Mon 3/23 @ 6:00PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street The classicist and author presents his book The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece an
Brian Jones in conversation with Naomi Murakawa: "Black History Is for Everyone"(Post)Wed 1/28 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Longtime educator Brian Jones discusses his new book with Naomi Murakawa. Black History Is for Everyone explores how the study of Black history ch
Shatema Threadcraft in conversation with Wendy Brown: "The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian Democracy"(Post)Thurs 11/20 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Black death and Black grief are among the most important forces in contemporary American politics. As Shatema Threadcraft argues in The Labors o
Jarvis McInnis in conversation with Autumn Womack: “Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South"(Post)Mon 10/20 @ 5:00PMA17 Julis Romo Rabinowitz, Princeton University Join Jarvis McInnis, in conversation with Autumn Womack, assistant professor of African American Studies and English at Princ
Maria Pinto: "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival"(Post)Thurs 2/19 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Maria Pinto’s debut book is a beautiful examination of nature and human connection. Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a s
Judith Weisenfeld in conversation with Nicole Myers Turner(Post)4/29 @ 6:00PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street In the decades after the end of slavery, African Americans were committed to southern state mental hospitals at higher rates as white psychiatrists list
Library Live at Labyrinth Presents Jack Lohmann in conversation with Brian Eugenio Herrera(Post)Thursday 3/27 @ 6:00PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street A profound and lyrical reflection on the cyclical nature of life, what happens when we break that cycle, and how to repair it, told through the
The Effron Center for the Study of America presents Ada Ferrer: "Keeper of my Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter"(Post)Thurs 10/1 @ 4:30PM Chancellor Green Rotunda, Princeton University Click here for more information From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ada Ferrer comes a memoir about migration, separation, and t
Hanna Garth: "Food Justice Undone Lessons for Building a Better Movement"(Post)Wed 3/18 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite thei
Peniel Joseph In Conversation with Laurence Ralph: "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution" – A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)9/11 @ 6:00 PM Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon In Freedom Season, acclaimed historian Peniel Joseph offers a stirring narrative history of 1963, marking it as the defining year of the Black
Dorothy A. Brown in conversation with Brandon McKoy: "Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past"(Post)Thurs 4/9 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Join us as Dorothy A. Brown discusses her new book with Brandon McKoy. Getting to Reparations is a bold manifesto arguing that there is a cle
On Journalism and Scholarship: Kevin Sack in conversation with Avram Alpert about Mother Emanuel: "Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church"(Post)Tues 4/21 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Kevin Sack, Mother Emanuel is a sweeping history of one of the nation’s most important African American chu
Hanna Garth in conversation with Bonnetta Adeeb & Ruha Benjamin: "Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement"(Post)Wed 3/18 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite thei
Dave Zirin in conversation with Brian Jones: "The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn"(Post)Wed 10/28 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us for a conversation with Dave Zirin on his biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive
Cass Sunstein: "On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom" -- A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)Wed 10/1 @ 6:00PMOnline webinar Please note this event is now Zoom only. Click here for more information and to register: https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/14322548 Join the Princeton Publi
"Find Waldo Local" in Princeton July 1-30(Post)Celebration Party July 1, 2026 at 4:00 - 6:00PM at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton FIND WALDO LOCAL at participating businesses in downtown Princeton July 1 through July 31 Where’s Wald
Tending Good Soil: A Conversation with Jeff Chu and Krista Tippett(Post)Friday 4/25 @ 7:00pm Farminary, Princeton Theological Seminary In his late thirties, Jeff Chu left his job as a magazine writer and found himself at Princeton Theological Seminary’s “Farminary”—a twen
Kory Stamper "True Color"–A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)Weds 4/8 @ 6:30PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street The author is joined by Princeton Public Library’s humanities specialist Cliff Robinson to discuss her new book True Color: The St
CANCELLED--Shatema Threadcraft in Conversation with Reena Goldthree: "The Labors of Resurrection"(Post)Mon 2/23 @ 6:00PMThe Princeton Public Library Please note this event has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The author, joined in conversation by Reena Goldthree, presents her new book The Lab
Dan-el Padilla Peralta in conversation with Kate Meng Brassel: "Classicism and Other Phobias" - Library Live at Labyrinth(Post)Wednesday 9/10 @ 6:00 PM Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Dan-el Padilla Peralta is joined by Kate Meng Brassel to discuss his new book Classicism and Other Phobias. The book, based on W.E.B. Du Bo