Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Ira Glass to appear in SLC

Interesting:

Radio Producer & Host, This American Life

Public Appearances 2007 & 2008

Saturday, September 15, 2007 – University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA.

Saturday, September 29, 2007 – DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. Contact:www.wvpe.org

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 – Barnes & Noble 1630 Sherman Ave. Evanston, IL 60201 – 7PM reading from new book “The New Kings of Non-Fiction.”

Sunday, October 7, 2007 – New Hope Church in Clackamas, OR (near Portland, OR), presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting. 7PM onstage interview of Ira Glass For info call 503-293-1963 or www.opb.org

Saturday, October 13, 2007 – Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth , NH

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 – Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland, OH Evening onstage “performance” of a live-scored monologue by David Rakoff & Ira Glass followed by onstage interview with host.

Saturday, November 3, 2007 – Chico, CA . Chico State University.

Sunday, November 4, 2007 – Santa Barbara, CA. UC Santa Barbara . 4PM Lecture

Saturday, December 1, 2007 – Scottsdale, AZ. Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

Sunday, December 2, 2007 – Salt Lake City , UT. 2PM talk at Kingsbury Hall, SLC.

(Ira Glass ★ Steven Barclay Agency)

Last year I recall ranting at Middlebrow about how much I really disliked Glass's halting style. I think I called him an "affected prick."

Oh my.

I've now recant that position and feel that his style is less affectation and more authentic. I don't know what has spurred this change of opinion.

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Friday, March 02, 2007

SLC Haiku Bar Reviews: Tavernacle

What was that song they
Just made me sing? Please, not “Pour
Some Sugar on Me!”

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