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Where to Hear a Talk in NYC
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Most nights
92NY
1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St · Upper East Side · the city’s big stage for authors, leaders & debates since 1874 · most talks also stream
- Weekly
Streicker Center at Temple Emanu-El
1 E 65th St · Upper East Side · marquee conversations — Hoffman, Maddow, Silverman this fall · many also online
- Weekly
The Town Hall
123 W 43rd St · Midtown · the 1921 “people’s hall”: live podcasts, comedy talks & evenings with big names
- Weekly
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St · Upper West Side · home of Selected Shorts plus author nights & the Thalia Book Club
- Seasonal
LIVE from the NYPL
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Ave at 42nd St · Midtown · the library’s headline conversation series
- Weekly
The New York Historical
170 Central Park West · Upper West Side · historians, journalists & public figures on the American story
- Weekly
Brooklyn Public Library, Central
10 Grand Army Plaza · Prospect Heights · big-name authors & poets in the Dweck Center · most talks free with a reservation
- Often free
Cooper Union Great Hall
7 E 7th St · East Village · where Lincoln gave his 1860 speech · many talks free with registration
- Monthly
The Moth StorySLAMs
Venues citywide · open-mic true stories, five minutes each · tickets go fast
- Most nights
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway at 12th St · Greenwich Village · author talks & Rare Book Room events
- Weekly
McNally Jackson
Five stores: SoHo, Seaport, Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn & Rockefeller Center · author events & book clubs
- Weekly
Rizzoli Bookstore
1133 Broadway at 26th St · NoMad · art, design & literary talks in NYC’s most beautiful bookstore
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