Join Paris Review editor Lorin Stein and filmmakers Tom Bean and Luke Poling for a night of rare Plimptoniana and celebration of all things Plimpton.

The founding editor of The Paris Review, George Plimpton helmed the magazine for fifty years, while at the same time reporting—as a "participatory journalist”—on the specialized worlds of the trapeze artist, movie actor, hockey goalie, timpanist, and quarterback. He also had a night job, throwing the parties that defined literary New York. In this special, one-time only preview, Bean and Poling will share clips, outtakes, and stories from their new documentary Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself.

Literature programs at the Kitchen are made possible with generous support from the Axe-Houghton Foundation and with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

The Kitchen is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary organization that provides innovative artists working in the media, literary, and performing arts with exhibition and performance opportunities to create and present new work. Using its own extensive history as a resource, the organization identifies, supports, and presents emerging and underrecognized artists who are making significant contributions to their respective fields as well as serves as a safe space for more established artists to take unusual creative risks.

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