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Join Barnes & Noble – Union Square in New York City on Monday, February 10th at 9PM for a Midnight Release Party as we welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brynne Weaver, to celebrate the final book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy, SCYTHE & SPARROW (B&N Exclusive Edition).

There will be games, crafts and other activities, as well as a Q&A with Brynne for all attendees. Pre-signed copies of SCYTHE & SPARROW will be handed out to attendees at Midnight to celebrate the release of the book.

Brynne will be in conversation with romance bookish influencer on Instagram and TikTok as @chelseareads, Chelsea.

BONUS: Your ticket includes a copy of the B&N Exclusive Edition with foil accents on the cover, a Q&A with the author, and exclusive art of a scene between Rose and Fionn.

*This event is most appropriate for readers ages 18 and up.*

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To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.

TICKETING INFORMATION
Book Admission – $20.74 (Admission + one PRE-SIGNED copy of SCYTHE & SPARROW B&N Exclusive Edition + 5-cent bag fee): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**:

A ticket PER PERSON includes:

One PRE-SIGNED copy of SCYTHE & SPARROW (B&N Exclusive Edition) (out 2/11/25).
Admission to the Midnight Release Party and all activities.
Please note: there will not be a signing or photo line with Brynne Weaver at this event. All copies of SCYTHE & SPARROW (B&N Exclusive Edition) will be pre-signed.

Any gifts for the author will be collected by B&N staff.

Please arrive by 11:30PM in order to enter Barnes & Noble Union Square.

GUIDELINES:
Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 8:30 PM. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check-in.

Due to health and safety and space limitations, only those with a ticket will be permitted to enter the event.

Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event.

Each person must have a ticket to enter.

Some outside queuing will be needed before entering the store. Please dress appropriately.

Please be mindful of any personal belongings you bring with you. There will not be a place to store them.

No large bags will be permitted into the event.

Copies of Brynne Weaver’s other books will be available for purchase at the store that evening.

All event guidelines are subject to change.

If you have additional questions, please call the store directly at: 212-253-0810

REFUNDS
Attendees can receive refunds up to 24 hours before your event start time.

If you are unable to attend the event, Barnes & Noble – Union Square will hold your book for seven days after the event. Please contact the store to arrange your pickup.

Should this event be canceled, all customers will be refunded their ticket price to the original method of payment per Eventbrite’s refund policy.

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About SCYTHE & SPARROW (B&N EXCLUSIVE EDITION):

Doctor Fionn Kane is running from a broken heart, one he hopes to mend in small-town Nebraska, far away from his almost-fiancé and his derailed surgical career. It’s a simpler life: head down, hard work, and absolutely no romantic relationships. He wants none of the circus he left behind in Boston.

But then the real circus finds him.

Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with the Silveria Circus, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder when she’s not in the spotlight. But when a kill goes awry and she ends up with an injured leg, Rose finds herself stuck in Nebraska, at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor.

The problem is, not every broken heart can be sewn back together.

…And the longer you stay in one place, the more likely your ghosts are to catch up.

Tropes:
Friends with benefits
Small town romance
Fish out of water
Forced proximity
Hurt/care
Touch her and die

About Brynne Weaver:

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author and TikTok sensation with works sold worldwide in over eighteen languages to date, Brynne Weaver has traveled the world, taken in more stray animals than her husband would probably prefer, and nurtured her love for dark comedies, horror, and romance in both literature and film. During all her adventures, the constant thread in Brynne’s life has been writing. With nine published works and counting, Brynne has made her mark in the literary world by blending irreverent dark comedy, swoon-worthy romance, and riveting suspense to create genre-breaking, addictive stories for readers to escape into.

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In celebration of Ariana Reines’s urgent new book, Wave of Blood, please join us for a gathering in honor of poetic kinship, queer family, horrible and legendary fathers, and life after death.

