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Events

  • Best Boy

    Book reading and signing by Deborah Goodrich Royce, author of Best Boy

  • 30th Poets House Showcase Reading

    Sahar Khraibani, Farid Matuk, Michelle Peñaloza, and Roque Raquel Salas Rivera’s decolonial poetics linger on speech, sound, and names. These poets parse language in every way—its mouthfeel, memory, non-meaning, and […]

    $10
  • Memorial Reading for Baron Wormser

    Celebrate the life and writing of Baron Wormser (1948-2025). Family, friends, and colleagues will share favorite poems, including work from his new book, James Baldwin Smoking a Cigarette and Other […]

    Free
  • Lunar New Year Family Festival

    Co-organized with the Shanghai Museum, a world-class museum dedicated to ancient Chinese art, this year’s festival at the China Institute features rich traditions, music, crafts, interactive workshops, and mesmerizing performances […]

    $18
  • Hiruy Tirfe Quartet

    DCJazzPrix International Band Competition, the Hiruy Tirfe Quartet brings their bold, expressive sound to the stage. Led by Philadelphia-born saxophonist, composer, and arranger Hiruy Tirfe, the group represents the next […]

    $40
  • Dinos that Drive

    Join author Suzy Levinson as she reads her story Dinos that Drive! Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Pterodactyl and T. rex are all here to show off their driving, flying and diving skills […]

  • Infinite Jest Fest

    Fifth meeting of the Infinite Jest Monthly Read-Along Bash group. Read pages 508-601 (plus relevant endnotes) for this month's gathering. We'll have free drinks upstairs when you arrive :) .

    $5
  • Pinky Swear

    Book reading and signing by Danielle Girard, author of Pinky Swear.