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Barnes & Noble The Grove presents actress and bestselling author Krysten Ritter for a signing of RETREAT: A NOVEL on March 30th at 11:00 AM!Join Barnes & Noble - The Grove at Farmers Market on March 30, 2025, as we welcome actor, director and bestselling author Krysten Ritter to the store to sign and take photos for the release of RETREAT: A NOVEL, a beautiful con artist insinuates herself into a wealthy socialite’s life . . . with deadly consequences, in this serpentine thriller about identity and obsession.To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.TICKET INFORMATION**A ticket includes:Solo Book Admission - $31.74 (Admission + one copy of RETREAT: A NOVEL): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:One copy of RETREAT: A NOVEL.Admission to the event space for the photo-op with Krysten Ritter.Ticket Holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 10:00 AM on the day of the event. Check-in will be at the third-floor customer service desk. Please have a Read More ...

Scott Barry Kaufman with Mark Manson discussing his book, "Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full"Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- 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.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Thursday, April 3, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on April 8 at 6pm PT/9pm ETScott Barry Kaufman with Mark Mansondiscussing his book, Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your FullTICKETS:$48 General Admission ticket + signed book$20 General Admisison ticketAdditional signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on March 24, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueAn empowering call to reject the victim mindset and become the hero of your life, by Read More ...

Gretchen Rubin discussing her book, "Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives"Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- 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.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on April 16 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Gretchen Rubindiscussing her book, Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex LivesTICKETS:$44 General Admission ticket + signed book$25 General Admisison ticketAdditional signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on April 16, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueNew York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity, and Read More ...

Maria Shriver with Simon Sinek discussing her book, "I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home"Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- 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.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Thursday, April 10, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on April 17 at 6pm PT/9pm ETMaria Shriver with Simon Sinekdiscussing herbook, I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way HomeTICKETS:$50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of the book$75 Two General Admisison tickets + one sigend bookAdditional signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on April 17, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueJoin us for an evening Read More ...

Come hear LA’s finest writers share their words. Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Poetry. featured Spot + 10 Open Mic Spots (6 mins)Words… A Literary Reading and Open Mic every 2nd Saturday 3:30-5:00 pm @theglendaleroom Host: Erica Blumfield One featured reader + 10 Open Mic Spots (6 mins) Come hear LA’s finest writers share their words. Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Poetry. Put your name in the hat for the chance to read up to 6 minutes.Erica Blumfield is a Los Angeles-based writer who moved to LA with one suitcase and a hatbox. She never looked back. She is the producer and host of Revealed (a true and personal storytelling show). She is the co-host of the Telling Mental Health podcast. She most recently was awarded a writing grant through the Degroot Foundation and was the 2023 recipient of the New Voices Fellowship through lighthouse writers workshop.

Robert Crumb & Dan Nadel in conversation with Matt Groening discussing, "Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life"Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- 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.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on April 29 at 6pm PT/6pm ETRobert Crumb & Dan Nadelin conversation with Matt Groeningdiscussing, Crumb: A Cartoonist's LifeTICKETS:$100--One Premium Orchestra Section ticket + 2 signed books(signed copy of Crumb's biography*; and a signed copy of Groening's book, The Art of Futurama)$80--Two Orchestra Section tickets + 1 signed copy of the Crumb biography*$60--One Orchestra Section ticket + 1 signed copy of the Crumb biography*$30--One Balcony Ticket (book not included)*signed by Crumb and NadelAdditional signed copies of the Crumb biography available for purchase at event.Face masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on April 29, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five Read More ...

Join us for an evening of conversation between filmmaker, artist, and writer Miranda July and interviewer Paul Holdengräber.Join us for an evening of conversation between filmmaker, artist, and writer Miranda July and acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.Miranda's videos, performances, and web-based projects have been presented at sites such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and in two Whitney Biennials. July wrote, directed and starred in Me and You and Everyone We Know(2005), which won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Caméra d'or. Me and You and Everyone We Know has been released as a BluRay/DVD by the Criterion Collection. In 2011 she wrote, directed and starred in The Future. She also co-starred in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline. In 2019 July directed the Sleater-Kinney video for ‘Hurry On Home.’ July's feature film, Kajillionaire, produced by Plan B and Annapurna and starring Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger and Gina Rodriguez was theatrically released in late 2020 to favorable reviews. In 2021 she narrated the documentary Fire of Lovedirected by Sara Dosa.Her fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper’s, and The New Read More ...

Barbara Costello discussing her cookbook, "Every Day with Babs: 101 Family-Friendly Dinners for Every Day of the Week." ."Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- 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.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on May 6 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Barbara Costellodiscussing her cookbook, Every Day with Babs:101 Family-Friendly Dinners for Every Day of the WeekTICKETS:$55 General Admission ticket + signed book$25 General Admisison ticketAdditional signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on May 6, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueEverybody’s favorite grandmother is here to answer the age-old question "What's for dinner?" with 101 tried-and-true recipes, plus genius Read More ...

Christie Brinkley discussing her memoir, "Uptown Girl."Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- 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.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, May 5, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on May 12 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Christie Brinkleydiscussing her memoir, Uptown GirlTICKETS:$55 General Admission ticket + signed copy of the book$80 Two General Admisison tickets + one sigend bookAdditional signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on May 12, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueIn 1974, a twenty-year-old Christie Brinkley was “discovered” outside a Paris phone booth, which set off a meteoric modeling career that would land her on the covers of hundreds of magazines and cement Read More ...

Come hear LA’s finest writers share their words. Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Poetry. featured Spot + 10 Open Mic Spots (6 mins)

Come hear LA’s finest writers share their words. Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Poetry. featured Spot + 10 Open Mic Spots (6 mins)

Come hear LA’s finest writers share their words. Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Poetry. featured Spot + 10 Open Mic Spots (6 mins)

Come hear LA’s finest writers share their words. Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Poetry. featured Spot + 10 Open Mic Spots (6 mins)