NEWS

Recent News Items

4/22/08	Jonathan Ames to Entertain in Saratoga
4/18/08	Limited Edition Yaddo Broadsides Now Available
4/08/08	Harper Honored for Lifetime Service to Poetry
4/08/08	Yaddo Poet Philip Schultz Wins Pulitzer Prize
4/07/08	Eight Yaddo Artists Among 2008 Guggenheim Winners
2/25/08	Blair Brown Digs Into Yaddo Archive
2/25/08	And the Oscar Goes to ... Yaddo Artist Eva Orner
1/23/08	Yaddo and Music from Copland House Team Up to Present Public Concert
1/22/08	Tamara Jenkins Screenplay Gets Oscar Nod
11/28/07	Tamara Jenkins Film Receives Four Award Nominations
11/15/07	CIA History a National Book Award Winner
10/24/07	Three Yaddo Writers Win Whiting Awards
09/26/07	Painter Joan Snyder a MacArthur Fellow
08/21/07	Rickey Retrospective to Open in Michigan
08/20/07	New York City Opera Opening with Danielpour's Margaret Garner
08/17/07	Yaddo Gardens Receive Beautification Award

Balance of News Archive

05/22/07	Yaddo Annual Report 2006 Available Online
05/10/07	Musical Siblings to Perform at Yaddo
03/15/07	Yaddo Composers Triumph
03/15/07	New Books Examine American Life
03/08/07	Rickey Retrospective on the Move
03/08/07	Currier Wins 2007 Grawemeyer Award
03/01/07	Two Important "Evenings"
12/08/06	Yaddo Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award
10/17/06	Yaddo Welcomes Writer Vince Passaro to Staff
09/25/06	Susan Brynteson and Daron Hagen Elected Lifetime Members
09/20/06	Artist Anna Schuleit is MacArthur Fellow
08/28/06	Tom Piazza Scheduled to Appear on TV Special August 28th
08/10/06	Summer 2006 Newsletter Online
06/15/06	Yaddo Poet Donald Hall is the Nation’s New Poet Laureate
06/15/06	Dublin Prize Awarded to Colm Tóibín
05/24/06	Summer Benefit Set for June 20
04/17/06	Yaddo and Music from Copland House Collaborate to Present Two Concerts
04/06/06	2006 Guggenheim Winners Include Seven Yaddo Artists
12/06/05	Yaddo Author Makes a Plea to Save New Orleans
12/06/05	Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale is Top Independent Spirit Award Nominee
10/31/05	Fall 2005 Newsletter Now Online
10/14/05	Yaddo Authors Among National Book Award Finalists
09/22/05	Novelist Jonathan Lethem Receives MacArthur Fellowship
06/06/05	Musical Based on Yaddo Writer’s Novella Tops List of Winners at 2005 Tony Awards
05/03/05	Popular Humorist David Sedaris to Perform at Yaddo
05/03/05	Yaddo Annual Report 2004 Available Online
04/19/05	New Richard Danielpour/Toni Morrison Opera Premieres May 7 in Detroit
04/15/05	14 Yaddo Artists Receive 2005 Guggenheims
04/14/05	Musical Jukebox on Tap for New York City Benefit
04/05/05	Steven Stucky Concerto Wins Pulitzer Prize
01/31/05	Two Yaddo Authors Nominated for NBCC Awards
01/31/05	Filmmaker Noah Baumbach Wins Two Sundance Awards
12/31/04	ASCAP and Lotte Lehmann Foundation Announce New Song Cycle Competition
12/09/04	Reminder: Application Deadline Changed to January 1
11/30/04	Tsontakis’ Violin Concerto No. 2 Wins $200,000 Grawemeyer Prize
11/18/04	Poet Jean Valentine Wins National Book Award; Four Other Yaddo Authors Nominated
11/18/04	Minneapolis Exhibit Opening Sunday Showcases Painter Beauford Delaney
11/12/04	Mark Winegardner’s The Godfather Returns Continues the Greatest Crime Saga of All Time
10/20/04	Novel Partially Written at Yaddo Wins Booker Prize
10/14/04	Five Yaddo Writers National Book Award Finalists
10/01/04	Sculptor Judy Pfaff Named a 2004 MacArthur Fellow
10/01/04	Former Yaddo President Curtis Harnack Receives Iowa Author Award
08/10/04	Fall 2004 Newsletter Now Online
07/19/04	Yaddo Welcomes New Major Gifts/Special Projects Director
06/24/04	Medal of Freedom Awarded to Yaddo Writer
06/07/04	Tony Award Continues Yaddo Playwright's Winning Streak
05/25/04	Evening of Jazz Music Set at Yaddo July 13
05/06/04	Application Deadline Moved to January 1
05/06/04	Two Yaddo Composers Win Rome Prize Fellowships
05/06/04	Blakelock Painting Finds Temporary Home
