Know that classic novel you absolutely should have read by this point in your life? It’s time to alleviate your nagging guilt with Ask Me About…, a Time Out New York and McNally Jackson event that’s part book club, part lecture series, part show and part social occasion. In April we’ll tackle Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse. Hosted by TONY’s Books editor Matthew Love, the free event is held downstairs at McNally Jackson. Writers and public figures who are passionate about the chosen classic will deliver introductory lectures. The crowd will be divided into groups for part of the evening, and given different aspects of the text to discuss. Actors will put on short, silly scenes which illustrate crucial moments of the plot; musicians and poets will present works based on the work in question. Once the presentations are over, participants will hang around, drink, talk about the book at length and offer suggestions for the next novel.
RSVP to askmeaboutbookclub@gmail.com, pick up a copy of To The Lighthouse, READ IT and then show up at McNally Jackson on 4/24 at 7pm.