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SUMMARY:An Evening with Laverne Cox
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Laverne Cox discussing her memoir\, “Transcendent”\n\n\n \nPlease note: \n— Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored. \n— Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable. \n— All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event. \n— The name(s) you provide during registration will be on a will-call list at the event\, where you will check-in and get your ticket to enter the theatre. \n———————————————————- \nJoin us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event: \nFriday\, June 12\, 2025\, 8pm\n*Virtual event airs on June 19 at 6pm PT/9pm ET \n \nAn Evening with Laverne Cox\ndiscussing her memoir\, “Transcendent“ \n \nTICKETS: \n\n$50 General Admission ticket + signed book\n$75 Two General Admisison tickets + ONE signed book\nAdditional signed books available for purchase at event\n\n\nThe virtual version of this event airs on June 19\, 2025\, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets include a signed book.\nTickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book). \nASL interpreter provided upon request.\nFree parking at the venue\n\nFour-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood\, confronting childhood trauma\, shame\, gender identity\, her transition\, body image issues\, her search for romantic love\, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness\, and ultimately\, healing. \nLaverne Cox is an Emmy-winning actress\, producer\, and LGBTQ+ advocate best known for her role as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black\, which made her the first openly transgender person nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in Mobile\, Alabama\, she studied at the Alabama School of Fine Arts before pursuing acting in New York City. Cox has been a trailblazer for transgender representation in media\, using her platform to advocate for trans rights and visibility. She made history again as the first transgender person to win a Daytime Emmy as an executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word. Beyond acting\, she is a sought-after speaker and activist\, working to challenge discrimination and promote inclusivity. She is also host of her own podcast by iHeartRadio and Shondaland: The Laverne Cox Show. She resides in New York City. \nLaverne Cox’ path from a struggling trans actress to a cultural movement was anything but easy. Surviving a childhood full of trauma\, dealing with depression\, and working at a drag restaurant in New York City for seven years\, Laverne was turning forty and felt it was time to throw in the towel when it came to being a Hollywood star—then she booked the character of Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black. Her world changed overnight. \nIn Transcendent\, you will experience life in Laverne’s shoes\, from her childhood abuse to making her big break\, dealing with Hollywood bureaucracy\, feeling lonely in a world that is unaccepting\, and finding her voice through the chaos of it all. With behind-the-scenes stories and personal reflection\, we can heal and fight for equality\, right alongside Laverne.
URL:https://www.bookswell.club/event/an-evening-with-laverne-cox/
LOCATION:The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater–New Roads School\, Herb Alpert Educational Village\, 3131 Olympic Blvd.\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Eddie Huang with Ottessa Moshfegh
DESCRIPTION:Eddie Huang in conversation with Ottessa Moshfegh discussing his novel\, Come Undone\n\n\n \nPlease note: \n— Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored. \n— Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable. \n— All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event. \n— The name(s) you provide during registration will be on a will-call list at the event\, where you will check-in and get your ticket to enter the theatre. \n———————————————————- \nJoin us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event: \nThursday\, June 18\, 2025\, 8pm\n*Virtual event airs on June 25 at 6pm PT/9pm ET \n \nEddie Huang with Ottessa Moshfeghdiscussing his novel\, “Come Undone“\n \nTICKETS: \n\n$50 General Admission ticket + signed book\n$25 General Admisison ticket\nAdditional signed books available for purchase at event\n\n\nThe virtual version of this event airs onJune 25\,  2025\, at 6pm PT/9 PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets include a signed book\nTickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)\nASL interpreter provided upon request.\nFree parking at the venue\n\n \nIn his subversively funny first novel\, the bestselling author of Fresh Off the Boat delivers a portrait of a haunted manchild and his messy search for love\, with hilarious and insightful takes on sex\, dating\, food\, culture\, intimacy\, and masculinity along the way. \nEddie Huang is a decorated chef\, director\, and New York Times bestselling author. Owner of the iconic Baohaus\, which ushered in a generation of Taiwanese-Chinese restaurants and launched his career hosting Huang’s World for Vice\, Huang went on to adapt his memoir\, Fresh Off the Boat\, into a critically acclaimed ABC comedy series. He also wrote and directed the Taylour Paige and Pop Smoke film Boogie\, and directed and starred in his second feature Vice is Broke. \nOttessa Moshfegh‘s first novel\, Eileen\, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize\, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Death in Her Hands\, her second and third novels\, were New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World; a novella\, McGlue; and her new novel is Lapvona..“Come for the satirical millennial cringe and over-the-top luxury lifestyle fantasy\, stay for the surprisingly sensitive portrayal of a bombastic\, bighearted Asian American dudebro who risks it all for a chance at the real thing.”—Jean Chen Ho\, author of Fiona and Jane \nHubie lives an exciting life. He hosts a traveling food show\, works with his best friend\, and samples the best the world has to offer. There’s only one problem: his love life. Hubie treats his romantic partners as courses on a tasting menu. His one rule when it comes to love: three months and it’s over. Hubie is no hubby. \nThen he meets Anastasia\, a mysterious woman who seems to share his approach to life—she wants fun\, sex\, and the freedom to depart before dawn. They have chance encounters in glamorous locations around the world—a luxury spa in the Utah desert\, a cliffside hideaway in Jamaica\, exclusive Los Angeles parties—where they party and flirt with electric energy\, but are always with other partners. When they finally connect\, the chemistry is undeniable. Just as they find a way to be together\, the specters of their pasts—the secrets and burdens beneath their carefree exteriors—arise to threaten everything. Will they truly embrace each other\, flaws and all? Can they shake off shame\, regret\, and the lingering weight of old wounds to open themselves fully to love? \nSharply comic but with hidden depths\, Come Undone is about how we run from love and how it hunts us down.
