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Non-Motivational Speakers Series
JLA Studios
63 Pearl Street
Brooklyn
7:30 pm
Free
Molly Crabapple
Dr. Sketchy’s Official Rainy Day Colouring Book (Sepulculture Books, $20)
Joshua Neufeld
A Few Perfect Hours (Alternative Comics, $12.95)
Illustration is the theme for this month’s installment of the Non-Motivational Speakers Series. Molly Crabapple, author of Dr. Sketchy’s Official Rainy Day Colouring Book, and founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School will discuss her process. Joshua Neufield, author of the graphic novel A Few Perfect Hours, will discuss his work as well.
Earshot
Rose Live Music
345 Grand Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8:00 pm
$5 admission gets you one free drink
CA Conrad
Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, $12.95)
Liza Monroy
Mexican High (Spiegel & Grau, $14)
Tim Peterson
Since I Moved In (Chax Press, $16)
The Earshot reading series features CA Conrad, Liza Monroy, and Tim Peterson tonight. Conrad’s Advanced Elvis Course is all about his fascination with Elvis, while Oscar Hijuelos hails Monroy’s Mexican High as “spirited, harrowing, and utterly compelling.” Peterson’s Since I Moved In is his first collection of poems.
Queens Library
Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center of Queens Library
100-01 Northern Blvd
2:00 pm
Free
Jeffrey Babcock Perry
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1913 (Columbia University Press, $37.50)
Jeffrey Babcock Perry appears at the Queens Library this afternoon to discuss his biography of Hubert Harrison. Booklist praises Perry for his “detailed research” that “brings to life a transformative figure who has been little recognized for his contributions to progressive race and class politics.”
Polaris North Theater
Polaris North Theater
245 West 29th Street
3:00 pm
Stacy Horn
Unbelievable (Ecco, $24.99)
Stacy Horn, NPR contributor, appears at the Polaris North Theater this afternoon to discuss her book Unbelievable. Unbelievable is Horn’s study of the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory’s investigations into the paranormal. A spooky afternoon not to be missed!
Franklin Park Reading Series
Franklin Park
618 St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
8:00 pm
Free
Rachel Shukert
Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories (Villard Books, $14)
Felicia Sullivan
The Sky Isn’t Visible From Here (Harper Perennial, $13.99)
The Franklin Park Reading Series focuses on memoir this evening. The Los Angeles Times hailed Rachel Shukert’s Have You No Shame?, saying “Shukert's sharp comic turns careen smack into the middle of our hearts.” Felicia Sullivan’s The Sky Isn’t Visible From Here recounts her relationship with her drug-addicted mother and its affects on her. Publishers Weekly called it “a poignant memoir.”
Other Means Reading Series
Flying Saucer Cafe
494 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
8:00 pm
James Hannaham
God Says No (McSweeney’s Books, $22)
Karan Mahajan
Family Planning (Harper Perennial, $13.95)
James Hannaham and Karan Mahajan appear at the Other Means Reading Series this evening. Steve Martin praised Hannaham’s new book, God Says No, as “a
revelatory and sympathetic guide to a misunderstood world." Publishers Weekly calls Mahajan’s Family Planning “irresistable.”
Word for Word Reading Series
Bryant Park
42nd and 5th Avenue
Under the burgundy umbrellas
12:30 pm
Free
Peter Terzian
Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (Harper Perennial, $14.99)
Peter Terzian and several of the contributors to Heavy Rotation will appear at Bryant Park’s Word for Word Reading Series this afternoon. Booklist calls Heavy Rotation “a must for literary-minded pop fans.”
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92Y Tribeca
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
9:00 pm
$10
Andy Borowitz
Who Moved My Soap? The CEO’s Guide to Surviving in Prison: Bernie Madoff Edition (Simon & Schuster, $10.95)
Andy Borowitz appears this evening as part of the 92Y Tribeca’s Comedy Under Canal series. Borowitz’s Who Moved My Soap? was hailed by Booklist for its “pitch perfect rendition of the vacuities of some business books.” Borowitz’s comedy routine will be based on the book.
