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Events: Fiction and Nonfiction
 Wed May 22, 7:00PM |
 Fri May 24, 7:00PM From Dutch farmers and Washington Square patricians to slaves and bohemians, from Prohibition-era speakeasies to Stonewall, from Abstract Expressionism to AIDS, and from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to today's upscale condos and four-star restaurants, the connecting narratives of The Village tell the fresh and unforgettable story of America itself. |
 Tue May 28, 7:00PM Join Ian Tattersall & Will Harcourt-Smith for an in-depth discussion and audience Q&A about the search for our human origins, surveying a vast field from initial bipedality to language and intelligence. |
 Wed May 29, 7:00PM LIFE.com Editor Ben Cosgrove and Photo Editor, Liz Ronk talk about the history of legendary LIFE Magazine and dig into the archives for a multi-media presentation of some of the most iconic images published in the magazine and it's current iteration LIFE.com |
 Thu May 30, 7:00PM A month-long initiative featuring internationally acclaimed crime fiction authors, editors, critics, and publishers who will appear together in a series of readings, panels, and discussions. |
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 Sat Jun 1, 11:00AM Here is a story for very young truck lovers, worth stopping for again and again. Ages 3-5! |
 Sat Jun 1, 7:00PM From the talented mind of Eisner-nominated cartoonist Renée French, this Level 1 book will be a treat for the youngest beginning readers, to be read aloud with a grown-up or all on their own! |
 Sun Jun 2, 11:00AM (Ages 3-5) The Mermaid Parade provides the backdrop for an exciting time that every little diva is sure to enjoy! Every year at the beginning of summer, mermaids and Neptunes and creatures of the sea flock to Coney Island to dance and twirl and march in the annual Mermaid Parade! |
 Sun Jun 2, 7:00PM An unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town that follows not only the travails of the players of the Clinton LumberKings but also the lives of their dedicated fans and of the town itself. Mann turns his eye on the players, the coaches, the fans, the radio announcer, the town, and finally on himself, a young man raised on baseball, driven to know what still draws him to the stadium. |
 Mon Jun 3, 7:00PM A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America. The story of head lice, almost-dirty words, and flat head syndrome, and a man trying to commit the ultimate act of selflessness in a selfish world. |
 Tue Jun 4, 7:00PM Muto (The“Fox Mole”), whose dispatches for Gawker made headlines in Businessweek, The Hollywood Reporter, and even on The New York Times website, delivers a funny, opinionated memoir of his eight years at the unfair, unbalanced Fox News Channel working as an associate producer for Bill O'Reilly. |