Brooklyn Library Announces Spring 2018 Season Events!
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) today announced its 2018 spring season, convening noted writers, cultural critics, journalists, activists, and artists with the public to discuss issues that are vital to communities in Brooklyn and Greater New York and across the nation. Through a wide-ranging lineup of thought-provoking events open to the public, BPL is engaging with its diverse constituency on today's most urgent conversations.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards kicks off her nationwide book tour for her powerful new memoir Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead in conversation with New York Magazine journalist and All the Single Ladies author Rebecca TraisterChelsea Clinton presents her new illustrated children's book, She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, designed to inspire kids to speak out, be assertive, and achieve their goals
Man Booker Prize-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy reads from her latest novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a rich love story that takes the reader across the Indian subcontinent, immersed in years of religious, political, and cultural evolution in the country
Pulitzer-prize winner Junot Díaz kicks off his national book tour in BPL's Central Branch with a live reading of his first children's book, Islandborn, a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us to our families, to our past, and to ourselves
James and Deborah Fallows present Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America in conversation with New York Times columnist and author David Brooks
A celebration of legendary Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector and her second novel, The Chandelier, to be published for the first time in English this spring
The launch of LitFilm, a five-day international literary film festival showcasing films and documentaries that tell the stories of writers, translators, and iconic literary characters.
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GUSTAVO CASENAVE TRIO Jazz On Main (9/19-9/19) |
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Therapy Gecko The Bell House (8/29-8/29) |
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Mar Jennings: ONE MAN SHOW – Live Reading The Rat NYC (8/22-8/22) |
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Hot Guy Draft: First Crush Littlefield (8/23-8/23) |
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SweetnLow Jazz On Main (8/07-8/07) |
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Saigon St. Ann's Warehouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Venus In Fur ART NY (7/31-8/08) |
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Marissa Mulder Jazz On Main (7/24-7/24) |
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Still Life with Dowland and Britten Ascension Episcopal (10/16-10/16) |
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Sunday Brunch Vibes with Gilad & Enav Ephrat Jazz On Main (8/09-8/09) |