Wave of Blood wrestles with the mind of war. It’s a furious and sincere essay, an eclipse notebook, and a family chronicle, all told in the poetry of witness. Tonight, its author will be joined by the great Eileen Myles for a very special conversation and reading to hail this work and Eileen’s own extraordinary career in poetry, art, activism, and recovery.

Ariana says: “Back in 2015 I was at one of the lowest points in my life. Eileen and I already had this running joke going wherein I am the reincarnation of their dad, who died on my birthday (same day different year). I was sobbing to Eileen on the phone, from an airbnb in Medford Mass, when tearfully I said ‘Would your dad come back as a miserable, menstrual, femme Jewess from Salem Massachusetts?’ And Eileen goes, “‘That’s exactly what he’d come back as. And he loved doing drag—this was and is his dream.”

Attendees have the option to receive a signed copy of Wave of Blood when purchasing a ticket in Eventbrite. Copies of Wave of Blood will also be available for purchase at the event.

This program is part of PW Broadcast’s Author Talks, a series highlighting authors and thinkers across disciplines.

Pioneer Works Broadcast is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.

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We’re celebrating our roots with a 90’s Hip Hop & RnB Party! Since 1982, S.O.B.’s has been New York City’s home of Hip Hop and RnB, and we invite our friends to join us in celebrating the legends of the 90’s with music, happy hour, dinner, drinks, and dancing. In the very place where so many got their start.

Groove to old-school Hip Hop and RnB with classics spun by DJ Freedom as you sip on our happy hour specials and relive the best music of the decade. Free entry w/ RSVP from 6:00-6:30 PM (free entry not guaranteed), priority entry tickets available online for those arriving late (recommended)

An NYC staple for 40+ years, S.O.B.’s is a legendary music venue in Downtown Manhattan. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, S.O.B.’s was solidified as the Manhattan hubspot for Hip Hop and R&B, with legend like DMX, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Mos Def, Gang Starr, Talib Kweli, and Tribe Called Quest hitting the stage. S.O.B.’s has remained the home of Hip Hop and RnB in the city, with legends like Kendrick Lamar, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Common, and more kickstarting their careers on the legendary stage. In the last two years alone, S.O.B.’s has welcomed back legends to the venue, including Raekwon, Method Man, Rakim, KRS-One, Jadakiss, Pete Rock, and Juice Crew.

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Seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis. For special accommodations, or groups of 10+, email booking@sobs.com to arrange a reservation.

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all photos taken at sob’s

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Join us for the opening celebration of Young Joon Kwak’s exhibition, RESISTERHOOD.
Young Joon Kwak’s work begins with touch. Molds and imprints of bodies – the artist’s own, and those of friends, loved ones, and collaborators – are dis- and re-assembled, burnished and jeweled. The resulting works bear intimate human traces and yet remain anonymous, moving in and out of recognition. They shimmer in their distortions and imperfections, presenting us with bodies both frozen in time and in perpetual transition: in the midst of youth, aging, gestation, or gender transformation.

RESISTERHOOD includes new commissions and works made over the past ten years, a series of neon sculptures for the Museum’s public window gallery, and a soundscape composed by Xina Xurner (Kwak and Marvin Astorga) with Johanna Hedva, Anna Luisa, and Dorian Wood. Taken together, these artworks are a mobilizing call for a new politics of queer and trans resistance: embracing a playful erotics, and celebrating imperfection, abjection, ambiguity, and uncategorizable ways of looking and being.

Young Joon Kwak (b. 1984, Queens, New York) is a Los Angeles-based sculptor, performance artist, and the founder of Mutant Salon, a queer-transfem-BIPOC collective beauty salon and collaborative art and performance platform. Their work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums internationally, including at the Hammer Museum’s biennial exhibition Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living. Learn more about Young Joon Kwak here.

