events
Reading and signing, Kinderhook [N.Y.] Books, w/ Jonathan Gould
Seth Rogovoy in conversation with Jonathan Gould, author of Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America and the brand-new Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock.
Talkback for "Midas Man," Brian Epstein biopic
Screening of Midas Man, the new Brian Epstein biopic, as part of Berkshire Jewish Film Festival, with discussion led by Seth Rogovoy.
In Conversation with David Hajdu
Seth Rogovoy in conversation with David Hajdu, author of the brand-new The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI, as well as Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariña and Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, as part of Spencertown [N.Y.] Academy’s Festival of Books.
The Essential Klezmer, multimedia talk, Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass.
A multimedia talk on the transformation of klezmer from Old World wedding music to New World sounds heard in nightclubs, concert stages, and festivals. Part of Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. Free admission.
Bob Dylan talk
Online multimedia talk about Bob Dylan’s life and work through a Jewish lens
North Adams Public Library, North Adams, Mass.
Seth will read from Within You Without You accompanied by a multimedia program, before a Q&A and book-signing. Event co-sponsored by MASS MoCA.
Klezmer talk, Upstate Films, Saugerties, N.Y.
Seth Rogovoy will deliver his multimedia presentation, The Essential Klezmer, based on his book of the same name, at Upstate Films’ Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties, N.Y., on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 6:30pm, as part of an evening-length celebration called The Klezmer Sessions, featuring a concert by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jordan Wax and renowned klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett.
Seth's talk takes the audience on a journey through the evolution of klezmer from Old World shtetls to New World nightclubs and concert stages. Opening the evening with a short set are Klezmer Berl’s Hotsie Totsie Orkester, a nine-piece band from Red Hook, N.Y.
The Chatham Synagogue, Chatham, N.Y., Reading/Booksigning
Seth will read from Within You Without You accompanied by a multimedia program, before a Q&A and book-signing, at the Chatham Synagogue in Chatham, N.Y.
TALKBACK: 'A Complete Unknown'
Seth Rogovoy moderates a Q&A and shares his thoughts after a screening of the new Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown.”
TALKBACK: 'A Complete Unknown'
Seth Rogovoy shares his thoughts after a screening of the new Bob Dylan movie, “A Complete Unknown,” and moderates a Q&A.
Wanstead Tap, London, England
The Wanstead Tap
Arch 352 Winchelsea Road Forest Gate
London E7 0AQ
Hosted by Newham Bookshop
Upstate Films/Orpheum Theatre, Saugerties, N.Y.
Seth Rogovoy in conversation with author Holly George Warren and author/singer Robert Burke Warren
Chatham Bookstore, Chatham, N.Y., Reading/Booksigning
In conversation with Elena Siyanko, director, PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance, Chatham, N.Y.
Chatham Bookstore
27 Main St.
Chatham, N.Y.
Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders, City Winery, NYC
Seth will be a guest on Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders.
Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison Book Release Party, City Winery, NYC
Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison book release party. (Free, open to public.)
Spotty Dog, Hudson, N.Y., Reading/Booksigning
Spotty Dog Books & Ale
440 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
With filmmaker Stacy Cochran (Richard Lester!, My New Gun)