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Time and Space and Philip Glass: The Iconic Artist Talks at BAM
Friday, September 14, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
In 1976, the New York premiere of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s “Einstein on the Beach” captivated audiences, polarized critics and put both artists on the map of contemporary performance art. In four-and-a half hours, its famously reductive score, enigmatic text and limpid, tensile choreography (by Lucinda Childs) teases out the meaning of the time/space continuum.
Unhappy Family: Geoffrey Rush and Fred Schepisi Discuss "The Eye of the Storm" at the 92nd Street Y
Thursday, September 13, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
Geoffrey Rush is one of Australia’s most celebrated exports, a protean character actor whose roles have ranged from the mentally frail pianist David Helfgott (his Oscar-winning performance in “Shine”) to George VI’s speech therapist Lionel Logue (“The King’s Speech”) to the Marquis de Sade (“Quills”).
Wanting What You Can't Have: Happy Ending at Joe's Pub
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Host and curator Amanda Stern concluded this season’s Happy Ending Music & Reading series at Joe’s Pub on July 11 with an evening themed around “communication.”
Fighting Words: Churchill's Granddaughter Offers a Model for Leadership
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
A new exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum called “Churchill: The Power of Words,” which showcased his long, celebrated career as a statesman, writer, and orator, opened on Friday. The show kicked off with a lecture by Churchill’s granddaughter, The Hon. Celia Sandys.
A Reporter's Perspective on War at PEN World Voices
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
As part of the recent PEN World Voices Festival, Polish journalist and author Wojciech Jagielski was interviewed by Joel Whitney, a founding editor of Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics. Listen to the talk between Jagielski and Whitney.
Rushdie Talk on Censorship Wraps Up PEN Festival
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
By Abbie Fentress Swanson : Harvest Public Media's reporter based at KBIA in Columbia, Mo.
The 2012 PEN World Voices Festival ended with a talk about censorship at the Cooper Union by novelist Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses). Listen to and download Rushdie's 17-minute Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture.
Getting Your Irish On at the PEN World Voices Festival
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
Hugo Hamilton read from his book, “The Speckled People,” as part of the PEN World Voices Festival on May 3. Hear Hamilton comment on and read from his memoir at Ireland House.
Jennifer Egan on How to Create Your Own Rules at PEN
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
By Laura Mayer : Associate Producer, Fishko Files
Earlier in May, Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief for the Slate group, and author Jennifer Egan discussed Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, genre-busting novel A Visit from the Goon Squad at The New School. Their conversation was part of the annual PEN World Voices Festival. Download the audio of the talk or watch a video of the talk.
Doctorow, Atwood and Amis on America and its Role in Global Political Culture
Friday, May 11, 2012
By Abbie Fentress Swanson : Harvest Public Media's reporter based at KBIA in Columbia, Mo.
One of the highlights of this year's PEN World Voices Festival was a talk between writers E.L. Doctorow, Margaret Atwood and Martin Amis on America and its role in the global political culture. Download a podcast and watch a video of the talk here.
Who Will Rule Britannia? Patrick Jephson Weighs in at Bonham’s
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 86th birthday on April 21, and the entire Commonwealth is preparing to honor her on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee on June 5. So a look at the future of the British monarchy is timely, and one take on this rich topic was offered at Bonham’s New York auction house.
The Jane Hotel's Connection to the Titanic Draws a Crowd
Monday, April 09, 2012
By Abbie Fentress Swanson : Harvest Public Media's reporter based at KBIA in Columbia, Mo.
New York City has no shortage of sites that have a direct connection to the Titanic. One of them is the Jane Hotel, where the Titanic's surviving sailors went for a memorial service in 1912. Check out our map of this and other Titanic landmarks in New York City.
Authors Conjure Up 'Strange Places' in Readings at Happy Ending
Friday, March 23, 2012
By Laura Mayer : Associate Producer, Fishko Files
The theme for the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series at Joe's Pub in March was Strange Places. Listen to the extraordinary — and absurd — environments that authors Jessica Anthony, Amelia Gray and Heidi Julavitz conjured up their readings.
Bringing At-Risk Teens Closer to Home: A Forum on Juvenile Justice at The New School
Monday, March 05, 2012
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
The Center for New York City Affairs recently hosted a forum to review the connection between child welfare and juvenile justice in New York City and the state. Listen to the forum here.
The Fire in Him: John Hurt Sets Krapp's Record Straight
Friday, December 23, 2011
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
If there is a lesson to be learned from the post-curtain talk between John Hurt — who has just finished a limited run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater in Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape” — and philosopher Simon Critchley, it’s that if you throw philosophy at an actor, he’ll throw it right back.
Talk to Me: Behaving Badly at Happy Ending
Thursday, December 22, 2011
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
This month, Happy Ending Music and Reading series curator Amanda Stern welcomed three Yaddo alums to Joe’s Pub for a program entitled “Reality and Scandal.”
Connected by a 'River of Smoke': Amitav Ghosh and Jonathan Spence at The Asia Society
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
The Asia Society inaugurated its new Asian Arts & Ideas series this month with “The ‘Chindia’ Dialogues." Listen to a conversation between historian Jonathan Spence and the Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh.
Lovely Bones: Celebrating Anne Sexton at the Cornelia Street Café
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
The poet Anne Sexton took her own life in 1974, but had she lived, this year would have marked her 83rd birthday. Reason enough, thought the actor Paul Hecht, to organize an elegant tribute to her at the Cornelia Street Café on Nov. 14.
Oxymoron: Frustration at Happy Ending
Friday, November 11, 2011
By Sarah Montague : Senior Producer, Selected Shorts
Happy Ending Music & Reading series host and curator Amanda Stern decided on “Frustration” as the theme of her series opener, inviting authors Seth Fried, Jesse Ball, and Paul La Farge to vent. Listen to the audio here.
Lydia Davis and Eliot Weinberger Have High School Reunion at KGB Bar
Monday, November 07, 2011
By Laura Mayer : Associate Producer, Fishko Files