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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
OPENING
PARTY AND EARLY BUYING
6:00-8:00pm - $25
Enjoy fine wines and hors d’ouevres
with fellow bibliophiles as the anticipation builds for the opening
of the third annual Festival of Books - the biggest and best yet. There's a rush
of excitement as buyers head up to the book loft to get first pick
of the astonishing collection of over 13,000 gently used books.
Book loft opens
at 7pm -
please no early birds!
Tickets available at the door or
click here to buy now
and avoid the line.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
BOOKS ON THE WALL: RECENT POLAROIDS BY BUZZ SPECTOR
Gallery Talk and Reception with the Artist
3:00-5:00pm - Free
Artist Buzz Spector has
worked with the book as subject and object in his art for more than twenty
years. Spector has made drawings, collages, installations, and photographs that
engage the book in relation to individual memory and the library in relation to
public history.
This exhibition features Spector's
recent
large format (20" X 24") Polaroids including an image of his 2007
installation project, "Big Red C," (detail, left) staged at Cornell's
Architecture, Art & Planning facility in New York, featured a book structure
composed entirely of volumes written by Cornell faculty, staff, and students.
The artist will lead gallery
visitors through the exhibition with his always engaging and witty commentary. A
reception follows.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
BACKSTORY
IN BLUE: ELLINGTON AT NEWPORT '56
A Conversation with Music with Author John Fass Morton
6:00pm - Free
Join actor turned author John Fass
Morton for a reading with music and a fascinating look behind the scenes at the
1956 Newport Jazz Festival - an epic moment in American cultural history. A
must-see for jazz fans. Click here to
read a review
of "Backstory in Blue" from Metroland.
". . .Great art deserves
exhaustive studies. The polyglot nature of American culture is often difficult
to study strand by strand, but Morton’s book not only does an admirable job of
untwining the many threads that led to Ellington’s Newport triumph but also
reminds us that music like this is important enough to warrant such a scholarly
examination as this one." - Metroland, 8/28/08
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Savor the bounty of the Columbia County harvest at a gala dinner honoring the many talented authors participating in this year's Festival of Books including special guests Russell Banks, Mary Gordon, and Lily Tuck. Cocktails will be served at the "Temple" a charming architectural folly nestled in a woodland grove in Spencertown. Guests will then stroll down a country land to a barn magically transformed by Phillip Haight and his design crew from Fiori LTD in NYC. A sumptuous harvest dinner follows prepared from the best locally grown produce and artisinal food by let's eat! the Academy's all-star volunteer catering team.
$125 BEST SELLER
If you were there last year, you know this is one party you don't
want to miss! Seating
is limited to 100 guests. Please reserve early. Call 518.392.3693.
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