Apr 01
Sarah MurphyDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
Here are my belated thanks to those of you who came out for last week’s event with Jon Michaud, librarian at the New Yorker and first-time novelist, at WORD in Greenpoint. Apologies for the delay, but I’ve been to Russia and back since I was last in touch (more on that coming soon).
Maria and I wait for the event to begin
WORD just turned four, which makes them close in age to the Desk Set. Having lived in the Greenpoint area for about twice that long, I cannot even remember or imagine how I survived pre-WORD. Their book selection, events, and wonderful staff make them an absolutely necessary part of my neighborhood, and indeed the city of New York.
The Desk Set has collaborated with WORD before, and when we heard about the opportunity to co-host the Jon Michaud reading and signing, we were all over it. It was an honor to interview Mr. Michaud, and the fact that the New Yorker listed the event felt like no small accomplishment.
Jon’s book, When Tito Loved Clara, centers on the interwoven loves and lives of Clara, a Dominican immigrant who grew up in Inwood, Tito, her high school boyfriend, and Thomas, her husband. Clara and Thomas are both librarians – as is their creator – so this book and this author were a perfect match for a Desk Set event.
Jon and I began our conversation by discussing his day job. Knowing there were several librarians in the audience, and feeling overcome with curiosity myself, I had to ask him about what he does at work and how he came to do it. Jon revealed that he landed this dreamy position in much the same way many of us land our own jobs – by answering a want ad. His work ever since has been a fairly typical librarian’s blend of providing access and ensuring preservation. The library at the New Yorker is unsurprisingly more of an archive, and Jon is in many ways a guardian of the magazine’s history. The library has been working for years to make sure every page of every issue is digitally preserved, and therefore available for our perusal, either on the Complete New Yorker hard drive or disc set, or though the New Yorker’s online archive. Jon also makes regular contributions to the New Yorker’s Book Bench Blog.
When I read When Tito Loved Clara I was delighted by the details about librarianship. Clara and Thomas meet in Library School, at Pratt, and go on to work in different branches of our field. I pointed out to Jon that he has really broken some ground in terms of librarian portrayal in contemporary arts and culture. Not a shush to be heard, no great reference-based mysteries solved, and sexuality dealt with in only the most normal (read: no repressed buns coming unraveled as eyeglasses fall to the floor) ways. Jon was eager to use his book as a way to redress the lack of realistic librarian portrayal in pop culture, but he was also able to tell the reader a lot about his characters through their vocations. Clara struggles as a child with language and assimilation, and a Master’s Degree in Library Science and a prestigious job with a law firm comes to represent a triumph of academic ambition. Thomas – who is more of a technical services type – can create order through chaos in his professional, but not necessarily his personal life. Plus, Jon knows what it is to be a librarian and was therefore able to fill his narrative with the details of the trade.
The very pretty book cover for When Tito Loved Clara
Jon also told me that the book allowed him to bring one of his favorite New York neighborhoods, the often overlooked Inwood, into prominence. Most non New Yorkers, and even some born and bred here, Jon pointed out, have no idea where or what Inwood is. No surprise perhaps that his original title “The Inwood Girl” was rejected. Happily the cover art tells us something about the neighborhood even if the title does not. The forest and train tracks are an odd sight for Manhattan, but the Henry Hudson Memorial bridge, while less known than it’s neighbor the GW, seems so obviously perched over the Hudson River and tells us just where we are. The library card was an awfully clever addition, and Jon is as pleased by the cover as any first-time novelist can expect to be. Let’s hope they don’t ruin it for the paperback.
Amidst the love triangle(s), the library degrees and the northern Manhattan backdrop, the themes of fertility and pregnancy are prevalent in every step of this book. Asked if, as a man, he was worried to explore such a personal and weighty topic among women, Jon simply said, “no.” Clara and Thomas have experienced a miscarriage, and Jon frankly discussed the way a similar experience changed his own life. Frank discussion of miscarriage and fertility treatments are about as rare as realistic portraits of librarianship, and it’s a lot to tackle in a 338-page novel. Jon manages it all with thoughtfulness and skill and even humor.
