The Silent-Reading Party Is Tonight! At 6 pm! With Live Piano! And Air Conditioning!

Bring a book and beat the heat.by Christopher FrizzelleIt happens in the lobby of the Sorrento Hotel, seen here in 1909.
It's the first Wednesday of the month, which means the silent-reading party is tonight.
You know what it's like at the reading party, right? You've heard this radio segment about the silent-reading party, right?You bring whatever you feel like reading and sit there and read silently, to yourself, while Paul Matthew Moore plays piano and waiters bring you things. Paul plays fro