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Moffly Media Entertaining Conversations Series


Underwritten by Books on the Common
The Ridgefield Library @ The Ridgefield Playhouse Event


International bestselling author David Sedaris reads from unpublished work – which could include stories in progress and journal entries, as well as recent New Yorker pieces – mixed with his inimitable commentary on the world.


An audience Q&A will follow and at the end of the event there will be a book signing in the lobby. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. Sedaris is the author Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, each of which became a bestseller. His newest book, a collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer), was published in September 2010 and immediately hit the NYT Bestseller Fiction List. His next book is entitled Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls and will be published late spring 2013.


Visit Bernard’s before the show for a great Prix Fixe Menu or a FREE glass of wine with dinner - when you present your tickets to this performance (22 West Lane, Ridgefield – Reservations suggested)


Ticket Price: Orchestra $75.00 Mezzanine $65.00


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Lisa Buchman (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 11:20 am
This looks so great, thanks Elise! Just curious what are the age ranges of participants—do anyRead More local teens re-enact? Thanks for posting this as an announcement, if you also post it to our calendar, it will stay there until the day of the event. Just click on events at the top of the page. Thanks!
Richard Hastings May 8, 2013 at 03:39 pm
Dear Mr. Gladstone: Your comments provide for a great way of starting or continuing a discussion andRead More for that I am thankful. The fact which you cited provides for a compelling argument to further your position on "tort reform" regarding how medical malpractice awards have allegedly been steadily increasing, however it is contrary to the information provided to us by the United States government. The U.S Department of Heath and Human Services recently published its statistical findings which indicate that medical malpractice awards have steadily decreased over the past 11 years. (http://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov/servlet/DataTablesByStateServlet?selectedTab=Tabular&stateCode=US&tableNum=Table1) Further, according to the Institute of Medicine, preventive preventable medical errors kill almost 100,000 Americans every year and injure countless others. In fact, if the Centers For Disease Control were to include preventable medical errors as a category, it would be the sixth leading cause of death in America. One might surmise from this data that we have an epidemic of medical malpractice cases but not medical malpractice lawsuits. I would suggest that investigating ways to prevent these medical errors might provide for a more holistic solution to this systemic problem.
Porter Gladstone III May 6, 2013 at 05:03 pm
Im thinking of writing a book called "parasites, medical malpractice lawyers and theRead More exaggerations of claims." Or maybe "crash course--why personal injury lawyers are ruining this country." Medical malpractice awards have increased at a rate of roughly 12% per year for the last 40 years. When we are aghast at the cost of soaring college costs just consider that at this rate, the cost of Yale tuition would be 115,000 a year, as opposed to 43k. And remember we are all appalled at how fast that has risen. A crash course in how all of this parasitical work, costs all of us so dearly when we pay our taxes (medicare/medicaid) or insurance company.