November 10, 2005
Talents come to UW for New Yorker tour
Fiction writers Jonathan Franzen and Sherman Alexie are coming to the UW, as well as other authors, cartoonists and critics as part of the New Yorker College Tour, in various locations at the HUB Nov. 15-17.
The tour will feature in-classroom visits by New Yorker writers, editors, and artists; daytime, on-campus programs; and three consecutive evenings of entertainment. Here is a partial list of events:
Nov. 15: Cartoonists will discuss their work at noon; New Yorker staff writer and senior editor Hendrik Hertzberg will speak with UW Political Science Professor Michael McCann at 6 p.m.; and the new film Syriana will be screened at 8 p.m.
Nov. 16: A discussion titled “The Future of Iraq” featuring New Yorker writers Mark Danner and George Packer with Frederick Lorenz, UW lecturer in international studies, at noon; Alexie and Franzen read from and discuss their work at 5 p.m.; and singer-songwriter Stephen Malkmus, formerly of the group Pavement, will speak and perform at the Showbox Theater in Seattle at 8 p.m.
Nov. 17: Stand-up comedy with New Yorker humor contributor and CNN commentator Andy Borowitz at noon; “Writing Funny,” an evening with Andy Borowitz and fellow writers Bruce McCall and David Owen at 6 p.m.; and “Unscripted Comedy and Conversation” with members of the Chicago-based comedy troupe Second City at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $10, and are available through www.ticketswest.com, or at select QFC locations. All events are open to the public on a first come-first seated basis. For more information, visit online at www.newyorkercollegetour.com.
