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Sister Helen Prejean joins us for a conversation 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. Ask questions in our chat while
@PaulGrondahl
talks w the activist and author of "Dead Man Walking."
I’m deeply saddened to hear that Justice Ginsburg has passed away. She was a trailblazer in the truest sense. I will always treasure the time I spent with her when the Kennedy Center performed the opera of Dead Man Walking a few years ago. Our nation is the poorer for her loss.
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@cusslerOFFICIAL
Clive Cussler leaves a legacy of 85 books, more than 100 million copies sold, and at least 100 vintage cars in his museum in Arvada, Colo. A life lived. May he rest in peace.
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EVENT: Join us for "Telling the Truth 2022," addressing attacks on truth, free speech, a free press, and the First Amendment, misinformation, and ongoing threats to our democracy. Friday, Oct. 28.
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Happy birthday to the late Hunter S. Thompson, born
#OTD
in 1937. Watch a video of him talking with William Kennedy in 1997, when evidently it was ok to smoke and drink in our office.
#huntersthompson
#fearandloathing
#gonzo
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EVENT: Melissa DeRosa discussing her book, What's Left Unsaid, 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. 25. Registration required. Event details:
@melissadderosa
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"Writing & Talking About Race" with John McWhorter and Thomas Chatterton Williams. 7 pm tonight. A NYS Summer Writers Institute event, free and online.
@thomaschattwill
@JohnHMcWhorter
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Just confirmed: Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will be coming to the Albany Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29,
@ualbany
. Her upcoming book (Sept. 18) seems ... timely: "Leadership in Turbulent Times."
@DorisKGoodwin
#albanybookfestival
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Meet
@mhuberNY
our new communications specialist. Mike worked
@timesunion
He's an alum, teaches
@ualbany
@UAlbanyNews
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Is this the first time a
@ualbany
grad stood on the
#oscars
stage? Proud of you
@awkwafina
,
@nyswi
friend and former
@timesunion
intern
@ualbanyalumni
@Tablehopping
@AmyBiancolli
@PaulGrondahl
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Mark your calendars: Our inaugural Albany Book Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, in the University at Albany's new Campus Center expansion. Much more info to come...
@nyswi
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyOPE
@PaulGrondahl
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So who's coming to the Albany Book Festival Sept. 28-29
@ualbany
?? Not enough characters in Twitter to list them all! Complete schedule of authors and panels just released. Go to
#albanybookfestival
#retweetifyoulovebooks
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Rousing applause as
@PaulGrondahl
introduces
@DanRather
at
@ualbany
tonight.
@mhuberNY
@discoveralbany
@UAlbanyNews
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What an honor! Thank you to the
@ualbany
and President Havidán Rodríguez for recognizing the NYS Writers Institute today with a President's Award for Exemplary Public Engagement.
@HavidanUAlbany
#itsonlymonday
#moretocome
#albanybookfestival
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See you here at
@ualbany
Tuesday for this special event with
@rgay
and
@debbiemillman
and moderator
@JoeCDonahue
.
#conversation
@ualbanyalumni
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The NYS Writers Institute proudly announces Jacqueline Woodson has been named the new State Author and Patricia Spears Jones the new State Poet. Ceremony to take place Friday, Sept. 22, at
@ualbany
.
@JackieWoodson
@pksjones1
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Cokie Roberts to headline April 24 "Women and Power" events, with
@DanielleBelton
@Sheehan4Albany
@DrJillStein
@ualbany
@CokieRoberts
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William Kennedy: "[It] became my obsession... to flesh it out, to discover the use of language, dialogue, structure, suspense."
#WhyIWrite
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Are you coming to the Albany Book Festival on Sept. 14
@ualbany
?
Like or retweet, we'll save you a seat! :-)
@PaulGrondahl
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyNews
@AlbanyNYLibrary
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More info on this Big News Day when the
@nyswi
was awarded two major gifts from two
@ualbanyalumni
: $500K from Gregory ("Wicked") Maguire and $100K from Marc ("The Arrow") Guggenheim
@mguggenheim
@paulgrondahl
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"So You Want to Talk About Race" by
@IjeomaOluo
is out today in paperback, just in time for her two events
@ualbany
on Thursday, Sept. 26. Join us for conversation.
