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SUMMARY:Ty Jeffries - Miss Hope Springs | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Ty Jeffries is a prolific composer\, lyricist\, pianist\, singer\, and character comedian\, whose critically acclaimed works are influenced by the combination of his classical training and his love of both the golden age of Hollywood and the Great American and British Songbooks. He is the son of the late British character actor\, screenwriter\, and director Lionel Jeffries\, who is famous for starring in Camelot and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. \nJeffries is best known for his onstage persona of Miss Hope Springs\, a blonde ex-Vegas showgirl alter-ego who plays the piano and sings cabaret songs. Jeffries plays Springs as a tragicomic “recovering showgirl” looking back on her life and career. The character is inspired partly by memories of fading Hollywood icons visiting his childhood home\, as well as memories of old black-and-white films he and his father watched together. \nJeffries won Best Cabaret Brighton Fringe in 2011 and was invited to open the new cabaret room The Crazy Coqs in London\, where Miss Hope Springs Sunday Soirées became an institution. Jeffries went on to be resident at The Matcham Room in the Hippodrome Casino (better known as The Talk of the Town where Judy Garland once played)\, and headlined at the Rah Rah Room in the old Pigalle Nightclub. \nIn 2016\, Jeffries toured the United States with Miss Hope Springs\, performing shows in New York\, Los Angeles\, San Diego\, San Francisco and New Hope\, Pennsylvania\, with an appearance at Lincoln Centre. In 2019\, Jeffries won Broadway World Awards “Best Cabaret” at Edinburgh Fringe Festival for his show It’s Miss Hope Springs. In 2021\, his solo recorded concert at Wigmore Hall for the iconic Pride 2021 celebration was praised by NYC Bistro Awards. In 2022\, Miss Hope Springs celebrated 10 years of residency at Crazy Coqs with a sold out rave review week of shows\, with the residency continuing into 2023. \n— \nWith support from the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.\nLearn More>> \n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
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SUMMARY:Our Favorite Books of the Year
DESCRIPTION:Join hosts Lauren\, Fred\, Princess and Heather as they reminisce the exciting first season of the PBS Books Readers Club! They’ll highlight the most incredible author moments and fascinating reads from the series this year that were heartfelt\, funny\, and inspiring! Plus\, hosts dish out their favorite book picks for 2024 — providing readers with an ultimate gift guide for the holiday season! \nThis year’s book picks explored an array of genres\, from historical fiction (Geraldine Brooks\, Horse)\, suspense (Tana French\, The Hunter)\, American history and religion (Henry Louis Gates\, Jr.\, The Black Church: This Is Our Story\, This Is Our Song)\, biography (Walter Isaacson\, Leonardo da Vinci)\, family drama (Rachel Khong\, Real Americans)\, and modern classics (Percival Everett\, James). \nMore than a book club\, the monthly episodes complement the PBS mission to educate\, inspire\, entertain and express a diversity of perspectives—often pairing author conversations that align with beloved PBS shows\, including Masterpiece® dramas (Robert Thorogood\, The Marlow Murder Club)\, American Masters profiles (Julia Alvarez\, The Cemetery of Untold Stories)\, and exciting series\, like The Great American Recipe which harmonized with Olivia Ford’s baking-driven coming-of-old-age novel\, Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame. \nDon’t miss the season finale of the PBS Books Readers Club on December 11 at 8 PM (ET) to celebrate the writers and creatives works explored this year\, and reminisce the most heartfelt\, funny\, and inspiring author moments—plus get a jump-start on holiday gifting ideas for the book lover on your list\, as hosts share their top reads of 2024!
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | David Brooks
DESCRIPTION:Episode Description:\nBest-selling author\, New York Times columnist and PBS NewsHour correspondent\, David Brooks talks about his latest book\, “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.” In this conversation with PBS Books contributor\, Zoe Clark\, he offers a personal\, practical guide for how each of us can deal with what he calls the nation’s loneliness epidemic\, how to relate to the people we meet\, how to practice aggressive friendliness\, and why your hometown is a better place to look for happiness than politics. It’s a book for the soul and for our times. \nAbout the Book: \nAs David Brooks observes\, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person\, family\, school\, community organization\, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person\, to let them feel valued\, heard\, and understood.” \nAnd yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible\, unseen\, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person\, Brooks sets out to help us do better\, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person\, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? \nDriven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person\, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater\, philosophy\, history\, and education to present a welcoming\, hopeful\, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others\, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation\, hostility\, and misperception. \nThe act of seeing another person\, Brooks argues\, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them\, and in turn\, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection\, and yearning to be understood. \nGuest Biography: \nDavid Brooks \nDavid Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times\, a writer for The Atlantic\, and appears regularly on PBS Newshour. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain\, The Road to Character\, The Social Animal\, Bobos in Paradise\, and On Paradise Drive. \nAbout the Host: \nZoe Clarke \nInterim General Manager and Political Director at Michigan Radio\, NPR & Co-host\, It’s Just Politics\, One Detroit Contributor
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SUMMARY:2025 Carnegie Medal Finalist Preview
DESCRIPTION:Tune in Wednesday\, DEC 18 at 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT as PBS Books and Booklist Reader highlight the six 2025 Finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Awards. \nFiction Finalist:\n\nCinema Love\, by Jiaming Tang\nJames\, by Percival Everett\nMartyr!\, by Kaveh Akbar\n\nNonfiction Finalist:\n\nChallenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space\, by Adam Higginbotham\nCue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV\, by Emily Nussbaum\nA Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon\, by Kevin Fedarko\n\nThe two medal winners will be announced at the Reference and User Services Association’s Book and Media Awards livestreaming event\, on Sunday\, January 26. A celebratory event\, including presentations by the winners and a featured speaker\, will take place in June 2025 at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Philadelphia. \n#ALA_Carnegie hashtag!
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