It’s summer and things have slowed down in terms of both quantity and quality at our local bookstores (though I’m only showing the pearls here of course). Here’s a list of June 2011 literary and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble Stores NYC 06/01 Barbara Sinatra:…
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The Black Keys New Album Out Tomorrow, Housing Works Performance and Pop Up Store + Tour Dates and “Lost” APW Pics
The Black Keys at All Points West (08/31/09) Photo: D. Caplan The Black Keys have a busy week ahead of them, their new album Brothers comes out on Tuesday (May 18), they’ll be playing a benefit show at the Housing Works Used Bookstore Cafe on Wednesday (May 19), then they’ll be opening for Pearl Jam…
Housing Works Bookstore Events Update (Elvis Perkins, Ra Ra Riot, Laurie Berkner)
The Housing Works Bookstore Cafe just announced a bunch of new events for August and September, check out the schedule below: Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 7:00pm The Moth StorySLAM Theme: Traps. Tickets $7 at the door. 7PM sign up, 7:30 show Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 7:00pm Speed Shrinking Book Party and Free Headshrinking…
Housing Works Update | Jonathan Lethem, Joseph O’Neill and Five Deadly Venoms
A Granta Night on Fathers with Jonathan Lethem & Joseph O’Neill January 27, 2009 7:00pm Join National Book Critics Circle award winning novelist* Jonathan Lethem* (Motherless Brooklyn) and international bestseller Joseph O’Neill (Netherland) for a reading from Granta 104: the fathers issue. Following the reading, _Granta _US editor John Freeman will moderate a conversation between…
The Housing Works Turns 10 | John Darnielle, Griffin House, Jeb Loy Nichols, KaiserCartel and Many Others!
The Housing Works Bookstore turns 10 this month and they are celebrating their anniversary with a bunch of interesting events starting tonight. Take a look at the schedule below for all the details. May Events at the Housing Works Bookstore 05/05 – Art and Activism: Writers on Politics Stephen Elliott (Sex for America), Nick Flynn…