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ON NEW ORLEANS Tom Piazza reads from and discusses his new essay collection, “Why New Orleans Matters” (Regan-Books). The author, a longtime resident of the city, evacuated to a Missouri cotton gin during Hurricane Katrina to write most of this book, which includes reminiscences of New Orleans’s restaurants, jazz clubs, politics, Mardi Gras traditions, and people. Tonight, 7 p.m., KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. at Second Avenue, 212-505-3360, free.
A YEAR A MINUTE? “60 Minutes” journalist Mike Wallace presents his new memoir, “Between You and Me” (Hyperion), which chronicles his 60 years in broadcast journalism. Tomorrow, noon, Borders Books Wall Street, 100 S. Broadway at Pine Street, 212-964-1988, free.
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