10 Evening Talks
In celebration of America’s 250th, the Midtown Scholar Bookstore and Community Reads are hosting an exciting series of public programs on historical and cultural topics of importance to our understanding of American democracy and society.
Zinzi Clemmons
Friday, July 17 | 6pm
Free and open to the public
UC Davis Professor Zinzi Clemmons is the author of the powerful new memoir, FREEDOM..
Emily Wilson
Tuesday, August 4 | 7pm
Free and open to the public
University of Pennsylvania Professor Emily Wilson is the author of CROSSING THE WINE-DARK SEA: Journeys through Ancient Literature.
Becky Diamond
Friday, August 21 | 6pm
Free and open to the public
Food historian Becky Diamond is the author CITY TAVERN: The Founding Table - Colonial Dining, Revolutionary History, and the Restaurant at the Center of It All.
Shara McCallum
Friday, September 18 | 6pm
Free and open to the public
Penn State Professor Shara McCallum is the Jamaican-born author of BEHOLD, a poetic meditation on colonization, race and gender.
Casey Gerald
Tuesday, September 22 | 7pm
Free and open to the public
Prominent business leader and change advocate Casey Gerald celebrates the release of his new book, THE GREAT REFUSAL: A New Vision of Resistance.
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Tuesday, October 6 | 7pm
Free and open to the public
A noted historian will trace the lead-up to the 2nd World War.
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Monday, October 12 | 7pm
A Pulitzer-prize finalist will speak on American democracy.
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Wednesday, October 14 | 7pm
Free and open to the public
An award-winning historian will speak on the 1960s Civil Rights movement.
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Thursday, November 12 | 7pm
Free and open to the public
An award-winning historian will speak on World War II.
Black History on Film
Friday, November 20 | 6pm
Free and open to the public
A conversation on documentary film making, led by Elizabethtown College Professor Jean-Paul Benowitz, author of WILLIAM WILBURN MILLER BARBOUR: A Faith Full Witness for Human Rights.