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Martin Schneider writes:
Longtime readers will know that this blog looks kindly on the noble rock dove, otherwise known as the pigeon.
On Monday, August 18, at 7 pm, McNally Jackson Books hosts a reading by Courtney Humphries, author of Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan and the World.
The book has an amusing cover (click to enlarge):
McNally Jackson Books is located at 52 Prince Street.
Two Months, Two Events: Mouly, Als, Spiegelman
Filed under: Art Spiegelman, books, comics, events, Francoise Mouly, Hilton Als, theater
Martin Schneider writes:
Who was it who said that comic books have recently become Hollywood's R&D department? (It may have been "Everyone.") The remarkable Françoise Mouly has decided—rightly—that the medium can also serve a similar function for children's books, so (as Emily reported in PRINT) she has started an imprint called TOON Books, which puts out comix-inspired books for our youngest readers. (Her true aim may well be to propagate an entire generation of Los Bros Hernandez addicts.) She has enlisted the talents of Dean Haspiel, Jay Lynch, Eleanor Davis, and her husband, Art Spiegelman, to create the books, all of whom will be appearing twelve noon, Saturday, September 6, for a "Special Saturday Storytime" at McNally Jackson Books (note the new name) at 52 Prince Street. (Collectors: leave your Sharpies at home! Nobody present will be signing souvenirs. It's for the kids, you know.)
And if we've now whetted your appetite for events without immediate opportunity for gratification, you can always check out the round table with New Yorker drama critic Hilton Als and Richard Foreman, guiding spirit of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, at Solas (232 E. 9th St.) this Thursday night at 7:30pm. The event is free, as such affairs in summer ought to be.
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From Benjamin Chambers:
Yep, it's been a little over 60 years since the publication of Shirley Jackon's classic story, The Lottery, which first appeared in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker.
In Jackson's honor, the well-known sci-fi editor Ellen Datlow will be hosting a reading of Jackson's work tonight—that's July 23rd—from 7pm- 9pm at KGB Bar in New York City (85 East 4th Street, just off 2nd Ave, upstairs). Because the event is a fundraiser for The Shirley Jackson Awards, there will be a $5 cover charge. A list of authors who will be reading can be found here.
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What to Do in NYC This Weekend? See Kabluey!
Filed under: Kabluey, movies, prizes, Scott Prendergast
It's easy to narrow down the movie options in New York this weekend: Kabluey. It's at Cinema Village. Buy tickets here. See a hilariously melancholy, cautiously life-affirming movie about the unexpected magic a round-blue-headed corporate mascot creates for a scattered military household in chaos, a Thermos-loving man, a big-eyed beauty in a supermarket, a lady-killing boss, and indeed, an entire town--and help a talented first-time feature-filmmaker at the same time. How can you lose? You can't! Every Emdashes reader who goes to see it this weekend will get a treat. Email me on Monday. It's a good one.
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What Is Kabluey? And Why Do You Need It So Much--and So Soon?
Filed under: comedy, events, movies, Scott Prendergast
Kabluey is a spanking new movie, starring Lisa Kudrow, Chris Parnell, Teri Garr, and a powerful man in blue, and written and directed by my funniest friend, Scott Prendergast. It's opening at New York's Cinema Village (22 E. 12th, between 5th and University) on the 4th of July, and it'll run at least a week. I predict longer. Then it opens in a bunch of other places all over the country.
Don't you want to be the first to say you saw the movie of which Rex Reed wrote, "Kabluey" is as wacky and different as its title...A fresh, unique, touching and often hilarious film that is a real summer treat...
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