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Stephen Sondheim, A Life in the Theatre – An interview with KCRW’s Michael Silverblatt

David Anaxagoras — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:11:37 +0000

The greatest Broadway composer and lyricist of his generation, Stephen Sondheim is the true heir to such Broadway masters as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, and Irving Berlin. After his first big break for West Side Story, Sondheim went on to revolutionize musical theater with intricate and emotionally complex works including A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods. KCRW’s “Bookworm” creator and host Michael Silverblatt will join Sondheim on stage for an engaging discussion of the renowned composer’s storied career and his approach to the craft. Don’t miss this rare speaking engagement in celebration of the American master’s 80th birthday.

David Sedaris

David Anaxagoras — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:25:54 +0000

David Sedaris, one of America’s superlative humorists, returns for an evening of consummate storytelling, incisive social critique, tall tales of odd jobs and humiliating family anecdotes. Sedaris’ annual appearances at Royce Hall have become a staple for culture lovers, literature hounds and anyone who enjoys sardonic wit delivered with laser precision from a modern master of language. The best-selling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked and When You are Engulfed in Flames charmed audiences in his most recent appearance with excerpts from his work-in-progress titled A Modest Bestiary.

UCI Author Series: Aimee Bender on "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel" and Glen David Gold on "Sunnyside"

David Anaxagoras — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:24:06 +0000

Introduced by T. Jefferson Parker

The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse.

On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the cake. She discovers this gift to her horror, for her mother—her cheerful, good-with-crafts, can-do mother—tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes a peril and a threat to Rose.

The curse her gift has bestowed is the secret knowledge all families keep hidden—her mother’s life outside the home, her father’s detachment, her brother’s clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up she learns to harness her gift and becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a luminous t…

WGF Writers on Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

David Anaxagoras — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:17:40 +0000

UPDATE: This event is sold out. According to the WGF Web site, “Tickets may be available via Wait List the night of each event. You must show up to get on the Wait List, and seating is not guaranteed.”

From the web site:

The Writers Guild Foundation Presents

SCI-FI and FANTASY – Writers On Genre
Wednesday, July 22
At the WGA – 7000 W 3rd St, 90048

John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory); Michael Goldenberg (Contact, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and more to come, divulge the secrets of penning imagined worlds for the big screen.

Tix:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/71310

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Writer’s Guild Foundation: Writing for Television 2009 — What You Need to Know

David Anaxagoras — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:20:47 +0000

I don’t know if this is worth the >$100 ticket. From the Web site:

“Television is, famously, a writer’s medium. And some of the best writers working today are active in television. So what do you need to know to succeed in the business today? Multiple panels of prominent television writers will discuss this and many other themes in this intensive one-day seminar.

Breakout groups will allow participants to discuss elements of television writing in small groups with an experienced writer or screenwriting professor as leader. This is a unique opportunity to learn from the best. A must for beginning and mid-level writers alike.”