The importance of education in general and specifically the experience of a New York City Public School education is another prominent feature of When Tito Loved Clara, and it led Jon to choose the East River Academy as the recipient of the WORD event’s fund raising. East River Academy is a NYC Department of Education school that serves young people on Rikers Island. We’re collecting sets of books for an English class there, and it’s not too late to contribute. Jon’s friend, a teacher at East River, developed a wish list with some extraordinary books. Donors have already completed a set of Sherman Alexie’s award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and we hope to do the same with books by Paul Volponi, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, and Mark Salzman. Donate here.
Before reading from When Tito Loved Clara, Jon surprised us by reading the New Yorker’s original review of the 1957 Hepburn/Tracy comedy after which we take our name, Desk Set. I for one was surprised at how little the reviewer cared for the picture. He didn’t mention the conflict between librarian and computer, or the delightful dresses, or even the comical romantic tension between the stars. At best he says it’s “reasonably acceptable,” and at worst… well, watch this short video, and hear for yourself:
Jon Michaud at WORD from Desk Set on Vimeo.
Just shows to go you, even the New Yorker gets in wrong sometimes…
Dec 08
mariaDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
Good News:
Biblioball 2010: Spellbound sold out, and we raised a whopping $9,200 for Literacy for Incarcerated Teens.
Photography by Phillip Kim
We’re thrilled with the success, but it’s $800 short of our goal of $10,000. If you are interested in helping us get there, you can donate to LIT online and include “The Desk Set” in the note so they know to count it towards our goal. Go to http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=2668 Even $5 would help out.
Hundreds of people contributed to the Biblioball: designing the poster, painting the photobooth backdrop, taking pictures, directing, choreographing, performing, MCing, DJing, stamping photo-folders, scheduling crafting parties, cutting snowflakes, curating bands, making an oversized Scrabble board, posting flyers, creating the slide show, donating raffle prizes, shooting videos and slides, decorating the Bell House, creating a zine, baking cookies, and much more! Thank you to all of the volunteers! We appreciate that you all put so much effort and work in order to raise money for LIT!
Please support these generous businesses, organizations, and people who contributed to the Ball!
They rule.
Deepest thanks to our official Media Sponsor, Brooklyn Based. They are tremendous harbingers of cool, so we were honored to have their support and promotion.
We also benefited from the support of the New York Library Association (NYLA), the country’s first state library association, and advocates for libraries, librarians and all New Yorkers. Our Leather Bound Sponsors were integral to the success of the event. Big thanks to First Second and Classic Specs.
We couldn’t have done it without the generosity of our Hard Cover and Fancy Pants Raffle Sponsors:
Restaurants & Bars: Diamond Bar, Great Jones Cafe, Enid’s, Huckleberry Bar, Rose Water, Alma, James
Jewelry: Khara LeDonne, Dirty Librarian Chains, &Â Camille Hempel
Camille Hempel Jewelry Design
Bookshops, publishers & journals: A Public Space, n+ 1, St. Mark’s Bookshop, The Strand, WORD, Bazillion Books,  Dissent Magazine, Microcosm Publishing, Mammal, Harper Collins,  Random House and Crown Publishing, Ugly Duckling Presse, First Second, & Melville House Publishing.
Beauty & Wellness: Fringe NY, Sprout Wellness,  Exhale Spa
Yummy Food & Drinks: 2 CooksInTheKitchen, Brooklyn Brewery, Tuthilltown Distillery, Nunu Chocolate, My Friend’s Mustard, Cheshire Canning, Crop to Cup, Mombucha, Fizzy Lizzy, and Granola Lab
Art:Â Ky Anderson, Ali Douglass, Aubrey Edwards, and Sara Varon!
Cultural Institutions:Â Â MoMA, Frick Art Reference Library, Brooklyn Historical Society, & Symphony Space!
Travel: Ovation Travel & this awesome Colorado condo!
Records, Eyeglasses, or Assorted Cool stuff: Permanent Records, Park Slope Eye, Buy Olympia & Fred Flare!
- The Spectacle of Spectacles, photograph by Lauren Silberman
Support these rad bands, DJs, and performers who donated their time and talent to the Biblioball!
Giant thanks to Tom Palvich of the Great Pumpkin blog for curating the bands, wrangling the DJs, and helping out with various tasks!
