The last Happy Ending in Manhattan

At a past edition of the Happy Ending Music & Reading Series, Lena Dunham performed the requisite, on-stage risk by prank calling her mother, and pretending she was an old college friend experiencing a “recovered memory” that involved her. Photo: Jon Pack
After 13 years as one of the city’s most original literary gatherings, the Happy Ending Music & Reading Series is literally ending, at least in its current format. Its last live edition in Manhattan is May 18 at