Author Talks
Explore your next great read or dive deeper into the stories you love. Join acclaimed authors as they share insights about their latest books, their writing journeys, and the inspiration behind their work.
Living Intentionally with Joe Gagnon
- Tue, Jan 20
Run Time: 75 min.
Join author, ultra-endurance athlete, and six time CEO Joe Gagnon for a memorable evening exploring how purpose, resilience, and awareness can change the way we live and lead. Drawing from his journey from the Bronx to the boardroom and running six marathons on six continents in six days, Joe shares the lessons that have shaped his philosophy of Living Intentionally: a lifestyle built on energy, clarity, and integrity. This isn’t about slowing down; it’s about showing up with intention. Joe reveals how embracing discomfort becomes the path to growth, how small daily practices can unlock extraordinary results, and how living by design, not by default, can change everything. Through vivid storytelling and actionable insights, Joe invites us to rethink success not as achievement, but as alignment. Because when we live intentionally, we don’t just perform better, we become better. Moderated by Don Scott. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera with Ricky Ian Gordon
- Thu, Jan 22
Run Time: 60 min.
The true confessions of a working opera composer. In Seeing Through, Ricky Ian Gordon, one of our generation's greatest composers, writes with humor, insight, and unflinching candor about his tumultuous youth on Long Island, artistic collaborations and obsessions, struggles with addiction and abuse, and the loss of his partner to AIDS. Gordon has built a remarkable life and body of work with creations like The Grapes of Wrath, 27, Orpheus and Euridice, and more. Gordon’s life and work embody resilience and mark a significant contribution to America’s musical legacy. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.