Events

"The term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins" Let's have fun and bust this myth!

On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro...

"This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin―the mothers of, respectively, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Baldwin―women whose legacies, as Tubbs notes, have been overlooked.

Join us to discuss The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian. The author will be joining us!

Join us to discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Join us to discuss Cooking for Picasso by Camille Aubrey

Join us to discuss The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P Nimura

Join us to discuss Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950's New York by Alexander Nemerov

The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan

Join us to discuss The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

IWBC Reads highlights "Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez: The Improbable Life of A Cuban American Baseball Star" by IWBC founder Kat Williams

Join us to discuss Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission

For most New Yorkers, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different.

Let's experience some poetry together and raise money for NAMI-Greater Cleveland and The Greater Cleveland Food Bank

What would it be like if a woman got a chance to play Major League baseball? Join our next IWBC Reads to find out.

Join us to discuss The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith

Join us to discuss Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers by Debra Shattuck

"Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world’s most widely admired and influential women"

The saying goes “A picture is worth a thousand words" so let’s explore that! Get copies of our art themed selections from your local library or favorite bookstore and then spend a cozy and casual evening discussing them virtually. Free and open to all art and book lovers regardless of location.

Join us to discuss Bases to Bleachers: A Collection of Personal Baseball Stories from the Stands and beyond by Eric C. Gray

"New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century—the true effects of the atom bomb—potentially saving millions of lives." Amazon

Join us to discuss Mrs. Morhard and the Boys.

Join us to discuss The Address by Fiona Davis

Bases to Bleachers: The Negro League Centennial Celebration Edition

Join us to discuss A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War Two by Sonia Purnell

A Negro League Centennial Program

"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again."

A Negro League Centennial Program

A four part series on researching your Irish Family History. Introductory session is Free.

Join us to discuss Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey into the Heart of Africa by Brad Ricca

A Negro League Centennial Program