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Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti
Thu, February 13, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti REGISTER In Conversation with Grace Sanders Johnson Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved…
Art Book Club: February
Tue, February 18, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Art Department
at
Parkway Central Library
We call it a "club" but this recurring event is simply an opportunity for anyone to stop by and page through rare and special items from the Art Department's vault, archival collections, closed reference shelves and offsite stacks, to discover the wide…
Rick Steves | On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Tue, February 18, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $30.00
The Author Events Series presents Rick Steves | On the Hippie Trail This event is now SOLD OUT Meelya Gordon Memorial Endowed Lecture Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the…
Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir
Tue, March 18, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir REGISTER In Conversation with Reem Kassis In this moving, hilarious, and insightful memoir, Laurie Woolever traces her path from a small-town childhood to working at revered restaurants and food publications,…
Dr. Anthony Fauci | On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Thu, April 3, 2025
8:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $36.00 l Live Screening with Book
The Author Events Series presents Dr. Anthony Fauci | On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT! In Conversation with Dave Davies Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous - and most revered - doctor in the world today. His role guiding America…
Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art
Wed, April 23, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art REGISTER In Conversation with Emily Wilson In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully original reassessment of tragedy as Shakespeare wrote it—of what drew him toward tragic drama,…
Elie Mystal | Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America
Wed, April 30, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Elie Mystal | Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America REGISTER In Bad Law, the New York Times bestselling author of Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution brings his trademark legal acumen and passionate…
Jonathan Capehart | Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home
Thu, May 22, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Jonathan Capehart | Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home REGISTER In Conversation with David Brooks MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart is one of the most recognizable faces in cable news. But long before that success, Capehart spent…