A Night of Words & Music
Auditorium, United Way Building 60 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesA NIGHT OF WORDS AND MUSIC with Zara Phillips, Richard Thompson, and Warren Zanes. An intimate, limited-capacity evening featuring three musicians who write songs and prose. Zara Phillips, Richard Thompson, and Warren Zanes, all of whom share a connection to Montclair, will take turns reading from their written work and performing a few of their songs. While some words become ...
Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival Pass 2019
Great way to support Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival with the Festival Pass 2019! Price $210 per person The Festival Pass for Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival 2019 gives you entry to all ticketed festival events and a chance to meet authors at the festival party. The pass also includes a book for each book talk event, VIP venue access and preferential ...
The Sopranos Sessions with TV Critic Alan Sepinwall
The Annex 22 Frink St, Montclair, NJ, United StatesTo celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show's debut, two renowned television critics have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, essays, and interviews about the seminal series. The Sopranos Sessions is the ultimate insider’s guide to the groundbreaking series that changed television history. Tonight, author Alan Sepinwall talks with Dalton Ross, Executive Editor of Entertainment Weekly, ...
Perfect with Max Amato
Montclair Art Museum, Geyer Studio 3 South Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesWhat is perfect for you? For a finicky eraser, “perfect” is making sure the book pages stay stark white. For a fun-loving pencil, “perfect” is making a squiggly mess. By doing what they each do best, can this imperfect pair become perfect pals? With each turn of the page comes a new mistake… and a new opportunity to turn it ...
Pop-Up Book Making with Gwen Charles
Montclair Art Museum, Geyer Studio 3 South Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesInspired by colorful pop-up books, families will be guided to create their own paper pop-up book combining bold imagery and the written word. Explore various techniques for a cut-paper three-dimensional pop-up, incorporating silhouettes and collage to bring your own creative story to life in this fun workshop. Families may also bring photographs to tell a personal story of a shared ...
Introduction to Comics and Graphic Novels with Kristen Gudsnuk.
Montclair Art Museum, Geyer Studio 3 South Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesWhen 7th grader Danny needs a new best friend, she draws Madison, the most amazing, perfect, and awesome best friend ever. Graphic novelist Kristen Gudsnuk, author of Making Friends, uses Danny’s story to introduce the basic visual storytelling tools of comics and graphic novels. Students will learn to use word balloons and complex facial emotions in comics, as well as ...
Sigrid Nunez: The Friend
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesSigrid Nunez and her editor Sarah McGrath discuss her National Book Award winning novel, a moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. Find out why, 8 books later, The Friend made Nunez an overnight literary sensation. “The intensity and elegance of The Friend mean two things: you cannot put it down and you will cry. In a novel ...
Kaddish.com: Nathan Englander in Conversation
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesIn Nathan Englander’s latest novel, when Larry’s father dies, he turns to the website kaddish.com for help reciting the Jewish prayer for the dead. The celebrated Pulitzer finalist and prize-winning author of Dinner at the Center of the Earth, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank etc. talks with novelist Julie Orringer (The Flight Portfolio) about his satirical tale of atonement, spiritual redemption, and the temptations of the internet. ...
An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesWe are excited to welcome the universally acclaimed New Jersey novelist Joyce Carol Oates to Montclair for a conversation with artist and author Jonathan Santlofer about her latest work, including the dystopian tale of resistance, Hazards of Time Travel. The two writers will also discuss their respective memoirs of love, loss, and self-discovery: A Widow's Story and The Widower's Notebook, exploring how they each responded to the loss of ...
Festival Party: Meet the Authors
The Guild Room, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesJoin festival authors and supporters for jazz, drinks and light refreshments to celebrate the third Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival. Round off the day in style while supporting Succeed2gether’s important work to close the education achievement gap. Tickets $40 All sales are final - there are no refunds.
The Writers Circle: Creating Characters that Live Beyond the Page.
Succeed2gether Offices 11 Pine St, Montclair, NJ, United StatesDo your characters talk to you while you’re taking a shower? Do they wake you up in the middle of the night with their own ideas and emotions? If you want to create rich, layered characters who walk through your plot in ways even you can’t anticipate, this workshop will help you. Take a deep dive into the minds of ...
Memoir: Telling Personal Stories Without Being Disowned By Friends and Family.
Succeed2gether Offices 11 Pine St, Montclair, NJ, United StatesMemoir and essay writers tell unvarnished personal stories that brush up against the stories of their loved ones. But what happens when your friends and family members don't want to be included? When they remember things differently? Is it possible for you to keep the peace but still tell your truth? In this 1.5-hour workshop, we'll talk about the unreliability ...