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2009 New Yorker Festival Schedule Released Today
New Yorker Festival The “early” yet official 2009 New Yorker Festival schedule was released today and while there a lot of familiar faces (as always), I think this year’s lineup is a lot stronger than last year’s. Highlights of this year’s festival include: Mad Men panel with Matthew Weiner, Lee Clow, Steve Stoute, Brooklyn Playlist…
More 2009 New Yorker Festival Schedule Reveals (Jason Schwartzman, Sapphire, Nate Silver)
Here’s what we already “know” is on the schedule for this year’s New Yorker Festival: James Franco Wallace Shawn Rachel Maddow Rufus Wainwright E. Annie Proulx Matthew Weiner …and here are the answers to the latest set of 2009 New Yorker Festival “blind items”. Just Asking (Round Three) Which indie-film actor once played a monarch…
B&N and Borders September Events (50 Cent, Nick Cave, David Byrne, David Cross, Po Bronson + Many More)
Hey, it’s almost fall and the good news is that the bookshelves are about to become flush with new releases and the NYC bookstores are about to burst with authors again. Here’s a list of some September NYC Barnes & Noble and Borders Books events that I found interesting for one reason or another:…
2009 Brooklyn Book Festival Schedule Announced
The fourth annual Brooklyn Book Festival will take place on September 13, 2009 at Borough Hall Plaza, Borough Hall Courtroom, St. Francis Auditorium and The Brooklyn Historical Society. This free event includes readings, discussions, and panels with such literary, comedic and musical luminaries as: Jonathan Ames, Paul Auster, Russell Banks, Dominic Carter, David Cross, Jonathan…
Partial New Yorker Festival Lineup Revealed (Matt Weiner, Rufus Wainwright, Rachel Maddow)
The New Yorker Festival has put out a series of “Just Asking” posts which go a little ways towards revealing this year’s festival lineup. Here are my guesses at the “not-so” blind items that have been posted thus far: Just Asking: Round One Which author said that her most famous short story took twice as…