Patton Oswalt has a new book, playing Carnegie Hall ++ plus free events w/ John Hodgman, Scharpling & Kathleen Hanna
Patton Oswalt has a pretty flipping full agenda right now. He has a new book called Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life From an Addiction to Film coming out Tuesday (1/6):
So this new one – Silver Screen Fiend – is looser but better structured. It’s about a very specific period of my life. May 20th, 1995 to May 20th, 1999. Those four years when I’d just moved to Los Angeles. Alternative comedy rooms like The Un-Cabaret, The Largo, and dozens of other gone-forever spaces where I could go onstage, sometimes two or three times a night, and develop as a comedian at nitro speed.
And helping – and often hindering – my development was The New Beverly Cinema (and a lot of other gone-forever rep theaters like Tales Cafe and The Four Star) where I became addicted to cinema. And not in a refined way. Not as a connoisseur. I had a meth addict’s appetite. Four, five movies a day. In theaters.
On release day (1/6) at Barnes and Noble Union Square, Patton will read from the new book and talk about it too with John Hodgman. That is free and happens at 7 PM. That’s part of a a lengthy book tour that also includes a stop in Jersey City at Word Bookstore on Thursday (1/8) where he’ll be in conversation with Patrick Wilson.
Also this week, Patton will also be appearing at The Kevin Corrigan Show which happens Thursday (1/8) at 9:30 PM at Brit Pack (153 Lafayette Street, Manhattan) where the other guests will be Tom Scharpling and Kathleen Hanna. With free admission, an unbelievable line-up, and no advance ticketing, I have a feeling getting into this intimate thing is gonna be a bit of a nightmare, so maybe line-up early.
Patton also has a pretty full stand-up tour booked that will find him at Carnegie Hall on Friday (1/9). A handful of tickets are available right now, so don’t snooze and, thus, looze.
All Patton Oswalt dates are listed below…
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PATTON OSWALT – 2015 TOUR DATES
Jan 6 – B&N Union Square w/ John Hodgman – NYC (reading)
Jan 7 – Wilbur Theatre – Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 8 – Word Bookstore w/ Patrick Wilson – Jersey City, NJ (reading)
Jan 8 – Brit Pack (Kevin Corrigan Show w/ Tom Scharpling & Kathleen Hanna)
Jan 9 – Carnegie Hall – New York, New York
Jan 10 – Tower Theater – Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Jan 11 – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue – Washington, District of Columbia (reading)
Jan 13 – Standard Club – Chicago, IL (reading)
Jan 13 – Wsentz Hall North Central College – Chicago, IL (reading)
Jan 14 – Orpheum Theater – Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 23 – Writers Guild of America Theatre – Los Angeles (reading)
Jan 24 – Stand Up Live – Phoenix, Arizona
Jan 27 – Roxie Theatre – San Francisco (reading)
Jan 28 – Zellerbach Hall – Berkeley, California
Jan 29 – Portland Center for Performing Arts – Portland, Oregon
Jan 30 – Pantages Theater – Tacoma, Washington
Jan 31 – Town Hall – Seattle, Washington (reading)
Feb 11 – Square Books – Oxford, MS (reading)
Feb 11 – The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, Mississippi
Feb 13 & 14 – Savannah Book Festival – Savannah, GA
Feb 15 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 21 – Dark Delicacies – Burbank, CA
Mar 13 – Fountain Street Church – Grand Rapids, Michigan
