Merlin Holland Lectures on “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es”(Post)
Fri 4/10 @ 4:30PMJames Stewart Film Theatre, 185 Nassau Street
Biographer and editor Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, gives a lecture entitled “After Oscar: Wilde between t ...
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: ...
Durba Mitra & Chandra Talpade Mohanty in conversation, facilitated by Lorgia García Peña: "The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism"(Post)
Thurs 3/26 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Durba Mitra's new book explores how Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imag ...
Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Christy Wampole: "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum"(Post)
Thursday 4/24 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
In an era of rapid change, the role of museums and art has never been more vital in connecting the past to the present. Laurence des Ca ...
Vicky Osterweil in conversation with Bill Gleason: "The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World"(Post)
Wed 9/9 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join Vicky Osterweil in conversation with Bill Gleason around her new book The Extended Universe, a provocative history of Disney’s ...
Steven Weitzman in conversation with Leora Batnitzky: "Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World"(Post)
Tues 3/17 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street
People have been telling and retelling stories about disasters for as long as they have been telling stories. One of the oldest of such stor ...
"The Librarians" screening at Princeton Garden Theatre with Princeton Public Library(Post)
Mon 10/13 @ 7:00PMPrinceton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street
In partnership with Princeton Garden Theatre and Princeton Public Library for Banned Books Week, this screening of The Librarians highli ...
What’s So Great About “The Great Gatsby”?(Post)
Monday 4/28 @ 4:30PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Free registration required. Register here.
Featuring The Great Gatsby scholars Maureen Corrigan, Anne Margaret Daniel, and Kirk Curnutt, a ...
Tania Lombrozo in conversation with Elizabeth Margulis: "Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand"(Post)
Wed 10/7 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Tania Lombrozo discusses her new book with Elizabeth Margulis. Why We Ask Why is an insightful look at the science of explanation, using psyc ...
Matthew Quick in conversation with Amy Jo Burns: A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration -- "Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir"(Post)
Tues 7/21 @ 6:00PMThe Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
Matthew Quick, bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, discusses his recently published memoir Dad, Love, Me with A ...
Twenty years of Harry Frankfurt’s "On Bullshit"(Post)
Thurs 10/30 @ 5:00PMPrinceton University Press, 41 William Street
With Jaime Fernández Fisac, Elizabeth Harman, and Gideon Rosen, moderated by Joe Schmid
The world has changed dramatical ...
Jennifer Hayden in conversation with Summer Pierre: "Where There's Smoke, There's Dinner: Confessions of a Cartoonist Cook"(Post)
Wed 11/19 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Jennifer Hayden has never liked to cook. She’s not particularly good at it, either. But, like so many of us, she does it anyway. Why is th ...
Curtis Dozier: "The White Pedestal"- A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
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 a ...
Princeton Summer Theater presents scenes from "True West"(Post)
Tues 7/28 @ 3:00-4:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join the cast of True West for a sneak peak scene from the show and discussion about the behind-the-scenes magic! Learn from Jordan Ra ...
Children's Story Time with Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen - "Cats in Construction Hats"(Post)
Sunday 4/27 @ 3:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Join us for story time with children's book author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen as she reads from her newest picture book, Cats in Construc ...
Elizabeth Margulis in conversation with Tania Lombrozo: "Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams"(Post)
5/19/26 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join us as acclaimed music cognition researcher Elizabeth Margulis discusses her new book with Tania Lombrozo. Transported explores the phe ...
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 ...
William Lewis: "Preserving the Pines: New Jersey and the Origins of Environmentalism"(Post)
Sunday 6/1 @ 3:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
In the early twentieth century, an interconnected web of men and women led by Dr. V.E. Vivian fought for and won a better future in Whitesbog Vi ...
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 ...
Daniel Mendelsohn in conversation with Yelena Baraz - A New Translation of The Odyssey(Post)
Thursday 4/17 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Join us as celebrated author, critic, classicist, and translator Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his new translation of The Od ...
