Media Events: 01.31.07

Parties, panels and other notable media gatherings

WEDNESDAY 01.31.07

WHAT: NYC Blogger Summit
WHEN: 7:15PM
WHERE: NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza
WHY YOU SHOULD GO: If you are a blogger — or “yogger,” perhaps it’s with a soft “bl” — you probably already RSVP’d on the promise of free drinks. That and Today in New York‘s Rob Morrison — yes!
NOTE: Invitees only.

WHAT: The Raw Word: Screenplay Readings
WHO: Panelists include director Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol) and PBS writer/producer Michael Winship
WHEN: 8:00PM
WHERE: JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave
WHY YOU SHOULD GO: Screenwriters, including American Psycho‘s Harron, offer up new work to a live audience and panel of industry hotshots.

WHAT: “Free Culture, Transparency, and Search”
WHO: Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales
WHEN: 3:30PM-4:45PM
WHERE: Courant Institute, 251 Mercer Street, Room 109
WHY YOU SHOULD GO: I don’t know, read his Wiki.

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