URL:https://www.bookswell.club/event/eddie-huang-with-ottessa-moshfegh/
LOCATION:The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater–New Roads School\, Herb Alpert Educational Village\, 3131 Olympic Blvd.\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Danny McBride
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Danny McBride discussing his collection of stories\, “Thrilling Tales of Modern Men: Stories”\n\n\n \nPlease note: \n— Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored. \n— Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable. \n— All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event. \n— The name(s) you provide during registration will be on a will-call list at the event\, where you will check-in and get your ticket to enter the theatre. \n———————————————————- \nJoin us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event: \nThursday\, June 25\, 2025\, 8pm\n*Virtual event airs on July 2 at 6pm PT/9pm ET \n \nAn Evening with Danny McBride\ndiscussing collection of stories\, “Thrilling Tales of Modern Men“ \n \nTICKETS: \n\n$50 General Admission ticket + signed book\n$75 Two General Admisison tickets + ONE signed book\nAdditional signed books available for purchase at event\n\n\nThe virtual version of this event airs on July 2\, 2025\, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets include a signed book.\nTickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book).\nASL interpreter provided upon request.\nFree parking at the venue\n\nAn addictive\, unpredictable\, darkly hilarious collection of stories from Danny McBride—the beloved creator and star of The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound & Down. \nDanny McBride is the writer\, producer\, and star of the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down\, Vice Principals\, and The Righteous Gemstones. He wrote and executive-produced the Halloween trilogy with David Gordon Green. He’s starred in a variety of motion pictures including\, Tropic Thunder\, Pineapple Express\, Alien: Covenant\, and Mitchells vs. The Machines. McBride co-founded the production company Rough House Pictures. Thrilling Tales of Modern Men is his first short-story collection. He lives in South Carolina with his family. \n“Danny McBride possesses a singular and insightful gift for capturing the essence of the imperfect\, flawed\, vulnerable modern man and the struggle and strife that comes with his internal longing for a better self. You probably wouldn’t want to personally know many of these characters in real life\, but from afar\, they certainly keep it far more interesting and entertaining. These stories are yet another beautiful example of the assorted collection of tools in the storytelling arsenal of a creative titan.”—Sturgill Simpson \nThere are many sides to Danny McBride: He’s starred as the iconic character Kenny Powers in the cult classic HBO show Eastbound & Down\, a series he also wrote and created—just as he did with Vice Principals and The Righteous Gemstones. He’s produced horror films (Halloween) and starred in sci-fi (Alien: Covenant). And ever since he was young\, he’s been writing short fiction. \nAn amateur magician gets in way over his head with a deadly stunt in a local mall. A washed-up sitcom actor takes revenge on the coyote who killed his dog. Two young runaways decide to part ways\, but not before embarking on one last big adventure. \nHilarious\, razor-sharp\, unexpectedly emotional\, and full of wild twists and turns\, the stories in Thrilling Tales of Modern Men are like nothing else. And yet they have one thing in common—each probes the fragile masculinity that has become an inescapable part of modern American culture. In this audacious and unforgettable debut collection\, McBride redefines the tale of the modern man...
URL:https://www.bookswell.club/event/an-evening-with-danny-mcbride/
LOCATION:The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater–New Roads School\, Herb Alpert Educational Village\, 3131 Olympic Blvd.\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
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