Bookstore Café Events
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Writing on Human Rights with Mac McClelland, Gabriel Thompson, and Dana Goldstein
Join The Daily Beast’s Dana Goldstein, the Nation Institute Investigative Fund’s Gabriel Thompson, and Mother Jones’ Mac McClelland for Writing on Human Rights, a reading, discussion, and Q&A about the cruciality and challenges of human rights coverage. McClelland, author of For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story from Burma’s Never-Ending War, and Thompson, author of Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won’t Do, will also be available to sign books.
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Punch Up Your Life: Comedy hosted by Pete Holmes and friends
Comedy hosted by Pete Holmes with guests TBA. $3 admission.
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The Moth StorySLAM! Theme: Green
10 stories, 3 teams of judges, 1 winner.
$7 at the door.
This event always sells out. Limited seating. Please arrive early.
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Housing Works Playhouse Presents Jeremy Plays Guitar
Jeremy Plays Guitar is a high-energy, fun kid’s band with music that secretly gives kids words to navigate their world. Led by award-winning guitarist Jeremy Zmuda with singer Joy Dragland, bassist Alan Hampton, Drummer Leo Sidran and Percussionist Rich Stein, Jeremy Plays Guitar really speaks to kids while jumping, dancing, singing, and, yes, playing guitar! From singing about taking the subway or catching a taxi to taking turns and making mistakes, Jeremy Plays Guitar will have kids and grownups playing along.
Tickets are $10 for adults and children over 1. Buy them here.
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Performing Arts Sale: All day 3/20 and 3/21
30% off all Film, Theater, TV, Radio, and Music books, DVDs, records, and CDs.
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Rare Books Seminar for Volunteers and Customers
Nancy Cooper recently celebrated her tenth anniversary as an employee of the Housing Works Bookstore Café, where she is the resident rare-book expert. Join her for an overview on identifying rare books, understanding why they are collectible, researching them and learning about modern first editions.
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Punch Up Your Life: Comedy hosted by Pete Holmes and friends
Comedy hosted by Pete Holmes with guests TBA. $3 admission.
Watch our facebook and twitter for updates!
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Home Ec 2010: Cooking, Sewing, and Gardening for Apartment Dwellers with Cathy Erway and Erin Bried
Cathy Erway, author of The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove, and Erin Bried, author of How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew, offer tips, tricks, and fun activities.
Annual Benefits
- Design on a Dime
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- Designer Bios
- Alex Bandon & Amy Hughes for This Old House
- Asler Valero
- Beale-Lana Interior Design
- Bob Richter
- Cafiero Select
- Calypso
- Carolina Irving
- Charlotte Moss
- de la Torre Design Studio
- Design by Joshua
- Eldon Wong Design
- Elizabeth Bauer Design
- Flair Home Collection
- Foley and Cox
- Franck Hodelin
- Hable Construction
- Harry Cushing
- Housing Works Visuals
- Jacy Levy
- jeffrey digangi design
- John Bartlett/John Esty
- Juniper Tedhams
- Kim Hull Interiors
- Laidback Home
- Laura Bohn
- Luis Caicedo
- Mark Stephen
- Nest
- Nickelodeon
- Robert Passal
- Steven Sclaroff
- the editors at Real Simple
- Todd Black & THU DO DESIGN
- Host Committee
- Fashion for Action
- Open Air Street Fair
- Spring Previews
- World AIDS Day: 24 hour AIDS Vigil
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