August 2011 Bookstore Events

  “It’s August and the pickins are slim.” (Even slimmer now that Borders is gone.) Here’s a list of August 2011 literary, comedic and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble 08/08/11 Catching Heat – Jim Leyritz (Tri) 08/09/11 Composed – Rosanne Cash (USQ) 08/09/11 Live at B&N…

July 2011 Bookstore Events

  Here’s a list of July 2011 literary and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes and Noble NYC 07/05 Sapphire: The Kid, Imani Uzuri and Dance Theater of Harlem (USQ) 07/06 Diane Farr: Kissing Outside the Lines (Tri) 07/07 Loudon Wainwright III: 40 Odd Years (Performance/Signing – USQ) 07/11…

June 2011 Bookstore Events

  It’s summer and things have slowed down in terms of both quantity and quality at our local bookstores (though I’m only showing the pearls here of course). Here’s a list of June 2011 literary and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble Stores NYC 06/01 Barbara Sinatra:…

April 2011 Bookstore Events

  With the exception of Tina Fey, Mo Willems in Park Slope(!) and maybe Mrs. Chris Martin, not a lot jumped out at me this month. Here’s a list of April 2011 bookstore events that I found interesting for one reason or another. B&N April 2011 Events 04/05 Meg Wolitzer: The Uncoupling; Mary Gordon: The…

Barnes and Noble and Borders January 2011 Events

  Like its year end predecessor, January is a bit of a slow month at our local big box book stores, here are a few things I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble January 2011 Events 01/05/11 Sean Yseult: I’m In the Band (Tribeca) 01/10/11 Sam Tanenhaus, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee:…