The Artichoke Presents: Storytelling Open Mic Night The art of storytelling is alive and well here! Do you have a true story from your own life that you can tell within 6 minutes, live before an audience, from memory? Then do check this out. You should go to www.artichokeshow.com to learn the rules for the storytelling open mic. Your host is Eli Walker. There is a $5 cover at the door for all tellers and all just-listeners. Refreshments are available by donation.
Lucy Sante, I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME: A Memoir of Transition Lucy Sante and Samantha Hunt will talk about Sante's memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was.
Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards There are currently more books being banned than ever before in US history. To combat this, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at Bard present the inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards ceremony celebrating those championing intellectual freedom and the fight against censorship. Judy Blume—no stranger to having her books banned—will receive the award for Bravery in Literature. Six other authors will receive awards for their work focusing on racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and gender equality: Laurie Halse Anderson for Shout, Mike Curato for Flamer, Alex Gino for Melissa, George M. Johnson for All Boys Aren’t Blue, Jelani Memory for A Kids Book About Racism, and Maia Kobabe for Gender Queer.
Book Release & Discussion: "Exile & Ecstasy: At the Crossroads of Judaism, Psychedelics, & Ram Dass" Join author and journalist Madison Margolin, in conversation with journalist Noah Eckstein, for a book signing and Q&A about her new memoir, Exile & Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground.
The White Hart Speaker Series: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM in conversation with WAMC's Joe Donahue On the 25th Anniversary of The Hours, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham returns with his first novel in a decade.