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Capturing History’s Human Drama: Garrett Graff's Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk

originally published: 08/18/2024

Capturing History’s Human Drama: Garrett Graff

Garrett M. Graff, photo by Elman Studio

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Award-winning journalist Garrett M. Graff's ability to place world-shaking events in the perspectives of the people they affect have produced some of the most gripping narratives of the past two decades. Join this remarkable writer for his Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The event begins at 2:00pm.

Garrett will place special emphasis on his two deeply personalized accounts, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (2019) and this year’s When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day, available in print, audiobook and eBook formats at the Ocean County Library.

The Only Plane in the Sky offers a chilling, comprehensive account of the September 11 attacks and their aftermath through newly declassified documents, previously unissued transcripts and personal accounts by survivors, witnesses, victims’ friends and families, government officials and first responders.

When the Sea Came Alive immerses readers in the complexities of creating and executing the largest amphibious military invasion ever attempted, from plans in war rooms to the dropping of landing craft doors that revealed the beaches where the life-and-death struggle for freedom ensued.

The former Politico editor, Pulitzer Prize finalist and contributor to Wired and CNN has written extensively about national security, politics and technology. He currently directs the cyber initiative of the Aspen Institute.



 


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Sheryl Oring, Performance of I Wish to Say

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 4:30pm
Monmouth University - OceanFirst Bank Center
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: art

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WP Midday Artist Series Spin Cycle

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 12:30pm
William Paterson University - Shea Center for Performing Arts
300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470
category: music

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Premiere Stages presents "Diversion"

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Premiere Stages - Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
category: theatre

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National Theatre: Broadcast in HD - Prima Facie

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: theatre

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Mariachi Herencia de México

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 7:00pm
Grunin Center
1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754
category: music

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Empire Records

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre

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EVENT PREVIEWS

(LONG BEACH ISLAND & SPRING LAKE, NJ) -- Lighthouse International Film Society presents screenings of 76 Days Adrift with a Q&A with Director Joe Wein on September 19-20, 2024. Screenings will take place at the Surf City Fire House on Thursday and Spring Lake Theatre on Friday.



Second Annual Jazz in the Streets features Carrie Jackson




Political Strategist Luis A. Miranda Jr. to present Memoir at Seton Hall Book Signing


 

ON-GOING EVENTS

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The Montclair Art Museum is thrilled to present its latest exhibition, Family, Community, Belonging: Works from the Collection. This unique collection-based exhibition delves into the ever-evolving notions of family and community, and explores themes of belonging, diversity, and inclusion through a diverse array of artworks. The exhibition opens on February 9, 2024, and will be on display at the museum until January 2026.


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