http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?type=2 Upcoming Events at the Free Library of Philadelphia! en-us Copyright 2013 Free Library of Philadelphia 06/19/2013 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/images/rss/flplogo.gif http://libwww.freelibrary.org/rss/ 34 19 <p>Founded by Nic Esposito, The Head The Hand Press is a craft publishing house that seeks to keep the artistry and integrity of work in the hands of the writer. The first volume in an Almanac Series, The Rust Belt Rising is an anthology of snapshots and stories from writers and artists in America's Rust Belt, and includes planting guides, profiles, astrological anomalies, and a map. Serving as a barometer of America's industrial cities, it points to what remains and what's next for the Rust Belt. Nic Esposito, editorial director Linda Gallant, and designer Angela Miles are joined in conversation by Almanac contributors including local photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge (Kensington Blues) and Liz Moore, author of the critically acclaimed novel Heft.</p> 06/19/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38911 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38911 <p>Since joining the Princeton University faculty in 1978-where she has mentored countless young writers-Joyce Carol Oates's literary work has continued unabated. Her "towering career" (Washington Post) includes nearly 60 novels, more than 30 short story collections, eight volumes of poetry, plays, and innumerable essays and book reviews. Among her many distinctions, she has received the National Book Award for them, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and Pulitzer Prize nominations for three of her novels: Black Water, What I Lived For, and Blonde. Her new novel The Accursed blends history and the occult in an eerie story of power, possession, and loss. </p> 06/20/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38284 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38284 <p>An award-winning journalist originally trained as a linguist, Margalit Fox is a senior writer at the New York Times. When archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flourished on Crete, he discovered a cache of clay tablets written in 1450 B.C. Fox's new book The Riddle of the Labyrinth blends history, linguistics, and cryptology, in telling the story of the 50-year quest to decipher the mysterious ancient script known as Linear B found on these tablets. She is also the author of Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind, the story of a remote Bedouin village with an unusually high incidence of deafness where relative isolation enabled the creation of an indigenous sign language. </p> 06/24/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38285 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38285 <p>"A wild, passionate and fearless American writer" (New York Times), Anchee Min is the author of Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution, where Min spent time in a labor camp and was chosen for a lead role in a propagandist movie before the Mao communist regime collapsed. The book exists as "a powerful political as well as literary statement" (The New York Times Book Review). Min has since written six other works of historical fiction, including Becoming Madame Mao and Empress Orchid. Twenty years after the publication of Red Azalea, Min returns with the next chapter of her life story in The Cooked Seed, moving from the appalling deprivations of her birthplace to the sudden bounty of America, without language, money, or a clear path.<br /> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /> <!--[endif]--></p> 06/25/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38286 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38286 <p>Distinguished restaurant critic and columnist Raymond Sokolov began his career as a foreign correspondent at Newsweek in 1965, where he thoughtfully rendered his first French meal in writing. He became restaurant critic of the New York Times in 1973, paying careful attention to restaurant lore, decor, and politics. Sokolov was a founding editor of the daily Leisure and Arts page at the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of The Saucier's Apprentice and numerous other food books, as well as the novel Native Intelligence and Wayward Reporter, a biography of A.J. Liebling. In his new book, he traces the American food scene from Julia Child's opus Mastering the Art of French Cooking through today's flourishing and diverse culinary world. </p> <p>Julie Dannenbaum Memorial Culinary Arts Lecture</p> 06/27/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38287 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38287 <p>A practicing psychotherapist and science writer, Gary Greenberg probes the intersection of science, politics, and ethics. His book Manufacturing Depression, called "probably the most thoughtful book on depression ever written" (Psychology Today), is an investigation into ideas about suffering, its source, and its relief. Greenberg's other books include The Self on the Shelf: Recovery Books and the Good Life and The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reason. His articles appear in many academic and popular publications, including Wired, Rolling Stone, and Mother Jones. His new book is an expose of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-the psychiatric profession's bible-and the flawed process by which mental disorders are invented. </p> 07/11/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38288 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38288 <p>One of the most beloved artists in children's literature, Jerry Pinkney has illustrated more than 100 books over the course of his five decade career. The recipient of the 2010 Caldecott Medal for his children's picture book The Lion and the Mouse, Pinkney grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. His work touches upon personal and cultural themes of the African American experience, the majesty of wildlife, and the wisdom of folk tales. His many other awards include five Caldecott Honor Medals, five Coretta Scott King Book Awards, four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, and a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Illustrators in New York. This event coincides with the retrospective exhibition of Pinkney's work at Parkway Central Library and "Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.</p> 07/15/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=39405 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=39405 <p>Come listen to the tale of the brave dog named Baltic and find out how his story was turned into a picture book. Monica Carnesi (author/illustrator) will be on hand to talk about her award winning book. For kids ages 4 and up.</p> 07/16/13, 10:30 AM - Tacony Branch http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38988 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38988 <p>Cathleen Schine is the author of the novels The Love Letter, which was adapted into a film starring Kate Capshaw, and Rameau's Niece, which was adapted into the movie The Misadventures of Margaret starring Parker Posey. Schine's other novels include Alice in Bed, To the Bird House, The Evolution of Jane, She is Me, The New Yorkers, and the recent "sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious, and deeply affecting" (New York Times) bestseller, The Three Weissmanns of Westport. Her articles appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review, among other publications. Her new novel Fin Lady is a clever, comic love story about a brother and sister who form an unconventional family in 1960s Greenwich Village.</p> <p>In Susan Choi's Asian-American Literary Award-winning first novel, The Foreign Student, two outsiders with dark histories are drawn together against the haunting backdrop of war and the 1950s American South. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and her third, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award. With David Remnick she co-edited the fiction anthology Wonderful Town: New York Stories from the New Yorker, and her nonfiction has appeared in Vogue, Tin House, the New York Times and elsewhere. My Education is the erotically charged story of one graduate student's disastrous relationship with an infamous professor. </p> 07/16/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38289 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38289 <p>In his meticulously researched books, Daniel James Brown outlines the courage and bravery of unfamiliar characters in the most harrowing sagas of American history. Under a Flaming Sky tells the dramatic story of the 2,000 people trapped in the Great Hinckley fire storm of 1894. The Indifferent Stars Above-a New York Times Editor's Pick-retraces the footsteps of Sarah Graves, a young newlywed who joined the ill-fated Donner Party of California-bound pioneers. Set against the grim backdrop of the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boat celebrates the working class boys of the American rowing team at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics who transformed the sport and inspired a desperate nation in their pursuit of Olympic gold.</p> 07/18/13, 7:30 PM - Central Library http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38290 http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=38290