Friends with a Benefit at Town Hall (08.29/10) (Buy Tickets) This show probably doesn’t need my help, but the lineup looks pretty cool and it literally “flew” right under my radar until a couple of days ago. Friends with a Benefit is actually a benefit for the American Bird Conservancy (aren’t we all ornithologists at…
Category: Readings and Talks
More 2010 New Yorker Festival “Blind Items” and 20% Off Tickets For Rich Folks
2010 New Yorker Festival Based on the previous “blind items”, here’s who we “know” will be appearing at the 2010 New Yorker Festival: Alec Baldwin Joyce Carol Oates Werner Herzog Paul Reubens aka Pee-Wee Herman Regina Spektor …and here are the answers to the third set of 2010 New Yorker Festival “blind items”. Q: Which…
2010 New Yorker Festival Blind Items (Regina Spektor, Pee-Wee Herman, Alec Baldwin and More)
Regina Spektor at The Beacon Theatre (06/17/09) Photo: Jon Klemm (More) This year’s New Yorker Festival will take place on October 1-3, at various venues throughout New York City. Here is a partial list of this year’s festival speakers based on some recently published “blind items” in New Yorker Festival’s blog: Q: Which multi-Emmy-winning sitcom…
B&N August 2010 Events (Robyn, Rosanne Cash, Kristin Hersh, Dave Mustaine, Kathy Griffin)
In September, Barnes & Noble will begin an aggressive promotion of its Nook e-readers by building 1,000-square-foot boutiques in all of its stores, with sample Nooks, demonstration tables, video screens and employees who will give customers advice and operating instructions. … To make room for the new Nook displays, Barnes & Noble plans to…
B&N July 2010 Events (Audrey Niffenegger, Chuck Klosterman, Gary Shteyngart, Brian May)
Summer is officially here and while there are a few big and/or interesting releases coming in July (Audrey Niffenegger, Chuck Klosterman, Gary Shteyngart and Carl Hiaasen), there’s also a lot of fluff arriving on the bookshelves this month. Here’s a list of July 2010 B&N and Borders events that I thought were interesting for…
B&N and Borders June 2010 Events (Blue Rodeo, Lewis Black, Bret Easton Ellis)
Except for a few big releases from Nelson Demille, Bret Easton Ellis and (to a lesser extent) Anthony Bourdain, June is a pretty slow month for blockbuster book tours. A couple of the more interesting “sleeper” events include tonight’s (June 3) performance and signing from Blue Rodeo at Lincoln Triangle, the Upstairs at The…