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Open House New York is thrilled to announce that Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway at 26th Street in Manhattan, will serve as the official information hub for the 2019 OHNY Weekend! OHNY volunteers will be onsite at the bookstore on October 19 and 20 to answer questions and hand out event guides.
Beginning on October 1, you can also stop by the bookstore to pick up a free copy of the OHNY Weekend Event Guide. Click here for store hours and directions.
As part of this special collaboration, the bookstore will also host special programming throughout the Weekend. OHNY and Rizzoli invite you to stop by for a series of book talks featuring writers and artists discussing books representing a unique mix of New York-centric themes -- from urban photography to critical commentary on the economic and social future of New York City. Each talk will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by Q&A and book signings.
OHNY Weekend Information Hub at Rizzoli Bookstore
1133 Broadway at 26th Street, Manhattan
Saturday, October 19, 12-6pm
Sunday, October 20, 12-4pm
Special Programming
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
1:00pm
Tom Mellins, New York Rising: An Illustrated History from the Durst Collection
An illustrated history of real estate development in Manhattan, a story of speculation and innovation–of the big ideas, big personalities, and big risks that collectively shaped a city like no other.
2:00pm
Thomas Campanella, Brooklyn: The Once and Future City
Campanella unearths long-lost threads of the urban past, telling the rich history of the rise, fall, and reinvention of one of the world’s most internationally recognized and resurgent cities.
3:00pm
Chris Payne, North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City and Making Steinway
Payne is an architectural photographer who specializes in the large format documentation of America's industrial heritage (in addition to serving as the photographer of the cover of this year's OHNY Weekend Event Guide!). His work on North Brother Island comprises a comprehensive photographic record of decaying buildings and evolving landscapes of one of New York City’s most unexpected and uninhabited places. Making Steinway visually deconstructs the piano’s unseen parts and offers a glimpse into Astoria’s One Steinway Place and the skilled craftsmanship required to make this most recognizable of musical instruments.
4:00pm
Sharon Zukin, Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places and The Innovation Complex (forthcoming)
Published in 2011, Zukin's Naked City powerfully examined the relationship between a pervasive demand for an authentic urban life and escalating real estate prices that help drive out the very people who give New York City its authenticity. Her forthcoming book, The Innovation Complex, closely examines the architectural and geographical remaking of Manhattan and Brooklyn in connection with the production of digital technology.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
1:00pm
Philip Ashforth Coppola & Ezra Bookstein, One Track Mind: Drawing the New York Subway
For forty years, Philip Ashforth Coppola has painstakingly documented the New York City subway in a series of extraordinary pen-and-ink drawings. Editors Bookstein and Workman have drawn from the 2,000 pages of Coppola’s sketches to give readers a sample of arguably the most encyclopedic history of the New York City Subway's art and architecture.
2:00pm
Kevin Baker, The Fall of a Great American City: New York and the Urban Crisis of Affluence
The story of what is happening today in New York City and across America – how the crisis of affluence is driving out everything we love most about cities and how we can begin to take them back.
CHRISTINE TOBIN Trio feat. Phil Robson
and Sam Bevan
Perform for
RIZZOLI MUSIC APERITIVO,
the Music Series at Rizzoli Bookstore
Sunday, October 27th 2019 – 5pm
Christine Tobin: Irish born vocalist and songwriter Christine Tobin is renowned for her unique rich voice and original compositional style. She has eleven highly acclaimed CDs under her own name and four major awards under her belt. Christine has led various projects. Her celebrated 2016 CD, PELT was a collection of Tobin’s musical settings of Pulitzer Prize winning Paul Muldoon’s poems and lyrics. BBC Music Magazine calls the album "a masterclass in songcraft!". Her 2012 ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, her settings of WB Yeats poems, won a British Composer Award. The following year she won a ‘Herald Angel Award’ at the Edinburgh Festival for her show ‘A Thousand Kisses Deep’, her jazz adaptations of Leonard Cohen classics. In 2014 she won ‘Jazz Vocalist of the Year’ at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Earlier in her career Christine won ‘Best Vocalist’ at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards. Her vivid interpretations of Bessie Smith were featured in film director Mike Figgis' Red White and Blues’ docu/film in the Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues series. Christine has also presented special features for BBC Radio 3’s cutting edge program Jazz On 3 and appeared regularly on Jazz Library also for BBC Radio 3. She has contributed to programs about Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Joni Mitchell and Carmen McRae. The special documentary program she presented for RTE Lyric FM ‘Out with Paganism’, was a Silver Radio Winner at the New York Festivals - 2013 World’s Best Radio Programs. Since moving to NYC in 2015, she has become a regular feature of the city’s musical landscape and major venues.
