BOOKS AND AUTHORS AUTHORS Amy Yates Wuelfing and Steven DiLodovico in Conversation with Allison and Carlos Santos Sunday, June 1, 3 p.m. The authors of “No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes,” discuss their oral history of the legendary alternative music venue City Gardens with PPL staffers Allison Santos, who bartended at the club (with Jon Stewart), and Carlos Santos, the club’s legendary DJ. Wuelfing’s and DiLodovico’s acclaimed book is the definitive chronicle of the Trenton cultural phenomenon that was City Gardens, a club where every significant alternative act of the ‘80s and ‘90s performed. Copies of “No Slam Dancing” will be available for purchase and signing. Community Room
Amy Yates Wuelfing, left, with Gibby Haynes and Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show”
Book Lovers Luncheon with Jennifer Weiner Thursday, June 19, Noon Join author Jennifer Weiner and library staff at this special Summer Reading luncheon where Weiner will launch her latest novel, “All Fall Down.” Library staff will be seated at each table and summer reading titles will be discussed. Weiner will read from and sign her book during the ticketed event, which includes lunch and a copy of the book. Tickets are $30 and may be reserved in the events calendar on the library’s website. Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St. A Writing Workshop with C.J. Critt Wednesday, July 23, 2 p.m. During this three-hour creative writing workshop, writers will be encouraged to express their signature voice by writing quickly and spontaneously. Writing prompts are offered and styles including monologue, poetry slam rant, journal entry and others are demonstrated. Critt is a professional narrator known as the voice of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum character among others. She has performed on and off Broadway, is an author and much more. Please register at princetonlibrary.org. Community Room An Evening with C.J. Critt Wednesday, July 23, 7 p.m. C.J. Critt, the original audiobook voice of New Jersey’s favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, brings to life the C.J. Critt adventures of Stephanie, Grandma Mazur, Lula, and a host of other memorable characters from the score of audiobooks she has narrated for bestselling author, Janet Evanovich. A staff writer for Disney Radio, a veteran of Broadway and regional stages, C.J. is best known for her spoken word and snarky comedy stylings on dozens of audiobooks. Community Room Summerfest 2014 Wednesday, Aug. 13, 7 p.m. Local authors from the Plainsboro Writers Group and the Barnes & Noble Writers Exchange read their short stories. Included will be Bob Gordon (“Every Story has an End”); Tony Athmejvar (“Jeddi, My Grandfather”); Alex Adams (“What I Learned the Hard Way”); Vanessa Johnson (“From Which We Came”); Jessie Tucker
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Jennifer Weiner, June 19, Nassau Club
(“Summer Poems”); David Absalom (“A Matter of Time”); Teri Bozowski (“The Serpent and the Snowman”) and Marvin Harold Cheiten (“Job Openings”). Community Room Linda Barth Wednesday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m. In “A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone,” the author explores some groundbreaking, useful, fun and even silly inventions with New Jersey roots. In addition to Edison’s Menlo Park lab, where he patented the phonograph, light bulb and more, Barth will discuss other notable firsts that came from New Jersey, including the first drive-in movie theater, the first cultivated blueberry, the Band-Aid, medical advances and more. Part of the library’s series of NJ350 programs commemorating the 350th anniversary of the founding of New Jersey. Linda Barth Community Room
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