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Random Acts of Life On Stage October 3New York, NY (September 24, 2012) – Authors Peter Cameron and A.M. Homes and visual artist Anna Schuleit will address the theme “Random Acts of Life” in the newest installment of Yaddo’s collaboration with Amanda Stern’s highly acclaimed The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series. This October 3 program will take place in The Ace Hotel’s popular Liberty Hall, which is located at 20 West 29th Street in New York City. Joining the Yaddo artists on stage will be musical guest Jennifer O’Connor and Michael Arthur, who will produce “live” drawings in pen and ink throughout the evening. Plus, master mixologist Eben Klemm is creating a specialty drink just for the occasion, the perfect accompaniment to a menu catered by The Breslin. Last year, Yaddo and Stern, a novelist and Yaddo guest artist, entered into a partnership to produce a series of shows in New York City to feature both established and emerging artists associated with Yaddo. Cameron is the author of the novels Coral Glynn, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, Andorra, and The City of Your Final Destination. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Grand Street, and The Paris Review. Homes’s newest novel, May We Be Forgiven, has just been released. She also is the author of the memoir The Mistress’s Daughter; the novels This Book Will Change Your Life, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack; the story collections The Safety of Objects and Things You Should Know; and the travel book Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill. Homes has published fiction and essays in The New Yorker, Granta, Harpers, McSweeney’s, One Story, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair. Schuleit recently created a set design at New York Live Arts for Ivy Baldwin Dance,based on her line drawings, and completed a project for Smart Urban Stage in Berlin that interpreted the city of the future. Next year, she will be part of a North Pole expedition, where she will test a new drawing method using eye-tracking devices. Musical guest O’Connor is a Brooklyn singer, songwriter, and record label owner. Multiple songs from her most recent album, I Want What You Want, have been featured on the television shows Parenthood and Private Practice and in the film Think Like a Man. Tickets for the performance are $15. Cocktails will begin at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 8 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.  Michael Arthur, Peter Cameron, Jennifer O'Connor, Anna Schuleit, A.M. Homes |
