Skip to main content
Search…
Enter search terms below.

Rockwell Museum brings Screenwriter Sherman Alexie to Corning

Jan 13th, 2014

The Rockwell Museum Is Thrilled to Bring American Indian New York Times Bestselling Author and Screenwriter Sherman Alexie to Corning NY on February 5, 2014

 

CORNING, NY – The Rockwell Museum is thrilled to bring urban American Indian Author and Performer, Sherman Alexie to Corning New York on February 5, 2014. National Book Award winning author Sherman Alexie will share candid stories of American Indian life laced with razor-sharp humor and his contemporary view as an urban American Indian.

Sherman Alexie was named one of The New Yorker’s Top 20 writers of the 21st century.  He wrote and co-produced Smoke Signals, a 1998 Sundance Film Festival award-winner and has written 24 books of poetry and fiction.   From growing up on the Spokane Reservation in Washington to becoming a New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter, Sherman Alexie has had a unique pathway in life and loves to tell his animated stories.

 

The presentation will close with a Q&A and book signing.  Buy your Sherman Alexie book in The Rockwell Museum Store in advance or at the event.

 

“…Sherman Alexie is one of the major lyric voices of our time…”

              – New York Times Book Review

 

Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Location:        The Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium
                        One Museum Way, Corning, New York

Reservations Requested - Adults $20  Students $15

Advance tickets online http://www.rockwellmuseum.org/Sherman-Alexie.html 

Submit advance questions for Sherman on Twitter @RMWestArt using the hashtag #AskSherman

 

Corning Community College participates in the national program, One Book, One College and is using Sherman Alexie’s, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” during the 2013-2014 academic year.  This initiative allows students, faculty, and staff to read and discuss a text across disciplines and departments.

 

Community members are invited to participate in a book discussion facilitated by Dr. Christine Atkins on January 22, 2014 at The Rockwell from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.  Dr. Atkins is the Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Diversity Council at Corning Community College.

 

Sherman Alexie’s award-winnning, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” can be purchased at The Rockwell Museum Store for $15.

 

Sherman Alexie was named one of The New Yorker’s 20 top writers for the 21st century for books like The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. The New York Times Book Review described him as “one of the major lyric voices of our time,” and Men’s Journal called him “the world’s first fast-talking and wisecracking mediagenic American-Indian superstar.” 

 

After growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington, a college professor recognized Alexie’s "intensity of language, passion, and energy."

 

Alexie’s first novel, Reservation Blues, won Booklist’s Editors Choice Award for Fiction. His second, Indian Killer, was a New York Times Notable Book. The Toughest Indian in the World won the 2001 PEN/Malamud Award, honoring excellence in the art of storytelling. Ten Little Indians was a national bestseller and Publishers Weekly Book of the Year.

 

His recent books include: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - a 2007 National Book Award winner in Young People’s Literature; the novel Flight; and Face, a collection of poems. His 2009 book of short stories, War Dances, won the PEN Faulkner Award.

 

Alexie wrote and produced the film, Smoke Signals, based on his book, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, which won the Audience Award and Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film festival. In 2002 he made his directorial debut with The Business of Fancydancing. He is currently working on a sequel to The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in

Heaven titled Fire with Fire and a sequel to True Diary called The Magic and Tragic Year of My Broken Thumb.

 

Alexie received Washington State University's Highest Alumni Award, recognizing the importance of his Native American voice to a broad audience. He released Blasphemy, an

anthology of new stories and beloved classics, in October 2012. Shortly thereafter, Kirkus Reviews, The New York Times, and NPR all included Blasphemy in their lists of the top books.

 

His 24th book, What I've Stolen, What I've Earned, a collection of poems, was released in November 2013.

 

“Absolutely smashing! Beyond my wildest expectations. He had us all laughing for two hours.

But beyond that, he changed people's thinking ---which is my goal for bringing people of his

caliber here. Anyone who saw him will never be the same.”  - Bismarck State College

 

About The Rockwell Museum

 

The Rockwell Museum houses a must-see collection of art about America – the landscapes, people and ideas that helped shape the American experience.  The Museum collection is displayed in a beautifully restored 19th century Old City Hall building in downtown Corning.  The collection comprises a mix of contemporary Native American art with traditional bronze sculptures, landscapes paintings and more.  Contemporary Native American artwork represents the voice of the Native American artists of today. The addition of these works affords the opportunity to understand the People from their own interpretation. Over 5,000 students from PreK through college are regular visitors for tours focusing on the art of the West and Native American art and culture.  Proceeds generated from programs and special events support educational programming at The Rockwell.

View all News