Arts & Leisure Weekend | Jan 5-9

The schedule for the 2006 New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend is starting to unfold. This event is still in its infancy, but they're already attracting some major players. Could a rivalry between The Arts & Leisure Weekend and The New Yorker Festival be far off?

All events taking place between January 6th - 8th will be held at The Graduate Center-CUNY, located at Fifth Avenue & 34th Street. Order tickets online or call 1-888-NYT-1870. All tickets are an outragous $100.

Here's a partial line-up of who'll be at the festival:

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6th: Phillip Seymour Hoffman Interviewed by John Darnton | Robert Fedford Interviewed by Caryn James

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7th: Harry Connick Jr Interviewed by Patricia Cohen | Frank Gehry Interviewed by Nicolai Ouroussoff | Will Shortz | Bobby Flay, Kurt Gutenbrunner, Karen Waltuck Interviewed by R.W. Apple Jr. | Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Aida Turturro Interviewed by Caryn James | Larry David Interviewed by Bill Carter

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8th: Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Grenier, Debi Mazar, Jeremy Piven and series creator/writer Doug Ellin  Moderated by David Carr | Ben Gibbard & Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie | Moderated by John Pareles | Jim Jarmusch

Comments

[Eddie Shore]

I appreciate the effort fella. Thanks for the hustle.

[Mindy]

I believe tickets for the talks range in price from $20-$35 ($35 - front, $30 - center, $25 - back, $20 - obstructed). Tickets for the gala benefit for the Actor's Fund of America are $100.