Event Program
Thalia Book Club: Etgar Keret, Autocorrect
THALIA BOOK CLUB: ETGAR KERET, AUTOCORRECT
TUE, JUN 3
READING
Polar Bear
Translated by Jessica Cohen
Performed by Michael Imperioli
DISCUSSION
Ira Glass and Etgar Keret
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
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Additional books by Etgar Keret are available for purchase at the back of the theater.
There will not be a book signing at this event.
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The Artists (in alphabetical order)
Ira Glass
Ira Glass is the host and creator of the radio program This American Life. The program is heard each week by over 3 million people. Since its creation in 1995, it's won the highest honors for journalistic and broadcasting excellence, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Ira Glass is the host and creator of the radio program This American Life. The program is heard each week by over 3 million people. Since its creation in 1995, it's won the highest honors for journalistic and broadcasting excellence, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret was born in Ramat Gan and now lives in Tel Aviv. A winner of the French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, he is the author of the memoir The Seven Good Years and story collections like Fly Already. His work has been translated into forty-five languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, and The New York Times. Autocorrect was published on May 27th.
Etgar Keret was born in Ramat Gan and now lives in Tel Aviv. A winner of the French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, he is the author of the memoir The Seven Good Years and story collections like Fly Already. His work has been translated into forty-five languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, and The New York Times. Autocorrect was published on May 27th.
Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Perfume Burned His Eyes and Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos. He is best known for his Emmy-winning performance as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos. He also wrote five episodes of the show and was co-screenwriter of the film Summer of Sam directed by Spike Lee. Imperioli has appeared in six of Lee’s films and has also acted in films by Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara, Walter Hill, Peter Jackson, and The Hughes Brothers. His recent film and television credits include One Night in Miami, The White Lotus, This Fool, and Oh Canada. Michael and his wife, Victoria, founded and were artistic directors of the off-Broadway theater Studio Dante, which was dedicated to new works of theater. They are co-owners of the Upper West Side bar and eatery Scarlet Lounge.
Michael Imperioli is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Perfume Burned His Eyes and Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos. He is best known for his Emmy-winning performance as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos. He also wrote five episodes of the show and was co-screenwriter of the film Summer of Sam directed by Spike Lee. Imperioli has appeared in six of Lee’s films and has also acted in films by Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara, Walter Hill, Peter Jackson, and The Hughes Brothers. His recent film and television credits include One Night in Miami, The White Lotus, This Fool, and Oh Canada. Michael and his wife, Victoria, founded and were artistic directors of the off-Broadway theater Studio Dante, which was dedicated to new works of theater. They are co-owners of the Upper West Side bar and eatery Scarlet Lounge.
Translator
Jessica Cohen
Jessica Cohen shared the 2017 Man Booker International Prize with author David Grossman for her translation of A Horse Walks into a Bar. She has translated works by Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan, Ronit Matalon, Nir Baram, and others.
Jessica Cohen shared the 2017 Man Booker International Prize with author David Grossman for her translation of A Horse Walks into a Bar. She has translated works by Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan, Ronit Matalon, Nir Baram, and others.
MORE INFORMATION
The Thalia Book Club is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
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