Event Calendar

May 2023

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James Kyung-Jin Lee and erin Khuê Ninh @ A/P/A Institute at NYU
Thu, May 4th, 6:00 pm
20 Cooper Square, third floor New York, New York 10003

A/P/A Institute at NYU will hold a conversation with James Kyung-Jin Lee, author of Pedagogies of Woundedness, and erin Khuê Ninh, author of Passing for Perfect.
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Ray Didinger @ Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum
Sun, May 7th, 2:00 pm
Radnor Township Municipal Building at 301 Iven Avenue Wayne, Pennsylvania

The Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum, located in the Radnor Township Municipal Building at 301 Iven Avenue Wayne, Pennsylvania, invites you to help us celebrate “Ray’s Top-Ten Philadelphia Sports Moments” at a program to be held Sunday, May 7, 2023. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m., and the program is expected to begin at 2:00 p.m. For a donation of $30.00 to the SLDC Museum, you can be part of this once-in-a-lifetime museum event. Seating will be limited to the first 100 donors. For more information, visit the museum online at www.delcosportsmuseum.org, or contact Jim Vankoski at (610) 909-4919 or vankoski21@comcast.net or Phil Damiani at (610) 565-0476.

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SALUT! at the Philadelphia City Institute Library
Tue, May 9th, 5:30 pm ET
1905 Locust Street (19th & Locust on W. Rittenhouse Square) Philadelphia, PA 19103-5730

Lynn Miller and Therese Dolan, coauthors of Salut!, will present their book at the Philadelphia City Institute branch of the Free Library, 1905 Locust Street in Philadelphia, on May 9 at 5:30 pm.

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Biles and Rose @ Hagley Museum
Thu, May 11th, 7:00 pm -- 8:30 pm ET
Hagley Soda House 298 Buck Road Wilmington, DE 19807

POSTPONED - Date TBD
A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945 will be the topic of the Hagley Museum author talk by historians Roger Biles and Mark Rose. REGISTRATION VIA EVENTBRITE

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Brett Mandel @ Free Library of Philadelphia
Thu, May 11th, 7:30 pm ET
Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Brett H. Mandel, author of Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consenting: A City’s Struggle against an Epithet, in conversation with Ernest Owens at the Parkway Central Library.

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Richardson Dilworth @ Free Library of Philadelphia
Tue, May 16th, 11:00 am ET
Online via Zoom & 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia PA 19103

Hybrid Event: Author talk with Richardson Dilworth, author of Reforming Philadelphia, 1682-2022, at the Parkway Central Library | Heim Center Room 131/132 .  This event is free, in-person or online, and open to the public.

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Leth Oun speaking AAPI event
Wed, May 24th, 11:00 am ET
Rivers Casino Philadelphia - 1001 N Delaware Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125

Leth Oun, author of A Refugee's American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service, will be a speaker at  Defining Success: The Asian American Dream Tickets as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month.

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Joo Ok Kim to speak at University of California, Irvine
Fri, May 26th, 10:00 am PT
UCI Humanities Gateway 1030

Joo Ok Kim will present Warring Genealogies at the New Books in Korean Studies Colloquium. Register for the event here.

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Alexandre Baril Online Book Launch
Fri, May 26th, 12:00 pm ET
Online via Zoom

Click here to register:

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Jim Murphy @ PCI Library
Tue, May 30th, 5:30 pm ET
Philadelphia City Institute Library, 1905 Locust Street, in Philadelphia, PA

Jim Murphy will present Real Philly History, Real Fast, at Philadelphia City Institute Library. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. This event is free, in-person and open to the public.

June 2023

06
Richardson Dilworth @ Philadelphia City Institute
Tue, Jun 6th, 5:30 pm -- 7:00 pm ET
Philadelphia City Institute 1905 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-5730

Author talk with Richardson Dilworth, author of Reforming Philadelphia, 1682-2022, at the Philadelphia City Institute. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. This event is free, in-person and open to the public.

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Diane Turner & Eric Battle @ Philadelphia City Institute
Tue, Jun 13th, 5:30 pm -- 7:00 pm ET
Philadelphia City Institute 1905 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-5730

Author Talk: Diane Turner and Eric Battle- BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered, at the Philadelphia City Institute. This graphic novel is a project produced by the Charles L. Blockson collection at Temple University. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. This event is free, in-person and open to the public.

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Leth Oun and Joe Samuel Starnes @ Mullica Hill Library
Wed, Jun 28th, 7:00 pm -- 8:30 pm
389 Wolfert Station Rd, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

Meet the authors of "A Refugee's American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service". Come hear this incredible story of survival and heroism at the Mullica Hill branch.

October 2023

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Collingswood Book Festival
Sat, Oct 7th
Collingswood, NJ