Schedule
JULY 22 How I Learned I Was Right All Along. “How I Learned” is a monthly reading series featuring writers, comedians, bloggers and performers as chosen by hostess Blaise Allysen Kearsley based primarily on personal hygiene and make-out prowess. This month’s show features Aryn Kyle, Leslie Goshko, Jeff Gordinier, and Lynn Harris. 8pm (doors open at 7), Happy Ending, 302 Broome Street (between Forsyth & Eldridge), NYC. FREE!
PAST EVENTS…
2010
JUNE 24“Virtually Speaking” on Second Life: 3 generations of feminism with Gloria Feldt and Shelby Knox. 9 PM EST.
FEBRUARY 28 Panel on Laughter at Jewish Alumni Weekend at Yale. 12 PM. There will be bagels! Registration info here.
FEBRUARY 11 Full Spectrum presents THE STAR-CROSSED LOVERS: a free panel discussion with four creators who explore the bittersweet nature of romantic love. With Trevor Exter, Tamar-Kali, Lynn Harris, and special guest. Moderated by K. Neycha Herford. 7:30-9.30 PM, Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. EVENT PHOTOS here.
JANUARY 12 Ideasmyth presents: Selections from Victoria C. Rowan’s humor anthology, “IRREVERSIBLE: Funny–If Fleeting–Signs of Undeniable Maturity.” Trattoria Dopo Teatro, 125 West 44th Street (Bway & 6th Ave), in the wine cellar private dining room downstairs). FREE, no food/drink minimum. Please arrive at 7 PM to order; readings begin at 7.30.
FEBRUARY 4 “Virtually Speaking” on Second Life: 3 generations of feminism with Gloria Feldt and Shelby Knox. 9 PM EST.
2009
NOVEMBER 4 Body Politic 09: Voices on Feminism. 6-7pm: Happy Hour; 7-9pm: A Conversation with Gloria Feldt, Lynn Harris, and Jessica Valenti. Join three of New York City’s leading feminist voices, women’s rights activists and influential writers as they discuss what feminism means to them. Find out how their respective generations have helped shape feminism today – and their perspectives on where feminism is headed next. Sponsored by the PPNYC Activist Council in collaboration with Living Liberally. The Tank, 354 W 45th Street, New York, NY
NOVEMBER 11 Book launch party! Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Storytelling Collection
JULY 22 How I Learned We Were Breaking Up. “How I Learned” is a monthly reading series featuring writers, comedians, bloggers and performers as chosen by hostess Blaise Allysen Kearsley based primarily on personal hygiene and make-out prowess. This month’s show features Dan Allen, Menachem Kaiser, Lynn Harris, and Diana Spechler. 8pm (doors open at 7), Happy Ending, 302 Broome Street (between Forsyth & Eldridge), NYC. FREE!
UPDATE: Here’s what you missed!
MARCH 28 Lynn spoke on a panel about writing for the mainstream media with Rebecca Traister, Kara Jesella, Ada Calhoun, and others at Women, Action & the Media: A Conference for Activists, Journalists & Everyone. MIT’s Stata Center, Cambridge, MA.
2008
SEPTEMBER 21 The National New Israel Fund Forum: Lynn will be reading at and moderating the concluding panel, “This Israeli Life:” a special session of readings and storytelling by American Jewish writers who will relate their encounters with Israel, focusing on nuances (good and bad) of the Diaspora-Israel bond. Also, it will be funny. The Kimmel Center at NYU, 60 Washington Square South, NYC.
JULY 13 Tmol Shilshom, 5 Solomon St. (see map), Jerusalem, ISRAEL, 7 PM.
FEBRUARY 27 New York Noir: A mystery writers’ panel at the Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue, 6th floor, 6:30 PM.
2007
JUNE 7 Launch party, with reading and signing, at Rapture Cafe & Books, NYC
JUNE 20 Reading & signing at Barnes & Noble, Burlington MA. 7:30 PM.
JUNE 21 WREC Memphis, radio interview, 9:30 AM CST.
JUNE 28 Reading & signing at Community Bookstore, 143 Seventh Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 7:30 PM.
JULY 1 “What Constitutes a Mystery?” Panel discussion at Deadly Ink mystery writers’ conference, Parsippany (NJ) Sheraton, 10:30 AM.
JULY 3 KYW 1060-AM Philadelphia, radio interview, 7:30 AM.
JULY 15 Sunday Salon at Stain Bar, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 7 PM.
JULY 17 “What’s So Funny About Murder?” Panel discussion at the Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue, 6th floor, 6:30 PM.
AUGUST 27 Single State of the Union reading at McNally Robinson Booksellers, SoHo, 7 PM. With Rachel Kramer Bussel, Susan Shapiro, and other contributors.
AUGUST 29 Reading and signing — and cake! — at Cocoa Bar, 228 7th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 8 PM. (Yes, the flagship Brooklyn store, not the Manhattan outpost.) Free slice of Death By Chocolate (!) with every book purchase.
OCTOBER 2 “All About Singles” event sponsored by Singleringen (a great way to give the wedding-industrial complex the finger).
7-10 PM at Hus, 11 Christopher St., Greenwich Village. Featuring three other authors who write about single life: Leslie Talbot, Erin Torneo, and Nancy Slotnick. Space limited; register at 212-620-5430 or e-mail info@husliving.com.
NOVEMBER 13 Writers Night Out, presented by the National Writers Union Western New England Chapter. Apollo Grill, Eastworks Building, 116 Pleasant St, Easthampton, MA. 6:30–9 p.m. $20 for National Writers Union Members; $22 for Non-members. Price includes full dinner and speaker. Cash bar. RSVP to wnorsvp@verizon.net or call 413-586-8844.
DECEMBER 16 440 Gallery Reading Series, 440 Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 4 PM. Also appearing: Artist Lara Weschler speaking about her show, Coney Island: The Lost Horizon; fiction writer Kate Rogan
