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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:

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.

Date:
Sep 8, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

$10

Category:
20s & 30s Programming

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.

Date:
Sep 10, 2016 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT.

Category:
Comedy

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

$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.

Date:
Sep 24, 2016 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

$22.50 in advance
$27.50 day of show

Category:
Comedy
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