The Leonard Lopate Show

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

We honor the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his death. Civil rights photographer Bob Adelman and National Book Award winning novelist and essayist Charles Johnson have collaborated on several books about Dr. King, including Mine Eyes Have Seen and King.

Event: Rudy Dee will be reading Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech at an exhibition featuring images of Dr. King by Bob Adelman
Friday, April 4 at 6 pm
Westwood Gallery
568 Broadway (corner of Prince Street)
To attend, call (212) 925-5700

Weigh in: Share your memories of Dr. King. Did you ever meet him? What do you remember about seeing him on TV or reading about him in the papers?

Slideshow: Images of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Anika Noni Rose in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”

Anika Noni Rose plays Southern seductress Maggie in the new revival of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, and Terrence Howard co-star.

Event: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is at the Broadhurst Theatre
235 West 44th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
For tickets, call (212) 239-2969 or (888) 268-2020; or go here.

“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” website

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The Book of Dahlia

Elisa Albert’s debut novel is The Book of Dahlia. The main character, Dahlia, is a 29-year-old pot-smoking underachiever who finds out she has brain cancer.

Event: Elisa Albert will be speaking and signing books
Sunday, April 6 at 7 pm
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street (between 2nd Avenue and Bowery)

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Please Explain: Crying

Get out your tissues - Please Explain is all about crying. What are tears made of? How did crying evolve? Is it a uniquely human phenomenon? Does it have health benefits? Vassar psychology professor Randy Cornelius has been developing an evolutionary theory of weeping that focuses on tears. Tom Lutz, director of the MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for Performance program at UC-Riverside Palm Desert, is the author of Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears.

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