Dear Friends-
First, here’s to a happy and healthy 2025.
Second, thank you so very much for coming to Writers Bloc events this past year. What a year it’s been. We couldn’t have done it without you, your attendance, and your support. Writers Bloc caters to a most impressive reading public, a community dedicated to exploring new ideas through fiction and nonfiction. We hope that you’ll continue to support Writers Bloc, which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our events are culturally significant, provocative, and vibrant. And costs, including security, are climbing by the minute. You can donate here.
Check out this past year. We presented a reading (with singing) of a terrific and inspiring new musical called Vilna: A Resistance Story. Comedians Moshe Kasher and Mo Rocca. Novelist and revered activist, Stacey Abrams. Reproductive health journalist Shefali Luthra. Journalists Jen Psaki, Jon Favreau, David Kipen, Patt Morrison, Nicholas Kristof, Michele Norris and YouTube sensation/journalist Brian Tyler Cohen. Novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner with Hot Rabbi Adam Brody. Actor and documentarian Griffin Dunne. Spymaster Ben Macintyre. And more.
It’s so hard to believe that this is our 29th season. And what a thrill it was to launch this season with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi in conversation with Tracee Ellis Ross. We followed that up with two back-to-back events with United States Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. To lighten the mood we featured former LA Times rock critic Bob Hilburn with Bernie Taupin and Randy Lewis on the genius of Randy Newman. House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries visited with us as well.
Going forward, so much variety. Chris Hayes on the distraction of our devices. Travel guru Rick Steves. Rock stars Neko Case and Kathleen Hanna. Journalist Peter Beinart on Gaza. Legendary Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter. And so many more. You can purchase tickets here.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming programs, and we count on you to stay engaged and part of our terrific Writers Bloc community.
Please support Writers Bloc, a 501(c)(3) organization. Give once, or consider a recurring contribution. We are so grateful to you.
Here’s to a healthy 2025 for all of us. Thank you so very much.
Andrea Grossman
Founder
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