Polestar Reading Series
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow Street
5:00 pm
Free
Brandon Scott Gorrelll
During My Nervous Breakdown I Want to Have a Biographer Present (Muumuu House, $12)
Ellen Kennedy
Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs (Muumuu House, $12)
Polestar Reading Series presents two Muumuu House poets this evening, Brandon Scott Gorrell, and Ellen Kennedy. Matthew Rohrer said of Gorrell’s poems, “I like these poems. I really do. They made me laugh.” Daniel Handler calls Kennedy’s poems “declarative, nervous, wild and free.”
Scribblers on the Roof
Anse Chesed
200 West End Avenue at 100th Street
8:00 pm
Free
Anya Ulinich
Petropolis (Penguin Books, $14)
Elisa Albert
The Book of Dahlia (Free Press, $14)
Anya Ulinich and Elisa Albert appear this evening at Anse Chesed’s Scribblers on the Roof series. The Los Angeles Times called Ulinich’s Petropolis “engaging, funny, and genuinely moving in all the right places.” Publishers Weekly called The Book of Dahlia “hilarious and heartbreaking.”
New York Tech Meet Up
Fashion Institute of Technology
Haft Auditorium
27th Street at 7th Avenue
7:00 pm
Douglas Rushkoff
Life, Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back (Random House, $26)
Douglas Rushkoff will appear at the New York Tech Meet Up this evening. Booklist calls Rushkoff’s new book, Life, Inc. “an excellent, thought-provoking book.”
Happy Ending Reading and Music Series
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
7:00 pm
$15
Kevin Canty
Where the Money Went (Nan A. Talese, $25)
Binnie Kirshenbaum
The Scenic Route (Harper Perennial, $13.95)
Nick Laird
Glover’s Mistake (Viking, $25.95)
The Happy Ending Reading and Music Series features Kevin Canty, Binnie Kirshenbaum, and Nick Laird this evening. Publishers Weekly hails Canty’s Where the Money Went for “skillfully examining infidelity and the range of directions life can take.” Time Out New York called Kirshenbaum’s The Scenic Route “introspective, mordant and entertaining.” Publishers Weekly called Laird’s Glover’s Mistake “schadenfreude-fun.” Elvis Perkins is the musical guest.
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Roots and Vines Cafe
Roots and Vines Cafe
409 Grand Street at Clinton
7:30 pm
Free
Liza Monroy
Mexican High (Spiegal & Grau, $14)
Liza Monroy appears at the Roots and Vines Cafe this evening to read from her new book Mexican High this evening. Susan Shapiro calls Mexican High “hot, hilarious, and heartbreaking all at the same time.”
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Avenue
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
8:00 pm
Bob Powers
The Terrible, Horrible Temp-to-Perm Debacle (St. Martin’s Press, $13.99)
Bob Powers appears at the Vol. 1 Brooklyn series tonight to read from the latest book in his Just Make a Choice! series, a parody of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure series. Paul Feig calls Bob Powers “a comedy genius.”
Half King Reading Series
Half King
505 W. 23rd Street
7:00 pm
Free
Daniel Asa Rose
Larry’s Kidney (William Morrow & Co., $25.99)
Daniel Asa Rose appears at Half King tonight to read from his new memoir, Larry’s Kidney, an account of his trip to China to help his black sheep cousin get a kidney transplant - and a mail order bride.
International Center
International Center
50 W. 23rd Street
7:00 pm
Free
Porochista Khakpour
Sons and Other Flammable Objects (Grove Press, $14)
John Wray
Lowboy (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, $25)
The International Center hosts Porochista Khakpour and John Wray this evening. Khakpour’s Sons and Other Flammable Objects was hailed by the New Yorker for its “exuberant originality.” Publishers Weekly called Wray’s Lowboy “captivating.”
Mixer Series
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow Street
7:00 pm
Fiona Maazel
Last Last Chance (Picador, $15)
Monica Youn
Barter (Graywolf Press, $14)
The Mixer Series presents Fiona Maazel and Monica Youn this evening. The New York Times Book Review called Maazel’s Last Last Chance “moving, buoyant, and utterly true.” Publishers Weekly calls Youn’s Barter “a decadent decade’s blowback.”