Curated by Stamatina Gregory, Head Curator / Director of Exhibitions and Collections

About the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art provides a platform for artistic exploration through multi-faceted queer perspectives. We embrace the power of the arts to inspire, explore, and foster understanding of the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ experiences. We aim to be a home for queer art, artists, scholars, activists and allies, and a catalyst for discourse on art and queerness. With a collection of over 30,000 objects and a research library of over 3,000 volumes, the Museum fosters experimentation and research through exhibitions, programs, educational platforms, and publications.

Accessibility
Located at 26 Wooster Street, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art strives to provide a welcoming environment to all visitors. Five external steps lead to our entrance doors: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible, and a single-occupancy accessible restroom is located behind the visitor services desk: all restrooms are gender-neutral. Large print didactics are available.

For questions or access requests, please email info@leslielohman.org with 1 week advance of your visit.

ID: A hand bent at the wrist. The hand is dipped in grey clay-like material.
IC: Young Joon Kwak, Uh, As If! (still), 2014. HD video (color, sound). Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.

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Event lasts 4 hours
Ages 21+
Join Us for an Exclusive Valentine’s Singles Event!
Date: Feb 14th, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM EST
Theme: Shades of Red – Highly Encouraged!
Attire: Semi-Formal

Venue: official venue will be released a week prior once we get better count of sales. Most likely around Time Square!

Men: Blazer (optional), dress shirt, slacks/jeans, and dress shoes.
Women: Dress, pantsuit, top with slacks, or formal jumpsuit with heels or dressy flats.

Mohan Matchmaking, a premier luxury dating service, is thrilled to host a special Valentine’s-themed gathering for singles! Meet hundreds of eligible individuals in a relaxed and engaging environment.

While this event won’t include speed dating, we’ve curated interactive activities designed to help you connect effortlessly with other attendees. This is a casual and fun setting—perfect if you’re looking for a less formal introduction to the Mohan Matchmaking experience.

Our expert matchmakers will be present to mingle and help facilitate introductions throughout the evening.

Feel Free to Bring a Friend!
We understand attending solo can feel a bit intimidating, so you’re welcome to bring a friend—even if they’re not single. They’ll receive a different-colored wristband and can join for moral support! Friends can purchase tickets for $35, but they won’t participate in singles-specific activities or matchmaking.

Important Details:

Ticket Price: $50(Prices increase to $60 soon—don’t wait!)
Venue: To Be Announced (Downtown location will be finalized based on attendance.)
No refunds after Feb 1st, 2025.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to meet amazing people and celebrate the spirit of Valentine’s Day! Secure your ticket today!

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Baile De Carnaval will feature the most incredible nightlife entertainment north of Rio!

🎉 Bloco De Favela: NYC’s most accomplished brazilian performers with a one-of-a-kind live show.

🎉 Confete, serpentina, contests, dançarinas & surprise guest performances.

🎉 Our DJ spinning the music of: Anitta • Joelma • Marcinho • Ludmilla • Luisa Sonza • Marina Sena • Leo Santana • João Gomes • Pozê • Kevin O Chris • Buchecha • Alcione • Beth Carvalho • Pabllo • L7nonn • Alok • Portela • Beija Flor • Ivete • Martinho Da Vila • Ferrugem • Safadão and soo much more.

🎉 Giveaways: Catuaba Shots • Open De Coxinha • Bombom Garoto • Rio Brindes • Bonés

Saturday February 15 • Live at the amazing: LPR • 158 Bleecker St • West Village NYC { 21+ only } • Begins at 11pm sharp and ends at 4am

// The New York Times calls LPR the “epicenter for adventurous music” //

➔ Watch Baile videos on our insta: http://instagram.com/bailedefavelanyc/

➔ Advance Ticket purchase and agreement to the terms on this link: https://threedayweekendnyc.com/terms are required from all attendees.

Questions? Please refer to this link: https://www.threedayweekendnyc.com/questions

We can’t wait to celebrate Carnaval 2025 in NYC and dance all night with you on Saturday February 15!

