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
2012 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Individual Events Are Now on Sale!
Full-Festival Passes | Mail Order Tickets
Tickets can also be purchased at the Golden Notebook
Individual Events Are Now on Sale!
Full-Festival Passes | Mail Order Tickets
Tickets can also be purchased at the Golden Notebook
Tickets will also be available at the door for each event. All sales are final. Tickets are transferable, but only refundable at 75% until April 5. After that they will be put into a scholarship pool and given to students. Your paypal receipt is your ticket, but your name will also be on a list at the door. All programs are subject to change.
| Thursday, April 19, 2012 | |
| 7:00 - 10:00 PM Rock 'n' Roll Story Slam Oriole 9 17 Tinker Street Hosted by TMI's Julie Novak $5 SOLD OUT! |
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!
Judges: Legendary songwriter Johanna Hall, Photographer Catherine Sebastian and Woodstock Festival promoter Michael Lang.
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| Friday, April 20, 2012 | |
| 9:00 - 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.
ALL WORKSHOPS ARE SOLD OUT! |
| 3:30 - 5:30 PM Writing and the Art of Resilience Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Moderated by Gail Straub $25 Tickets are available at the door. |
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 17 Tinker Street $50 Tickets are available at the door. |
Enjoy a three-course dinner with the authors. Tax and gratuity included. Sponsored by Inkubate |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM Occupy Albany An Evening with William Kennedy Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Hosted by Barbara Redfield Q & A with WAMC's Joe Donahue $35 Tickets are available at the door. |
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 - 10:15 AM Breakfast at Joshua's Café 51 Tinker Street with Bar Scott & Abigail Thomas $25 ($30 at the door) |
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 - 12:15 PM Politics & Pop Culture Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Moderated by Larry Beinhart $20 ($25 at the door) |
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.
Presented by Inkubate |
| 12:15 - 2:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 2:00 - 3:45 PM Poetry and Politics Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Moderated by Gretchen Primack $15 ($20 at the door) |
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 John Murillo will tackle in this discussion. We'll also get to hear them read their powerful poems. |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM The Art and Craft Of Songwriting Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Moderated by Johanna Hall $20 ($25 at the door) |
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.
Presented by White Leaf Entertainment |
| 5:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner at Oriole 9 17 Tinker Street $50 |
Enjoy a three-course dinner with the authors. Tax and gratuity included. Sponsored by Inkubate |
| 7:30 PM Meet-and-Greet the Author 8:30 PM Occupy Your Heart An Evening with Augusten Burroughs Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker Street Hosted by Jonathan Van Meter $59/$35/$12 ($65/$40/$15 at the door) |
$59 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 Shorts: Sweet, Savory & Spicy Breakfast at Joshua's Café 51 Tinker Street with Carey Harrison and Janus Adams $25 ($30 at the door) |
Shorts: Sweet, Savory and Spicy! A selection of delectable American short stories, read by some of the great voices of today. Come have a laugh and a latte along with your scrumptious breakfast... |
| 10:30 - 12:15 AM Agents & Publishers Panel Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Moderated by Barry Samuels $15 ($20 at the door) |
Agent Lynn Johnston publisher Bruce McPherson, and book-fixer David Wilk 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 Town Hall 76 Tinker Street Hosted by Barbara Redfield $20 ($25 at the door) |
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 - 2:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 2:00 - 3:45 AM The Serious Business of Being Funny Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Hosted by Abbe Aronson $25 ($30 at the door) |
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 - 5:45 PM Memoir A-Go-Go Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street Hosted by Martha Frankel $25 ($30 at the door) |
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 - 8:00 PM A Farewell To Arms Dinner at Joshua's Café 51 Tinker Street $50 |
A three-course dinner. Includes tax and gratuity. |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM Songwriters Concert Kleinert/James Arts Center 34 Tinker Street 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. |