Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series

Ticket Information

Individual tickets may be purchased at the OnCenter Box Office, 315-435-2121 
or they may be purchased in person at: The Oncenter War Memorial, 760 S. State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202.

Contact the FOCL office if you have questions regarding season tickets. 315-435-1832. 

2018-2019 Speakers

Frank Bruni headshot, photo credit to Soo-Jeong KangFrank Bruni

September 25, 2018

Author of: Where You'll Go is Not Who You'll Be
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Rainbow Rowell headshot, photo credit to Augusten BurroughsRainbow Rowell

October 29, 2018

Author of: Eleanor & Park
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Diana Abu-Jaber headshot, photo credit to Scott David EasonDiana Abu-Jaber

November 12, 2018

Author of: Life Without A Recipe: A Memoir
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Louise Penny headshot, photo credit to Jean-Francois BerubeLouise Penny

March 4, 2019

Author of: Glass Houses
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David Grann headshotDavid Grann

April 2, 2019

Author of: Killers of the Flower Moon
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colm toibin headshotColm Tóibín

May 7, 2019

Author of: Brooklyn
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Ticket Information

  • Individual tickets may be purchased at the OnCenter Box Office, 315-435-2121
  • or they may be purchased in person at: The Oncenter War Memorial, 760 S. State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202
  • Contact the FOCL office if you have questions regarding season tickets. 315-435-1832
  • Lectures are held in the John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 441 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, New York
  • All lectures begin at 7:30 PM

For information on how to become a sponsor of the Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series, please contact our FOCL office at 315-435-1832.

Proceeds of the Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series will be used by Friends of the Central Library for new book and material acquisitions as well as children's programming at the Central Library and city branches.