The Suppliants Project: Ukraine July 16, 2022 8:00pm – 10:00pm Kyiv 1:00 – 3:00pm EDT The Suppliants Project: Ukraine presents live, dramatic readings of Aeschylus’ play The Suppliants on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of Ukrainian citizens—to help frame global discussions about the War in Ukraine and the unique challenges now faced by the people of Ukraine and those who support […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California The Global Library Project Monday, July 18, 2022, 6-7:15 PM In-Person event & Livestream to Zoom After 18 years of photographing libraries throughout the United States, Robert Dawson and Ellen Manchester took what they had learned and applied it to a global perspective. In 2016, they photographed more […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Nick Fry will give an online lecture on "Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments." A Zoom talk by Nicholas Fry, curator of "Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons," on "Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments." Offered in connection with the exhibition "Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life," curated by […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Wed July 20 at 7:00pm Eastern time What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probed the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people for his book You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Sunday, July 24, 1 pm Pacific Time “The most powerful machine ever developed by man was not the nuclear reactor nor the computer. It was the Printing press, without which neither would have seen the light of day”—Nick Howard. The Howard Iron Works Museum and Restoration facility was […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California At Home, Together: The Quarantine Public Library Monday, July 25, 2022, 5-6:15 PM Online presentation via Zoom Quarantine Public Library is a repository of one-page books made by artists, free for anyone to download, print and assemble—to keep or give away. Tracy Honn and Katie Garth launched the […]
Sponsored by the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Join the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives for a free virtual panel discussion. Wed July 27, 5:00 ET Over the course of 175 years, the Smithsonian has grown to encompass 21 museums and nearly a dozen research centers—becoming a global organization working across history, culture, and science. How a […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Aug 1, 8:00pm-9:00pm EDT Manuscript Monday – You lead the Discussion and ask the Questions Hosted by: Brian Kathenes It’s our Manuscript Monday Virtual Summer Beach Party! We’ll open it up to a virtual gathering of friends, lively discussion, and a show and tell. Members of other FABS societies and […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Register for this event on our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org August 14, 2:00pm Los Angeles time Collectors are custodians. The materials that make up their collections are, in most cases, temporarily orbiting around the ideas that ground the collection. "On Collecting and Legacy" deals directly with late stage collecting and […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Los Angeles time | A live online via Zoom and in-person event Join us in-person or online via Zoom to view seldom seen photographs from the Book Club archives and help us identify the members and […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Thursday, August 25, 7-8:30 pm Eastern Time Ta dum. Hands clapping for Franz Welzer-Most approaching the Director's podium. Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek into the Archives of the Cleveland Orchestra as Archivist Andria Hoy shares stories about the scores, photos, programs, and objects that reside inside Severance Hall. […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Online Sunday, August 28, 1 p.m. Los Angeles time Register for this event on our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org Professor Art Seto will introduce us to some of the museums, libraries and other book and printing centers that he has been motivated to experience by his fifty-year love of print […]