Past Events

May 11

Erin Walsh with Mindy Kaling

Find your personal style, dress for your destiny, and manifest your most magnetic life in this ultimate guide from a renowned celebrity stylist…

May 7

Jamie Lynn Sigler with Laura Dave

Star on the legendary HBO series The Sopranos and podcast co-host with Christina Applegate, Jamie Lynn Sigler opens up about the vicissitudes of life, from early stardom to heartache and love, motherhood, and illness, offering readers an unflinchingly vulnerable exploration of the experiences that have transformed her life.

May 5

Isabel Klee with Kristin Davis

From the social media star behind @SimonSits, Isabel Klee—known for her heartwarming tales of dog rescue—comes a winning memoir about a twenty something woman’s search for true love in New York City and the dogs who helped her find it.
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April 26

Kate Bowler with Rainn Wilson

Spend an evening with Kate Bowler—bestselling author, Duke professor, and expert at telling the truth about being human—in conversation with actor Rainn Wilson. They will discuss joy that doesn’t require us to pretend everything is fine. Expect laughter, honesty, and the rare relief of being told the truth: you can’t always be happy—but you can be joyful, anyway.

April 21

Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon with Terrence McNally

An Evening with

Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their peoples.

April 7

An Evening with

Charles Duhigg

From the author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life.

February 17

Chris Duffy with Matt Porter

From a comedian and host of the hit TED podcast, How to Be a Better Human, a hilarious and enlightening guide to laughing your way into a fuller life.

December 7

Ruthie Rogers & Ed Ruscha with Laurene Powell Jobs

An ode to the simple, sunny brilliance of the lemon, this is a one-of-a-kind cookbook and collaboration between Ruthie Rogers, the celebrated chef behind London’s River Café, and Ed Ruscha, one of the most influential contemporary artists and bookmakers of our time, who cultivates a lemon grove at his home in Los Angeles.

December 11

Googoosh with Nazanin Boniadi (virtual event)

Before there was Madonna or Beyoncé, there was Googoosh. For the first time, one of the world’s biggest pop stars of the 20th century tells her remarkable story in her new memoir, “Googoosh: A Sinful Voice”—her rise to fame in pre-revolution Iran, her arrest and imprisonment, her twenty-year exile, and finally, her triumphant return to the global stage.

November 25

Padma Lakshmi with Jesse Tyler Ferguson (virtual event)

Based on the award-winning Hulu series “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.”