What are the truths in fiction, and where is the factual accountability in nonfiction? This November, House of SpeakEasy’s literary cabaret, Seriously Entertaining, turns its spotlight on the slippery line between story and fact. Join hosts Lucas Wittmann and Peter Godwin for an evening of riffing and ruminating with four extraordinary authors: biologist Stuart Firestein, […]
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Resolutions are made to be broken. Tonight’s writers riff on fresh starts, false starts, and starting over (again). Featuring journalist and author A.J. Jacobs and playwright Christopher Shinn.
Featuring Vicky Ward, author of American Rage: The Making of Luigi Mangione, set for publication in February 2027.
Featuring: Kyle Edwards, Anishinaabe novelist and journalist for The New Yorker Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Born Among Mirrors, set for publication in March 2027 Hua Hsu, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Stay True David Truer, author of The Savage Mind
With host Mikhail Zygar. Event details to come.
Featuring Lara Heimert and Maris Kreizman. Event details to come.
Past Events
House of SpeakEasy and The New Yorker return to Joe’s Pub for another Seriously Entertaining collaboration, celebrating the release of “The New Yorker: From Cover to Cover,” the definitive presentation of the world’s most popular and evocative magazine covers. Featuring Barry Blitt, Grace Lynne Haynes, Anita Kunz, and Ricardo Siri, with James Yang as quizmaster, […]
A free public celebration of literature on Broadway for Car-Free Earth Day, presented with the Garment District Alliance.
House of SpeakEasy’s annual benefit, featuring Erik Larson, Torrey Maldonado, and Faith Salie.
House of SpeakEasy’s 10th Anniversary Gala fundraiser, featuring sparkling performances and spirited conversation.
A free outdoor back-to-school celebration for young readers during Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends week.
“Everything Under the Stars,” a Seriously Entertaining evening of storytelling and dining in Bellport, New York.
Four speakers considered how to succeed at “Failing Up” in the first Seriously Entertaining show of 2017.
Four speakers explored “Aiding and Abetting” through satire, food, fiction, and fencing.
Four speakers teetered on the “Razor’s Edge” through poetry, war, rural life, and fiction.
Four writers considered art, life, storytelling, and television in “This Is Not the End.”