Rizzoli Music Aperitivo is sponsored by Mionetto Prosecco and curated by Mondo Jazz, the weekly Radio Free Brooklyn show dedicated to international jazz.
Please rsvp to mhuston@rizzoliusa.com. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $20 and include complimentary prosecco.
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Toni Morrison, age 88. Often hailed as the greatest living author, she was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, as well as the Nobel Prize in Literature. She will be greatly missed.
Need some assistance building your dream bookshelf? Rizzoli will build your private library! Whether for a business, home, office, let us know your favorite books and we’ll take care of the rest!
July 20, 1969
Hello friends, Rizzoli Bookstore will be closing early today at 3 PM for a special event! We apologize in advance if this causes any inconvenience.
We will re-open tomorrow at 12 PM. Stay safe in the hot weather, and hope to see you soon.
We are very excited about our new Spanish section to our foreign language books! ¡Estamos muy entusiasmados con nuestra nueva sección de español! Ven y busca novelas y no ficción. In addition to Spanish books, we also carry French and Italian books in our foreign language section.
Join Rizzoli Bookstore on Sunday, June 23 at 5 PM for a special poetry reading in honor Pride Month. Five local queer poets will read their own work in addition to poems by queer authors who've inspired them.
Performers: Faye Kilburn, Arti Gollapudi, Huiying B. Chan, Sam Ross, and Dakota Smith.
The Bagatelle Mediterranee Duo (feat. Paolino Dalla Porta on acoustic bass) was established in 1997. Since then, they have been composing and performing original compositions which represent a personal synthesis of jazz as well as European and Mediterranean musical traditions. The result is a captivating example of "chamber jazz" rich in energy, musical poetry and expressiveness and supported by a refined technique.
Rizzoli Music Aperitivo is sponsored by Mionetto Prosecco and curated by Mondo Jazz, the weekly Radio Free Brooklyn show dedicated to international jazz.
Please rsvp to mhuston@rizzoliusa.com. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $20 and include complimentary prosecco.
We are so in love with this beautiful new illustration by bookstore-lover and artist Jenny Kroik! You may be familiar with her work from her three New Yorker covers! Thank you, thank you, grazie!
On Saturday, April 27, Rizzoli will be joining the nation-wide Independent Bookstore Day celebration! This special day takes place in independent bookstores across the country with events and special offers promoting the fun and wonder found in your local bookshops! Independent Bookstore Day will be an all-day celebration at Rizzoli, with special events included.
Children's event with Enchanted Lion, 1:00pm-3:00 pm
We love when authors visit and sign copies of their work! A signed book makes a great gift or a personal addition to any reader's library. Check our events page for scheduled author visits!
When giving the gift of books, you are giving the gift of inspiration, adventure, and knowledge. There is nothing like an art book to stir the imagination this time of year.
Click here for Art and Photography An Art Lover Will Want
To help with your holiday shopping, we have pulled together a list of fashion books every fashionista on your list will covet.
Click here for 12 Books Fashionistas Will Adore
There's nothing like a thoughtfully chosen gift to show your love and appreciation to friends and family. With that in mind, we have pulled together a selection of Interior Design and Architecture books that will be perfect for every design lover on your list.
Click here for a list of 23 Books to Give Design Lovers
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