Events - July, 26, 2012

Colson Whitehead's Smart Zombie Horror, Zone One: A Novel

Retreat from the summer heat to the cool Rare Books Room, and listen to novelist Colson Whitehead read from his latest, Zone One: A Novel....

Books

Bricolage: Journeys of Recovery with Pauline Chen, Don Lee & Aimee Phan

Spanning 1980s Midwest to imperial court China, our second installment of Bricolage—a salon-style multimedia show-n-tell—takes us into the brilliant minds of novelists on journeys of recovery....

Books

Lisa Cohen & Hilton Als

Lisa Cohen, author of All We Know: Three Lives, talks with New Yorker writer Hilton Als.

Performing Arts/Film

Helen Merrill, Vocalist

An iconic vocalist with a warm, expressive voice, Helen Merrill's infrequent recordings tend to be quite special with plenty of surprises and chance-taking. She started...

Film

I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful

(Jonathan Demme, 2011, 90 min.) This critically acclaimed documentary, filmed over the course of five years, debuted at the Venice International Film Festival in 2011. It...

History/NYC

Andrew Dolkart Lecture - Developing the Garment District

The Ladies' Garment Industry was New York City's largest employer in the first half of the 20th century, and "Seventh Avenue" was the city's most...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Greg David - Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City

The editor for Crain's New York Business for 25 years, who has covered topics from the city's business, to economic and political issues, will be focusing on past and...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

An Evening With David Henry Hwang Produced in Conjunction With the New York Foundation for the Arts

Tony Award-winning playwright of M. Butterfly and Chinglish David Henry Hwang reads from and discusses his work as part of B&N's series of events with...

Religion/Spirituality, Art/Photo/Design

Curator's Tour: Printers, Monks, & Craftsmen: Bookmaking in the Age of Gutenberg

Join Clare Manias, Conservator of the Rare Bible Collection at MOBIA, as she leads an in-depth tour of the exhibition, Printers, Monks & Craftsmen: Bookmaking in...