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December 24, 2006
The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend January 5 - 7
Added Participants -- Dance Legend Mikhail Baryshnikov and ''The Last King of Scotland'' Star Forest Whitaker.
TimesTalks Also Include J.J. Abrams, Augusten Burroughs, Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus, Joan Didion, Renee Fleming, Richard Ford, Peter Gelb, Brice Marden, Thom Mayne, Frank McCourt, Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Short, Rufus Wainwright, Kara Walker and Brian Williams.
NEW YORK--Dec., 2006 -- The New York Times has announced that dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov and "Last King of Scotland" star Forest Whitaker are two of the recently added stars who will participate in The Times's Arts & Leisure Weekend. Arts & Leisure Weekend is The Times's annual signature event, a national and international celebration of art and culture to be held Jan. 5 - 7, 2007.
Photo: Last year's weekend celebration: Singing Act
In New York City, The Times will host a series of TimesTalks discussions featuring an array of arts luminaries in conversation with Times critics, reporters and editors. Along with Baryshnikov and Whitaker the roster of participants includes "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams; best-selling memoir authors Augusten Burroughs, Frank McCourt and Jeannette Walls; "Hannah Montana" stars Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford; Metropolitan Opera impresario Peter Gelb with acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming; American abstract painter Brice Marden; Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne; acclaimed jazz and cabaret recording artists Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli; Academy Award(R) winner Vanessa Redgrave with celebrated author Joan Didion; Tony Award(R) winning actor/comedian Martin Short; singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright; and "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams.
Photo: Last year's weekend celebration: Sopranos Women
Arts & Leisure Weekend will kick off Jan. 4 at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater with the launch of The Times's new "Emerging Artists" series. This exciting monthly live-performance series will feature established recording artists introducing some of today's freshest new musical talents.
TimesTalks take place at The Graduate Center, CUNY, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
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