Past Events
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the PublicThe award-winning author of Door Wide Open, about her relationship with Jack Kerouac, presents a groundbreaking portrait of him as a young artist.Event Recording
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | Whitridge Room | For Members OnlyEducator Gloria Plesent leads discussion of the Francis Steegmuller translation of Flaubert's masterpiece.
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Friday, January 25, 2013 - 3:30 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | For Members and Their Guests
Michelle Frey, Executive Editor at Knopf Books for Young Readers, discusses the role of the editor and leads participants in writing and revising their own stories. For grades 3-6. Free of charge; registration required.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon tells the stories of parents who find profound meaning in dealing with children challenged by disabilities, mental illness, gender difference, or genius, expanding our definition
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 2:00 PM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room | For Members Only
Get the creative juices flowing in these fun and instructive sessions. Participants will receive a prompt and will have 20 minutes to write freely, after which they are encouraged to share their writing with the group.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room | For Members Only
Rightly or wrongly, readers fix a gimlet eye on beginnings, as do writers, aware of the myriad rules, warnings, and dictates about what to do or not to do.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from historical, biographical, cultural, and iconigraphic perspectives, with an array of stunning images from co
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
What kinds of content are magazines looking for? How can you get the attention of magazine editors?
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
Dr. Goldman-Price, editor of the newly discovered letters between Edith Wharton and her governess Anna Bahlmann, focuses on the education of Wharton and other girls in Gilded Age New York. Presented in partnership with The Mount.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Wallace Hall, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
The master biographer treats Johnson’s time as powerless Vice President and his sudden transition to the Presidency. Part of the Author Series, co-sponsored by WNET/THIRTEEN New York.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
As part of the Library's celebration of the 150th birthday of Edith Wharton, the Wharton Salon presents a one-woman play based on the author's memoirs, letters, and poems.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
This beautifully realized historical novel offers a fresh vision of the French Revolution and the French royal family as seen by Marie Antoinette and her Swedish aristocrat lover.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room | For Members OnlyIn this talk on the craft of writing, Hilma Wolitzer will discuss how characters are found and how they evolve, in her own work and in others'.
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Monday, November 12, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
A Hunter College professor and passionate theatergoer looks at why some dramatic creations, from Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach to Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, extend to five hours or more, and how their length lets t
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Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
In 2008, Charles Rowan Beye married his longtime partner Richard at a chapel on the edge of Harvard University campus, where he had received his PhD in classical philology nearly fifty years earlier.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 6:00 PM | The Writing Life | Members' RoomFormerly known as Open Mic Night, this is one of the Library's most popular events, showcasing Library members reading from their own short stories, novels, poetry, criticism, memoirs, and plays. Refreshments and wine will be served.
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Monday, October 22, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
Hired by E.B. White, Janet Groth spent two tumultuous decades as The New Yorker’s receptionist. She discusses her funny, revelatory memoir with New Yorker writer Mark Singer.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 3:00 PM | Children | Members' RoomOne of the New York City Ballet's most celebrated ballerinas, Ms. Kent reads from her first children's book, Ballerina Swan, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully, and talks about her creative process.Event Recording
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public
Economist correspondent Greene’s groundbreaking and controversial book examines the prejudices that cause governments, nationalists and experts to control people’s language, defining “us” and distancing “them.”
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Monday, October 15, 2012 - 11:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge RoomAuthor Barbara Lazear Ascher introduces writing fundamentals and practice exercises that get the writing gears running smoothly.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Members' Room | Open to the Public
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | Whitridge Room
Educator James Kraft leads in-depth discussion of one of the greatest English novels and its unique insights about human nature and the role of the individual in society.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
In this talk, two social media experts will discuss how writers can build their brand using digital marketing.