William Kennedy Reads Outtakes from "Legs" Tonight

You are invited to attend the following free event:

William Kennedy will present a reading of portions of his landmark Albany novel Legs tonight, featuring a variety of scenes that did not make it into the final draft.

The free reading is  at 8:00 p.m., Friday, 7/19, in Davis Auditorium in Palamountain Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Free and open to the public. For directions to Skidmore, call 518-580-5590.

Full series of free readings: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/sumread.html

More about Legs, a novel about Albany crime boss "Legs" Diamond, http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/wjk/legs.html

More about Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and Writers Institute Executive Director William Kennedy: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/wjk/biography.html

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The Story of Albany, The Book

The Times Union's collaborative community history, The Story of Albany, began life as a website hosted by Paul Grondahl.

It is now available in book form. You may purchase copies online, or as a download, or the old-fashioned way: the book will be on sale from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, in the lobby of the Times Union, 645 Albany Shaker Road.

Times Union Senior Writer Paul Grondahl, who wrote parts of the book and helped lead the project, will be on hand to sign copies.

Among the book's highlights: an account of the filming of Ironweed.

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