There are lots of us who feel comfortable discussing the music of the Who in one breath, contemporary literature in a second and Swedish meatballs in a third. This typically occurs somewhere around our fourth glass of wine at a dinner party where we know the other guests well and all will be forgiven the following morning.
But who among us has the courage to mouth off on just such a bizarre diversity of topics before an audience—an audience, no less, whose members may have a passion for the subject and know way more about it than we do?

LIVE Director Paul Holdengräber is “Charmingly Full of Chutzpah”.

There are lots of us who feel comfortable discussing the music of the Who in one breath, contemporary literature in a second and Swedish meatballs in a third. This typically occurs somewhere around our fourth glass of wine at a dinner party where we know the other guests well and all will be forgiven the following morning.

But who among us has the courage to mouth off on just such a bizarre diversity of topics before an audience—an audience, no less, whose members may have a passion for the subject and know way more about it than we do?

LIVE Director Paul Holdengräber is “Charmingly Full of Chutzpah”.

Pete Townshend’s new memoir, Who I Am, hit the bookshelves today! And LIVE is lucky to have him talk about it TONIGHT on our stage! Read an excerpt from the book here.

Pete Townshend’s new memoir, Who I Am, hit the bookshelves today! And LIVE is lucky to have him talk about it TONIGHT on our stage! Read an excerpt from the book here.

A slightly different version of this classic bedtime story.

Our fall season is finally up! Tickets go on sale this Friday at midnight, but if you can’t wait until then, Become a Friend of the NYPL!  Friends receive 46% off all LIVE from the NYPL tickets and are given pre-sale access to events before the general public. So if you can’t wait to see our events, including conversations with Paul Auster, Cheryl Strayed, Pete Townshend, and Tom Wolfe, become a Friend and purchase tickets now and for less by following this link!