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Peter Wolf will sign copies of his book, “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses,” at Bookends in Ridgewood, March 13.

For a list of the state’s independent bookstores, click here.

Feb. 16: “Jersey Grown” poetry reading at Hoboken Historical Museum featuring reg e gaines, Shakira Joi, Talena Lachelle Queen, Rashad Wright.

Feb. 18: Jennifer Jones at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience From the First African American Rockette.”

Feb. 19: Joe Piscopo at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Average Joe: The Memoirs of a Blue-Collar Entertainer.”

Feb. 20: Theresa Caputo at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 20: Aja Evans at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Feel-Good Finance: Untangle Your Relationship With Money for Better Mental, Emotional, and Financial Well-Being.”

Feb. 21: Theresa Caputo at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Feb. 23: Liana Finck at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Mixed Feelings.”

Feb. 24: Stacey Mei Yan Fong at Montvale Public Library. Author of “50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the United States Through Pie.”

Feb. 25: Savannah Guthrie at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Mostly What God Does Is Love You.”
Feb. 25: Curtis Sittenfeld, Open Book/Open Mind series presented by Montclair Public Library at First Congregational Church, Montclair. Author of “Show Don’t Tell (Stories).”

Feb. 27: Sloane Crosley at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Grief is For People.”

March 1: “The Boom Bap Archive: Drum Machines and Hip-Hop” at Newark Public Library. Featuring K-Def, Internal Quest, JWords, Geng PTP, Jamara Wakefield (moderator).

March 2: Bruce Vilanch at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote.”

March 4, 6 p.m.: Molly Yeh at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Sweet Farm!: More Than 100 Cookies, Cakes, Salads (!), and Other Delights from My Kitchen on a Sugar Beet Farm.”
March 4, 7 p.m.: Jordan Chiles at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “I’m That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams.”

March 6: SC Perot at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Styles of Joy: A Feel-Good Framework for Rediscovering Joy (with a Twist!).”

March 8: Ibi Zoboi at Words, Maplewood. Author of “(S)kin.”

March 9: Patrick Dunning, “The Backstories of The Signature Project ” at Citizens Bank Theater, Succasunna.

March 13: Peter Wolf at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses.”
March 13: Terry Gross at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
March 13: “The Makeshift Project” live show at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.

March 14: Chef Rocco DiSpirito, in conversation with Mark Pascal and Francis Schott, at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Benefit for Elijah’s Promise: Promise Culinary School.

March 15: Alton Brown at Caesars, Atlantic City.

March 18: Jefferson Fisher at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More.”

March 19: Mike Campbell, in conversation with David Fricke at BergenPAC, Englewood.
March 19: Benjamin Wallace at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto.”

March 20: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at BergenPAC, Englewood.
March 20: Marcy Dermansky at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Hot Air.”

March 21: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 26: Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush at Wyckoff Family YMCA. Co-authors of “I Loved You First.”

March 27: David Hogg at Gateway Lecture Hall at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 27: Concetta Bertoldi at Williams Center, Rutherford.

March 28: Jordan Toma at BergenPAC, Englewood.
March 28: “CringeFest: Yup, That Happened,” presented by Project Write Now at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank

April 9: Dr. Temple Grandin, “The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 23: Matt Fraser at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 26: “An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma,” conversation and music, with Jeffrey Brown moderating at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton.
April 26: John Edward at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.

April 28: Andy Borowitz, presented by The Drew Forum at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 28: Kara Swisher, President’s Distinguished Lecture Series at North Avenue Academic Building at Kean University, Union.

May 3: Chase Jackson, “By the Book: Traveling While Black between 1936 and 1966” at Cape May Stage.

May 6: “The Psychology of a Murderer,” hosted by Rachel Toles at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 16: “Doughboys” podcast at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.

May 26: Isaac Mizrahi at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

May 31: “Sinatra Meets the Sopranos” featuring and actors Vincent Curatola, Federico Castelluccio and Jason Cerbone, plus singer Michael Martocci with his Blue Eyes Orchestra, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

June 5: Theresa Caputo at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 5: Tiki Barber at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

June 7: Trish Paytas at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

June 28: “How Not to Be Famous: A Conversation With Richard Kind” at BergenPAC, Englewood.

July 12: Nurse John at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.

July 30: Tyler Henry at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Nov. 30: Neil deGrasse Tyson, “An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies, Part II” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

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