May 13, 2009

Chenoweth kicks off free Bryant Park book series

The outdoor Bryant Park Reading Room today kicks off its season of free Word for Word author events with a reading from Tony-winner (and “West Wing” actress) Kristin Chenoweth.

She’ll be in the park today from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. talking about her book “A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages.”

The Bryant Park Reading Room is located on the 42nd Street side of the park under the trees and umbrellas. The rain venue for the season is the Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, located at 20 W. 44th St., between 5th and 6th avenues. All events run from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. and all are sponsored by HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

The Word for Word author schedule for the remainder of 2009:

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Charlie Todd, Creator of Improv Everywhere
Author of Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere
In Conversation with “Edward R. Murrow”

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Dennis Cooper
Latest book Ugly Man
Interviewed by Tony O’Neill author of Down and Out on Murder Mile and former band member with the Brian Jones Massacre

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Christopher Buckley
Author of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir
In conversation with John Tierney from The New York Times

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Journeys Through Fiction with authors: Simon Van Booy, Love Begins in Winter
Binnie Kirshenbaum, The Scenic Route
Hosted by AnneLise Sorensen, Travel Writing Expert, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides and Rough Guides

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monica Ali
Author of In the Kitchen and Brick Lane

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tom Colicchio, Wichcraft

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives by Peter Terzian with contributors: Joshua Ferris, Clifford Chase and Stacey D’Erasmo, Asali Solomon.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Writing New York Panel Discussion
Moderated by Thomas Beller, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood
Joseph O’Neill, Netherland
Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin: A Novel
Jonathan Ames, The Double Life Is Twice as Good: Essays and Fiction
Alice Mattison, Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Greening Gotham
Moderated by Maureen Hackett, Director of Horticulture Bryant Park
Novella Carpenter, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Gabrielle Langholtz, Editor of Edible Manhattan
Tom Szaky, Revolution in a Bottle: How TerraCycle Is Redefining Green Business

Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Frank Delaney, Shannon
Hosted by John Colapinto from The New Yorker

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
New Voices in Fiction
Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
Lydia Peelle, Reasons for Advanced Breathing
Hosted by John Wray from The New York Times Magazine, Lowboy

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
McSweeney’s the Believer Magazine for the book Read Hard: Five Years of Great Writing from the Believer

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Carol Alt, Model, Incorporated
In conversation with Jimmy Bruch, Professional Fashion, Editorial, and Music Photographer

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Graphic Novels and Comics from Every Angle
Moderated by Danny Fingeroth, Rough Guide to Graphic Novels
Chip Kidd, Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp
Heidi MacDonald, Co-editor of PW Comics Week and “The Beat” blog for Publishers Weekly

See the Bryant Park website for other Reading Room events for kids, writers and poetry fans.

May 13, 2009 10:17 AM in Cheap Stuff, Midtown, Sightsology

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