Harry and the Potters will blow your mind and make you want to start a band, Raindeer will have you shaking your booty around with a giant smile plastered on your face, and the girls in Crazy Pills will have you pumping your fist! Thank you to the gang of incredible DJs: Marty McSorley, Mikey Post, John XI, Shakey, Megan Awesome, Ryan Tozzi, Dave Tomkins and Jimmy T for providing such incredible jams.
Giant thanks to all of the dancers & trapeze artists from Tableau Vivant directed by Jean Loscalzo with images by B.A. Miale, and to the librarians and patrons of Shush…tifying: A Spectacle of Spectacles directed by Joy Tomasko!
Thank you to BPL Circulation Supervisor, MC Official Burn (you can find him at the Cypress Hills Branch) and writer/musician Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith for being fabulous the Masters of Ceremonies!
Photograph by Lauren Silberman
These authors partied with us at the Happy Hour and donated their books to the Top Shelf raffle! They rock, and you should totally read their books:
Gilbert Ford (author of Flying Lessons & illustrator extraordinaire), Ian Christe (publisher of Bazillion Books and author of Sound of the Beast), Julia Holmes (author of Meeks), Jeffrey Rotter (author of The Unknown Knowns), Marcy Demansky – author of Bad Marie and Twins, Justin Taylor (author of Everything Here is the Best Thing Eve), Dave Tomkins (Author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach), Adrienne Vrettos (author of The Exile of Gigi Lane, Skin, and Sight) Emily St. John Mandel (author of Last Night in Montreal), Ayun Halliday (author of Zinester’s Gude to NYC and No Touch Monkey), Elizabeth Bird (Fuse #8 blogger, author of Children’s Literature Gems, and public librarian), Said Sayrafiezadeh (author of When Skateboards Will Be Free)
Did you get your copy of the Borough is My Library: A Greater Metropolitan Library Workers Zine, Issue 2?
This issue explores the world of libraries and information activism through seven interviews. Beyond the boroughs, issue 2 features conversation about human rights with Toni Samek, cataloging with Sanford Berman, and discussion with Metropolitan library workers Aliqae Geraci, Karen Gisonny, Jessica Fenster-Sparber and information technology activist Daniel Kahn Gilmor.
If you missed out on this gem, don’t worry, you can mailorder it from Alycia Sellie at http://alycia.brokenja.ws/orderbiml
Our appreciation cannot be stopped!
Thanks to the staff at the Bell House: it was fantastic working with you.
Thank you Gilbert Ford for painting the photobooth’s backdrop: it was spellbinding! And thanks to Jeremy Balderson for snapping our portraits all night long. (check back next week for selected portrait photos from the Ball!
Thank you Rick Banister for designing the stunning poster.
Thank you Jason Planitzer & Jon Dieringer for shooting and crafting the video invitation! It’s magical and darling!
We’re so lucky to have gorgeous Spellbound photos thanks to our glamorous and talented Biblioball photographers: Â Phillip Kim, Lauren Silberman, Audrey Evans, and Dominick Mastrangelo
We are not done thanking you yet.
Finally, the Desk Set could not have thrown any party at all without the help of over one hundred volunteers. Whether you sold cookies, taped up snowflakes, made a slide show, or sold raffle tickets, your hard work was meaningful. Special thanks must be given to Meghan Dowell, who coordinated all of the volunteering, and Katie Coon who organized our decorating endeavors. Additional appreciation goes to Ryan Phillips and Perry Garvin for the fabulous and informative slide show, and to Letitia Samuel, Amber Billey, and Sarah Simms for going above and beyond.
Photo by Dominick Mastrangelo
Oh, and…
giant monster thanks to all of you who came to party and support LIT. As you can see, it takes a small army to make a Biblioball. But it takes YOU to make it fun.
With Love,
The Desk Set & LIT
Nov 23
mariaDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
Don’t be caught without your ticket to the Biblioball 2010: Spellbound!
Buy your tickets in advance here and save some cash for Fancy Pants raffle tickets!
Jean Loscalzo: Supercreator presents a Tableau Vivant :: Living Picture honoring the goddess of the hunt in all of her forms. Â Channeling the spirit of the traveling circuses of the early 1900′s, using myth, poetry, dance, video and trapeze, the audience will be invited to get close enough to hear us breathe. The players are: On Trapeze: Jean Loscalzo, Justine Heilner, Alyssa Jill, Luisa Vieira. Ground Arousers and Dancers: Libby Sentz, Despina Stamos, Dena Rutherfurd, Ann Mazzocca, Jill Woodward, Autumn Costner and sarabrown…with -Video that Delights- by B.A Miale of Bamiam.tv.