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Event lasts 10 hours
Ages 21+
Paid venue parking
Bachateo Fest (Aventura Edition)

Get ready to dance, eat, and have a blast at the Bachateo Brunch Fest (Aventura Edition)! Join us at Code Astoria for a day filled with delicious food, amazing music, and plenty of dancing. Whether you’re a bachata pro or just looking to have a good time, this event is perfect for everyone. Come hungry, ready to sip, drink and vibe! Don’t miss out on this epic brunch – grab your tickets now!

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Brand-new sketch and solo shows will be birthed right before your very eyes in a bid to run at UCB! Will these scrappy new shows make the cut? Get SPANKed and find out!

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Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on the day of the show

All sales are final. The show starts at the time listed. If you are not at the theater more than 5 minutes before the start of the show, we may release your tickets to the waitlist.

Lineup is subject to change. Under 17 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Please use discretion, as all our shows can potentially use adult/sexual material, language, and images.

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre: 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003

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Event lasts 1 hour
In collaboration with Wrk Receipts app creator, Cierra Gross and employment discrimination lawyer, Marjorie Mesidor, founder of Mesidor PLLC, TITAN is pleased to invite you to Wrk Receipts: Let’s Talk About It. This live discussion will provide important tips and insights on how executive women can advocate for themselves and more effectively navigate workplace challenges through situation tracking and a better understanding of your workplace rights. Whether you’re navigating a layoff, a discriminatory workplace environment or simply just want to get ahead of any future workplace issues, this event is for you.

In addition, get introduced to Wrk Receipts, an innovative AI-powered platform designed to empower employees professionally. This cutting-edge tool serves as a personal workplace advocate, allowing users to document their experiences, understand their rights, and confidently navigate complex workplace dynamics. Through real-time documentation, AI-driven insights, and personalized guidance, Wrk Receipts helps individuals track achievements, prepare for performance reviews, and address workplace challenges effectively.

RSVP by Friday, February 14, 2025

About Our Panelists:

Cierra Gross is the founder and CEO of Worklution, pioneering workplace advocacy through two brands she bootstrapped to $1M+ revenue in two years. Through Caged Bird HR, she provides independent HR support to employees nationwide, while Wrk Receipts is a free AI powered app that tells employees in real time if their workplace rights have been violated. Prior to founding Worklution, she led HR initiatives at Google and ExxonMobil. She holds a Political Science degree from UNC Greensboro and a Master’s in HR from the University of South Carolina.

Marjorie Mesidor is a Managing Partner at Mesidor PLLC. Ms. Mesidor regularly prosecutes employment actions against Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations accused of discrimination including claims of sexual misconduct. She has had overwhelming success, achieving over $67,000,000 in verdicts, awards and settlements for her clients. With almost 20 years of experience and practicing on the appellate and trial level of state and federal courts, she handles complex employment law matters at all stages of the litigation process, serving as a forceful advocate at the negotiating table, and a formidable opponent in the courtroom.

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Bisan & Ahmad Alive Double Feature: Stories Straight from Gaza

Two raw, fearless documentaries from Seen Palestine/Seen TV—“Bisan” and “Ahmad Alive”—that cut through the media blackout to bring you real stories from Gaza.

Bisan

Hundreds of Palestinian journalists have been killed or forced out. But Bisan Owda stayed put. Armed with her phone and fearless determination, Bisan refuses to let the world ignore what’s happening in Gaza. She’s an Emmy winner who risked everything to show us the brutal reality of occupation and bombardment. This is journalism in its truest form—dangerous, defiant, and absolutely necessary.

Ahmad Alive

Meet Ahmad Ghunaim, a vlogger who never planned on becoming a war correspondent. In a split second, his house was bombed, and he was left a refugee on the streets. Despite it all, Ahmad grabbed his phone, documented the devastation, and let the world in on what most media won’t show.

