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Walt Whitman: Voyages through America, a talk by exhibition curator Edward Whitley
Wed, February 26, 2020
6:30 P.M.
First Floor Gallery West
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Parkway Central Library
Hear Voyages by Road and Sea: Philadelphia Perspectives on Walt Whitman and Herman Melville co-curator Edward Whitley talk about the life and work of Walt Whitman, and then take a guided tour of the exhibition. "Walt Whitman: Voyages through America" The great American poet Walt…
Steven Levy | Facebook: The Inside Story
Wed, February 26, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In conversation with Michael A. Smerconish Editor at large at Wired and a technology writer for more than 30 years, Steven Levy is the author of seven books, including In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives ; Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in…
R. Eric Thomas | Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America
Thu, February 27, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
R. Eric Thomas is the creator of Elle ’s “Eric Reads the News,” a daily humor column that lambasts pop culture, celebrity, and politics that has been praised by Lin-Manuel Miranda as “Sedaris-level laugh-out-loud funny.” Also a renowned playwright, his work has been…
Adam Hochschild | Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
Wed, March 4, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Historian Adam Hochschild’s ten “carefully researched and vigorously told” ( Houston Chronicle ) books include King Leopold’s Ghost , a haunting portrait of Belgium’s 19th-century brutal colonization of the Congo, and To End All Wars , the little-told story of the…
Maira Kalman | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated
Mon, March 9, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00
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An illustrator, writer, artist, and designer, Maira Kalman is the author of a dozen children’s books, has designed fabric and accessories for Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade, created sets for stage productions, shown her work in nearly two dozen galleries, and, with her late husband, made…
Rebecca Solnit | Recollections of My Nonexistence
Thu, March 12, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $32/$47 - book included with ticket
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Two Tickets/One Book In conversation with Jia Tolentino, New Yorker staff writer and author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing” ( Salon ), activist, historian, and author Rebecca Solnit’s more than…
Katie Roiphe | The Power Notebooks
Thu, March 19, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Feminist author and journalist Kate Roiphe is the author of In Praise of Messy Lives , a “daring, vivid, combative” ( Wall Street Journal ) collection of essays that explores everything from Joan Didion to Mad Men . Her other books include The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism ;…
Harry Dodge | My Meteorite: Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing
Mon, March 23, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In conversation with Carmen Maria Machado, most recently author of In the Dream House Visual artist Harry Dodge has exhibited work in some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, including the Getty, the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Hammer Museum. A professor at the…
Voyages in Print: Show and Tell in the Print and Picture Collection
Wed, March 25, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Explore original prints and poetry featured in Voyages by Road and Sea in the Free Library’s Print and Picture Collection. For free registration, email alames@ rosenbach.org or call 215-7321600 ext. 129. (Email registration preferred.)
David Fajgenbaum | Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope into Action
Tue, April 14, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
A professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and associate director of the university’s Orphan Disease Center, Dr. David Fajgenbaum holds an MBA from the Wharton School, earned a master of science at Oxford, and graduated from Georgetown, where he was a football quarterback.…
Mark Morris and Wesley Stace | Out Loud: A Memoir
Wed, April 22, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00
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Celebrated dancer and choreographer Mark Morris has created nearly 150 original works for his eponymous dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group. He is the former director of dance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and in 1990 founded the White Oak Dance…
Frank B. Wilderson III | Afropessimism
Tue, April 28, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Frank B. Wilderson III spent more than five years in South Africa, where he was one of two Americans elected to the African National Congress during the country’s transformation after apartheid. His books include Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid and Red, White…
Samantha Irby | Wow, No Thank You.
Thu, April 30, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In her popular long-running blog, bitches gotta eat , Samantha Irby offers raw, humorous takes on her sometimes difficult personal life, pop culture, and, of course, food. She is also the author of three essay collections: Meaty ; New Year, Same Trash: Resolutions I Absolutely…
André Gregory | This is Not My Memoir
Mon, May 11, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00
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In conversation with co-author Todd London, Head of the MFA Playwriting Program at the New School, School of Drama A theater director in New York for more than 50 years, the legendary André Gregory has collaborated on film adaptations of his productions with the likes of Louis Malle and…
Jennifer Steinhauer | The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress
Tue, May 12, 2020
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
A reporter for the New York Times for 25 years, Jennifer Steinhauer has covered the United States Congress since 2010. Her former assignments include Los Angeles bureau chief and New York City Hall bureau chief. The winner of the Newswoman’s Club of New York Front Page Deadline…