Librarians and other book nerds perform in Shush…tifying … A Spectacle of Spectacles, a library inspired riff on dance/theater performed & created by members of the Desk Set.
DJs Marty McSorley, Megan Awesome, Shakey, Mikey Post, John XI, and Jimmy T spin 40’s, 50’s & 60s Soul, 70s Funk, Pre-Punk Psych, Juke-Joint, Bogooloo, and more!
DJ Bios
Dave Tompkins, a former columnist for The Wire, writes frequently about hip-hop and popular music. His work has appeared in Vibe, The Village Voice, The Believer and Wax Poetics. As a child growing up in North Carolina, he wrote stories about Mud Men, shot football cards with his dad’s .38, and was forced into speech therapy. His grandfather ate the microfilm, somewhere over Moscow. He recently wrote a book called “How to Wreck a Nice Beach.”
DJ Jimmy T. Runs and operates the Brooklyn-based Electric Cowbell Records-an artist-run label that specializes in releasing 7″ 45RPM records. He plays drums and percussion for the North Brooklyn party band CSC Funk Band and drums in the lusty power-garage trio The Demands. He also plays percussion with Superhuman Happiness with Stuart Bogie and members of Antibalas. He played drums and was an original member of GWAR. Lots of vinyl charm that casts a wide net across a spectrum of rockin’ funkin’ dynamite with sprigs of latin, cumbia, and boogaloo.
DJ John XI Having cut his teeth in post-9/11 loft parties in the factory districts and back room bars of Brooklyn, DJ John XI (John Pugh) (who also moonlighted as drummer/singer in !!! and singer/drum programmer in Free Blood) landed his own radio show on East Village Radio in 2005. The show was called Fishguts & Chocolate (named for the two odoriferous factories his home was sandwiched between) and sought to track the early evolution of that thing we call popular music. Starting somewhere around 1947 with post-war blues, juke joint, hot jazz and jump, stretching through 1950′s R&B and R&R, 1960′s soul, girl groups and pre-punk psych, finally dipping a toe in 1970′s funk, reggae and proto-disco. He was torn away from his show eventually to attend to the rigors of touring, but the spirit (and smell) of Fishguts & Chocolate live on! Bringing the fossils of Pop out of the basement and onto a dance floor near you!
DJ Marty McSorley Dishin’ out tha hits! This L.A. transplant has found a new home in Brooklyn, and a time slot on WFMU. Look out for an all wax attack of Killer Cumbia, Banging Boogaloo, Amazing Afrobeat and other treats with roots in the Southern Hemisphere, along with a nice sprinkling of that West Coast G-Funk.
DJ Megan Awesome For the last few years, DJ Megan Awesome has been collaborating with bands and other DJs to make dance parties for the people. She’s a sucker for a good beat and long songs so she can dance to them too.
DJ Mikey Post A fixture in the Daptone Records stable of DJs, has spent the better part of the last 12 years digging through dusty shops and moldy basements collecting all sorts of waxen treasures from the 60′s era. Specializing in up-beat SOUL, GARAGE, and R&B 45s, you can expect to be kept on your feet when this classy gentleman drops the needle.
DJ Shakey - (Julie Covello) is part of New York City’s DJ elite and has spun at virtually every metro area nightclub that contributes to the culture. She created and directs “Shakey’s Record Fair”, the “Warper Party” and the world renown clothing swap “Thrift On!” She has written about music and more for Wax Poetics, Sweet Action, and Bust magazines. She also has a legendary record collection, performs with her bass and laptop duo “FreebassBK”, and volunteers to teach young women to dj at the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.
Why spend your hard earned dough in this crappy economy? Because the work Literacy For Teens does is important, silly!
Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT) addresses illiteracy and aliteracy among New York’s detained and incarcerated youth. LIT is the only organization of its kind whose mission is to ensure that our detained and incarcerated youth have access to library materials, literacy programming, and library services of the highest quality. LIT partners with detention facilities at the local level to create and sustain physical libraries, reading materials and books, as well as to provide literacy programming, curriculum, and visits with critically-acclaimed authors.
