SCHEDULE: 1 | 2 Individual Events Are Now on Sale!
| Friday 2/12/2010 | |
| 5-6:30 PM The Center for Photography at Woodstock Video Memoirs FREE |
Video Memoirs from the Indie Program
Hosted by Ken Schneidman |
| 8-9:30 PM Kleinert/James Art Center Meet & Greet and reading/talk with noted writer Susan Orlean |
Meet and greet, wine and dessert tapas party and keynote speaker Susan Orlean, New Yorker writer and author of The Orchid Thief (which was made into the Oscar winning film, Adaptation) and other beloved books. Hosted by Chronogram books editor and novelist Nina Shengold. |
| Saturday 2/13/2010 | |
| 9:00-10:00AM Kleinert/James Art Center Dramatic Reading |
A dramatic reading in which excerpts from the memoirs of four acclaimed women authors are woven together to explore common themes and experiences. Featured writers are Ione (Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color), Johanna Reiss (A Hidden Life), Gail Straub (Returning to my Mother's House) and Susan Richards (Chosen By A Horse). Hosted by Maureen Cummins who created the "literary montage" that will be performed. |
| 10:15-11:45AM The Center for Photography at Woodstock Writing Workshop with Abigail Thomas |
Writing workshop with Abigail Thomas We're going to do assignments in this workshop — oddball assignments, designed to shake loose some dusty memory, or to provide a side door into a story that the front door has always seemed too imposing to enter, or just have some fun. we will also talk about what memoir is, why anyone would want to write one, what the rules are, and what to do about the delicious improvising imp that is our memory. |
| 11:00-12:45PM Kleinert/James Art Center Readings |
Readings by Maria Bauer (Beyond the Chestnut Tree), Lili Bita (Sister of Darkness), Ed Sanders, Alix Dobkin (My Red Blood) and Rachel Zucker (Museum of Accidents). Hosted by Barry Samuels. |
| 1:15-2:15PM Kleinert/James Art Center Performance |
Singer, songwriter, memoirist Bar Scott will sing, read and regale us. Hosted by Abigail Thomas |
| 2:15-2:45PM Kleinert/James Art Center Signing Included with previous event. |
Signing of THURSDAY NIGHT, a chapbook that came out of Abigail Thomas' writing group. Includes stories of local writers, including Bar Scott, Paul Leone, Claudette Covey, Alison Gaylin and others. |
| 3:00-4:30PM Kleinert/James Art Center Writing Workshop with Laura Shaine Cunningham |
Writing Workshop with Laura Shaine Cunningham My workshop "Writing for Your Life" evolved over the course of many years writing my own two memoirs, Sleeping Arrangements and A Place in the Country and working with aspiring memoirists. The rewards were many — publication in The New Yorker, terrific reviews, bestseller-dom. BUT the main reward was internal — My spirit lightened after delving so deeply into my past that I have wanted to share this "escape from angst" with others. I have learned how to overcome the barriers and find the release and pleasure. We each have a unique story and it is so freeing and vital to write that story and share it. |
| 4:45-6:15PM Kleinert/James Art Center Memoir Panel Hosted by Susan Richards |
Panelists will include Katherine Russell Rich (Dreaming in Hindi), Douglas Rogers (The Last Resort), Cornelius Eady (Brutal Imagination) Paula Butturini (Keeping the Feast) and others. |
| 8:00-9:45PM Love Bites with Ruth Reichl Kleinert/James Art Center SOLD OUT |
Authors offer these personal literary hors d' oeuvres – inÊ 2 minute readings —Ê reminiscences and excerpts of romantic moments, surrounded by food. Delectable, sweet and sour – LOVE BITES offers a sampling of our writers' varied experiences. TakeÊ a "taste" with wine,Ê before our main course — the incomparable Ruth Reichl. |
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