#communityengagement
@UAlbanyNews
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We asked Xavier Burgin, director of "Horror Noire," if this a good time to watch a horror movie, and he replied...
@ualbanyalumni
@ualbany
@XLNB
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@melissadderosa
518-ers, join us for a conversation w Melissa DeRosa 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 25 in Albany.
@PaulGrondahl
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@PaulGrondahl
@timesunion
@AlbanyFilm
@discoveralbany
@ualbany
@UAlbanyNews
@ualbanyalumni
@IAmStephenLang
@CaseySeiler
@JoyceCarolOates
Event schedule and more at
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Our new season schedule is up! Too many writers and creative artists to tag, so here's just a few:
@HumaAbedin
,
@colsonwhitehead
,
@rachelegross
, and Gary
@Shteyngart
. See it all at
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Celebrating the great success of “Telling the Truth in a Post-Truth World” with my mentor Bill Kennedy, NYSWI founder
@ualbany
#PostTruth
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Hey
@awkwafina
we're getting stoked for your 8/31
@ualbany
visit. Your books flying off shelves
@UAlbanySA
@ualbanycc
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Remembering literary giant
#ToniMorrison
whose presence in our office feels real on this sad day
@ualbany
. See photos, clippings, memos, notes, and a "The Book Show" interview w the late Tom Smith.
@ualbany
@UAlbanyNews
@Princeton
@allisonlydia
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She is a class-act.
#JusticeSotomayor
you are welcome back at
@ualbany
any time. You touched lives here.
@NYSWI
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Special event: Join us Friday Nov. 12 for a screening and discussion of "Searching for Timbuctoo." Info at
#nyhistory
@ualbany
@UAlbanyHistory
@nysmuseum
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Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard Law professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" will be coming to the Albany Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29, at
@ualbany
#albanybookfestival
@agordonreed
#moretocome
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Fans of "Wicked," join us 7 p.m. Tuesday April 28 for a
@ualbanyalumni
special event with author Gregory Maguire in conversation with
@nyswi
's
@PaulGrondahl
. Register at
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@SenFeinstein
We join you,
@SenFeinstein
, in recognizing his
#HarveyMilk
for his courage and legacy. Proud to call him a University at Albany alumnus. Class of '51.
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
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Nice work: Journalism major Sabrina Flores’ photos of the Sean Penn conversation
@ualbany
published on the front page of today’s Times Union.
@HavidanUAlbany
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
#studentsuccess
#SeanPenn
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Good morning Albany! It’s a great day for the region’s Retweet or like if we’ll see you today
@ualbany
#albanybookfestival
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Just announced... Cherrie Moraga is coming to the
#albanybookfestival
Sat., Sept 14
@ualbany
@CherrieMoraga
@sunypress
@VassalloOby
@Maria_Hinojosa
@paulgrondahl
@mhuberny
@AlbanyPoets
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Here's our new logo. New fall schedule coming Big reveal 8/15 at 5 pm. Excitement building. Join contest on Facebook.
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Authors streaming into
#albany
and strolling on the beautiful
@ualbany
campus. Catch
@danijshapiro
and
@WillSch
and 100 other writers Saturday at the
#AlbanyBookFestival
. Schedule:
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
@discoveralbany
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Born today: Albert Camus (1913-1960) “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
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More than 70 writers, poets, and artists featured in our new 'Trolley' journal. So much great stuff to read. Share. Retweet. Enjoy!
@AlbanyPoets
@discoveralbany
@AlbanyNYLibrary
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyNews
@timesunion
@dgazette
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“Stop worrying about growing old, and think about growing up.”
