• October at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: I Like Your Glasses, Ghost Stories, Daniel Clowes & Seth

  October! It’s officially fall, the gourds come out to play, you put away the flip-flops and switch to tights and boots, it’s perfectly acceptable to drink apple cider daily, and there is so much awesome at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe I don’t even know where to begin. Seriously. Look at this! Lasers at I Like Your Glasses, s’mores around the campfire with Storychord.com, two of the best comics artists working today in conversation, a benefit concert with a country music legend, and more. You should just plan on spending most of the month here. Plus three — yes, three! in one month! — sales to keep your shelves full: our Monthly Sale, a bonus Columbus Day Sale because why not?, and the Media Sale. And …

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  Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:05 pm

• September at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: The Wire, Kate Beaton, Pioneer One, Open Air Street Fair

  If you combined all of our events this month into one image, at least if you live in my brain, it’s Hark! A Vagrant featuring Omar Little reading Catcher in the Rye to babies in a Soviet space capsule. So it’s probably best we keep everything separate for now and you plan to come by for some beers or cappuccinos while we talk about the Dickensian aspect, publicly funded sci-fi space drama, keeping young Ada Lovelace away from those vile poets, and how awesome the first amendment is. Add to your to-do list for October: polish your specs for a new installment of I Like Your Glasses; finish your reading assignment for the launch of the Better Book Club; and prepare your best literary Halloween …

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  Posted on September 13, 2011 at 2:20 pm

• Back to School at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Epic Win, The Wire, Pioneer One, and Kate Beaton

  I love fall. Maybe it’s because I was always a nerd and liked school, but I feel like September is the real beginning of the year, the time to make a fresh start. Treat yourself to some grown-up school supplies and mark your planner because this month we’ve got something for all the kinds of nerds, from the Internet to TV to Internet TV. We’re kicking it off with next week’s 4chan variety show, Epic Win, featuring tons of IRL “web personalities.” We’re reviving a travel-writing book club with brunchtime Malbec and a controversial book about the end of the world, In Patagonia. We’ll talk about the Dickensian aspect at a panel discussion on the greatest television show ever, The Wire. No homework this …

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  Posted on August 30, 2011 at 3:36 pm

• Summer Staycation at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: My Drunk Kitchen, Comedy, Epic Win, Jauntsetter

  Summer is great and all but we’re gearing up for a great fall here at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. Over the next month we’ve got a drunken YouTube sensation, the return of free stand-up comedy, a 4chan variety show of Internet proportions, a beer-bucketful happy hour for teachers, a relaunch of a travel-themed brunchtastic book group, a panel on the greatest television show of all time, and more Moth StorySLAMs than ever. Plenty to keep you busy through the dog days and into autumn. Plus a benefit night at Fashion’s Night Out and a book drive at the Brooklyn Book Festival. This is just the tip of the iceberg; stay tuned to the Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and this trusty newsletter …

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  Posted on August 15, 2011 at 3:08 pm

• August at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Chuck Klosterman, My Drunk Kitchen, Comedy, Moth, and More

  It’s the dog dags of summer in the city, but we’ve got plenty of cheap summer reads and cold-brew coffee for y’all here at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. This weekend, come by for 30 percent off everything — books, music, movies — in the store and new brunch-tastic options in the cafe. Later this month, bask in our A/C and enjoy the fireworks at two (TWO!) Moth StorySLAMs, a star-studded summer movie panel, and a special night with the sauciest YouTube home cook in town.

  Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:36 am

• Housing Works Bookstore Cafe News: Darius Rucker, Rolling Stone, Poetry, Passover, and More.

  Come on by early and often for this Spring’s slate of eclectic entertainment. If you’re into Hootie, country music, or both, treat yourself to Live From Home with Darius Rucker, an intimate benefit event. Wondering what our concerts are like? Check out this video of Alela Diane’s wonderful Housing Works show — each click makes a donation to our charitable mission. Or come hear long-form journalism, top-notch poetry, or holiday humor. Plus, stock up on food and gardening books at 30% off!

  Posted on April 13, 2011 at 2:04 am

• April at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Poetry, Prose, Poetry, Comedy, Poetry, Journalism, and Poetry

  Well, we still aren’t convinced Spring has sprung, but one way or another, National Poetry Month has! We’re proud to present a variety of poetry programs celebrating both the people who write the poems and the people who write about the poems. We’ve also got fiction writers, journalists, comedians, and storytellers. Come hear words, words, words, and buy some of your very own to take home with you — we’re also having two huge weekend sales!

  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:14 pm

• Upcoming Early Closings

  The bookstore and cafe will be closing:

  • 5/18 at 5PM
  • 5/21 at 6PM (The MothSHOP)
  • 5/31 at 7PM
  • 6/07 at 7PM
  • 6/08 at 5PM
  • 6/11 at 6PM (A Weimar Flute)
  • 6/12 at 6PM (The Moth)
  • 6/13 at 5:30PM
  • 6/14 at 6PM (A Weimar Flute)
  • 6/15 at 5PM
  • 6/18 at 6PM (A Weimar Flute)

  
  Thank you for understanding our fund-raising efforts!

  Posted on March 29, 2011 at 7:12 pm

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