It happens in the lobby of the Sorrento Hotel, seen here in 1909.
It happens in the lobby of the Sorrento Hotel, seen here in 1909. Courtesy of Sorrento Hotel

It's the first Wednesday of the month, which means the reading party is tonight. You know what it's like at the reading party, right? (If you don't, just click on those letters.) You know how relaxing the silent-reading party is, right? If not, listen to this radio show about it.

Paul Matthew Moore is on piano from 6 pm to 8 pm.

For the uninitiated: You sit and read whatever you feel like reading (silently, to yourself—I'm reading James Baldwin tonight), while live music plays and waiters bring you things. The reading party happens here, it's all ages, and it's free.