Lackawanna County Library System Library Lecture Series

09/07/2021

09/06/2021

The David Sedaris lecture scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed. Tickets will be honored if the event is rescheduled.

08/09/2021

Tickets to see American Masters Lecture / "An Evening With David Sedaris" are still free and available at libraries in Lackawanna County. Beginning today, August 9, you may also get your ticket on Eventbrite.

Spend an evening with David Sedaris as he reads from his new work and signs books.

08/04/2021

We hope you're getting excited about hearing David Sedaris on Wednesday, Sept. 8! Learn more about the event below. Free tickets are available at libraries in Lackawanna County. https://bit.ly/3fw0z2b

02/23/2021

Our last American Masters Lecture (April 18, 2019) featured acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead. He spoke in Scranton a few months before his 2019 book The Nickel Boys was published; The Nickel Boys would make Mr. Whitehead one of only four authors to twice win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

On September 14, 2021, Colson's next (and potential 3rd Pulitzer Prize-winning) novel Harlem Shuffle will be published. You may place a hold on the book at https://lackawanna.sparkpa.org/eg/opac/record/11666504.

You can also place a hold on the DVD of Colson's 2019 American Masters lecture at https://lackawanna.sparkpa.org/eg/opac/record/10856606

02/18/2021

While we are patiently waiting for our beloved lecture series to begin again safely, you may want to check out the critically acclaimed new Netflix show Pretend It's A City, starring 2012 lecture series alum Fran Lebowitz. It's insightful and hilarious.

Also, the DVD of Fran Lebowitz's 2012 American Masters lecture at the Scranton Cultural Center is available to borrow from several libraries in Lackawanna County. Place a hold at https://lackawanna.sparkpa.org/eg/opac/record/3310259?locg=331;detail_record_view=0;query=fran%20lebowitz

05/04/2020

https://ew.com/books/author-colson-whitehead-wins-second-pulitzer-prize-fiction/

'The Nickel Boys' author Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the first writer of color to achieve the feat of winning the award twice in their lifetime.

04/28/2020

Tonight at 6 PM, Lecture Series Alumni Adriana Trigiani will be interviewing Scranton native and S*x and the City creator Michael Patrick King on her page.

, creator of and *xAndTheCity, will be joining us for Facebook Live tonight! Have your questions ready! We’ll see you at 6 PM EST! Xxoo

02/18/2020

LCLS Library Lecture Series alumna Fran Lebowitz was interviewed by Walter Isaacson on Amanpour & Co. Watch it below.

Known for her sardonic wit, social commentator Fran Lebowitz is a New York legend. A prominent liberal Democrat with a keen political eye, Lebowitz has been ...

02/12/2020

In case you missed it last night...

David talks about his new MasterClass on storytelling and humor, his sister Amy Sedaris, meeting audience members after his live tours, chatting with strange...

02/11/2020

David Sedaris will be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night (February 11th) .

Jimmy Kimmel Live Schedule for Week of 2/10/2020