by Rachel Veroff | Sep 16, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, Entertainment, Featured
The world-class New York Art Book Fair will celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend at MoMA PS1, one of the city’s largest meccas for contemporary and experimental art. If you attended this event last year, then you know the mega gallery will be filled, room...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 29, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, Entertainment
Amber Benson first came into prominence as an actress on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series in the late 1990s. That wasn’t her first role, however, having begun acting in her teens. While she has continued acting post-Buffy (e.g. Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice,...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 17, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, News
Are you a big fan of music? Do you like to write? Is it your goal to be a published author? If your answer to all three of these questions is “yes,” then there is an opportunity from Bloomsbury Books deserving your immediate attention. Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 is a beloved...
by kelsey maloney | Jul 12, 2015 | Book Club, Entertainment, Events
Join the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy for their fourth annual Books Beneath the Bridge series, which began on July 6 and will continue each Monday until August 10. Sponsored by AT&T, these free outdoor readings were organized by local, independent bookstores...
by Katie Garry | Jul 3, 2015 | Book Club, Dining, Entertainment, News
On Saturdays at 1 p.m., the Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl takes patrons to the literarily acclaimed bars of Lower Manhattan. The pub crawl meets at the White Horse Tavern on Hudson Street, and is $20 for regular admission and $15 for seniors and students. The...
by laura seaman | Jun 18, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, News
Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari came to the Union Square Barnes & Nobel on Tuesday, June 16 to sign his new book, Modern Romance. This book is his comedic take on romance in today’s world and how it has changed. This isn’t just a book of opinion,...