It’s 1945. As atomic bombs are on their way to Japan, five top German nuclear scientists, along with their British handler, are held at an English country manor, Farm Hall. While secret microphones record their conversations, they are unaware of why or for how long they are there. How will these famous scientists react to the news of the atomic bombs? How will they explain to themselves and to the world their failure to achieve even a chain reaction? How will they attempt to explain their behavior during the Third Reich and their wartime work for such a regime?

Join Science & the Arts for the world premiere reading of this new historical play by David C. Cassidy.

Penguin Bookshop presents a short reading and book signing with Eduardo Halfon, author of The Polish Boxer.

City of Asylum/Pittsburgh presents a reception and reading with Eduardo Halfon, author of The Polish Boxer.

This month, the Franklin Park Reading Series focuses on “wanderers—roving and boozing philosophers, refuseniks, cultural impersonators, drifters, and sojourning artists.”

Featuring: Lars Iyer (Spurious, Dogma, and Exodus), Karolina Waclawiak (How to Get Into the Twin Palms), Tim Horvath (Understories), Dylan Nice (Other Kinds), and Margarita Korol (Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother).

Featuring fiction writers published by the award-winning press: Eduardo Halfon, Tim Horvath (“Understories,” 2012), and Andrew Krivak (“The Sojourn,” 2011). Hosted by publisher/editorial director Erika Goldman; co-sponsored with Bellevue Literary Press.

World Fiction Showcase with Tamara Faith Berger, James Kilgore, and Jennifer Miller