Posts Tagged ‘reading’

And Slowly Read, And Dream of the Soft Look

“Poetry and the Creative Mind,” the eighth annual benefit for the Academy of American Poets held at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 20, provided a rare evening devoted to poetry read by an array of celebrities, including Meryl Streep, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Julian Schnabel, Alan Cumming,...

April 21st, 2010 | Appearances, Causes & Charity | Read More

A Night to Celebrate Reading with Gabriel Byrne

The PTA of Public School 8, The Robert Fulton School, is sponsoring its first annual “Night to Celebrate Reading,” with special guest Gabriel Byrne, on Thursday, November 19, 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Umbrage Gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Check out the official website for the list of authors...

November 17th, 2009 | Appearances | Read More

“Violets are Blue…”

According to Time Out New York, here is what we learned from Gabriel Byrne at last night’s New Yorker Speakeasy: “When actor Gabriel Byrne was 18, he wrote a valentine (two, actually) to a girl in his class with the shiniest hair and the shortest miniskirts. It went something like, “Violets...

February 15th, 2009 | Appearances | Read More

UPDATED: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with GB!

From The New Yorker (read the entire article here): …Inspired by the magazine’s Prohibition-era column “Speakeasy Nights”, these cabaret-style evenings will feature readings, talks, live music, and other diversions; good fun in hard times. Our first Speakeasy will be called “Love...

January 27th, 2009 | Appearances | Read More