Page Hall,
Albany
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (UK/Italy, 1966, 111 minutes, color) Based on a story by Argentine fiction writer Julio Cortázar (1914-1984), one of the most admired and innovative short story w...
Watervliet literary arts events
Film: Blow-Up
Friday, Nov 21
7:30p
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Tuesday, Mar 24
7:30p
UAlbany Performing Arts Center,
Albany
This Literature to Life work by American Place Theatre is a verbatim adaptation of Harriet Jacobs’ book...
County of Kings by Lemon Andersen
Thursday, Nov 13
7:30p
UAlbany Performing Arts Center,
Albany
Originally developed and directed by Elise Thoron, American Place Theatre took Lemon's life story and adapted it into a solo play now performed by Michael Angel Viera...
Richard Norton Smith -- Keynote Lecture
Thursday, Nov 20
7:30p
Page Hall,
Albany
Richard Norton Smith will deliver the keynote lecture for the Researching New York 2014 conference on his new book, On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller...
Jon Katz
Sunday, Nov 16
12:00p
Market Block Books,
Troy
The author signs his most recent books - "Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion"; "The Second-Chance Dog: A Love Story"; and "Dancing Dogs: Stories" - as part of the...
Film: Great Expectations
Friday, Nov 14
7:30p
Page Hall,
Albany
Directed by David Lean | United Kingdom, 1946, 118 minutes, b/w Widely regarded as one of the best translations of literature to the screen, David Lean’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel ...
Joseph O'Neill -- Reading
Tuesday, Dec 2
8:00p
SUNY Albany Assembly Hall,
Albany
Joseph O’Neill received the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Netherland, the story of a multiracial group of immigrant cricket players living in New York...
Eric Devine
Saturday, Nov 15
11:00a
Market Block Books,
Troy
The local young adult author signs his new novel "Press Play."
1971, The Film, with Johanna Hamilton and Betty Medsger
Friday, Dec 5
7:00p
Page Hall,
Albany
Film director Johanna Hamilton and book author Betty Medsger will discuss their 2014 documentary, "1971," following the film screening...
Peg Spain Murtagh and Coleen Paratore
Saturday, Nov 22
11:00a
Market Block Books,
Troy
The local authors sign their new memoir "Writing It Right: A Year of Writing Together."
Richard Norton Smith -- Conversation
Thursday, Nov 20
4:15p
Standish Room, Science Library,
Albany
Richard Norton Smith will deliver the keynote lecture for the Researching New York 2014 conference on his new book, On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller...
Joseph O'Neill -- Seminar
Tuesday, Dec 2
4:15p
Standish Room, Science Library,
Albany
Joseph O’Neill received the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Netherland, the story of a multiracial group of immigrant cricket players living in New York...
Susan Pinker -- Seminar
Tuesday, Nov 18
7:00p
Standish Room, Science Library,
Albany
Susan Pinker, developmental psychologist and science writer, is the author of The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter...
Susan Pinker -- Reading
Tuesday, Nov 18
8:00p
Standish Room, Science Library,
Albany
Susan Pinker, developmental psychologist and science writer, is the author of The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter...
Carlo DeVito
Sunday, Nov 16
2:00p
The author signs his book "Inventing Scrooge: The Incredible True Story Behind Charles Dickens' Legendary 'A Christmas Carol.'"
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