Events
March - May 2009
Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 at 7pm: Brooklyn Independents: Graphic New York
Graphic novelists Ben Katchor, Dan Goldman and Youme Landowne explore New York City through their work.
Central Library, Dweck Center, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY tel. 718.230.2100
April 22, 2009, 7pm: Reading, Die Vattenfall Lesetage – das Hamburger Literaturfestival, Hamburg, Germany
April 27, 2009: Ben Katchor: "Halftone Printing in the Yiddish Press and Other Objects of Idol Worship"
Talk in English with overheads, discussion with the artist led by Jens Balzer
In his talk, Ben Katchor elucidates the interdependency between the ostracism of idols in Jewish culture and modern printing and reproduction technology in the Jewish press of the 20th century. This is also the theme explored in his book "The Jew of New York" to come out in German published by avant-verlag in March 2009. Ben Katchor’s attention is focused on secondary information, on details. His sketched world creates a subtle shift that makes it a surreal but nonetheless familiar place.
When: 27 April 2009, 7 pm
Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free
Organized in cooperation with avant-verlag.
Jewish Museum of Berlin, Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin
Info: +49 (0)30 259 93 300
Fax: +49 (0)30 259 93 409
General: info@jmberlin.de
New York Public Library - Cullman Center presents
A Check-room Romance by Ben Katchor And Mark Mulcahy
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 7pm
The tale of one man's casual obsession with the architecture and culture of coat checkrooms
In this new, musical tragicomedy by cartoonist and former Cullman Center Fellow Ben Katchor and composer, musician and vocalist Mark Mulcahy, one man's casual obsession with the architecture and culture of coat checkrooms ensnares him in a desperate struggle between employment agents, maitre 'ds, lovesick podiatrists, low-budget contractors, and paraphilic playboys.
A Check-Room Romance was commissioned by the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
Tickets on Sale to Library Donors on February 12 and to the General Public on February 17!