Authors Amy Yates Wuelfing and Steven DiLodovico are set to discuss their book No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes at Princeton Public Library.
The discussion is scheduled for 3 p.m. June 1 in the library’s Community Room, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton.
The book is an oral history of legendary Trenton alternative music venue City Gardens, where many significant alternative act of the ‘80s and ‘90s performed.
Joining the authors, who were regulars at the club that closed in 1994, are library staffers Allison Santos, who bartended at City Gardens alongside Jon Stewart (who grew up in Lawrence), and Carlos Santos, the club’s D.J.
Bands who appeared at City Gardens in its heyday include Nirvana, REM, Nine Inch Nails, The Dead Kennedys, The Ramones and Faith No More. In addition to Stewart, artists who spoke to the authors for the book include members of Black Flag, Violent Femmes and Ministry.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
More information is online at princetonlibrary.org.
