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Author Amy Sohn reads from and discusses her new book, Prospect Park West.
Please join author Geoffrey Hayes as he reads from his book Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! This is a special event in conjunction with Reach Out and Read's Early Literacy Awareness Week.
Author Charles Kipps reads from and discusses his new book, Hell's Kitchen Homicide
Join Barnes & Noble for an hour of stories and activities. Designed for children of all ages, Storytime is a great way to make new friends!
Comedian David Alan Grier discusses his riotous new book, Barack Like Me.
This evening David Browne discusses his definitive look at underground music icons Sonic Youth, Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth.
World-famous actress turned vegetable pornographer, Isabella Rossellini, discusses her new book, Green Porno, and the films that inspired it.
Author Katie Kitamura reads from and discusses her new book, The Longshot.
Author Laura Day discusses her new book, How to Rule the World From Your Couch.
Comedian and author Lisa Lampanelli reads from and discusses her hilarious book, Chocolate, Please.
Author Louis Masur discusses his new book on the rich history of Bruce Springsteen's greatest album—Born To Run—celebrating its themes of youth, escape, and possibility, just in time for the Boss's sixtieth birthday.
Matthew Reinhart's phenomenal paper engineering, as evidenced in Cinderella and The Jungle Book brings an added dimension literally to the classic telling of Mother Goose's famous stories.
Author and historian Michael Bobelian discusses his new book, Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-long Struggle for Justice.
Author Nami Mun reads from and discusses her new book, Miles From Nowhere.
Fashion mavens have cause for celebration. Tonight, Nina Garcia, fashion judge on the hit show Project Runway, reads from her new book, The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart.
Robert Rave joins us to read from his new novel, Spin. The book chronicles the life of Taylor Green, a man struggling to keep his sanity while working at a New York City PR firm.
Author William Kamkwamba discusses his new book, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's landmark book three leading scientists -- Nobel Laureate and neurobiologist Gerald Edelman, psychologist Paul Ekman, and neuroscience and biological anthropology professor Terrence Deacon -- will discuss the importance of Darwin's theory of evolution and how his observations informed their three very diverse fields of w read more...
NYC-Urbana hosts weekly poetry slams at the Bowery Poetry Club. We're a quirky and eccentric series, and even though we've featured some of the biggest names in poetry--Billy Collins, Patricia Smith, Galway Kinnell, Saul Williams, and almost every national slam champion--we remain a warm and welcoming venue for all kinds of poetic voices: political, confessional, musical, and spiritual. The series read more...
On November 2, New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson will present a proclamation from Governor David A. Paterson to honor the native people of New York during the opening ceremony of Lenape: Ellis Island’s First Inhabitants at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The exhibition includes six galleries housing a stunning collection of prehistoric artifacts, traditional crafts, ceremonial objec read more...
