Tickets for the 2011 NYTimes Arts and Leisure Weekend are on sale now. Some of the highlights of this year’s A&L weekend include talks with Rufus Wainwright, Steve Buscemi, Terrence Winter, Billie Joe Armstrong and Lang Lang. View the full 2011 schedule after the jump.
Category: Readings and Talks
B&N and Borders October 2010 Events (Ben Folds, Rihanna, Judah Friedlander, James Franco)
Here’s a list of October 2010 B&N and Borders events that I found interesting for one reason or another: B&N Oct 2010 Events (NYC) 10/04 Joyce Carol Oates (Lincoln Tri) 10/04 Justin Spring (82nd & Bway) 10/05 Bruce Davidson (86th & Lex) 10/05 Michael Cunningham (USQ) 10/06 Alton Brown w/ John Hodgman (USQ) 10/06…
WNYC’s Soundcheck Live w/ Phil Collins and David Byrne
Join Soundcheck in The Greene Space for conversations with two icons of pop music. First, singer-songwriter – and avid cyclist – David Byrne explains how public radio inspired the unusual audiobook version of his recent travelogue, Bicycle Diaries. And Phil Collins is returning to the music he loved as a teenager for Going Back, his…
The 2010 New Yorker Festival Schedule Released
2010 New Yorker Festival I’ve been guessing the lineup for the past couple of weeks (correctly I might add), but now the whole thing is official. Tickets for the 2010 New Yorker Festival go on sale on Friday, September 10 at noon. Check out the full schedule after the jump. PS David Simon is a…
B&N September 2010 Events (Nick Zinner, Kristen Schaal, Jon Stewart)
It’s fall now, so it’s time for the “big releases” to start dropping again at our local big box book stores. Here’s a list of September 2010 B&N events that I thought were interesting for one reason or another: B&N September 2010 Events (NYC) 09/07/10 Lee Houck: Yield (82nd & Bway) 09/07/10 Tao Lin:…
More New Yorker Festival Announcements
Michael Scott (aka Steve Carell) at The Office Halloween Party Photo: NBC.com The NY Times (which has a little bit more pull than I do) recently announced some more details about the lineup for the 2010 New Yorker Festival. According to Dave Itzkoff, this year’s festival will also play host to Steve Carell, Seth Meyers…