Our six speakers fired up a 380-person crowd at City Winery for House of SpeakEasy’s opening Seriously Entertaining gala, “Plays With Matches.” Hosted by Andy Borowitz, the night featured Adam Gopnik on public speaking and improvisation, Susan Orlean on uncertainty and mystery, Simon Winchester on odd jobs, actor Uma Thurman, and singer-songwriter Dar Williams on gender and music.
Plays With Matches (Gala 2014)
The 2014 gala opened Seriously Entertaining with six speakers riffing on the theme “Plays With Matches.”
7:00 pm
City Winery
Venue
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Featured Writers
The writers taking the stage at Plays With Matches (Gala 2014).
Adam Gopnik
- On Stage
Dar Williams
leading figure in the folk-rock world for nearly 20 years.” Williams lives in Cold Spring
- On Stage
