Books: Events for April 2013

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Bob Harris will be in conversation with David Rohde

Monday, April 1, 2013

7:00 PM

The Strand
828 Broadway, at 12th Street

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MG Vassanji will be in conversation with Sohrab Francis and Jeff Allen

Monday, April 1, 2013

6:30 PM

The New School
66 West 12th Street

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Patricia Volk will be reading and signing books at Corner Bookstore

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

6:00 PM

1313 Madison Avenue

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Lynne Olson will be speaking and signing books at Roosevelt Institute at Hunter College

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

6:00 PM

Tina Santi Flaherty-Winston Churchill Literary Series
Roosevelt House
47-49 East 65th Street

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Leigh Newman will be in conversation with A. M. Homes at The Strand

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

7:00 PM

828 Broadway

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Blaine Harden will be speaking and signing books at the United Nations Association of New York

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

6:00 PM

With the Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
Reception followed by talk and book signing

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Arnold Roth will be appearing on a panel at the MoCCA Arts Festival

Saturday, April 6, 2013

4:30 PM

Lexington Ave Armory
The 69th Regiment Armory 
68 Lexington Avenue
(between East 25th & East 26th Streets)

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Barbara Garson will be reading and signing books at Three Lives Bookstore

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

7:00 PM

154 West 10th Street

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Karen Houppert will be participating in a panel discussion at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

5:30 PM

With Gloria Browne-Marshall, Jonathan Gradess, Thomas Giovanni, moderated by
David Carroll 

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Moot Court Room, 6th Floor
524 West 59th Street (near 10th Avenue)

Presented by The Brennan Center for Justice, The New Press, and the Center on Media, Crime, and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Meg Wolitzer will be reading and signing books at the Corner Bookstore

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

6:00 PM

1313 Madison, at 93rd Street

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Rayya Elias will be in conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert and performing at Barnes & Noble

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

6:00 PM

 Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street 

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Paul Anka will be reading and signing books at Book Revue

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

7:00 PM

313 New York Avenue
Huntington, NY

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Paul Anka will be reading and signing books at Barnes & Noble

Thursday, April 11, 2013

7:00 PM

765 Route 17 South
Paramus, NJ

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Paul Anka will be signing books and CDs at J&R Music

Friday, April 12, 2013

5:00 PM

23 Park Row

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Graham Meriwether and guests will be taking part in panel discussions following screenings April 12-18

Friday, April 12, 2013

7:00 PM

Cinema Village
22 East 12th Street

Panel discussions:

  • Friday, April 12: Farmers on Innovation, featuring Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, Paul Willis of Niman Ranch, Communications Director at Chipotle Mexican Grill Chris Arnold, and co-founder of Applegate Chris Ely
  • Saturday, April 13: Beginning Farmers, featuring Jon McConaughy of Double Brook Farms, Craig Haney of Stone Barns Center for Agriculture, Mary Kimball of Land Based Learning and Ben Flanner of Brooklyn Grange **Farmers are admitted FREE with RSVP to Rachel.s@leaveitbetter.com**
  • Sunday, April 14: Food Systems, featuring Anthony Fassio of NY Slow Food, and Tanya Fields of BLKGRL
  • Monday, April 15: Community Supported Agriculture, featuring Richard Morris of Polyface Farms, Alan & Nancy Waite of Lewis Waite Farms, Paula Lukats of Just Food, Amanda Pitts of the Bushwick Food Co-op, and Local Roots CSA founder Wen-Jay Ying
  • Tuesday, April 16: Chefs and Butchers featuring butcher Tom Mylan, butcher Jake Dickson, chef Bill Telepan, green caterer Mary Cleaver, and author/butcher Julie Powell
  • Wednesday, April 17: Markets, featuring Greenmarket Executive Director Michael Hurwitz, New Amsterdam Market founder Robert LaValva & Flying Pigs Farm founder Michael Yezzi
  • Thursday, April 18: The Making of American Meat, featuring editor Memo Salazar and cinematographer Ryan Nethery

Books

Billy Ray Cyrus will be reading and signing books at Bookends

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

6:00 PM

211 East Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ

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Barbara Garson will be speaking and signing books at the Brecht Forum

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

7:30 PM

451 West Street

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Alexandra Aldrich will be reading and signing books at Book Court

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

7:00 PM

163 Court Street
Brooklyn

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Billy Ray Cyrus will be reading and signing books at Hudson Union Society

Thursday, April 18, 2013

7:00 PM

RSVP here. Address is e-mailed after you register.

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Sam Lipsyte will be reading and signing books at Pete's Candy Store with Nick Flynn

Thursday, April 18, 2013

7:30 PM

709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn

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William Dalrymple will be in conversation with Joseph Slaughter at Columbia University

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

3:00 PM

School of the Humanities
Faculty House Garden Room 1
400 West 117th Street

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Michael Pollan will be reading and signing books at Barnes & Noble

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

7:00 PM

Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 East 17th Street

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Alexandra Aldrich will be reading and signing books at Barnes & Noble

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

7:00 PM

150 East 86th Street

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Vali Nasr will be speaking and signing books at the International Peace Institute

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

6:00 PM

777 United Nations Plaza

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Rachel Kushner will be in conversation with Josh Ferris at McNally Jackson

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

7:00 PM

52 Prince Street

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Jeremy Scahill will be speaking and signing bookst at Barnes & Noble

Thursday, April 25, 2013

6:00 PM

Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street, at Greenwhich Street

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Jim Walden will be speaking at the NYC Community Garden Coalition Forum at Cooper Union

Saturday, April 27, 2013

1:30 PM

Cooper Union's Great Hall
7 East 7th Street

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Joseph Stiglitz and Robert Kuttner will be in coversation tonight

Monday, April 29, 2013

6:00 PM

Sponsored by Demos and The Roosevelt Institute
NYU Global Center, Grand Hall
238 Thompson Street, 5th floor

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Temple Grandin will be reading and signing books at Barnes & Noble

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

7:00 PM

Union Square
33 East 17th Street