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December 7

Gary Younge Pays Tribute to Studs Terkel

Where: Great Hall, Cooper Union, NYC
When: 4 pm
The New Press will be hosting a memorial celebration of the life and work of Studs Terkel, who died on October 31st at the age of 96, on Sunday, December 7, 2008, at 4 p.m. in The Great Hall of Cooper Union. The event is being co-sponsored by The Nation and The Indypendent.

Participants will include:

* Steve Earle and Allison Moorer (musicians);

* Laura Flanders (host of GRITtv and RadioNation and New York Times bestselling author);

* Sydney Lewis (long-time friend and collaborator);

* Victor Navasky (publisher emeritus of The Nation and Director of the George Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism);

* Andre Schiffrin (founding director of The New Press and Studs' editor and publisher);

* Dan Terkel (son of the late Ida and Studs Terkel);

* Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor and publisher of The Nation);

* Gary Younge (Institute Fellow, Nation and Guardian columnist and feature writer);

* Howard Zinn (historian, activist, and prize-winning author of A People's History of the United States)

The event will be open to the public and free of charge.

Location: The Great Hall of Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue, New York City

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Directions: 6 to Astor Place, N/R to 8th street

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