{"title": "James Gleick + Rivka Galchen: The Telephone: A New History", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Strand Bookstore", "address": "Broadway 828, 10003 New York", "price": "42.64 USD", "price_from": "42.64", "price_to": "42.64", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/o/30058841244", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/technology", "literature"], "description": "A book release event at Strand Bookstore's third-floor Rare Book Room, where historian and biographer James Gleick discusses his new book The Telephone: A New History, moderated by writer Rivka Galchen. Gleick, the bestselling author of Chaos and The Information, traces the telephone's history from Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 invention—a contest replete with bribery and fraud—to the Bell System's monopoly and Bell Labs' role in ushering in the Information Age. 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Lipshutz, music journalist and co-chief content officer at Billboard, has written a cultural history of the boy band One Direction, drawing on exclusive new interviews with their key collaborators. The book traces the band's rise from The X Factor to record-breaking chart success and chronicles their deep relationship with their fans. Spanos, a pop music journalist and former senior writer at Rolling Stone, moderates the evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-launch-a-whole-lotta-history-by-jason-lipshutz-in-conve-54911/", "official_url": "https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-a-whole-lotta-history-by-jason-lipshutz/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1d536bc3673309c7e7691f7f5dec03d15ba711c3ce271f65095db28cca783223-600.webp"}, {"title": "Mitchell-Linden Book Club: Lon...", "start": "2026-11-03T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Queens Library at Mitchell-Linden", "address": "Union Street 31-32, 11354 Flushing", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/mitchelllinden-book-club-mrs-planskys-revenge-by-spencer-quinn/005085-0926", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club", "history"], "description": "A book club meeting for adults at the Mitchell-Linden library, where participants discuss a book together in person. 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