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“Do you want to eat at El Bulli in eight days?”
— Subject line from an email I just received
Do you want to go behind the scenes at elBulli with chef Ferran Adrià, Lisa Abend (author of The Sorcerer’s Apprentices, a book about elBulli’s apprentice chefs) and Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker?
With 50 speakers currently scheduled to present, the line-up is interesting. It includes Dan Lewis, Director of New Media Communications at Sesame Street, explaining why Sesame Street tweets and author Saul Colt (”Mayor of Twitter”) giving a presentation titled: Making Love to your Customers. Check out the full schedule of presentations here.
Sparksheet is currently giving away a few tickets to the event; the winners will be chosen by raffle on Wednesday, December 1.
Friends, if you ever get the chance to hang out with Salman Rushdie, say yes! Even if “hang out” really means “see him read at the 92nd St. Y from his new book Luka and the Fire of Life on Monday night thanks to Bailey over at paperback girl.
Given that Sir Salman is one of the greatest writers on the planet, he doesn’t have to be entertaining in person. He could totally just phone in some well-crafted platitudes. And I’d still clap on command because the work speaks for itself! He had a fatwa against him! But instead he is funny. And full of surprises. Like: he’s solved Super Mario Brothers! (Years ago, to bond with his oldest son.) He’s not into reincarnation. (“Once is enough!”) And he sees Kansas as an example of “natural selection in reverse.” (He was referring to this.)
This man saved Princess Toadstool.
Skibinskipedia (B Dean Skibinski, a designer, writer, and critic based in New York) is our Tumblr Tuesday Recommendation. It’s great to have a fan like you!
Salman Rushdie Says “Harry Potter” Series Needs Editing | NBC New York“The long books started to have long passages that any editor would normally have the courage to cut,” Rushdie explained to NYU Journalism professor and novelist Suketu Mehta on stage.
For example, a tiresome section may start off with Harry saying “what should we do?” and then Ron piping in, “I don’t know, let’s ask Hermione,” after which Hermione exclaims “I don’t know” and turning back to Harry and continuing a conversation a bit too long.
That’s The New Yorker on our free, Fridays at Noon dance performances. Check them out yourself.“The laid-back atmosphere at these free showings at the 92nd Street Y seems to bring out the best in new work.”
“There’s nothing more beautiful in the material world than the book.”
— Patti Smith, in her National Book Award acceptance speech.
Yay! Patti returns to 92Y in January for a special solo event. Can’t wait.
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Julian Schnabel last night at 92Y (via @mattbish)
