Author Event & Movie Screening: NORA EPHRON AT THE MOVIES by Ilana Kaplan

At 6:15pm everyone is welcome to gather at the bookstore for a meet and greet with author, Ilana Kaplan! Kaplan will be discussing her creation of her beautiful book, NORA EPHRON AT THE MOVIES. At this reception there will be food, drinks, mingling, and signing of books!

Following the reception, we will walk over to The Showroom Cinema for a special screening at 7:30pm of When Harry Met Sally.

Movie ticket must be purchased through The Showroom Cinema's website.

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Show your movie ticket at the bookstore and get 10% off of your purchase of Nora Ephron at the Movies by Ilana Kaplan!

This cozy event is the perfect way to spend a chilly evening in January!

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About the book:

The first illustrated monograph on writer, journalist, and director Nora Ephron, the visionary behind When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail. “A visual celebration of the writer-director’s distinctive approach to world-building.” (Vanity Fair)
Nora Ephron at the Movies offers an unfiltered look at Ephron as a champion of the rom-com and as a feminist Hollywood trailblazer. It explores her life and work by pairing detailed criticism with exclusive interviews with Ephron’s key collaborators, including Andie MacDowell and Jenn Kaytin Robinson, to add color and nuance to her life and legacy.
With her singular voice, Nora Ephron flourished as a dominant force in the entertainment industry, focusing on the idiosyncrasies of romance that were universally relatable.
The women in her stories paralleled reality—the veil was lifted, the glossy sheen removed. Her protagonists share an unwavering sense of humor about life’s mishaps, and they never take themselves too seriously—like Julie trying to master the art of cooking lobsters in Julie & Julia, Sally’s theatrical fake orgasm in Katz’s deli in When Harry Met Sally, or Rachel perfecting a key lime pie only to throw it in her cheating husband’s face in Heartburn.
Through her keenly self-aware humor and semi-autobiographical stories, Ephron left behind a groundbreaking legacy as a beloved journalist, essayist, screenwriter, author, producer, director, and feminist who delivered stories of resilience embedded in sharp wit and upper-crust landscapes. Through that lens, she became emblematic of rom-coms, shifting and redefining conversations around the complexities of relationships and the women who have them.

About the author:

Ilana Kaplan is a writer and culture editor. She has worked for publications including PEOPLE, Alternative Press, The Independent and PAPER. Her work has been published in the New York Times, New York magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Pitchfork,Variety, and Billboard. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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