BOOKS
Author Talk: Actor and Director Griffin Dunne Presents: Friday Afternoon Club at New Canaan Library
New Canaan Library 151 Main Street, New CanaanWe are thrilled to welcome Griffin Dunne, actor, director and producer, whose searing family memoir has been called "warm and perceptive" by the New York Times -- but The Friday Afternoon […]
Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall/Virtual Author Talk with Christophe Lebold
Avon Free Public Library 281 Country Club Rd, AvonJoin us for a virtual event with Christophe Lebold, to discuss his new book, Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall. This event will be moderated by Amy […]
Book Talk: Samuel Wilkinson Yale School of Medicine at Yale Whitney Humanities Center
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenHumanities Quadrangle (HQ) 276 6:00 pm Book Discussion about Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply about the Meaning of Our Existence, featuring author Samuel Wilkinson in conversation with Nii […]
Stowe Prize for Literary Activism Celebration: Dr. Bettina L. Love
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, HartfordThe Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is delighted to celebrate Dr. Bettina L. Love as the 2024 Stowe Prize for Literary Activism winner for her book Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black […]
Author Panel & Book Signing: Summer’s Not Over at Barrett Bookstore in Darien
Barrett Bookstore 5 Corbin Drive, DarienWe are still holding on to the easy breezy feelings beach reads give us, even after Labor Day! Join us for our Summer's Not Over (yet!) gathering at the store […]
Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits | Illustrated Talk and Tasting
Mill Hill Historic Park 2 East Wall Street, NorwalkThe Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, in collaboration with the Norwalk Historical Society, presents award-winning author Aaron Goldfarb for an illustrated talk and book signing titled, Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits. Spirits tasting and a […]
“The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt” Fundraiser at Mather Homestead in Darien
Mather Homestead 19 Stephen Mather Rd, DarienEvent begins at 6 o’clock with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Mather Homestead sunken garden. We will be open for tours of the historic Homestead. Lecture starting at 7 […]
Live from the Boathouse! Michael Bell Presents The Vampire’s Grasp at Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTIncredible as it may seem to contemporary Americans, vampires preyed upon their not-so-distant ancestors. But these unseen killers did not resemble Count Dracula: New England’s authentic vampires were the pathogenic […]