For eighty years, a store named Radio Clinic* stood on the 98th Street block of Broadway on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. My immigrant grandfather opened it in 1934 during the depths of the Depression as a radio repair shop. To distinguish his shop from his many nearby competitors in those early days of radio, he […]
Author Reading & Book Signing: Julia Fine
Please join us at 702WI as we welcome author Julia Fine, who will read from and discuss her debut novel, WHAT SHOULD BE WILD. Doors open at 10:30am, event begins at 11am. A book signing will follow. The event is free, but please RSVP. In this darkly funny, striking debut, a highly unusual young woman […]
Author Reading & Book Signing: Robert Kurson
702WI welcomes New York Times bestselling author Robert Kurson, who will read from and discuss his newest book, ROCKET MEN. Doors open at 6:30pm, event begins at 7pm. A book signing will follow. The event is free, but please RSVP. By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two […]
Author Reading & Book Signing: Emily Fridlund
Join 702WI on Saturday, July 28th to celebrate the release of CATAPULT by Emily Fridlund, who will read from and discuss the book. Doors open at 10:30am, event begins at 11:00am. A book signing will follow. The event is free, but please RSVP. Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, Catapult follows Emily […]
Music & Book Signing: Bill & Bobbie Malone
Join us on Friday, July 27th as Bill and Bobbie Malone return to 702WI to perform their music and celebrate the 50th anniversary edition of Country Music USA! Doors open at 5:30pm, event begins at 6pm. The event is free, but please RSVP. With a deep knowledge of country and bluegrass music and fine instrumentals […]
Author Reading & Book Signing: David McGlynn
Please join us at 702WI on Wednesday, June 13th to celebrate the release of ONE DAY YOU’LL THANK ME: LESSONS FROM AN UNEXPECTED FATHERHOOD by David McGlynn, who will read from and discuss the book. Doors open at 6:30pm, event begins at 7:00pm. A book signing will follow. The event is free, but please RSVP. […]