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Let Buck Henry Usher You into Democracy!
Filed under: New Yorker Festival Tagged: Al Sharpton, Alex Castellanos, Alex Ross, Art Spiegelman, Buck Henry, Chuck Hagel, Edie Falco, Judith Thurman, Karen O, Larissa MacFarquhar, Lynda Barry, Mark Singer, Michael Specter, Nick Paumgarten, Raúl Esparza, Sasha Frere-Jones, Sherman Alexie, Steve Brodner, Susan Orlean, Susan Sarandon, Tad Friend, Wes Craven
I had not noticed that The New Yorker is using the Festival as a platform to perform an important civic duty. On Saturday and Sunday, a rotating slate of well-known people and New Yorker luminaries will be on hand to register any eligible citizen to vote. If you are a recalcitrant politico-phobe or know one you suspect might respond to the extra inducement of meeting a famous person, it’s all at the Festival HQ at at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues). Here’s the schedule.
Saturday, October 4
10 a.m., Raúl Esparza
10:30 a.m., Judith Thurman
11 a.m., Edie Falco and Susan Sarandon
11:30 a.m., Wes Craven
12 noon, Sherman Alexie
12:30 p.m., Alex Castellanos
2:30 p.m., Alex Ross
3 p.m., Senator Chuck Hagel
3:30 p.m., Susan Orlean
4 p.m., Sasha Frere-Jones
Sunday, October 5
10:30 a.m., Nick Paumgarten
11 a.m., Reverend Al Sharpton
11:30 a.m., Mark Singer
12:30 p.m., Art Spiegelman
1 p.m., Larissa MacFarquhar
1:30 p.m., Michael Specter
2 p.m., Lynda Barry
2:30 p.m., Steve Brodner
3 p.m., Tad Friend
3:30 p.m., Buck Henry
4 p.m., Karen O
I confess I’m considering having the Rev. Sharpton register me even though I’m already registered. But I won’t, because it’s probably illegal.
