Certain dates, times and venues on the tour are still in the process of being confirmed. We will be updating this information on a weekly basis as it becomes available.


Special thanks to the Onassis Foundation for their support of the International KBHBooktour. “The Onassis Foundation is proud to have Karen serve on its Board and as Senior Advisor on its U.S. cultural activities.” – Anthony S. Papadimitriou, President, The Onassis Foundation.

 

SEPTEMBER 2021

SEPTEMBER 29 - 7:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY
PowerHouse Book Store in Dumbo
Brooklyn Book Festival - “Bookends”
"SNEAK PREVIEW "- BAM…
And then It Hit Me 

www.powerHouse.com

 

OCTOBER 2021

OCTOBER 4 - 10:30 AM
Nashville, TN

Panel Talk
"I have seen the future and it is Art "
International Economic
Development Conference
www.iedconline.org


OCTOBER 20 - 6:00 PM

New York, NY
92nd Street Y
City of Tomorrow. Karen in conversation with Seth Pinsky, CEO, 92nd Street Y
www.92y.org/cities-summit


OCTOBER 22 - 6:00 PM
Virtual Event
NYU I Steinhardt
New York University Arts Administration
Masters Program' 50th Anniversary Celebration

JANUARY 2022

JANUARY 20
Interview with Allison Stewart
on her WNYC Radio Show,
“All of It.”

Click to listen


JANUARY 27 - 1:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Rail
Karen in conversation with Bryan Doerries with special guests Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt.
This event will be live-streamed

www.brooklynrail.org

MARCH 2022

MARCH 16 - 8:00 PM
Los Angeles, CA
RedCat / 631 West 2nd street
Music and conversation between Arturo O'Farrill and Karen Brooks Hopkins
www.redcat.org

MARCH 27 - 4:30 PM
Washington, DC
Busboys and Poets, Brookland, DC. Karen in conversation with Carla Perlo, Artistic Director of Dance Place, DC
www.busboysandpoets.com


MARCH 30 - 6:30 PM

New Jersey, NY
NJPAC – The New Jersey Performing Arts Center / The Chase Room
Showrunners: women who power the arts Karen Hopkins will moderate a discussion between Linda Harrison, Director and CEO, Newark Museum of Art; Sade Lythcott, CEO of the National Black Theatre; Anne Pasternak, the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum and Karen Wong, Senior Advisor at the New Museum and co-founder an Chief Creative Officer of GBA/Guilty by Association.
www.njpac.org

Watch Video


MARCH 31 - 6:30 PM
New York, NY
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Bruno Walter Auditorium at 111 Amsterdam Avenue.
Karen in conversation with Jennifer Homans, Founder and Director, The Center for Ballet and the Arts. The evening will begin with a performance by pianist Lara Downes
www.nypl.org

 

APRIL 2022

APRIL 7 - 4:30 PM
Dallas, TX
Southern Methodist University
www.smu.edu


APRIL 13 / 4:00 – 5:30 PM

New Haven, CT
Yale School of Management
Beinecke Terrace Room, Evans Hall, Room 2300, 165 Whitney Avenue
To Register


APRIL 14 - 6:00PM
Hudson, NY

Hudson Hall
Karen in conversation with Maureeen Sager
For Tickets

 

MAY 2022

MAY 6 - 5:30 to 6:30 PM
London, UK
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, UK
For Booking


MAY 19 - 1:00 PM
Valduz, Liechtenstein
Onassis board meeting
Karen in conversation with Paul Holdengraber 
alteskino.li


MAY 25 - 7:00 PM
Athens, Greece
Stegi Center 
www.onassis.org/onassis-stegi

JUNE 2022

JUNE 9 - 6:30 PM
Boston, MA
”BOOK TALK”
Suffolk University, Ford Hall Forum, Modern Theatre
Karen in conversation with Director, Myriam Cyr. Special introduction of Kelvin Dinkins, incoming Executive Director of A.R.T (American Repertory Theater).
To Purchase Tickets

JUNE 22 - 12:30PM
New York, NY
Bryant Park (on the 42nd Street side of the park - in between the back of the NYPL and 6th Ave.)
TRUEly Inspiring
Panelist to include Zain E. Asher, Katharine Gregorio, Karen Brooks Hopkins, and
Tim McLoughlin.
Listen to Podcast

 

AUGUST 2022

AUGUST 13, 5:00 - 7:30 PM
East Hampton, NY

Herrick Park, East Hampton Village
East Hampton Library’s Authors Night
To Purchase Tickets

SEPTEMBER 2022

SEPTEMBER 19 - 10AM
Oklahoma City, OK
2022 IEDC Conference: A Tale of Creative Neighborhood Transformation
100 Mick Cornett Dr. Oklahoma City, OK 73109
Karen in conversation with Laurie Cumbo, New York City Commissioner of Cultural Affairs
Register Here 

SEPTEMBER 29 - 6PM
Saratoga, NY
(Postponed until Spring 2023)
The Nancy DiCresce Room at The Pines, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Karen in conversation with
Jo Donovan, radio host from WMAC, Albany

 

OCTOBER 2022

OCTOBER 19 - 18:30 PM
Tel Aviv, Israel
Municipal Seminar
Central Public Library of Best Ariela, Sderot She’ll HaMelech 25, Tel Aviv-Yafo.

OCTOBER 20 - 10:45 AM
Holon, Israel
Cultural Forum
The Mediatheque, 6 Golda Meir St., Holon. Annual conference of the Forum of Cultural Institutions

NOVEMBER 2022

NOVEMBER 2
Abu Dhabi, UAE
New York University (NYU)
Details to follow

NOVEMBER 7 - 6:00 PM
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Opera House / The Utzon Room
Karen in conversation with Louise Herron, CEO, Sydney Opera.
Details to follow

NOVEMBER 9
Melbourne, Australia
Details to follow

NOVEMBER 10
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Melbourne, Australia
Lander & Roger
Level 15, 477 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
The Agony and Ecstasy of Fundraising
To register, please contact Anita Toy at atoy@give2asia.org

NOVEMBER 11
Adelaide, Australia
Details to follow

NOVEMBER 16
1 PM - 2:30 PM

Phnom Penh, Cambodia
”PANNEL DISCUSSION”
Karen in conversation with Phloeun Prim, Executive Director of Cambodian Living Arts (CLA).
To register, please contact phacdey@cambodianlivingarts.org