• 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

• Spring at Housing Works Bookstore: Lapham’s Quarterly, Tumblr, Sasha Grey, and Foodie Fun

  

  Here at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, we’re crossing our fingers for Spring while springboarding the launches of great new work. Sasha Grey, icon and sexual provocateur, will be here to launch her new photography book Neu Sex at a VICE-hosted party and a candid discussion with Stereogum’s Brandon Stosuy. Lewis Lapham will be here to launch the latest issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, featuring contributions by Franz Kafka, Gloria Steinem, Geoffrey Chaucer, David Mamet, and Herman Melville. The Moth StorySLAM might even launch you into storytelling superstardom! We’re also planning to fill your brain with visual art and human rights and your belly with food by some of the most exceptional chefs in New York. Show your support for Housing Works and buy your …

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  Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:53 pm

• March at Housing Works Bookstore: Music, Film, Dance, Tumblr, Lapham’s Quarterly, and Amazing Food.

  

  Spring has sprung (maybe?) and we’re celebrating here at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (definitely!). We’re welcoming filmmakers, singers, dancers, painters, human rights crusaders, photographers, bloggers, comedians, and a veritable bevy of zine fanatics. Lewis Lapham will talk about his crummiest day job. Mike Albo will talk about Jane Eyre. You will talk about how amazing it is that you’re having a great time drinking beers at a killer party yet you’re helping homeless people living with HIV at the very same time.

  Want to help more? Treat yourself to a ticket to A Taste of Home and enjoy gin cocktails and food by some of the best chefs New York City has to offer. Rough life being an activist, eh?

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  Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:32 am

• Upcoming Early Closings

  The bookstore will be closing:

  3/07 at 5:00pm
  3/11 at 6:00pm
  3/17 at 6:00pm
  3/28 at 6:30pm
  3/29 at 4:00pm

  Thank you for understanding our fund-raising efforts!

  Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:27 am

• News from Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Geek Week, Sci Fi, Jeopardy, Photos, Film, Dance, and More.

  Creep out of your parents’ basement and scoop up the goodies from ours during our annual GEEK WEEK! This year it’s 30% off sci fi, fantasy, comics, vintage vinyl, science and math books all week, plus live trivia, genre readings, Sci Fi screenings, and a band called Ninja Sex Party. No, really! Or if lit journal launches are more your speed, or live storytelling, or Jamaican dance, we’ve got you covered. See you soon!

  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:25 am

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