TMI
Daniel Radosh
Hen House Press
William Kennedy
Marion Wink
Kris Carr
Mark Whitaker
Shalom Auslander
Ann Hood
Greg Olear
Gillen & Turk
Augusten Burroughs
John Sebastian
Lynn Harris
Michael Lang
Gail Straub
Gretchen Primack
Priscilla Gilman
Jeff Golliher
Kurt Andersen
Joan Snyder
Larry Beinhart
2012 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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Individual Events Are Now on Sale!
< <-- Click here to buy Full-Festival Passes --> >
Tickets will also be available at the door for each event.
All sales are final. Tickets are transferable.
All programs are subject to change.
You can pick up your tickets before any event.
| Thursday, April 19, 2012 | |
| 6:00 to 7:00 PM Oriole 9 |
Pick up your tickets, festival passes and "goodie bags" at Oriole 9 |
| 7:00 to 10:00 PM Rock 'n' Roll Story Slam Oriole 9 Hosted by TMI's Julie Novak $5 |
In connection with TMI Project,
we're kicking off the festival with a rock 'n' roll story slam. Each story must run under 3 1/2 minutes, like an old rock 'n' roll song, and must contain the line "by the time I got to Woodstock...".
The first 22 people to sign up get to read! To register to read, email Martha Frankel.
Judges: Legendary songwriter Johanna Hall, and Woodstock Festival promoter Michael Lang. Prize: Woodstock Writers Festival Boat Bag chock-full of signed books and CD's. Courtesy of the Golden Notebook. |
| Friday, April 20, 2012 | |
| 9:00 to 2:30 PM Writers Workshops $150 Not included in Festival package. |
Writers Workshops at private homes in Woodstock. Continental breakfast and gourmet lunch included. Limited to 12-15 participants per class. More about the workshops here. |
| 3:00 to 5:00 PM Kleinert/James Arts Center |
Pick up your tickets, festival passes and "goodie bags" at The Kleinert/James Arts Center. |
| 3:30 to 5:30 PM Writing and the Art of Resilience Kleinert/James Arts Center Moderated by Gail Straub $20 |
Three luminous writers, Kris Carr, Priscilla Gilman and Jeff Golliher, join seasoned editor Nan Satter and legendary agent Ned Leavitt to discuss how writing can help move us through fear, critical illness, crisis, and disenchantment to a place of fearlessness, resilience, and unabashed vibrant living. During these crazy and challenging times, the art of resilience is a political act. |
| 5:30- 7:30 PM Dinner at Oriole 9 $50 |
Enjoy a three-course dinner with the authors. Tax and gratuity included. |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM Occupy Albany An Evening with William Kennedy Kleinert/James Arts Center Hosted by Barbara Redfield Q & A with WAMC's Joe Donahue $30 |
William Kennedy's Albany cycle of novels, including the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed, Quinn's Book, and
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, are a fond but unsparing tribute to his rackety NY hometown. His latest addition
to the canon, Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes, mixes jazz and black radicalism in a narrative that spans three decades.
Joe Donahue is the host of WAMC's award-winning and beloved Roundtable. Sweets and wine provided by caterer-to-the-stars, Mary Giuliani. |
| Saturday, April 21, 2012 | |
| 9:00 to 10:15 AM Breakfast at Joshua's Café with Bar Scott & Abigail Thomas $25 |
Start with a Line. Any line will do: An orange crayoned line, the lyric "I'm not perfect and neither are you," or the opening line of a paragraph "Their day began at 4 a.m." The thing is to start. Write anything and it will take you somewhere. And somewhere is where you want to go. This is Abigail Thomas' and Bar Scott's third appearance together at the Woodstock Writers Festival. This year they'll talk about getting started when it's hard to get started. Thomas is best known for memoir (A Three Dog Life, Safekeeping) and Scott as a recording songwriter (Parachute, Grapes and Seeds), but both spend a lot of time in other forms (Abby paints on glass, Bar has written The Present Giver). Their warm affection for one another is infectious and inspiring as they read, sing, and talk about writing, songwriting, and why making things is good for you. Includes choice of breakfasts, tea and coffee |
| 10:30 to 12:15 PM Politics & Pop Culture Kleinert/James Arts Center Moderated by Larry Beinhart $15 |
Novelist/critic/cultural impresario Kurt Andersen, Daily Show writer Daniel Radosh, Troublemaker Bill Zimmerman and Death By Chick Lit's Lynn Harris discuss how pop culture shapes politics and vice versa. |
| 12:15 to 2:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 2:00-3:45 PM Poetry and Politics Kleinert/James Arts Center Moderated by Gretchen Primack $15 |
In as politically-charged a time as ours, what role can poetry play? Is political poetry effective? Why is it so hard to write a successful political poem? These are the kinds of questions four highly acclaimed poets, Philadelphia's new Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez, Joan Larkin, Alix Olson, and Cornelius Eady will tackle in this discussion. We'll also get to hear them read their powerful poems. |
| 4:00 to 5:30 PM The Art and Craft Of Songwriting Kleinert/James Arts Center Moderated by Johanna Hall $20 |
Acclaimed lyricist Johanna Hall recreates the popular songwriter-in-the-round series that featured performances and discussions about techniques and inspirations for song creation. In a relaxed living-room atmosphere, singer-songwriters John Sebastian, Robbie Dupree, and Jonell Mosser will entertain, inform, and answer audience questions. |
| 5:30- 7:00 PM Dinner at Oriole 9 $50 |
Enjoy a three-course dinner with the authors. Tax and gratuity included. |
| 8:30 PM Occupy Your Heart An Evening with Augusten Burroughs Hosted by Jonathan Van Meter Bearsville Theater $55/$35/$19 |
$55 Front Rows and Balcony seats INCLUDE a wine and sweets Meet-and-Greet with Augusten Burroughs from 7:30-8:15 and is included in the Full-Festival Pass.
