Join us for an engaging and important discussion with local author Chris Palmer, who will talk about his book Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life that provides readers with the knowledge and skills to help achieve a peaceful, gentle, and dignified death.
You may know Daryl Davis as a talented musician, but he is also renowned for his decades-long work engaging and transforming members of the Ku Klux Klan—work that began with a chance conversation in a country music bar. In his newly revised book, The Klan Whisperer, Daryl shares powerful stories and lessons from these encounters. Join...
The Writer’s Center welcomes author Robert W. Fieseler for a reading from his new publication, American Scare, Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives. Robert is joined by author Ronald Collins. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. Robert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories. A National Lesbian...
The Writer’s Center welcomes poet jason b. crawford for a reading from their new, award winning collection, YEET! jason is joined by poet Abi Pollokoff reading from her debut collection night myths • • before the body. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. jason b. crawford (They/He) born in Washington, DC, and raised in Lansing, MI, is the author of Year of...
Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information, please view our flyer here.
Catherine Newman, bestselling author of Sandwich, will discuss her new sequel novel Wreck, which picks up with Rocky and her family at home two years later. Full of laughter and heart, Wreck explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the difficult fact that people - no matter how much you love them - are...
Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm, and readings begin promptly at 7pm. Limited to 20 readers, so arrive early if you plan to read. Sponsored by Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry magazine. FREE...
Interested in joining? The Book Club meets the second Thursday of each month from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, meeting room 2. The book chosen for this month's discussion is The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist Hedy Lamarr whose...
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Ann Packer, who will discuss her new novel, Some Bright Nowhere, that explores a long marriage and the profound emotional complexities of love, caregiving, and facing the end of life. Ann will be in conversation with author, editor, and podcaster Dan Kois.
Join us for a lecture with Hank Levine! In September, Bethesda Historical Society Secretary Hank Levine took us through how, between 1750 and 1920, geography and advances in transportation set...
A special Open Mic to uplift the voices and work of the teenagers in our community. Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are...
Join the Mystery/Thriller Book Club for our November read: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. All are welcome!
