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Cocktails & Conversation with Eric Klinenberg
April 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$60
What can we learn from the cascading crises of 2020? The New Rochelle Public Library Foundation brings influential NYU professor Eric Klinenberg back to discuss his newest book, 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed for the next evening of Cocktails & Conversation on April 4 at Alvin & Friends Restaurant.
The year 2020 may be one of the most unforgettable in history, encompassing a global pandemic, a high-stakes presidential election, rising distrust, and raging protests. Klinenberg, an expert on urban life, brings poignant and well-researched stories of seven ordinary New Yorkers facing their hopes and fears. This gripping and deeply moving book attempts to capture the full human experience of that fateful time, helping us reckon with what we lived through and recognize the challenges we may confront in the future. (For a preview read Klinenberg’s New York Times essay “We Were Wrong About What Happened to America 2020” at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/opinion/covid-2020-recovery-society.html)
Cocktails & Conversation is one of the NRPL Foundation’s signature events, designed to bring book lovers together. The Cocktails & Conversation series features author discussions moderated by Prof. Amy Bass, Ph.D., NRPL Foundation Board Member, historian and acclaimed author (One Goal: A Coach, A Team and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together). Copies of Klinenberg’s book will be available for sale and signing from J. Anderson Books (96 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont).
Cocktails & Conversation will take place at Alvin & Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Highway, New Rochelle) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Tickets cost $60 and include delicious nibbles and two drinks; proceeds benefit the non-profit NRPL Foundation. Tickets are available at
or by mail with a check payable to NRPLF sent to New Rochelle Public Library Foundation, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801. For more information visit the website at nrplfoundation.org.
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