Nov 15
Sarah MurphyDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
In no particular order.
1. It’s the earliest start time for an “After Party” in the history of after. 9:00 PM – without a doubt, the perfect time to get down on a Thursday. Be there right on time for 60 sweet minutes of open bar action!
2. Support Brooklyn Public Library!
Did you know that BPL is the fifth largest library system in the nation? You’d have to have spent the last few years under a rock not to notice the economic struggle of all of our public libraries . With gorgeous children’s rooms on second stories closed, a hiring freeze that threatens weekend and evening hours, and little light looming at the end of this tunnel, it is up to our Brooklyn community to use whatever power we have to keep our libraries great. All proceeds from the BPL Gala After Party go towards books and programming for Brooklyn Public Library’s 58 branches.
3. We may not have Sharon Jones, but you can’t say we don’t have soul. By now you’ve heard that SJDK will not be playing a set as we originally trumpeted. We are sorry to have raised your hopes. BUT, Duane Harriott will spin his classic blend of soul, hip-hop, disco and whatever the hell else he thinks will get you moving. DJ Duane has delighted us at many a Desk Set event, and we love, love, love to get into his groove.
4. We know they can write, but can they bowl?!
Find out as Brooklyn writers Natalie Standiford, René Steinke, Daniel Bergner, Jonathan Mahler, Manny Howard, and Gayle Forman bowl ten frames and compete for the title of Best Bowler who is also an Author and a Lover of Brooklyn Public Library! The winners’ trophies are custom made by Brooklyn Public Librarian, the darling Ivy Marvel. Wish you could get one? Publish a book, and then bowl a 200!
5. The Top Shelf Raffle, Baby!
Everybody gets one ticket upon entrance, and you can buy ‘em for $5 each to increase your chances to win the following sweet items:
Don’t delay! Buy your tickets now to save the $5 that you probably owe in overdue fines. See you at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday at 9:00PM.
Nov 11
Sarah MurphyDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
Harry and the Potters are performing at the Biblioball 2010: Spellbound on Saturday, December 4th at the Bell House in Brooklyn! If you like wizard rock, don’t miss them! They rule.
Baltimore’s Raindeer will also be performing and will keep our spirits high!
Brooklyn’s Crazy Pills kicks off the night! Work it, ladies!
BUY YOUR Biblioball 2010: Spellbound TICKETS TODAY AND HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR LITERACY FOR INCARCERATED TEENS! Go here for tickets & more information: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/136130
Thank you Tom Pavlich from The Great Pumpkin for curating the rock n’ roll!
Nov 02
Sarah MurphyDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
It’s that time of the year…
On December 4th, be sure to find yourself among the bibliophiles at the Desk Set’s third annual Biblioball, the winter formal dance party for the well-read and the well-attired.
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at The Bell House
7:30 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.
Tickets $10 – $55*
Purchase tickets now! All proceeds benefit Literacy for Incarcerated Teens.
Since 2008, hundreds of New York City’s savviest librarians and bibliophiles have flocked to Brooklyn for the nerdiest party of the year: the Desk Set’s annual Biblioball. Photo archivists mingle with children’s book authors to the sounds of the city’s finest DJs spinning soul 45s. Live music follows a sexy trapeze act, and guests win big in the Fancy Pants Raffle–all to support LIT, and their work to provide programming for incarcerated and detained youth–only at the Biblioball.
Raindeer
Jean Loscalzo, photo by Sara Brown
Crazy Pills
Live musical performances curated by Tom Pavlich, (of the Great Pumpkin blog) feature Brooklyn’s Crazy Pills, Baltimore’s Raindeer, and some extra special wizardly guests…
Plus …
Supercreator Jean Loscalzo presents Tableau Vivant: Living Picture trapeze/dance/video performance. Librarians and other book nerds perform in Shush…tifying … A Spectacle of Spectacles, a library inspired riff on dance/theater performed & created by members of the Desk Set.
DJs Marty McSorley, Megan Awesome, Shakey, Mikey Post, John XI, and Jimmy T spin 40s, 50s & 60s Soul, 70s Funk, Pre-Punk Psych, Juke-Joint, Bogooloo, and more.
Masters of Ceremonies, Brownsville librarian, MC Official Burn and writer/musician Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith keep the party flowing.
