DANA BRAND'S BULLETIN BOARD
[If you would like to have me appear on your show or at your school, store, library,
etc. please e-mail me at danaabrand@yahoo.com]
Events in 2010
March 4, 2010 - 7:30 pm, Reading and talk at the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside, LI
March 5, 2010 - 8 pm, Reading and talk at Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
Events in 2009
April 22, 2009 - 7 pm. "The Last Days of Shea: A Talk and Reading." Roslyn Landmarks
Society, Sterling Glen of Roslyn, Roslyn, NY
September 6, 2009 - 6 pm The Happy Recap Radio Show
www.blogtalkradio.com/thehappyrecap/2009/09/06/The-Happy-Recap-Radio-Show-9609
September 16, 2009 - 1 am on The Joey Reynolds Show, WOR 710 AM
http://www.wor710.com/pages/3600691
September 17, 2009 - 6 pm New York Baseball Digest with Mike Silva
www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/09/17/The-Last-Days-of-Shea
September 24, 2009 - 10 pm Pro Baseball Central with Joe McDonald and Steve Keane
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/probaseballcentral
September 28, 2009 - 7:30 pm The Cheap Seats on WNYU-FM, 89.1
September 29, 2009 - 7 pm Reading and talk at the Newtown Public Library, Newtown, CT
October 4, 2009 - 7 pm Seven Train to Shea with Matt Pignataro
October 16, 2009 - I was featured in an article by Mark Herrman in Newsday entitled
You Could Look It Up, 40 Years Ago Weis Was a Hero
October 16, 2009 - I was an in-studio guest on "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" an episode of
Colin McEnroe's Show on Connecticut Public Radio. Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
November 1, 2009 - 10pm, Sports Talk Live with Frankie the Sports Guy at 1240 WGBB AM
November 10, 2009 - 7:30 pm Reading and talk at the South Huntington (LI) Library.
November 17, 2009 - 7:30 pm Reading and talk at the Teaneck (NJ) Library.
November 19, 2009 - I was featured in an article by Michael Kimmelman in the New York
Review of Books entitled "At the Bad New Ballparks"
Events in 2008
January 1, 2008 - 7 pm, Gotham Baseball Live, "Best of Author Dana Brand"
a retrospective of interviews I did in 2007 for the radio shows New York Baseball Live and
Gotham Baseball Live. Click for archived recording.
January 5, 2008 - 3 pm, Interview on Mets Net Radio on the MetsNetwork, archived at Mets
Net Radio
January, 8, 2008 - Chat room featured guest at The Happy Recap, 8 pm. Transcript at Hot
Stove Chat with Dana Brand
February, 2, 2008 - 1:30 pm Interview on Blog Talk Radio's Seven Train to Shea
March 1, 2008 - Speaker in the Authors' Forum, 2:15-3:15, at the meeting of the Elysian
Fields (NJ) Chapter of SABR at the Yogi Berra Museum in Little Falls, NJ
March 4, 2008 - Talk and reading, Englewood (NJ) Public Library, 7 pm
March 22, 2008 - Speaker on the Authors' Panel, at the meeting of the Casey Stengel (Greater
NY) chapter of SABR on the 6th floor of the mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public
Library at 5th Ave. and 40th Street, 1:30-2:45 pm
March 31, 2008 - After the Mets opening day game, around 8 pm. Interview and call-in on
the "Opening Day" show of Gotham Baseball Live with Mike Silva
April 2, 2008 - Talk and reading, Chappaqua (NY) Public Library, 7:30 pm
April 4, 2008 - 9 pm, Appearance on "Beyond the Game" with John Vorperian, a baseball TV
show broadcast on Channel 76, White Plains Cable Television. The show will be rebroadcast
at various times on Channel 76 on several Westchester public access stations and on Verizon
Vios.
April 10, 2008 - Talk and reading, Hillside Library, New Hyde Park (LI), 7 pm
May 5, 2008 - Talk and reading, Great Neck Library, Great Neck (LI), 1:30 pm
June 2, 2008 - Talk and reading, North Shore Towers and Country Club, Floral Park
(Queens), NY, 8 pm
June 6, 2008 - Talk and reading, Hofstra University Alumni Reunion, Hempstead (LI), 3pm
Events in 2007
March 29, 2007 - Presentation on "Writing Mets Fan," at Giving Voice: The Art of Memoir
(a conference) at Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 5:30 pm
July 15, 2007 - Appearance on "New York Baseball Talk with Mike Silva" on WGBB (1240
AM) to talk about the Mets' tribute to Ralph Kiner and Mets fans' perceptions of the 1977
Yankees. Hear the segment here: Free the Fan Radio (Just click on the New York Baseball
Talk logo and then click on the segment entitled "Dana Brand talks about Ralph Kiner
Night")
August 13, 2007 - Interview on "New York Baseball Talk with Mike Silva" on Blog Talk
Radio, 6:00 to 7:00pm
August 22, 2007 - Interview on "MetsBlog Radio with Matt Cerrone and Anthony De Rosa"
at 6:30 pm
September 7, 2007 - Interview on "New York Baseball Talk with Mike Silva" on WGBB (1240
AM) to talk about the Mets' tribute to Gil Hodges.
September 10, 2007 - Talk and reading, Rockville Center (L.I.) Public Library, 7:30 pm
September 17, 2007 - Talk and reading, Katonah (N.Y.) Public Library, 8:00 pm
September 23, 2007 - Book launch party, Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A,
Manhattan (East Village), 4-7 pm. To get an invitation, join my mailing list.
September 26, 2007 - Talk and reading, Long Beach (L.I.) Public Library, 2:00 pm
October 2, 2007 - Talk and reading, Manhasset (L.I.) Public Library, 7:00 pm
October 3, 2007 - Talk and reading, Port Washington (L.I.) Public Library, 7:30
October 11, 2007 - Talk and reading, Newtown (CT) Public Library, 7:00 pm
October 20, 2007 - Talk and reading, Greenwich (CT) Public Library, 11:00 am
October 25, 2007 - Talk and reading in The Alan K. Smith Reading Series at Trinity College
in Hartford (CT), Reese Room, Smith House, 5:00 pm
November 1, 2007 - Reception, talk and reading, Hofstra University, Hempstead, LI;
Reception at 5:30-6:30 in C.V. Starr Hall Lobby. Talk and reading at 6:30 in the Monroe
Lecture Hall. Events sponsored by the Axinn Library of Hofstra University and by Hofstra
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. These events will also be co-ordinated with an
exhibition on the first floor of the Hofstra library that will feature Mets memorabilia and
documents and materials in Hofstra's Special Collections donated by Hofstra Trustee William
Shea, who led the effort to return National League baseball to New York in 1962.
November 5, 2007 - Broadcast of Dana Brand's Mets Fan book reading at Hofstra University
on Gotham Baseball Live at 7 pm. Hear it here: Gotham Baseball Live.
November 9, 2007 - Booksigning at the premiere screening of Mathematically Alive, a film
about Mets fandom at the New Jersey Film Festival. Signing begins at 6:30 pm. Screening is
at 7 pm. Screening will be in Scott Hall #123, at 43 College Avenue (Near the corner of
College Avenue and Hamilton Street), College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey. Signing will be in the lobby. Dana will introduce the filmmakers at
the screening. Click on this link for more information about Mathematically Alive . Clink on
this link for more information about The New Jersey Film Festival
December 8, 2007 - Booksigning at the Magic Monikers Baseball Memorabilia Show at The
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Harmon Meadows in Secaucus, New Jersey, 9 am to 3 pm.
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