Live reading

Join Barnes & Noble - The Grove at Farmers Market on October 6, 2023, as we welcome authors Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key to the store for a live podcast recording with Go Fact Yourself for the release of THE HISTORY OF SKETCH COMEDY: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ART AND CRAFT OF HUMOR, a book that builds on the popularity of their 2022 Webby Award–winning podcast and delves deeper into the world of sketch, helped along with new essays created expressly for the book by comedy greats. Starts 7PM PT

Emmy Award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer, comedian, and actor Bob Odenkirk and his daughter, illustrator Erin Odenkirk, present poetic nonsense for all ages perfect for fans of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky! Starts 8PM PT

Come under our spell and join us for a live read performance of the “Trick or Treat” episode from the classic TV show, Bewitched! The reading will feature performances by our very own witches’ coven: Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Modern Family, Distance) Eugene Cordero (Loki, Easter Sunday) Eric Edelstein (Twin Peaks, Jurassic World) Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, US) Amelia Heidecker Lauren Lapkus (The Wrong Missy, The Big Bang Theory) Natasha Leggero (Another Period, The Do-Over) Alyssa Limperis […]

An evening of short stories being read by their authors. The performers will read pieces that have never been published or even read in public before. Featuring: Beck Bennett Fat Tony Robby Hoffman Shelly Gossman Mike O’Brien Mary Sohn Lamar Woods Starts 7PM PT

Dumb Ideas Book Release Event! From the brilliantly demented minds behind The Eric Andre Show and Bad Trip, an insane illustrated compendium about the art of pranking. Eric André is a master of the art of pranking—“an Andy Kaufman for the Four Loko generation,” as Spin magazine once hailed him. For over a decade, he and longtime collaborator Dan Curry have dreamed up and performed a cornucopia of outrageous, often illegal, and always death-defying hijinks for the Adult Swim series The Eric Andre Show, as well […]

Vroman’s presents comedian Maria Bamford signing Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Starts 6PM PT

An afternoon with celebrated humorist David Sedaris Starts 3PM PT

There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that nobody got offended in the past, that people are simply too sensitive today, that racism and sexism were once widely accepted without objection. Kliph Nesteroff’s OUTRAGEOUS reveals that the truth is precisely the opposite. With every step of our cultural history, minorities have pushed back against racist portrayals, women have fought for respect, and people have sought to change the world of entertainment and beyond through a combination of censorship, […]

Pete Zias reads total trash in front of a live audience Starts 8PM PT

Join Barnes & Noble - The Grove at Farmers Market  as we welcome Emmy-award-winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler to the store to discuss and sign BEING HENRY: THE FONZ . . . AND BEYOND, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Starts 6PM PT

Based on Elizabeth Teets's program series called "Isn't She Great" at the Hollywood Theater, this anthology is a collection of the most beloved female-centric comedies and the audiences who adore them. From 9 to 5 to Romy and Michelle to the iconic Elle Woods, the essays in this collection build on our devotion to these films and continue the conversation around funny women and how these characters have shaped so many talented writers. As Elizabeth Teets reminds us, there is […]

“Outlaw Country,” is an original drama series created by comedian and TV writer Olivia Grace, and YOU are invited to a live table read of the first episode! Olivia created this series and the fictional band it centers around as a vessel for her and her friend's unbelievable stories from a life on the road as touring comedians. Our characters face a litany of scumbag bookers, drug dealers and murderers as we watch them attempt to claw their way from […]

Talent doesn’t always go hand-in-hand with kindness in Hollywood, so what a refreshing surprise to read Matt Knudsen’s, Have I Seen You in Anything? Knudsen gives us a fresh and funny look behind-the-scenes with some of our favorite people and programs. All entertainers can benefit from his stories from the trenches, and all humans will enjoy his memorable encounters with everyone from Dick Van Dyke to the cast of The Simpsons. Jenelle Riley – Variety Like myself, Matt has crafted […]

Stand-up comedian Moshe Kasher, author of the magnificent memoir, Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16, has written another book. And it's as absorbing, consuming, and culturally relevant as his first. Subculture Vulture is the story of Moshe Kasher's unbelievably unconventional life in six parts, each part relating to his significant experience exploring and living many different lives as part of many groups. His […]

An Evening of Live Reading with Jenny Slate Starts 8PM PT

Dulcé Sloan's first memoir is organized into essays from her life. From a childhood moving between cities, starting her own business selling toys at a Miami flea market, to being a Black kid in a predominately white school, she's always used her masterful wit to challenge the status quo. Her purpose in comedy unfolded while navigating clubs and the set of The Daily Show. Have you ever dated an adult who roller skated, or went out with a mechanic just to […]