Philip Roth (1933-2018)
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Great news! The William J. Kennedy Endowment Fund exceeds its goal! Join us tonight for some Kennedy birthday cake to celebrate:
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We released our fall schedule today. 34 events in the next 15 weeks. A few of the Visiting Authors:
@tarawestover
Sean Penn
@aly_Raisman
@JustineBateman
Bibbe Hansen, Evan Narcisse
@AcevedoWrites
@EvNarc
@SenGillibrand
@IAmStephenLang
More at
@ualbany
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From our director
@PaulGrondahl
to our founder/executive director. As they say in Dublin: Comhghairdeas William Kennedy!
Thanks
@timesunion
for today’s coverage of prestigious Irish literary honor for
@nyswi
founder William Kennedy. Ireland’s President will give Kennedy his award in Dublin on Nov. 29.
@CaseySeiler
@ualbany
@IrishLitTimes
@TwitterDublin
@IrishTimes
@UAlbanyNews
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Just some of the local authors (on Twitter) coming to the
@ualbany
on Sept 29.
@PoetBroderick
@MaMarchand
@StickFigureMan
@DanielNester
@FrankieYBailey
@JanineCammarata
@DPietrusza
@rrosenheck
@WritesMystery
@TomSwyers
@KRBiel
@LucindaRace
@NickYetto
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Poetry Friday: We celebrate the birthday of John Ashbery (1927-2017) with his poem "They Knew What They Wanted. Born
#OTD
#JohnAshbery
#poets
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#NYSPoet
#poetryfriday
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Just announced: Coming to the Albany Book Festival... Joyce Carol Oates.
Saturday, Sept. 14 at the University at Albany. More announcements coming this week.
@UAlbanyNews
@JoyceCarolOates
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
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Our fabulous intern (and journalism major and
@UAlbanySports
triple jumper ) Deyshawn Clarke-Wells took a minute before practice to congratulate
@ualbany
President Havidan Rodriguez on Inauguration Day.
@MikeChristakis
@HavidanUAlbany
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If this photo makes you sigh, you'll want to come to our
#albanyfilmfestival
on Saturday, April 2, at the University at Albany.
@BooksellersDoc
#booklover
#books
#booklovers
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Arrived.
@ualbany
President Havidan Rodriguez and his wife, Rosy Lopez, greet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at our final event of the semester at Page Hall in Albany.
@havidan_rodriguez
@kirstengillibrand
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*Boom* The NYS Writers Institute's fall season just went live.
@PaulGrondahl
@UAlbanyNews
@timesunion
@dgazette
@SaratogianNews
@spotnewsfeed
@troyrecord
@Poststar
@WNYT
@WTEN
@CBS6Albany
@WMHTPubMedia
@discoveralbany
@SUNY
@HavidanUAlbany
@mhuberNY
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CBS News broadcast legend
@bobschieffer
is here in Albany. See him at 4 pm Page Hall
@ualbany
“Telling the Truth in a Post-Truth World”
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Happy 90th birthday to our founder & friend to writers. Several celebrations planned in ‘18.
@ualbany
@timesunion
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Albany Book Festival (Saturday, Sept. 29) update: Still all smiles for
@paul_grondahl
and
@ualbany
Director of Campus Center Scott Birge — aka
@Gr8tDaneDrummer
— after a 90-minute walkthrough of the Campus Center.
@ualbanycc
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“We will miss Sean’s sharp wit, his hilarious stories..."
@PaulGrondahl
's remembrance of Sean Casey, a member of the NYS Writers Institute's Friends of Writing advisory group.
@mhuberNY
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Our Spring 2018 schedule landed in (frozen) mailboxes earlier than planned.
If you received the schedule in your post, shhhhh. You’re an insider now. 🙂 Help us keep the Big Reveal quiet until Monday. And stay warm, esp all the mail carriers!
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33 years after
@SalmanRushdie
was forced to cancel a
@nyswi
event because of the fatwa, William Kennedy reads from “Midnight’s Children” in support of his friend.
