Wednesday, September 05, 2012

The New Yorker Festival

THE NEW YORKER FESTIVAL OCTOBER 5-7/2012

A truly impressive programme:

Friday October 5
FICTION NIGHT / DISCUSSIONS AMONG WRITERS
Money
With Martin Amis, John Lanchester, and Zadie Smith.
Moderated by Deborah Treisman.
7 P.M. Directors Guild Theatre • 110 West 57th Street ($30)
Utopia / Dystopia
With Margaret Atwood, Jennifer Egan, and George Saunders.
Moderated by Daniel Zalewski.
7 P.M. Gramercy Theatre • 127 East 23rd Street ($30)
Cities
With Aleksandar Hemon, Hisham Matar, Colum McCann, and Orhan Pamuk.
Moderated by Willing Davidson.
7 P.M. MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre 1 • 333 West 23rd Street ($30)
Faith
With Chris Adrian, Nathan Englander, and Marilynne Robinson.
Moderated by Cressida Leyshon.
7 P.M. MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre 2 • 333 West 23rd Street ($30)
Love and Marriage
With Julian Barnes, Junot Díaz, and Lorrie Moore.
Moderated by Leo Carey.
9:30 P.M. Directors Guild Theatre • 110 West 57th Street ($30)
The Old Country
With Jonathan Safran Foer, Téa Obreht, and Gary Shteyngart.
Moderated by Adam Gopnik.
9:30 P.M. MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre 1 • 333 West 23rd Street ($30)
Crisis
With Louise Erdrich, Joyce Carol Oates, and Paul Theroux.
Moderated by Peter Canby.
9:30 P.M. MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre 2 • 333 West 23rd Street ($30)
CONVERSATIONS WITH MUSIC
Norah Jones talks with Sasha Frere-Jones
Pop balladeer.
10 P.M. Acura at SIR Stage37 • 508 West 37th Street ($35)
Punch Brothers talk with Alec Wilkinson
Radical bluegrass.
10 P.M. Gramercy Theatre • 127 East 23rd Street ($35)
TALES OUT OF SCHOOL 4 / A NEW YORKER NIGHT WITH THE MOTH
The Moth once again teams up with The New Yorker for an evening of stories about life at the magazine. With Lauren Collins, Anthony Lane, Rebecca Mead, Nicholas Schmidle, and Lawrence Wright.
Hosted by Andy Borowitz.
6 P.M. Acura at SIR Stage37 • 508 West 37th Street ($50)

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