Our wizardly guests will host the Fancy Pants Raffle, and lucky winners will walk away with prizes from Exhale Spa, Harper Collins, the Strand, First Second Books, James, Melville House, Rosewater, The Great Jones, Enid’s and many more.
Guests can take home a copy of The Borough is my Library: A Greater Metropolitan Library Workers Zine, Issue 2 and a special commemorative Biblioball portrait.
Leatherbound Tickets : Admission at 7:30 PM for our special VIP Happy Hour includes Classic Specs tote bags filled with hip magazines and goodies. Guests receive complimentary Brooklyn Lager, and delicious appetizers and snacks, and they can mingle with the literati as some favorite writers such as Dave Tompkins (How To Wreck a Nice Beach, Melville House/Stop Smiling, 2010) and special guests spin records.
$45 advance / $55 at the door.
Hardcover Tickets : Admission at 8:30 PM, $20 advance / $27 at the door.
Paperback Tickets : Admission after midnight, $10 at the door
Special thanks to our sweet sponsors who are helping to make sure Biblioball 2010: Spellbound is the best party of the season, and possibly ever: Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Based, n+1, First Second, A Public Space, Classic Specs, Park Slope Eye, Word Brooklyn.
Can’t wait to see you at the ball!
Questions? write us at thedeskset@gmail.com, and we’ll answer ‘em.
Oct 24
mariaDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
Snapshot of some of the books!
Last Friday, my parents, Donna and Bill Falgoust loaded up all of the 613 books we bought with proceeds from the Beaucoup Book Love BBQ in September at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn and headed to the A.P. Tureaud School in the 7th ward of New Orleans. In January 2010 the Desk Set received a wish list of books from the teachers at the school, and we threw our annual rockin’ Mardi Gras benefit-party at Daddy’s bar to collect about half of the books requested. Since then, we’re proud to report that we not only completed the list but we’re also partnering with a lovely local New Orleans book store, Octavia Books, to curate an author series for the school!
The author series is beginning in December and we are thrilled that the kids at Tureaud will be able to meet with and learn from these writers. Nancy Parker (The Adventures of Yat & Dat: What’s Cookin’?) will visit the pre-k through 2nd grades. Jewell Parker Rhodes (Ninth Ward) will read to the 3rd through 6th grades. It’ll be the first time these students have ever had an author visit! However, we have another $1,300 to raise in order to provide every child with a signed copy of each author’s books. That’s another 288 books! Please email us at thedeskset@gmail.com if you would like to make a contribution.
Warm thanks to my parents for keeping track of and organizing the books, making bookplates with the donors names, addressing postcards, and delivering the books. Thanks to everyone who attended the BBQ and bought books. This labor of love has brought more than just books to the school; it has let the community know that we’re rooting for them. The teachers and students send their heartfelt appreciation!
Donna Falgoust and the kids at A.P. Tureaud
P.S. Want to know more about New Orleans? Check out this selected reading list from a few of NOLA’s biggest fans!
Oct 19
Sarah MurphyDesk Set Sponsored Events, Dispatches from the Editors
Won’t you please join us on Thursday, November 18th at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg at 9PM (promptly!) to put books on the shelves of your local branch and keep the free programming free?
The Desk Set is honored to have been asked to host BPL’s After Party, and we hope to see you all there. Entrance gets you an open bar from 9-10PM and one complimentary ticket to the Top Shelf Raffle. Be there on time, lest you miss the fabulous Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and some sweetness from Other Music’s DJ Duane Harriott. Stay late to bowl ten frames and enjoy Brooklyn Bowl’s regular Thursday night party featuring DJ Questlove.
There are a limited number of advance tickets available for $35 online (tickets at the door will run you $40), so don’t delay!
Sep 29
Sarah MurphyDispatches from the Editors
Dear Reader,
Are you on the Desk Set’s mailing list?
Oh, you say you’re our “friend” on facebook? We love all of our “friends” no doubt, but it’s just not the same. Our e-mail list is the place to be for insiders. The only way to be sure you hear about every Desk Set event, field trip, volunteer opportunity or party is to write to us at thedeskset@gmail.com and let us know that you want to hang with the library crowd.
Just thought you might want to know…
Don't be a knave and miss out on visits like this one to the NY Society Library!
xoxo,
the Desk Set
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