FREEwilliamsburg: New Yorker Festival Preview

Tickets go on sale August 25. We're looking forward to seeing Steve Martin talking to Earl Scruggs (the king of bluegrass) about the banjo. A big thanks to ProductShop

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
º Malcolm Gladwell on the American Obsession with Precociousness or learning quickly versus learning well | Directors Guild of America | 10AM | $25
º William Finnegan and Raymond W. Kelly Discuss Defending New York City | Times Square Studios | 1pm | $25
º A Conversation with Roger Angell and Ian Frazier interviewed by Mark Singer |
Ailey Studios | 1PM | $25
º A Conversation with Mikhail Baryshnikov interviewed by Joan Acocella | 37 Arts | 1PM | $25
º Panel Discussion on When Reality Fails: Fantasy and invention in fiction with Deborah Treisman (moderator), Martin Amis, Judy Budnitz, A. M. Homes, Stephen King, and George Saunders | Celeste Bartos Forum at The New York Public Library | 10AM | $25
º Panel Discussion on Anarchy and Animation: Cartoon chaos theory with Tad Friend (moderator), The Incredibles director Brad Bird, Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis, and South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone | Directors Guild of America | 1PM | $25
º Panel Discussion on Stage to Studio: When performers produce with Sasha Frere-Jones (moderator), Steve Albini, Ani DiFranco, Ric Ocasek, and the RZA | Times Square Studios | 4PM | $25
º Panel Discussion on Generation X Fashion: Young American designers with Judith Thurman (moderator), Alice Roi, Behnaz Sarafpour, and Tara Subkoff | Ailey Studios | 4PM | $25
º Noah Baumbach and Laura Linney talk with Susan Morrison: How I made my movie | Pavilion Park Slope | 7PM | $20
º Tracy Chapman talks with Dana Goodyear: A Conversation with Music: Songs of love and social justice | Satalla | 7PM | $35
º Tony Ellis, Earl Scruggs, Pete Wernick, and Charles Wood talk with Steve Martin: A Conversation About The great American banjo | Directors Guild of America | 7PM | $35
º Edie Falco talks with Jeffrey Toobin: One tough cookie | Coda | 7PM | $35
º Sleater-Kinney talk with James Surowiecki: A Conversation About The power of three | Newspace | 7PM | $35
Ricky Gervais talks with Nancy Franklin: Office worker | Coda | 10PM | $35
º The Roots talk with Malcolm Gladwell: A Conversation On Grassroots hip-hop | Newspace | 10PM | $35
º Rufus Wainwright talks with Andy Young: A Conversation On The Heart on his sleeve | Satalla | 10PM | $35

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
º Wallace & Gromit—The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: The New Yorker presents a special preview screening of DreamWorks Animation SKG and Aardman Features, with a discussion between Nick Park and Hendrik Hertzberg | Directors Guild of America | 1PM | $5
º Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk: A Salute to the Three Stooges - A Sunday brunch accompanied by clips from classic Three Stooges episodes and a discussion moderated by Adam Green. With Fred Armisen, Mike Cerrone, Gilbert Gottfried, and John Landis | Gallagher’s Steak House | 2PM | $45
º Master Class in the Graphic Novel With Charles Burns and Chris Ware | Condé Nast Auditorium | 1PM | $35
º A Humor Revue With Noah Baumbach, Andy Borowitz, Larry Doyle, Nancy Franklin, Frank Gannon, Anthony Lane, Patricia Marx, Bruce McCall, Rebecca Mead, David Owen, Paul Rudnick, George Saunders, Paul Simms, and Mark Singer. David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, hosts the event | Town Hall | 3PM | $50