October 2012 Bookstore Events

  Hey folks, the stars of stage, screen and page are out in a big way this month at our local and big box book stores. Just a few of October’s bold face names include: Stephen Colbert, Pete Townshend, Kenny Rogers, Kirk Hammett, Stanley Tucci, Rod Stewart, John Taylor, Peter Criss, Uggie, Richard Belzer, Mariano…

July 2012 Bookstore Events

  Photo: Tim Griffin Very quiet at the big box stores this month, but the B&N mothership does have some have pretty big music events scheduled. Here are some more July 2012 bookstore events that looked interesting to me for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble 07/09 Chris Cleave – Gold (82nd & Bway)…

The Talent Show and Gift Swap Tonight at Littlefield

I was more than a little shocked (and saddened) when I realized I completely missed the boat on this year’s This American Life Christmas Show, so tonight I’m going to make my best effort to get the TAL endorsed Talent Show featuring Ira Glass, Dave Hill, Lucy Wainwright Roche and many others at Littlefield. The…

A Brief Comedy Update (with Some Music)

Wednesday, May 20th @ 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm $15 PS 107 presents: MEN: MIR- & HODG- The Fourth Floor of PS 107 (8th Avenue bet. 13th and 14th Streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn) Buy Tickets AN EVENING OF EUGENE MIRMAN AND JOHN HODGMAN TALKING WITH EACH OTHER, and maybe a special guest or two….

This American Life Live w/ Musical Guest Joss Whedon

As they do from time to time, Ira Glass and the folks from This American Life are putting some live shows in Chicago and NYC. If you missed getting ($50) tickets to the show at the Skirball Center, which sold out in two days, you can still catch the New York performance on its inevitable…