READINGS Wednesday 8/16 Rob liflander Author discusses primer for online business leaders The ...
Rob liflander
Author discusses primer for online business leaders The Everything Online Business Book; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 12:30, free.
nymphomania
Carol Groneman discusses new book exploring history of how much sex is too much; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Thursday 8/17
book discussion
Jane Shapiro hosts monthly reading group to discuss James Joyce's Dubliners; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 6, free.
josh koppel
Author discusses new book Good Grief & anxieties of growing up at Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
kathryn shafer
Doctor/author reads from Asthma Free in 21 Days: The Breakthrough Mind-Body Healing Program, which documents revolutionary new approach to healing of disease; Barnes & Noble, 160 E. 54th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-750-8033; 12:30, free.
Friday 8/18
GREAT BOOKS READING GROUP
Mark Matthews leads discussion of Ezra Pound's poem Hugh Selwyn Mauberley; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
PEOPLE'S CAFE
Bread Is Rising Poetry Collective hosts open mic feat. Bernard Livingston & Philip Bonosky; People's Cafe, 235 W. 23rd St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-369-3079; 7, $3 contrib.
PINK PONY
Series continues w/poet Angelo Verga; Pink Pony, 176 Ludlow St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 212-253-1922; 7, $5.
Saturday 8/19
RICHARD BERENSON
Lace up your sneakers & join author as he discusses his contribution to Barnes & Noble Complete Guidebook to Central Park then leads tour through NYC's natural treasure; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 10 a.m., free.
KNITTING FACTORY
Series feat. w/Aqueelah Shaheed; Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3055; 6, $5.
Sunday 8/20
CENTERFOLD
Weekly poetry reading & open mic at Centerfold, 263 W. 86th St. (B'way), 212-866-4454; 5:45, contrib.
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Spoken word every Sunday, hosted by Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-7039; 3, contrib.
Monday 8/21
HOUSE OF WOMAN
Lynne Procope's poetry group feat. female poets from around country; 13, 35 E. 13th St. (University Pl.), 718-275-0329; 7:30, $3.
SATURN REVIVAL SERIES
Open mic hosted by John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo & feat. Madeline Artenberg; Revival, 129 E. 15th St. (betw. 3rd Ave. & Irving Pl.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
Tuesday 8/22
STELLA DONG
Journalist discusses Shanghai: The Rise & Fall of a Decadent City; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 6, free.
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Weekly lecture on the art & craft of poetry followed by readings of participants' works. This week, "Poetry of Dreams"; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30, $7.
POETRY BEAT
Viviana Grell, Frank Robinson & Eman Rimawi host open mic w/featured reader MaudeEna Headlam; Music Room, Village Community School, 272 W. 10th St. (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-946-4356; 7, $3.
william shutkin
Environmentalist/lawyer describes new kind of environmental & social activism spreading across America in The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism & Democracy in the 21st-Century Century; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
star milk beyond 2000
Open mic feat. Viviana Grell at Korova Milk Bar, 200 Ave. A. (betw. 12th & 13th Sts.), 718-389-2666; 7:30, $2 & 1 drink min.