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Palladium Bookies

Come join the conversation with Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts' book club.

The Palladium Bookies meet every other month to discuss books about the performing arts or related to upcoming performances. Social time is followed by breakout sessions for in-depth discussion.

Next sessions:

February 9, 2026 at 6:30PM: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
April 13, 2026 at 6:30PM: The Queen's Musician by Martha Jean Johnson
June 8, 2026 at 6:30PM: Dancer by Colum McCann
August 10, 2026 at 6:30PM: Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
October 12, 2026 at 6:30PM: John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
December 7, 2026 at 6:30PM: Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini
February 8, 2027 at 6:30PM: The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocum

For additional information, and to RSVP, please e-mail Outreach@TheCenterPresents.org.

Previous reads:

December 2025: 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
October 2025: Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello
August 2025: Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
June 2025: Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers
April 2025: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
February 2025: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
December 2024 The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
October 2024: The Great Passion b:y James Runcie
August 2024: The Prague Sonata by Bradford Morrow

Previous reads:

December 2025: 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
October 2025: Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello
August 2025: Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
June 2025: Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers
April 2025: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
February 2025: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
December 2024 The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
October 2024: The Great Passion b:y James Runcie
August 2024: The Prague Sonata by Bradford Morrow

June 2024: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
April 2024: The Chilbury Ladies Choir by Jennifer Ryan
February 2024: Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
December 2023: The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
October 2023: Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
August 2023: Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
June 2023: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
April 2023: Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
February 2023: Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn
December 2022: Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas by Ace Collins
October 2022: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
August 2022: Vivaldi's Virgins by Barbara Quick
June 2022: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
April 2022: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
February 2022: The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard & Clint Howard
December 2021: Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
October 2021: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
August 2021: Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
June 2021: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
April 2021: The Answer Is ... Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
February 2021: The Woman in the Moonlight by Patricia Morrisroe
December 2020: The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day
October 2020: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 years as CEO of The Walt Disney Co. by Robert Iger
August 2020: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart
June 2020: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
April 2020: Calypso by David Sedaris
January 2020: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
October 2019: Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
August 2019: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
June 2019: Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones
April 2019: The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarías
February 2019: Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadwayby Michael Riedel
October 2018: Silent Night: The Story of the WWI Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub
August 2018: The Jazz Palace by Mary Morris
June 2018: Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
April 2018: Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis by Kathryn Sermak
February 2018: Taking Flight: from War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela Deprince
October 2017: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
August 2017: A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer
June 2017: Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin
April 2017: Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates
February 2017: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
November 2016: The Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir by Sheila E.
October 2016: Sam Phillips: The Man who Invented Rock ‘n Roll by Peter Guralnick
September 2016: 3 Jews Walk into a Shopping Center by Elizabeth Taylor Kraft
July 2016: Cole Porter by William McBrien
June 2016: RESPECT: The Life of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz
May 2016: Lust for Life by Irving Stone.
April 2016: The Daughters: A Novel by Adrienne Celt.
March 2016: The Soloist by Mark Salzman.
February 2016: boys in the trees by Carly Simon
January 2016: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
November 2015: Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Musical Mystery Solved by Russel Martin
October 2015: Life in Motion; an Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
September 2015: Liszt's Kiss by Suzanne Dunlap
August 2015: Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Prayer in a Big Way by Laura Sobiech
July 2015: The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
June 2015: Just Kids from the Bronx by Arlene Alda
May 2015: The Choir by Joanna Trollope
April 2015: Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
March 2015: The Kiss by Scott Blumenthal
February 2015: The Stonecutter’s Aria by Carol Faenzi
December 2014: Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life by Wynton Marsalis & Geoffrey Ward
November 2014: Life is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett by Tony Bennett
October 2014: A View from a Broad by Bette Midler
September 2014: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
August 2014: Yesterday’s Mashed Potatoes by Patricia Wilson
July 2014: Drama High by Michael Sokolove
June 2014: The Music of Silence by Andrea Bocelli
May 2014: Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt
April 2014: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
March 2014: Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
February 2014: The Gershwins & Me by Michael Feinstein
January 2014: The Tooth Tattoo by Peter Lovesey
December 2013: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
November 2013: Sleeping with Schubert by Bonnie Marson
October 2013: Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
September 2013: Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story by Lang Lang
August 2013: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
July 2013: La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
June 2013: The Song is You by Arthur Phillips
May 2013: The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
April 2013: The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax
March 2013: The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

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