McNally Jackson and Time Out New York Present: Ask Me About... Catch-22
08/23/2011 7:00 pm
Ask Me About… is a new event presented by Time Out New York and McNally Jackson which gives book casual readers and bookworms alike an excuse to tackle that classic they've just never read. Hosted by TONY's Books editor Matthew Love and housed on the lower level of McNally Jackson, the free bi-monthly event is part lecture, part book club, part show and part social occasion. Writers or public figures who are passionate about the chosen classic will deliver introductory lectures. The crowd will be divided into groups and given certain aspects of the text to discuss. Actors will put on short, silly scenes which illustrate crucial moments of the plot; musicians or poets will present works based on the work in question. Once the presentations are over, participants will hang around, drink wine, talk about the book at length and offer suggestions for the next novel.
Our first book will be satiric touchstone Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Our tale for the early fall will be Melville's nautical epic Moby-Dick.
The first twenty people to RSVP get a free copy of Catch-22! We'll be selling copies of the book at ten percent off.
RSVP: askmeaboutbookclub@gmail.com
Location:
- Street:
- 52 Prince St
- City:
- New York ,
- Province:
- New York
- Postal Code:
- 10012-3309
- Country:
- United States
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SATURDAY STORYTIME: Author Yvonne Brooks leads a themed storytime with storytelling and original art projects every Saturday at 11:30 a.m. See our events calendar for more information about the current week's activities and guest authors. Ages 3 to 8. Free.
SPANISH STORYTIME: Spanish Storytime with Edda Martinez takes place every Thursday at 4:30 p.m., and includes stories in English and Spanish. Edda provides an upbeat and appealing introduction to Spanish for kids. Ages 0 to 4. Free.
PUPPET SHOW: Our next monthly puppet show is June 6th at 4:30 p.m., with an original shadow puppet production of "The Tortoise or the Hare." After the show, kids and adults can stay for our singalong and meet the puppet performers. This month's featured book is The Tortoise or the Hare by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, illustrated by Joe Cepeda. Hosted by Sarah Gerard. All ages welcome. Free.
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Our Book Clubs
INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: Led by Sarah McNally, this discussion group meets downstairs the first Monday of every month, at 7pm. On Monday, May 7th, the book club will be discussing Ngugi wa Thiong’o's Petals of Blood.
ESSAYS: Led by Sarah Gerard, our Essays Book Group meets in the travel section the first Monday of every month, at 7pm. On Monday, May 7th, the book club will be discussing Tom Bissell's Magic Hours.
DYSTOPIA BOOK GROUP (all ages): Led by Sarah Gerard, our Dystopia Book Group welcomes readers on the last Friday of every month, at 6:00pm in the travel section. On Friday, May 25th, they'll discuss The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe.
SPANISH WORKSHOP: Led by Javier Molea, this group meets Saturdays downstairs at 1 pm. It's open to all who wish to practice their Spanish while discussing literature. See the Español page for more details.
SPANISH BOOKCLUB: Led by Javier Molea, this group meets once a month at 7 pm downstairs. On Friday, May 25th, the book club will be discussing Los Detectives Salvajes, de Roberto Bolaño (Chile). See the Events page for more details.
POETRY AND TRANSLATION BOOKCLUB: Led by Javier Molea e Isabel Cadenas Cañón, this is a bilingual bookclub that discuss mostly poetry, but also narrative, essay, theatre and the translations of the works discussed. On the first 2 sessions (April 28th and May 19th, 6pm) argentinean poet María Negroni it's going to cast light on Marosa di Giorgio erotic jungle.
(Bilingual)
Our Series
ASK ME ABOUT: Know that classic novel you absolutely should have read by this point in your life? It's time to alleviate your nagging guilt with Ask Me About..., a Time Out New York and McNally Jackson event that's part book club, part lecture series, part show and part social occasion.
CONVERSATIONS ON PRACTICE: Hosted by Glenn Kurtz, Conversations on Practice is an ongoing series devoted to the the daily work of artmaking: how artists, musicians, and authors hone their craft and understand their work.
NEWS FROM UNDERGROUND: Mark Crispin Miller, a professor at NYU and author of many books on politics and cultural history, hosts News from Underground, a monthly series. In these tense times, there are many topics of extreme importance that the corporate media tends to ignore or misreport; the panel discussions of News from Underground are here to deal honestly with these forbidden issues.
REAL CHARACTERS: Real Characters is a monthly storytelling and performance show that combines some of New York’s best storytellers with its funniest, most innovative comedians and writers. So, some of it’s true, some of it feels more than true, and most of it is mostly funny.