What to Expect

Expect a game-changing talk from former CNN journalist and Seen TV Co-founder, Yusuf Omar. He’ll share his breakthrough approach for educating anti-Palestinian voices and shifting hearts and minds through fearless storytelling—an approach proven by Seen TV to spark real change. If you’re fueled by activism and ready to make an impact, don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event.

About Us

Seen TV, leaders in citizen journalism, these films are firsthand accounts of everyday people in Gaza who refused to be silenced. At a time when foreign journalists are still banned from entering, we’re proud to share these voices from Gaza with you.

Join us for our U.S. Film Tour with director and Seen TV Co-founder Yusuf Omar in attendance. This is your chance to honor Palestinians risking their lives to pull back the curtain on a crisis too often hidden. Tickets sales 100% support Seen Palestine’s storytelling.

Join us to experience the raw, unfiltered truth from Gaza.

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COLD CALL by Ava Bunn is a solo comedy show about Ava’s time working as a telemarketer in the basement of a Broadway Theater. She met hundreds of characters over the phone and over the course of one shift, you will get to meet her favorites as she brings them all to life.

Written and performed by Ava Bunn

Assisted by Nathan Hicks

Directed by Sarafina Ludlow

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In-person tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the show

All sales are final. The show starts at the time listed. If you are not at the theater more than 5 minutes before the start of the show, we may release your tickets to the waitlist.

Lineup is subject to change. Under 17 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Please use discretion, as all our shows can potentially use adult/sexual material, language, and images.

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre: 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003

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Event lasts 2 hours

Performers
Yedoye Travis
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I feel like this is self explanatory, but in case it’s not, Yedoye Travis is taping a special.

With special guest: Shalewa Sharpe

7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show

$12 advance / $15 at the door GA (mixed seated / standing)

Ages 21+

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Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
Nico Olarte-Hayes, Guest Conductor

Nina Bernat, Double Bass Soloist

Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Overture to L’amant anonyme

Faure: Pavane

Sankey: Carmen Fantasy, featuring solo double bass

Dvorak: Symphony No. 7

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This hands-on artmaking gathering invites participants to reclaim and reimagine Black queer histories through DIY publishing, working with form, imagery, and composition while activating works from the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Arts expansive library archive. Led by multidisciplinary artist Damien Davis and Gabriel Boyd, we will engage with the functions and processes of zine-making and information-sharing through time, using the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and the Culture Wars of the 1990s as key historic points of departure. This hands-on session delves into the ways Black queer artists, activists, and writers have shaped history, often against the odds. Together, we take our cue from the influence of Black artmakers and historical figures, and create one-of-a-kind works from an array of print materials.

Participants will have access to curated research materials, including writings, imagery, and archival documents, to inspire their own zine creations. In addition, attendees are encouraged to bring their own archival materials—family photos, letters, newspaper clippings, or any personal/historical documents they wish to incorporate into their work. This workshop is a space for exploration, storytelling, and creative resistance. Attendees do not need any prior experience to take part, nor do they need to create a final product.

What’s a zine?

A zine is a self-published, DIY publication. The practice of zine-making is rooted in DIY culture and activism, and is a major method for queering publishing, with a focus on distribution over profit. As a result, zines have a rich history within queer, LGBTQIA+ communities and movements, requiring few resources (paper, scissors, glue, and a photocopier) for making radical art, information, and stories widely accessible.

About the Artists

Damien Davis is a Newark-based artist whose work recontextualizes cultural symbols to explore identity and history. His distinctive visual language has been featured in exhibitions at prestigious institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Davis has participated in notable residencies, including the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Project for Empty Space. He has received awards such as the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Engagement Grant. A dedicated educator, he currently teaches at Purchase College (SUNY). Davis holds a BFA and an MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University.

Gabriel Boyd is a Black trans artist based in New York and a current student at SUNY Purchase. Working primarily with found materials and performance, their practice explores Black cultural signifiers, such as Black hair and hair care products to interrogate how Black experiences interact with the virtual. They are excited to assist at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, helping curate a making experience that weaves together Black queer past, present, and future.

