Event Type 29th Season 2023 2024
september
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A staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of New York Times bestsellers: Rogues: True Stories of Grifters,
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A staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of New York Times bestsellers: Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks, Empire of Pain and Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. Rolling Stone calls him an “obsessive reporter, researcher and master of narrative nonfiction.” His book, Say Nothing received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, was selected as one of the 10 best books of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and The Wall Street Journal. He is also the creator and host of the eight-part podcast Wind of Change.
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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm EST
Location
The Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater
411 Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY 13202
october
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Lily King received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then her
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Lily King received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then her M.A. in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. King’s first novel, The Pleasing Hour, was published in 1999, followed by The English Teacher [2005] and Father of the Rain [2010]. Gaining awards and accolades with each, she hit big with her fourth novel, Euphoria in 2014. That year, it won the Kirkus Award for Fiction, and was also named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review and TIME’s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014. Her most recent novel, Writers & Lovers was published in 2020 and her first collection of short stories, Five Tuesdays in Winter was released in 2021.
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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm EST
Location
The Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater
411 Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY 13202
november
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Raised in Fayetteville, NC, Brendan Slocumb holds a degree in music education with concentrations in violin and viola from the University of
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Raised in Fayetteville, NC, Brendan Slocumb holds a degree in music education with concentrations in violin and viola from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For the past 23 years, he has been a public and private school music educator, teaching general music, orchestra and guitar ensembles. His debut mystery thriller, The Violin Conspiracy, was published in 2022 to glowing reviews and was selected as a Good Morning America Book Club Pick. Due out in 2023, his follow up page turner, Symphony of Secrets, seeks to right a wrong when race intersects with the uncovering of a famous musical piece’s true composer.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm EST
Location
The Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater
411 Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY 13202