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Dinner For One

Cooking and dining alone is a pleasure and a rare treat for some people. Others find it depressing and lonely. Today Leonard will debate the pros and cons of solo eating with Jenni Ferrari-Adler, editor of a new essay collection called Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, and two of the book's contributors, Holly Hughes and Laura Dave.

Purchase Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant at amazon.com.

Event: Jenni Ferrari-Adler will be speaking and signing books
Saturday, August 18 at 8 pm
Book Hampton
20 Main Street
Sag Harbor, New York

Weigh in: What's your favorite meal for one?

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Magnum Opus

Actors Richard Topol and Mahira Kakkar portray members of a world-renowned string quartet on the eve of the most important performance of their careers in Michael Hollinger's new play, Opus.

Opus is playing at 59E59 through September 1.

Learn more about Opus and purchase tickets here.

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Death of a Murderer

In Rupert Thomson's critically acclaimed eighth novel, the death of notorious child murderer Myra Hindley is the catalyst for a lonely police officer's reflections on life, love, and loss.

Purchase Death of a Murderer at amazon.com.

Event: Rupert Thomson will be speaking with blogger Maud Newton
Friday, August 17 at 7 pm
McNally Robinson Bookstore
52 Prince Street, at Mulberry Street

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Please Explain: Melanoma

One in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer during the course of a lifetime, making it the most common form of cancer in the United States. We will learn about the disease's most serious form, melanoma, with Dr. Anna Pavlick, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Dermatology at New York University Medical Center, and Dr. Margaret Tucker, a melanoma researcher and Chief of the Genetic Epidemiology Branch at the National Institutes of Health.

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