Mon 3/2 @ 6:30PMThe Princeton Public Library Misty Heggeness’s new book views pop culture through a feminist lens that illuminates how women influence and shape the economy. Swiftynomics asses ...
Simon Morrison in conversation with Renata Kapilevich: "A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow"(Post)Weds 4/29 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Simon Morrison discusses his new book with Renata Kapilevich. A Kingdom and a Village is an erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city de ...
Princeton Public Lectures present Gabriel Zucman: “Wealth, Power, and Democracy”(Post)Tues 4/15 @ 5:00PMMcCosh Hall Room 50, Princeton University The rise of extreme wealth has been a defining feature of the U.S. and global economy over the past 15 years. Addressing this challenge re ...
Anny Gaul in conversation with Hanna Garth: "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato"(Post)Wed 3/18 @ 12:00PM219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato, indigenous to the Americas, had become Egypt's top horticultural crop and a staple of Egy ...
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 ...
Allison Carruth in conversation with Eliza Griswold Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech(Post)Tuesday 3/4 at 6:00pm Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Tracing the convergence of ecology and engineering over the last three decades, Novel Ecologies pinpoints a new environmental p ...
Zara Anishanslin: "The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution"(Post)Thurs 4/23 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium) Zara Anishanslin presents on her book The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution, ...
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: ...
Susan Cheever in conversation with Eliza Griswold: "When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories of John Cheever"(Post)Wed 3/4 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street When All the Men Wore Hats is a sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the lege ...
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 “Farm ...
Edward Tenner: "Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences," A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)Wednesday 6/4 @ 7:00pm Princeton Public Library Essays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore the surprises of human ingenuity How did the addition of lifeboats after the Tita ...
Jazmina Barrera in conversation with Megan McDowell: "The Queen of Swords: A journey through the Princeton Archives of Elena Garro"(Post)Wed 11/12 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street The Queen of Swords Tour: Jazmina Barrera and Megan McDowell on Elena GarroAuthor Jazmina Barrera, on tour from Mexico City, and translator Megan ...