Did you spend many a sleepless night of your childhood watching the shadows for living dummies? Were you terrified of masks? Did the thought of summer camp send you hiding? Time to relive the terror! Come out on Tuesday, October 13th and watch The Haunting Hour, the television show based on R.L.Stine’s classic horror novellas. Snacks and...
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Did you spend many a sleepless night of your childhood watching the shadows for living dummies? Were you terrified of masks? Did the thought of summer camp send you hiding? Time to relive the terror! Come out on Tuesday, October 13th and watch The Haunting Hour, the television show based on R.L.Stine’s classic horror novellas. Snacks and...
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It’s summertime, so there’s no better time to take our Book to Film club to the lawn—Riverside Park lawn to be exact—for their Summer on the Hudson outdoor film series (HERE). Join us on Thursday, August 13th at dusk with picnic baskets and blankets in tow to enjoy one of NYC’s great outdoor movie...
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Nothing says childhood like summer, except of course Harry Potter. Celebrate staying young at heart (and Harry Potter’s birthday) on July 29th with YPG’s Book-to-Film Club! We will be watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone based off of the beloved book by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic). Bring your own butterbeer or firewhiskey and munch on some snacks...
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Leave it to us, because we’ve solved your next great TV fix, BBC’s Sherlock. British hotshot Benedict Cumberbatch does a 5-star job bringing the classic sleuth, Sherlock Holmes to life. If you haven’t seen it, the show is a fascinating modernization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The show is three seasons in,...
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Regardless of your relationship status this Valentine’s Day, the YPG Book-to-Film club is here to hold your hand and say: Don’t get mad. GET EVERYTHING. Join us as we drink in the classic and award-winning* revenge-slash-lady-empowerment comedy (starring Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn), adapted from the NYT Bestseller by Olivia Goldsmith...
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Ready to cry your eyes out? Gayle Foreman’s heartbreaking YA sensation If I Stay (Penguin Young Readers Group, 2009) is coming to DVD next month. The beautifully written bestseller tells the story of Mia, a shy cellist whose dreams of attending Julliard are dashed one winter afternoon when she’s involved in a tragic accident....
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“I read first when I was 10. I still have the book report I wrote, which began ‘This is the best book ever.'” (Anna Quindlen, The New York Times) Sound familiar? Then come join YPG as we go full-tilt book lover nostalgia and revisit this ingenious fantasy! We’ll be reading Norman...
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WHEN: Saturday, October 18th at 12:20PM (arrive 20 minutes early for tickets and snacks) WHERE: UA Berkeley 7 Theater 2274 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94704 GONE GIRL has taken the book industry by storm. Known primarily as a mid-list mystery author, Gillian Flynn rose to the top of the charts with her third book, a haunting...
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably already binge-watched both seasons of Netflix’s smash hit series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK by now. This riveting dramedy stars Taylor Schilling as Piper, a thirtysomething woman living in New York City who is sentenced to 15 months in a women’s federal prison for transporting...
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