Living Room Dispatch LIVE from the Harlem Arts Salon: Toni Morrison and Ishmael Reed in conversation
February 24, 2013 | ByFiled under: Miscellany
Starting at noon today, we’re live streaming from New York’s legendary Harlem Arts Salon. We have a camera inside the salon, to observe a rare conversation between Nobel Laureate and novelist Toni Morrison (who just turned 82) and iconoclastic Bay Area novelist, poet, and MacArthur “genius award” recipient Ishmael Reed. Their conversation will be moderated by poet, and Miles Davis biographer, 
Quincy Troupe. The event promises to be an interesting gathering of some of the most intriguing American writers gathered in the living room of Margaret Porter Troupe and Quincy Troupe. Also, one of the Bay Area’s best kept secrets is that Mildred Howard, known for her sculptural installations and mixed media assemblage work, is a fantastic cook! She has flown out specifically to make the meal for this talk.
The stream should start at about 11:30, talk begins at noon. Enjoy!
Being able to watch this is seriously amazing.
February 24th, 2013 at 11:52 amgot it, thanks . also, please turn up the volume; it’s hard to hear. thanks, sam
February 24th, 2013 at 12:25 pmunfortunately the sound is terribly muffled and i can barely hear it. i don’t know if it’s my computer or the broadcast.
February 24th, 2013 at 1:39 pmDidn’t load on my browser (Safari). Missed it…
February 24th, 2013 at 3:27 pmIn general, watching live streaming video involves needing to periodically refresh ones’ browser if there is a static image or no image…also, when on location for events such as this you never know who else might be taking up bandwidth randomly, thus slowing down the connection. That said, people watching it will all have different set ups, different versions of flash, different wifi connections and different devices.
February 24th, 2013 at 5:47 pmThanks for the feedback, everyone. This was an exciting experiment! I was able to watch and hear without much trouble, though I did have to refresh if the signal seemed to drop.
February 24th, 2013 at 7:53 pmIs there an edited version that begins with the event?
March 1st, 2013 at 5:53 pm