geography to politics, we’ll test your knowledge of it all.
Roger Cohen
In The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family, the New York Times columnist traces his ancestors across continents and decades, mapping patterns of struggle and resilience that converge into a resonant portrait of cultural identity in the modern age.
- Date:
- Jan 22, 2015 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $28
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
The Daily Show Writers Tour
An Evening of "Political-ish" Comedy
The writers and producers behind The Daily Show perform “political-ish” comedy, followed by a Q&A session about how the Emmy-Award winning news show is produced.
John Reilly and Friends
Featuring Becky Stark and Tom Brosseau
Veteran entertainer John C. Reilly plays musical host in a set filled with eternal folk songs, classic country tunes, and bluegrass standards.
Peter Manseau
In One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History, Manseau explores an America shaped by people of all religions, cultures, and languages and questions why our nation’s founding has been so profoundly whitewashed as uniformly “Christian.”
- Date:
- Jan 28, 2015 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $28
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Emily Spivack
In Worn Stories, Spivack presents clothing-inspired first-person narratives from cultural icons, offering a revealing look at the clothes that protect us, assert our identity, or bring back the past—clothes that are encoded with the stories of our lives.
- Date:
- Jan 29, 2015 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $25
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Erin McKeown
with Maryleigh Roohan
The eclectic multi-instrumentalist known for her effortless ability to bridge genres brings her compelling and energy-packed performance style to our Downstairs stage.
Kevin Devine and Into It. Over It.
with Laura Stevenson
The songwriter known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar tunes returns to play our main sanctuary stage.
Simon Shaheen
On a mission to incorporate and reflect a history of Arabic music, the Palestinian oud and violin virtuoso also infuses his compositions with jazz and Western classical styles.