Augusten Burroughs' memoirs, especially the highly acclaimed and New York Times bestselling Running with Scissors and Dry, have enabled readers to see the humor in even the most devastating moments. In anticipation of his new "self-help" book, This Is How: Help For The Self (Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike), Burroughs will talk about surviving the unsurvivable. Jonathan Van Meter is a contributing editor at Vogue and New York as well as the founding editor of Vibe. He is the author of The Last Good Time: Skinny D'Amato, The Notorious 500 Club, and The Rise and Fall of Atlantic City and is at work on Ladies' Man, a memoir of writing about women. Meet-and-Greet hosted by the Bearsville Theater, with sweets provided by caterer-to-the-stars Mary Giuliani. |
| Sunday, April 22, 2012 | |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM Breakfast of Champions Memoir Slam Joshua's Café Moderated by Janus Adams $25 |
The first 20 people who sign up will get to read a 2 minute story, in honor of Kurt Vonnegut. Each story must include the words "So it goes". Includes choice of gourmet hot breakfasts, coffee and tea. |
| 10:30-12:15 AM Agents & Publishers Panel Kleinert/James Arts Center Moderated by Barry Samuels $15 |
Agents Lynn Johnston and Shaye Areheart, publisher Bruce McPherson, and book-fixer David Wilks will explain the ins and outs of the treacherous world of publishing. |
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10:30-12:15 AM TEXTure: A Dialogue about Words and Paint with Joan Snyder and Marilyn Symmes. Hosted by Barbara Redfield Town Hall $20 |
A 2007 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Joan Snyder first gained public attention in the 1970's
with her elegant, abstract "stroke paintings". Often called an autobiographical or confessional artist, her subjects range from the landscape to
love, death, motherhood, sex, and politics. Her paintings, with their exquisite use of color, frequently contain text.
Marilyn Symmes is the Director of the Morse Research Center for Graphic Arts and Curator of Prints & Drawings for Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. |
| 12:15 to 2:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 2:00-3:45 AM The Serious Business of Being Funny Hosted by Abbe Aronson Kleinert/James Arts Center $20 |
There is probably nothing harder than making a book seem effortlessly funny. Three of todays funniest writers sit down to talk about the art of humor. With Shalom Auslander (Foreskin's Lament, Hope: A Tragedy), Greg Olear, (Fathermucker) and Elisa Albert (The Book of Dahlia and How This Night Is Different). |
| 4:00 to 5:45 PM Memoir A-Go-Go Kleinert/James Arts Center Hosted by Martha Frankel $20 |
Memoir is the hottest genre out there today. In this lively discussion we will find out how a writer lays bare his soul, while still keeping his sanity — and his family — in tact. Special guests include Ann Hood, Mark Whitaker and Susan Richards. |
| 6:00 - 8 PM A Farewell To Arms Dinner at Joshua's Café $50 |
Selected readings and a three-course dinner. Inlcudes tax and gratuity. |
| 8:00 - 10 PM Songwriters Concert Kleinert/James Arts Center Hosted by Ken Schneidman $10 |
Fred Gillen Jr. and Matt Turk first began working together informally, having enjoyed each other's music at various events in the Hudson Valley. After some inspiring shows together they decided to team up as Gillen & Turk, delivering pointed, socially conscious songs bolstered by some impressive musicianship. |