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Excited to welcome Tara Westover to
@ualbany
on Thursday, Oct. 4. She's the author of "Educated," which is, wow, "the book most borrowed in U.S. libraries." Bravo
@tarawestover
#libraries
More info at
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Gold Star father Khizr Khan, 2016 Democratic Convention speaker, spokesman for Muslim- American rights and author joins
@julissaarce
and
@Abdi_Iftin
on the “New Americans” memoir panel. See you there Saturday, Sept. 29, at
@ualbany
#albanybookfestival
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Q&A with Shing Yin Khor, 2021 National Book Award finalist, author of the graphic novel "The Legend Of Auntie Po."
@sawdustbear
#GraphicNovel
#mythology
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Always smiling. Meeting the writers and publishers here
@BookExpoAmerica
with
@PaulGrondahl
and
@JoeCDonahue
@ualbany
#cometoalbany
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Jeez,
@SCJarzombek
, how do you keep seven branches of the Albany Public Library, more than 100 employees and your 1M annual library visitors going during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown?
@AlbanyNYLibrary
@ualbany
@UAlbanyNews
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Albany Book Festival news: Gilbert King (
#niskayuna
grad) joins Annette Gordon-Reed on the History panel. See you there Saturday, Sept. 29, at
@ualbany
#albanybookfestival
@agordonreed
@Gilbert_King
#pulitzerpanelists
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Only one month until
#albanybookfestival
on 9/14! See for info on authors, exhibitors, workshops, and events.
@discoveralbany
@timesunion
@dgazette
@troyrecord
@spotnewsfeed
@ualbany
@bookhousealbany
@SUNYPress
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
@WAMCNews
@albany_com
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In praise of
#teachers
,
@kwamealexander
tells our audience he was an English teacher and lasted … one year. Praising teachers: “You all should be paid what LeBron gets paid.” Yeah,
@KingJames
? :-)
@PaulGrondahl
@UAlbany
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Mark your calendars: The 7th Annual Albany Book Festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the University at Albany. Much more information to come. Sign up for email updates at
#albanybookfestival
#fourmonthsfromtoday
#books
#writers
#albany
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Only four presidents have had a poet read at their
#InaugurationDay
. Watch
@TheAmandaGorman
reading "The Hill We Climb" and videos of poets at previous inaugurations.
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Good (book) news. Our friends at
@GrassrootGivers
in Albany will be collecting new and used children's books at the
#albanybookfestival
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14,
@ualbany
. All will be donated to happy young readers.
#communityengagement
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
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“Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.” We mourn the passing of David McCullough, seen below w Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer at a 2015 NYS Archives Partnership Trust event in Albany.
@nysarchives
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Congrats to UAlbany alumnus Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. His new novel "Chain-Gang All-Stars" announced as “Read With Jenna” book club’s May selection.
@ualbanyalumni
@NK_Adjei
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Coming to the Albany Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14,
@ualbany
and looking for a plan your day? Go to and print a program and map showing locations for the local authors/exhibitors.
@discoveralbany
@timesunion
@dgazette
@SaratogianNews
@troyrecord
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NYS Writers Institute welcomes writer/producer of "Arrow" and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" Marc Guggenheim
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Coming to the
#albanybookfestival
... Sylvia Day,
#romance
writer with
#1
bestselling books in 28 countries. Saturday, Sept. 14
@ualbany
@SylDay
@danijshapiro
@Rmcortes
@JoyceCarolOates
@sofiatateauthor
@UAlbanyNews
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
#romancenovels
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It's a beautiful day for an
#albanybookfestival
@ualbany
! Events begin at 10:30 this morning. Up to 8 sessions each hour. So much to take in. Pick up a program when you get here or download one at home from:
@PaulGrondahl
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Coming to the : Gregory Maguire,
@ualbany
alumnus and author of the best-selling "Wicked" series. Join us 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the University at Albany.
#gregorymaguire
#moretocome
#albanybookfestival
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Our New York State Author Colson Whitehead on the cover of
@TIME
. Good read by
@MitchSJackson
: ��If greatness is excellence sustained over time, then without question, Whitehead is one of the greatest of his generation.”
