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Steve Lopez | Independence Day: What I Learned about Retirement from Some Who’ve Done it and Some Who Never Will
Wed, February 8, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Mark Bowden A Los Angeles Times columnist for the past 22 years and former columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer , Steve Lopez is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and is the winner of the H.L. Mencken, the Ernie…
Virtual Sundays on Stage: Speak Up! by SOLE Defined
Sun, February 19, 2023
2:00 P.M.
Virtual
Speak Up! uses the percussive dance styles of tap dance, stepping, and body percussion to narrate iconic moments of life and legacy of John Lewis, like the1960 Lunch Counter Sit-ins, the 1961 Freedom Riders, and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. Be inspired by John Lewis’ commitment to…
Joseph Earl Thomas | Sink: A Memoir
Tue, February 21, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Elias Rodriques Referred to by Carmen Maria Machado as “all blood and nerve and near-unbearable beauty,” Joseph Earl Thomas ’ Sink is a coming-of-age memoir that chronicles the author’s escape from an upbringing of deprivation and…
Virtual Sundays on Stage: Home Fried Tales with Lyn Ford
Sun, February 26, 2023
2:00 P.M.
Virtual
Celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day by joining us for a selection of stories from fourth generation storyteller, author, and educator Lyn Ford. Rooted in her family’s multicultural Affrilachian (African-American Appalachian) heritage and a love of stories, Ford’s tales are full…
Leth Oun and Joe Samuel Starnes | A Refugee’s American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service
Tue, February 28, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER Veteran United States Secret Service Officer Leth Oun has protected presidents and vice presidents in four administrations in almost every state and more than a dozen countries. A political refugee who survived the genocidal Killing Fields of Cambodia, he arrived in America…
Camonghne Felix | Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
Wed, March 1, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Sharon G. Flake Camonghne Felix is the author of Build Yourself a Boat , “an exquisite and thoughtful” ( Bustle ) poetry collection that was longlisted for the National Book Award in poetry and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, among other…
Debra Lee | I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir
Thu, March 9, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 or $39.00 book with ticket
TICKETS In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition The former longtime CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Debra Lee currently serves on the boards of several of the world’s leading corporations, including Proctor & Gamble, Warner Bros.…
Adam Gopnik | The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery
Tue, March 21, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50
TICKETS A staff writer at The New Yorker for more than three decades, Adam Gopnik is the author of Paris to the Moon , The Table Comes First , At the Strangers’ Gate , and A Thousand Small Sanities , a “witty, humane, learned” ( The New York…
Ari Shapiro | The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Thu, March 23, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 or $38.80 book with ticket
TICKETS In conversation with award-winning chef and restauranteur Michael Solomonov Ari Shapiro is the cohost of NPR’s All Things Considered , the most listened-to radio news program in the country. Formerly NPR’s White House correspondent and international correspondent based…
Mary Louise Kelly | It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
Thu, April 13, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $16.50 or $37.30 book with ticket
TICKETS An NPR reporter for more than two decades, Mary Louise Kelly currently co-hosts the network’s flagship program All Things Considered , the most listened-to radio news show in the United States. Also the author of two popular suspense novels, she has contributed articles and…