Philly Happenings
October 25
6 PM "The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut
FREE event
October 27
5 PM The Story of a Life: acclaimed Israeli writer Aharon Appelfeld speaks w/ Nili Gold, Penn's Hebrew languages department
Claudia Cohen Hall, Room G17, 36th and between Locust & Spruce, Penn's Campus
Free Admission
6 PM "The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies"; local crime experts rank the greatest gangster films of all time.
Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut
FREE event
7:30PM Jennifer Egan, "A Visit from the Goon Squad" with Jaimy Gordon, "Lord of Misrule", and Karen Russell "Swamplandia!"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Free Admission
$15 General Admission, $7 Students. For Info: 215-567-4341.
October 29
2 PM Chuck Palahniuk speaking about "Damned"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Free Admission
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.
November 1
7:30PM Jeffrey Eugenides "The Marriage Plot"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
$15 General Admission, $7 Students. For Info: 215-567-4341.
Novemeber 09
6 PM Straight Edge: writer Sacha Z. Scoblic discusses her memoir, "Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety"
Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut
FREE event
November 10
5 PM "People of the Book: The Politics of Writing in Jewish Modernity", the author Andreas Kilcher, professor of literary and cultural studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, discusses.
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Class of '55 Room, 3420 Walnut Street
FREE event
for more info, email: jsp-info@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
November 15
6 PM former "Simpsons" writer, Larry Doyle discusses his new collection of humorous short stories, "Deliriously Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts."
Penn Bookstore, 36th & Walnut
FREE event
7:30PM Claire Tomalin "Charles Dickens: A Life"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Free Admission
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.
December 01
7:30PM Randall Kennedy "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Free Admission
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.
December 5
7:30PM Susan Orlean "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Free Admission
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.
December 13
7:30PM Edward J. Larson "An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science"
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Free Admission
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.
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