@ualbany
@nyswi
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“The people of Puerto Rico want dignity and respect, not a handout.”
@HavidanUAlbany
speaking on “Lessons of Hurricane Maria.” At
@ualbany
Give donations at
#puertorico
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@judithheumann
@TeachingBooks
We're looking forward to your virtual talk with Jim Odato at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24. Link for your fans:
@PaulGrondahl
#DisabilityRights
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Congratulations to one of our own, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Class of 2013, winner of the 2019 PEN America Jean Stein Award for his debut collection "Friday Black."
@ualbany
@UAlbanyNews
@ualbanyalumni
@PaulGrondahl
@AmyBiancolli
@NK_Adjei
@PENamerican
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Call for submissions: Albany Film Festival Short Film Contest. Cash prizes to be awarded at our fourth annual film fest on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Complete info at
#filmmakers
#shortfilm
#filmshorts
#shorts
#albany
#518
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“All the things that are wrong in the world seem conquered by a library’s simple unspoken promise: Here I am, please tell me your story; here is my story, please listen.”
@susanorlean
Please join us (and Susan Orlean) to support our libraries.
It's the last week of our Annual Appeal. Make a donation online at or at any branch. Help us to
#FundInnovation
at
@AlbanyNYLibrary
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Announcement: Director Francis Ford Coppola will join us for the local premiere of "The Cotton Club Encore" 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6.
@PaulGrondahl
@mhuberNY
@UAlbanyNews
@TheEggPAC
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And... we have Michael W. Twitty joining
@SplendidTable
‘s Francis Lam and Mark Kurlansky ("Salt", "Cod", Milk!") on our food panel. See you Saturday, Sept. 29,
@ualbany
.
@koshersoul
@Francis_Lam
@codlansky
#albanybookfestival
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Coming to the Albany Book Festival: Bestselling mystery author Walter Mosley. Saturday, Sept. 29, at
@ualbany
#albanybookfestival
#WalterMosley
#moretocome
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Can't miss daily double: William Kennedy and non-fiction writer James Miller at the New York State Summer Writers Institute. 8 p.m. Monday, July 23, Gannett Auditorium, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. Free.
@ualbany
@PaulGrondahl
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Our season schedule kicks off on Friday with an event that’s out of left field… or outer space? Screening and discussion of "A Tear in the Sky" documentary starring
@WilliamShatner
,
@michiokaku
, and a pair of
@ualbany
Physics professors. More at
#UAPs
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This will be good: Join us 7:30 tonight for a YouTube Live conversation with Sister
@helenprejean
in conversation with
@PaulGrondahl
. Free and open to the public.
#virtualalbanybookfestival
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Mark your calendars! The 2nd Annual Albany Book Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019,
@ualbany
. More info to come.
@UAlbanyNews
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyOPE
#albanybookfestival
#literacy
#booksarecool
#norainonsept14
#likeandretweet
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An historic night for Albany’s favorite son William Kennedy.
O Albany! Oh what a night. Thanks
@timesunion
@curleypic
@MassarahMikati
for Page 1 coverage of Bill Kennedy’s 90th
@AlbanyCityHall
@NYSWI
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Join us online Thursday for a conversation with Judith Heumann, star of the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution."
#disability
#disabilityawareness
#disabilityrights
#DisabilityInclusion
#accessforall
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We're proud of
#HarveyMilk
and his legacy. A University at Albany graduate (Class of 51), a math major, intramural sports competitor, and reporter for the student newspaper.
@StuartMilk
@ualbany
@albstudentpress
@SenFeinstein
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Who loves independent bookstores? Right?? Let's join forces to support the Capital Region’s indie bookstores with
#IndieBookstoreBoost
. More at
@ualbany
@PaulGrondahl
@JoeCDonahue
@WAMCRadio
@bookhousealbany
@NorthshireBooks
@opendoorbook
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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Check out this interview Todd Snyder about his book "Bundini," the story of
@MuhammadAli
's hype man, phrase-man, and motivator.
@todd_snyder22
@PaulGrondahl
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