Carlos Henriquez Nonet
The Bronx-born bassist, composer, and longtime Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra veteran performs a tribute to John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie with his ace ensemble.
Trivia Under the Stars
Location: Wunder Garten
From sports and pop culture to geography and politics, we’ll test your knowledge at Wunder Garten in the heart of NOMA. Grab friends and form a team, or come solo and meet new people at our mix & match table.
Jonathan Van Ness
In Conversation with Mara Keisling
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love uncovers the pain and passion it took for the “Queer Eye” star to become the model of self-love and acceptance that he is today, revealing sides of himself that the public has never seen.
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
In Conversation with Bob Woodward
In She Said, Kantor and Twohey—awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting of the Weinstein case—share the untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement.
Ann Patchett
In The Dutch House, Patchett’s first novel since Commonwealth, she once again pushes against conventional notions of family to explore the intertwined lives of two siblings.
- Date:
- Oct 3, 2019 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $20
1 ticket + 1 book: $32
2 tickets + 1 book: $45
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Bari Weiss
Interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg
How to Fight Anti-Semitism makes a powerful case for renewing Jewish and liberal values to guide us through this uncertain moment. Not just for the sake of America’s Jews, but for the sake of America.
- Date:
- Oct 6, 2019 • 5:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $18
1 ticket + 1 book: $30
2 tickets + 1 book: $42
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Salman Rushdie
In Conversation with Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Rushdie’s Quichotte is the story of a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse and an entertaining portrait of an age in which fact is so often indiscernible from fiction.
- Date:
- Oct 10, 2019 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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1 ticket + 1 book: $40
2 tickets + 1 book: $50
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Bill Bryson
In The Body: A Guide for Occupants, the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe, comprehensive tour of the marvel that is the human body.
Adam Rippon
In Conversation with Liz Dolan
Beautiful on the Outside recounts Rippon’s journey from a homeschooled kid in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to coming out as gay in 2015, to winning a bronze medal as part of the figure skating team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
- Date:
- Oct 16, 2019 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $20
1 ticket + 1 book: $32
2 tickets + 1 book: $45
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Foy Vance: The Tour
with Ryan McMullan
The Northern Irish singer-songwriter performs from his upcoming albums From Muscle Shoals and To Memphis, companion pieces that pay homage to Vance’s soul and Americana influences.