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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures (New & Noted): Marie Benedict & Courtney Sheinmel, authors of The Secrets of Lovelace Academy
2025-04-22 19:00 - 2080-06-30 20:00 (America/New_York) | Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
“Lainey Philipps has lived at the Sycamore Home for Orphaned Children since she was three years old. Now nearly a teenager, her life is hard, and she doesn’t expect it to get better—until a chance encounter during an open house changes everything when Lainey meets a woman who invites her to attend the prestigious Lovelace Academy.

Fitting in amongst the many privileged students within the ivy-covered walls of Lovelace Academy presents challenges unlike the ones Lainey has faced in the past. Her life of drudgery has hardly prepared her for the aristocratic airs and cutthroat academic ambition of the other girls. Terrified she’ll be cast out of the academy, Lainey grabs at her chance to prove herself by traveling to Switzerland to meet a female scientist crafting a groundbreaking theory.
Determined to prove her capability and reach her destination, Lainey must rely on her own wit—as well as a mysterious boy who has yet to prove himself as friend or foe. But the real test is what awaits her in Switzerland, at the home of Mileva Maric, wife of Albert Einstein.

Copies of The Secrets of Lovelace Academyand other books by the authors are available for purchase at Mystery Lovers Bookshop. A book signing with Marie and Courtney will immediately follow the event.”

More info: https://pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/marie-benedict-courtney-sheinmel/

Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures (New & Noted): Marie Benedict & Courtney Sheinmel, authors of The Secrets of Lovelace Academy

"Lainey Philipps has lived at the Sycamore Home for Orphaned Children since she was three years old. Now nearly a Read more

Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures (New & Noted): Laurence Leamer, author of Warhol's Muses
2025-05-06 19:00 - 2080-07-14 20:00
“Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil,” Andy Warhol confessed, “of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them.” Obsessed with celebrity, the silver-wigged artistic icon created an ever-evolving entourage of stunning women he dubbed his “Superstars”—Baby Jane Holzer, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Ultra Violet, Viva, Brigid Berlin, Ingrid Superstar, International Velvet, Mary Woronov, and Candy Darling. He gave several of them new names and manipulated their beauty and talent for his art and social status with no regard for their safety, their dignity, or their lives.

In Warhol’s Muses, bestselling biographer Laurence Leamer shines a spotlight on the complex women who inspired and starred in Warhol’s legendary underground films—The Chelsea Girls, The Nude Restaurant, and Blue Movie, among others. Drawn by the siren call of Manhattan life in the sixties, they each left their protected enclaves and ventured to a new world, Warhol’s famed Factory, having no sense that they would never be able to return to their old homes and familiar ways again. Sex was casual, drugs were ubiquitous, parties were wild, and to Warhol, everyone was transient, temporary, and replaceable. It was a dangerous game he played with the women around him, and on a warm June day in 1968, someone entered the Factory and shot him, changing his life forever.
Warhol’s Muses explores the lives of ten endlessly intriguing women, transports us to a turbulent and transformative era, and uncovers the life and work of one of the most legendary artists of all time.

Copies of Warhol’s Muses for sale at Mystery Lovers Bookshop. A book signing with Laurence will immediately follow the event.”

More info: https://pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/laurence-leamer/

Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures (New & Noted): Marie Benedict & Courtney Sheinmel, authors of The Secrets of Lovelace Academy

"Lainey Philipps has lived at the Sycamore Home for Orphaned Children since she was three years old. Now nearly a Read more
