We hold monthly book-to-film club events, where we read, watch and discuss books which have been turned into films! Click the YPG Book-to-Film page for more information!
Join YPG for the season two premiere of Hulu’s Golden Globe– and Emmy Award–winning adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian thriller The Handmaid’s Tale! Why watch it alone when you could watch it with fellow book and TV lovers on Wednesday, April 25 from 6:30–8:30 pm in Room 5172 at Penguin’s 375 Hudson St....
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Still craving that Halloween spook? That 4:30 pm darkness got you feeling some type of way?? YPG is keeping the creep going with a look at the unique multimedia podcast-to-book-to-film experience that is Lore. Created by Aaron Mahnke, Lore originally launched as a podcast about true life scary stories. Now, the series has expanded...
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Book-to-Film Halloween Event: IT (1990) Did you love the new remake of Stephen King’s classic horror novel? Do you wonder how it compares to the first? Rein in the Halloween season with a book-to-film-to-film event and discover the last time Pennywise haunted everyone’s dreams 27 years ago…with a viewing of Part 1 of the...
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Come ring in the summer with YPG’s first outdoor book-to-film event of 2017, sponsored by NYC Parks and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment! Join us uptown on Wednesday, June 14 at Recreation Center 54 (348 East 54 Street between 1st and 2nd, near Sutton Place) for a free showing of the 2012 film adaptation of the imaginative classic LIFE OF PI by...
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Dear Reader, have you heard? Lemony Snicket’s cast of wicked and unfortunate characters are coming to life in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Join us 6 PM, Tuesday, January 17th at Penguin (345 Hudson St.) as we watch Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf and see the Baudelaire children suffer through misfortune after misfortune. We will be providing...
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Has your wizarding obsession gotten a little bit riddikulus? We’ve got good news—the magical wizarding world is BACK and we’re switching things up with our Book-to-Film outings! Join us after work on Tuesday, November 29th at Regal Union Square Stadium 14 (850 Broadway) to watch the 7:30 PM showing of J.K. Rowling’s fantastical world...
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It’s summer in the city, and that means Shakespeare. By which we mean this beloved ‘90s classic based on The Taming of the Shrew. Join YPG’s Book-to-Film Club for our annual outdoor edition on Wednesday, July 27th at McCarren Park in Williamsburg! The movie starts at sunset (around 8:30 pm), and we’ll be there with blankets and...
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On Saturday, May 21st, Warner Brothers is hosting a pre-screening of their upcoming romantic drama ME BEFORE YOU—and YPG has been invited to attend! Based on the novel by Jojo Moyes, ME BEFORE YOU is the story of a small town girl who forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she’s taking care...
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Come watch the adaption of the “intensely poetic, startlingly imaginative and moving” The Joy Luck Club, a story about the bonds between generations and cultures told by four mother/daughter pairs. This Book-to-Film night will also serve as our May YPG Diversity event. If you get the chance to read the book ahead of time,...
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Come learn the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything as the YPG Book-to-Film club takes on Douglas Adams’ brilliant, absurd, and cheekily philosophical comedy-science-fiction series. Whether you’ve read all five of the books or none at all, join us on Thursday, March 31st at 6:00 PM in the Penguin...
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