Rabia Chaudry
In Conversation with Wajahat Ali
In Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice after Serial, Chaudry takes readers back into Adnan Syed’s case, exposing new evidence on the investigation and trial.
- Date:
- Sep 8, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $17
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Man’s Attempt at Thoughtfulness
Combining spirituality, psychology, modern masculinity, and good scotch, Rabbi Scott brings a group of men together to discuss some of life’s more important questions.
Hari Kondabolu
with Carmen Lagala
Dubbed one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today by the New York Times, the Brooklyn-based comic brings his political humor to downtown DC, following the release of his sophomore album, Mainstream American Comic.
Jonathan Safran Foer
In Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis.
- Date:
- Sep 12, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $20
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $45
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz
In Conversation with Jessica Sidman
The co-founders of The Gefilteria, a company that reimagines and produces Ashkenazi Jewish food, present more than 100 recipes from the kitchens of Eastern Europe and the diaspora of North America in The Gefilte Manifesto.
- Date:
- Sep 14, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $14
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Ian McEwan
In Conversation with Richard McCann
Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit by McEwan, whose works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim.
- Date:
- Sep 15, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $17
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Maureen Dowd
In Conversation with Leon Wieseltier
In The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics, the New York Times columnist traces the psychologies and pathologies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during this disruptive and divisive campaign season.
- Date:
- Sep 20, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $20
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $45
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Norm Macdonald
In Conversation with Geoff Edgers
In Based on a True Story, the actor, comedian, and former SNL Weekend Update anchor recounts his origins, milestones, love-affairs and regrets in a memoir punctuated with classic jokes and mythologized Hollywood stories.
- Date:
- Sep 22, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket: $23
1 ticket + 1 book: $35
2 tickets + 1 book: $50
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Get Carded
Create hand-made greeting cards to send well wishes for 5777 to friends and family at this interactive workshop. Sip on holiday-themed craft cocktails and meet other like-minded crafty connoisseurs.
- Date:
- Sep 22, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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$10 in advance
$12 day of program
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire
The comedian takes “Satirist for Hire” on the road, addressing audience queries, complaints, demands, and general gripes in his unique satirical stand-up show.