william kennedy

Albany’s great Man of Letters, William Kennedy, just turned 95. That’s worth celebrating. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and a MacArthur “genius grant,” -- and, thankfully, the guy is still writing.

As part of a public art performance, William Kennedy’s classic novel “Ironweed” is being re-typed line by line this week in the author’s home city of…

Albany author William Kennedy was honored Wednesday at City Hall on the occasion of his 90th birthday. "I'm Paul Grondahl, the Director of the New York…

The New York State Writers Institute’s Telling the Truth in a Post-Truth World is a multi-day forum which will explore timely topics critical to an open…

The New York State Writers Institute will present a 30th Anniversary Screening of the film, Ironweed, tomorrow night at UAlbany's Page Hall.Adapted for…

One of William Kennedy's acclaimed novels has been transformed into an amazing opera. Roscoe: An American Grand Opera is tragic, comic, and poignant and…

The Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake is presenting the world premiere production of a new opera by composer Evan Mack and librettist Joshua McGuire…

Act one of award-winning opera composer Evan Mack's new work Roscoe will be part of Opera Saratoga's 2014 summer festival. The opera is based on the novel…