A free public arts festival conceived by MOMA PS1 and Patti Smith celebrates the reopening of Fort Tilden.
Read More...‘Rockaway!’ opens at Fort Tilden–Sunday, June 29
‘Lunch Poems’ Reading–June 11
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Frank O’Hara’s famed book of poetry, Justin Vivian Bond, Hettie Jones, Edmund Berrigan, Peter Schjeldahl, and dozens of other writers will read the entire collection at Saint Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery.
Read More...Opening Night of PEN World Voices Festival
The 10th annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature kicked off Monday night to a packed audience with an evening of provocative and stirring talks by world famous authors, including Salman Rushdie, Noam Chomsky and Sofi Oksanen. Held in Cooper Union’s Great Hall, the same venue Lincoln gave his famous “right makes might” anti-slavery address, one could sense some of the same momentous urgency in the air.
Read More...PEN World Voices Festival
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature returns April 28-May 4, 2014. The festival will host a week-long series of readings, debates, performances, and workshops with more than 100 celebrated writers from 30 nations.
Read More...William S. Burroughs Centenary Celebration
To celebrate what would have been William S. Burroughs’ 100th birthday this year, the WSB100 festival continues through the end of April with original performances, films, readings, panels, and world premiere tributes in honor of the legendary writer and troublemaker.
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