Archive | Events RSS feed for this section

Richard Meier to Speak in Provincetown

Provincetown Arts Groups Join Forces to bring Pritzker Prize Winning Architect, Richard Meier to Provincetown. The Norman Mailer Writers Colony and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), are pleased to announce an exhibit, reception and dinner with the world-renowned architect, Pritzker Laureate Richard Meier for the benefit of both non-profit organizations.

Read full storyComments Off

Final Reminder: Brooklyn Hall of Fame

This is the third and final reminder to cast your vote for Norman Mailer on the Brooklyn Hall of Fame. Voting ends March 1, 2009 March 31, 2009, so take a second and cast your vote.

Read full storyComments Off

Mailer Writing Awards Announced

The new Mailer writing awards were announced on February 23 at a Washington, D.C. press conference, co-sponsored by The Mailer Estate and the National Council of Teachers of English. For more information, see the attached brochure (after the jump) or the Writers Colony Web Site.

Read full storyComments Off

Larry Schiller Featured in the Times

Hillary Rose of the Times Online chats with Larry Schiller about his photography and his remarkable life experiences: He was taught needlepoint by Joanne Woodward and taken to the races by Jack Lemmon and Walther Matthau, who taught him how to bet. He sat in Marilyn Monroe’s T-Bird, drinking Dom Pérignon and watching as she [...]

Read full storyComments Off
José Torres Dies at 72

José Torres Dies at 72

José Torres, former light heavyweight boxing champion and a close friend of the Mailer family, died of a heart attack on January 19 at his home in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Mailer wrote the preface to Torres’s 1971 biography of Muhammad Ali, Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story, and boxed with him on the [...]

Read full storyComments