Accessibility
CART Captioning and ASL can be provided upon request with 1 week advance. Five external steps lead to our entrance doors: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible, and a single-occupancy accessible restroom is located behind the visitor services desk: all restrooms are gender-neutral. Large print didactics are available.

For questions or access requests, please email info@leslielohman.org with 1 week advance of your visit.

IC: Richard Bruce Nugent—Harlem Butterfly by Thomas H. Wirth for THE ARCHIVE: No. 21: Autumn 2006

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Dr. Elizabeth Rosen Stone, independent scholar and Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellow in Art History at the Metropolitan Museum, discusses Gandhara art which developed following Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Indian subcontinent. There will be fascinating visual references to the Classical world throughout the Buddhist art of Nagarjunakonda and related sites in Southern India from the first century BCE through the third century CE. The resulting rich tradition fused Greco-Roman art with Indian Buddhist narrative sculpture questioning the idea that the art of southern India is indigenous.

Entry to this event is not guaranteed with Eventbrite reservation. Please arrive no more than 15-20 minutes before the event start time. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Please cancel your reservation if you are unable to attend.

NAC members need not RSVP.

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Join us for an in-person event with New York Times best-selling author and journalist Cory Doctorow for a discussion of his new novel Picks and Shovels. Joining Cory in conversation is writer, actor and comedian John Hodgman. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of Picks and Shovels here.

ACCESSIBILITY:

Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator. Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.

ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by 2/12 to request.

For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com.

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New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.

The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant–what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money–but for now he’s an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.

When Marty finds himself hired by Silicon Valley PC startup Fidelity Computing to investigate a group of disgruntled ex-employees who’ve founded a competitor startup, he quickly realizes he’s on the wrong side. Marty ditches the greasy old guys running Fidelity Computing without a second thought, utterly infatuated with the electric atmosphere of Computing Freedom. Located in the heart of the Mission, this group of brilliant young women found themselves exhausted by the predatory business practices of Fidelity Computing and set out to beat them at their own game, making better computers and driving Fidelity Computing out of business. But this optimistic startup, fueled by young love and California-style burritos, has no idea the depth of the evil they’re seeking to unroot or the risks they run.

In this company-eat-company city, Martin and his friends will be lucky to escape with their lives.

Photo credit: Jonathan Worth- Jonathanworth.com

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently PICKS AND SHOVELS (a followup to THE BEZZLE), THE BEZZLE (a followup to RED TEAM BLUES) and THE LOST CAUSE, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION, a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include RED TEAM BLUES, a science fiction crime thriller; CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets; the LITTLE BROTHER series for young adults; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2022, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Award for lifetime achievement. In 2024, the Media Ecology Association awarded him the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. York University (Canada) made him an Honorary Doctor of Laws; and the Open University (UK) made him an Honorary Doctor of Computer Science.

John Hodgman is a writer, actor, and comedian.

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Event lasts 3 hours
Mark Your Calendars for Tuesday, February 27!

In a time when unity is more important than ever, we invite you to our 2nd Annual Black History Month Open Mic Night at Common Ground Marketplace at BKLYN Commons, 495 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, at 7 PM. This is more than an event—it’s a call to come together, celebrate, and uplift our community.

🔥 Live DJ & Music: Feel the rhythm of our heritage with beats that move the soul—hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and more.

🍽 Delicious Eats: Enjoy flavorful dishes from our featured food vendor, bringing a taste of culture and community to the night.

🎤 Open Mic Spotlight: Whether you’re a poet, singer, rapper, or storyteller, this is your stage. Share your truth, your power, and your vision for unity.

Now, more than ever, our voices matter. RSVP today and join us for a night of connection, creativity, and celebration. See you at BKLYN Commons—where Black history isn’t just honored, but powerfully alive!