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  • Tue Feb 04, 2025
  • 7:00pm
  • In-Person Ticket
  • Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 250 95th Street
  • $26 - $48

Symphony Space / Literature

Ira Madison III: Pure Innocent Fun

Text: Ira Madison III. Image: a headshot of Ira Madison, III, beside the cover of his book Pure Innocent Fun. Ira is a Black man with short dark hair, beard, and mustache, wearing a white t-shirt and a dangling earring and illuminated by pink and blue lights.
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  • Time | 7pm
  • Prices | With book: $40-$48

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Description

The critic, television writer, and podcast host presents his raucous and nostalgic essay collection, a pop culture manifesto for the modern age. Part memoir, part criticism, Pure Innocent Fun brings us on an adventure through the cultural moments of the 90’s and 2000’s that guided Madison's coming of age as a Black gay man in Milwaukee (think Clueless, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jennifer Hudson losing American Idol).

There will be a book signing at this event.

All full-price tickets of $40 or more include a copy of Pure Innocent Fun. There are a limited number of companion tickets available. These tickets are $20 and do not include a book. To purchase a companion ticket, add the number of tickets you would like to your cart. On the next page, choose "Companion Ticket" in the pulldown. The companion ticket will be discounted at checkout. Note that companion tickets are only available to purchase with a full-price ticket and do not include a copy of the book.

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Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Expected Run Time is 75 minutes

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