Nestled squarely between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens at 149 7th St. in Brooklyn, The Bell House is a performance space and lounge crafted out of a 1920’s printing factory. Greenlight Bookstore partners with The Bell House to present great discussions and interactive events with authors, from comedy writing to cookbooks and everything in between. Past authors featured at the Bell House have include Michael Ian Black, Selma Blair, Sean Brock, Harvey Fierstein, Kenji Lopez-Alt, Will Oldham, Phoebe Robinson, and many others. See below for what's coming up next at The Bell House!
Tickets are required for admission to all Bell House events; some tickets include a copy of the book, distributed at the event. Click the "Buy Tickets" link below each event to reserve your seat through EventBrite. You can also use the "Add to Cart" buttons at the bottom of this page to purchase a book without attending an event; include any signing requests in the Order Comments field at checkout.
Monday, March 27, 7:30 PM
Michelle Zauner presents Crying in H Mart
Book Bundle: $20
Greenlight and The Bell House are thrilled to welcome musician and author Michelle Zauner to celebrate the paperback release of Crying in H Mart. Best known under the name Japanese Breakfast, singer and guitarist Michelle Zauner's voice is just as alive on the page as it is on stage with her stunning debut memoir, which spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Please join us at The Bell House for the celebration of Zauner's paperback release of Crying in H Mart.
Each book bundled ticket includes a signed copy of Crying in H Mart, to be picked up at the event. Mask-wearing is recommended to attend this event. Ages 21+. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.
TICKETS TO THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT!
Tuesday, April 11, 7:30 PM
Alexandra Petri presents Alexandra Petri's Us History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
With Alexis Coe
Book Bundle: $30
Greenlight and The Bell House are thrilled to welcome Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri and historian Alexis Coe as they bring the past to life with a night of historical gossip, choose-your-own-adventure, powerpoints, and trivia. If you’re going to lie about the past, you might as well make up lies that are fun! Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri is perhaps America’s most beloved political satirist. Her new, side-splitting work of historical humor uses imagined documents to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation’s complicated past. From the Spanish conquistadors to the Salem witch trials, from Paul Revere’s ride to the exclamation mark in Oklahoma!, Alexandra Petri’s U.S. History presents a deranged timeline in which John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, Nicola Tesla’s friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Petri’s “historical fan fiction” shows why she has been hailed as “genius,” a “national treasure,” and “one of the funniest writers alive.” Please join us at The Bell House for the celebration of Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up).
Each book bundled ticket includes a signed copy of US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up), to be picked up at the event. Mask-wearing is recommended to attend this event. Ages 21+. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.
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Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 PM
Zach Zimmerman presents Is It Hot in Here? (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)
Book Bundle: $25
Greenlight and The Bell House are thrilled to welcome Zach Zimmerman’s in celebration of first book Is It Hot in Here? (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth). Zach Zimmerman is a stand-up comedian and writer who was named a USA Today Comedian to Watch, TimeOut NY Comic to watch, and recently appeared on The Late Late Show. In New York, Zach performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar and co-hosts the Vulture + Union Hall show Pretty Major with Jay Jurden. Zach’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, and The Washington Post. Please join us at The Bell House for a night of stand-up comedy to celebrate the release of Zach Zimmerman’s first book Is It Hot in Here?.
Each book bundled ticket includes a signed copy of Is It Hot in Here?, to be picked up at the event. Mask-wearing is recommended to attend this event. Ages 21+. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.
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Tuesday, April 25, 7:30 PM
Scott Aukerman presents COMEDY BANG! BANG! The Podcast: The Book
Book Bundle: $49.50
In Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book, Scott Aukerman transports readers inside the uproarious world of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. The book features brand-new anecdotes and opinions from the show’s wild cast of recurring characters, matching the show in tone and wackiness, with essays, lists, plays, nods to running bits, and four-color illustrations throughout, helping to bring the satirical, undefinable world of Comedy Bang! Bang! to life in new and surprising ways! Curated by Aukerman, the book includes introductions, forewords, and prefaces by legends Patton Oswalt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bob Odenkirk, Tatiana Maslany, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Jack Quaid. It also features pieces from Bobby Moynihan, Paul F. Tompkins, Ben Schwartz, Mary Holland, Andy Daly, Lauren Lapkus, Paul Brittain, Jessica McKenna, Ego Nwodim, and many more, all reprising roles of characters they’ve created for the podcast, taking readers even deeper inside the lives of these off-the-wall personalities. If you’ve ever said “Hey Nong Man,” enjoyed a Solo Bolo, or wondered what makes Bob Ducca tick, this book is chock-full of inside jokes, character studies, and hilarity!
Each book bundled ticket includes a copy of COMEDY BANG! BANG! The Podcast: The Book, to be picked up at the event. Mask-wearing is recommended to attend this event. Ages 21+. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.
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