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IN-PERSON - Vladimir Sorokin and Max Lawton | Telluria and Their Four Hearts
Mon, October 3, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS In conversation with Mark Krotov, publisher and editor of n+1 Vladimir Sorokin is one of contemporary Russian literature’s most popular writers. Banned by the Soviet Union, his numerous novels include The Queue , The Blizzard , Day of the…
IN PERSON - Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan | Mad Honey
Wed, October 5, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $37.95-book with ticket; 33.00 book with ticket--in-library simulcast
TICKETS In conversation with Jo Piazza A “quite prescient and worthwhile” writer who “understands her characters inside and out” ( The New York Times Book Review ), Jodi Picoult has authored many No. 1 bestsellers that are renowned for combining controversial…
IN-PERSON - Celeste Ng | Our Missing Hearts
Fri, October 7, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Academy of Natural Sciences | 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Cost: $16.50 ticket or $36.30 book with ticket
TICKETS Venue: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway In conversation with Anthony Marra Writing “with the wisdom of a hundred lives lived” ( Harper’s Bazaar ), Celeste Ng is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling…
IN-PERSON - Ada Limón | The Hurting Kind
Mon, October 10, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS The 24th United States Poet Laureate, Ada Limón is acclaimed for her explorations of the “frightening mysteries and hopeful uncertainties of the everyday” ( The New York Times Book Review ). Her many poetry collections include the National Book Critics Circle…
IN- PERSON - Tom Felton | Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
Wed, October 19, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT! Tom Felton became internationally famous for his role as the bleach-blond bad guy Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movie series. More than a decade after the premiere of the last film in the series, he and the other performers continue to cast a spell over fans around the world as an…
IN-PERSON - Orhan Pamuk | Nights of Plague
Thu, October 20, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 ticket or $41.90 book with ticket
TICKETS In conversation with Laura McGrath, Assistant Professor of English at Temple University The winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk “is one of the great novelists of his generation” (The Washington Post). Characterized by…
IN-PERSON - Charlayne Hunter-Gault | My People: Five Decades of Writing about Black Lives
Mon, October 24, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS In conversation with Dorothy Roberts Referred to by Jelani Cobb as “a Dean of American journalism,” Charlayne Hunter-Gault has chronicled some of the past half-century’s most important moments in Black life, culture, and politics. Often the only Black woman in…
IN-PERSON - Maggie Haberman | Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Tue, October 25, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $7.70
Auditorium sold out! In-library overflow tickets available. TICKETS In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition Maggie Haberman was part of a team that won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for its reportage of the investigations into then-President Donald…
IN-PERSON - Stacy Schiff | The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Wed, October 26, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS In conversation with Tracey Matisak Acclaimed for her “balanced, perceptive, thoroughly researched and exceptionally well written” ( The New Yorker ) nonfiction portraits of historical figures, Stacy Schiff won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her biography Vera ( Mrs.…
IN-PERSON - Kardea Brown | The Way Home: A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes
Tue, November 1, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $13.20 auditorium; $41.25-book with ticket
TICKETS Charleston, South Carolina–based Kardea Brown hosts the Food Network’s Delicious Miss Brown and OWN’s The Great Soul Food Cookoff . She also is the creator of the pop-up New Gullah Supper Club, where her cuisine pays homage to her grandmother’s cooking and…
IN-PERSON - Anand Giridharadas | The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
Wed, November 2, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 auditorium ticket; $39.30-book with ticket
TICKETS Ellis Wachs Endowed Lecture A former longtime columnist and foreign correspondent for The New York Times , Anand Giridharadas is the bestselling author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World , which was selected to numerous publications’…
VIRTUAL - John Banville | The Singularities
Fri, November 4, 2022
12:00 P.M.
VIRTUAL
Cost: $11-virtual ticket; $34-virtual ticket with book;
TICKETS “The heir to Nabokov” ( The Sunday Telegraph ), Irish novelist John Banville won the Man Booker Prize for The Sea , a story of loss and the fickle nature of memory. His many other novels include The Book of Evidence, Mrs. Osmond, The Untouchable,…
Ralph Macchio | Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me
Thu, November 10, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $38.00
TICKETS In conversation with Jason Freeman, author events producer and editor Ralph Macchio is best known for his portrayal of Daniel LaRusso in the 1984 film The Karate Kid . This iconic piece of pop culture has spawned a slew of sequels and the No. 1 ranked Netflix show Cobra Kai , and has…
IN-PERSON - Neal Gabler | Against The Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009
Mon, November 21, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 ticket or $45.00 book with ticket
TICKETS Neal Gabler is the author of Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour , a “rich and insightful” ( The New York Times ) account of the figure known as the most complex of the Kennedys. His other work includes An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented…
IN-PERSON - Patti Smith | Songs and Stories
Tue, November 22, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $32.00 book with ticket--in-house simulcast
TICKETS AUDITORIUM SOLD OUT. IN-LIBRARY SIMULCAST/OVERFLOW TICKETS AVAILABLE. Heralded as the “punk poet laureate” for her unique fusion of rock, poetry, and visual arts, Patti Smith won the 2010 National Book Award for Just Kids , “a shockingly beautiful ……
IN-PERSON - David Rubenstein | How to Invest: Masters on the Craft
Mon, November 28, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 ticket
TICKETS Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture In conversation with Richard Vague David Rubenstein is the co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s most successful private equity firms. The host of The David Rubinstein Show and…
IN-PERSON - Misty Copeland | The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson
Tue, November 29, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 ticket or $38.80 book-with-ticket
TICKETS In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition The first African American principal dancer in the history of the elite American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland is one of the world’s most accomplished and recognizable artists. She is the author of the…
IN-PERSON - Deb Perelman | Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files: A Cookbook
Tue, December 6, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 ticket or $41.50-book with ticket
TICKETS In conversation with Dena Heilik, head of Philbrick Hall, the Fiction and Movie department at Parkway Central. She also cohosts a monthly library Cookbook Club that has been running continuously for six years. Receiving praise from outlets like The New York Times…
IN-PERSON - Mehdi Hasan | Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking
Thu, March 2, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM NOVEMBER 17, 2022 ALL PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS WILL BE VALID ON THE NEW DATE British American journalist Medhi Hasan hosts the eponymously titled The Mehdi Hasan Show , a news and politics program that airs on MSNBC and NBC’s…