04/27/04	Yaddo Artists Prevalent Among Guggenheim Winners
04/08/04	Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Two Yaddo Artists
04/07/04	Yaddo Artist Receives Award from The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
03/24/04	A First For Philip Roth And The Library Of America
03/24/04	In Praise Of The Earth
03/10/04	Yaddo Honored by Preservation Foundation for Stewardship of its Buildings and Grounds
03/10/04	New Lake George Exhibition Features Yaddo Artist’s Work
02/26/04	Composer David Rakowski is 2004-2006 Stoeger Prize Winner
02/18/04	Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation Honors Yaddo for Stewardship and Restoration
02/17/04	Poet Nick Carbó Interview and Reading
02/10/04	Yaddo Writer is a 2004 Grammy Award Winner
02/02/04	Artists Gathering in New York City to Celebrate Work of Jane Mayhall
02/02/04	Albany Symphony Orchestra Revisits Classic Spirituals
01/21/04	Two Yaddo Authors are NBCC Finalists
11/24/03	Yaddo Poet Michael S. Harper Reads His Own Work Online
11/17/03	ASCAP Honoring Yaddo Composer Ned Rorem With a Lifetime Achievement Award December 3
10/15/03	Ellen Burstyn Returning to Broadway in Adaptation of Allan Gurganus Novel
09/08/03	Yaddo Announces New Leadership For Its Second Century
08/15/03	Yaddo Performance Artist David Cale to Perform at Hyde Collection August 22
06/18/03	Collaborative Vera Premieres June 26-27
06/10/03	July 1: Saratoga Summer Benefit
04/18/03	Artists Open Residence to Yaddo Guests
04/11/03	Two Yaddo Writers Win Pulitzer Prizes
04/07/03	Yaddo Playwright Romulus Linney 2003 Honoree at Inge Theatre Festival
03/10/03	Yaddo Photographer Rosenthal To Lecture In Saratoga Springs
02/18/03	PBS's "Independent Lens" Series to Air Kelly Documentary February 25
02/11/03	Allan Gurganus Civil War Novel Premieres as Play in San Diego
02/11/03	Yaddo Writer Mark Winegardner To Create Sequel to The Godfather
01/31/03	NYC Benefit 2003 on February 26
11/05/02	Del Tredici's "Grand Trio" Premiere in NYC
11/01/02	Two Yaddo Writers Win Whiting Awards
10/25/02	Yaddo Novelist Philip Roth Receives Honorary Medal
10/17/02	Caran Hartsfield Wins Gordon Parks Award
09/23/02	Watch Video About Yaddo
09/19/02	"Tambourines And Toreadors" In NYC
09/14/02	Mansion Work Continues
08/30/02	Fall 2002 Newsletter Online
05/30/02	Filmmaker Nancy Kelly: Downside UP (Update)
05/20/02	June 27: 2002 Yaddo Summer Benefit
05/15/02	Poet Carl Dennis Wins Pulitzer
04/22/02	Photographer Mel Rosenthal: NYC Exhibit (Update)
03/18/02	April 20: Variations 2002 in Manhattan
12/17/01	Yaddo Poet Edits 9/11 Inspired Anthology
11/16/01	Composer Anne LeBaron's Work Featured on PBS Documentary
11/15/01	Yaddo Writer Wins National Book Award
10/23/01	Yaddo Newsletter Now Online
10/04/01	Yaddo Writer Jonathan Lethem To Read From Award-Winning Novel At Saratoga Springs Barnes & Noble
09/20/01	New Film Based On Yaddo Writer's Book
09/18/01	Pulitzer-Winning Poetry From Yaddo
09/06/01	Yaddo Filmmaker Wins Emmy Award
07/18/01	Matt Witten Previews Latest Mystery At Saratoga Reading In Honor Of Yaddo
07/12/01	Saratoga Summer Benefit
06/07/01	Liebermann Wins Inaugural Composers Invitational
05/18/01	Mel Rosenthal Book Signing
04/03/01	New Film About Tobias Schneebaum
03/30/01	Yaddo Benefit Highlights Artists' Work
08/01/00	Saratoga Chamber Music Festival and Pianist Stephen Hough to Present "The Romantics"
06/17/00	Trisha Brown Dance Company to Offer Two Free Concerts at Skidmore College - Evening Performance Dedicated to Yaddo
04/14/00	Friendships In Arcadia: Writers And Artists At Yaddo In The Nineties
04/14/00	Concerts Honor Yaddo Composers On Centenary Of Artists' Community
04/13/00	Yaddo Announces A New President
03/01/00	Yaddo Centennial: A Century Of Creativity In America
10/22/99	Governor Pataki Announces Recipients Of 1999 Governor's Arts Awards
07/19/99	New York Public Library Acquires Yaddo's Archives

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