Jon Ronson's Blog, page 6

Upcoming talks 2015 - 2016

December 20th: benefit for Syrian children, organized by Maeve Higgins, Bell House, Brooklyn (sold out)

January 13th 2016: I’m New Here, the monthly show I curate with Maeve Higgins, Union Hall, Brooklyn (cancelled)

This month’s show is CANCELLED because Maeve is in London and I couldn’t face the idea of having a guest co-host.

Jan 26th - Jan 30th 2016: Leicester Square Theatre, London

A different story each night, with special guests. I’ll do some kind of monologue each night. It’ll be funny. I’ll show clips. And then I’ll bring on the special guests.

Jan 26th: LOUIS NIGHT special guest - Louis Theroux (sold out)

I’ve never done anything with Louis before. It’s really overdue and I’m very excited. Louis and I will talk about the times our research has intersected - in Neo-Nazi compounds and with the KKK and about mental health labeling. We’ll talk about my books Them and The Psychopath Test and Louis’ documentaries about Aryan Nations and Coalinga, A Place for Paedophiles amongst other things. 

Jan 27th: SHAME NIGHT special guests - Bridget Christie and Charlie Gilmour (sold out)

This night will be all about my book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. Charlie will tell his amazing story of judicial and prison shaming. And Bridget will talk about the systemic shaming of women by misogynists. And it will be very funny although it may not sound like it will.

Jan 28th: THEM NIGHT special guest TBA (sold out)

I don’t know who the special guest will be yet. But this is THEM night. THEM began as a book about different kinds of extremists, but after I’d got to know some Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, I found that they had one belief in common: that a tiny elite, which meets in secret, determines the course of global events. My quest to locate these secret rulers of the world was extremely hazardous. I was chased by men in dark glasses, unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp, and witnessed international CEOs and politicians participate in a bizarre pagan ritual in the forests of Northern California.

Jan 29th: LOST AT SEA NIGHT special guest Adam Buxton (sold out)

As Adam puts it, this night will be about “two neurotic men trying to understand and empathize with their fellow humans, grown ups with hang ups in charge of children, and who look back on previous versions of themselves with a mixture of regret and shame”. Adam will be performing his own stuff and I will be telling stories from my domestic life and from my book Lost at Sea.

Jan 30th:  PSYCHOPATH NIGHT special guests Mary Turner Thomson and Eleanor Longden (sold out)

My Radio 4 documentaries about Mary and Eleanor are my two favourites. Neither Mary nor Eleanor appear in my book The Psychopath Test but the book wouldn’t exist without them. I’m being oblique because I don’t want to spoil the twists in their stories. If you don’t know who they are don’t Google them. The less you know the better. I’ll also be telling the story of The Psychopath Test.

Jan 31st: The Oxford Union, Oxford (in association with Blackwell’s Oxford)

This is an early evening event - 5pm - only £2 and free to Oxford Union members.

Feb 1st - 2nd: Amsterdam

Details TBA

Feb 4th: Glasgow

Details TBA 

Feb 5th: Chapter Arts Center, Cardiff

Details TBA

Feb 10th: I’m New Here, the monthly show I curate with Maeve Higgins, Union Hall, Brooklyn

LISA KRON, writer of FUN HOME, is one of our guests! She’s so great.

February 23rd 2016: Distinguished Lecture Series, Madison, Wisconsin

Upcoming talks 2015 - 2016

November 3rd: I’m New Here, Union Hall, Brooklyn (the monthly show I curate with Maeve Higgins)

Jan 26th - Jan 30th 2016: Leicester Square Theatre, London

A different story each night, with special guests. I’ll do some kind of monologue each night. It’ll be funny. I’ll show clips. And then I’ll bring on the special guests.

Jan 26th: LOUIS NIGHT special guest - Louis Theroux (sold out)

I’ve never done anything with Louis before. It’s really overdue and I’m very excited. Louis and I will talk about the times our research has intersected - in Neo-Nazi compounds and with the KKK and about mental health labeling. We’ll talk about my books Them and The Psychopath Test and Louis’ documentaries about Aryan Nations and Coalinga, A Place for Paedophiles amongst other things. 

Jan 27th: SHAME NIGHT special guests - Bridget Christie and Charlie Gilmour

This night will be all about my book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. Charlie will tell his amazing story of judicial and prison shaming. And Bridget will talk about the systemic shaming of women by misogynists. And it will be very funny although it may not sound like it will.

Jan 28th: THEM NIGHT special guest TBA

I don’t know who the special guest will be yet. But this is THEM night. THEM began as a book about different kinds of extremists, but after I’d got to know some Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, I found that they had one belief in common: that a tiny elite, which meets in secret, determines the course of global events. My quest to locate these secret rulers of the world was extremely hazardous. I was chased by men in dark glasses, unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp, and witnessed international CEOs and politicians participate in a bizarre pagan ritual in the forests of Northern California.

Jan 29th: LOST AT SEA NIGHT special guest Adam Buxton (sold out)

As Adam puts it, this night will be about “two neurotic men trying to understand and empathize with their fellow humans, grown ups with hang ups in charge of children, and who look back on previous versions of themselves with a mixture of regret and shame”. Adam will be performing his own stuff and I will be telling stories from my domestic life and from my book Lost at Sea.

Jan 30th:  PSYCHOPATH NIGHT special guests Mary Turner Thomson and Eleanor Longden (sold out)

My Radio 4 documentaries about Mary and Eleanor are my two favourites. Neither Mary nor Eleanor appear in my book The Psychopath Test but the book wouldn’t exist without them. I’m being oblique because I don’t want to spoil the twists in their stories. If you don’t know who they are don’t Google them. The less you know the better. I’ll also be telling the story of The Psychopath Test.

February 23rd 2016: Distinguished Lecture Series, Madison, Wisconsin

Upcoming talks 2015 - 2016

August 29th: Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Melbourne

http://mwf.com.au/fodi-melbourne/ (with John Safran)

September 1st: National Library of Australia, Canberra

https://www.nla.gov.au/event/public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

September 3rd and 4th: Brisbane Writers Festival

http://bwf.org.au/writers/jon-ronson-2/

September 5th: Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney

http://fodi.sydneyoperahouse.com/home/shame-culture/

September 9th: Inbound, Boston

http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/jon-ronson-inbound

September 14th: I’m New Here, Union Hall, Brooklyn

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/921195-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/

September 20th: Brooklyn Book Festival

Details to come

September 26th: 2nd Annual Game Changer Series, Bismarck, North Dakota

http://www.gamechangernd.com/schedule.html

October 20th: LitFest, Nonfiction Festival, Alberta, Canada

http://www.litfestalberta.com

October 30th-31st: Chicago Humanities Festival

http://chicagohumanities.org

Jan 26th - Jan 30th 2016: Leicester Square Theatre, London

A different story each night, with special guests.

Jan 26th: special guest - Louis Theroux.

http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873539348/events

Feb 3rd 2015 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going. Special guests!

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/739703-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/

February 12th: Screening of TOTTENHAM AYATOLLAH and Q&A in Brooklyn

http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/event/tottenham-ayatollah-screening-and-discussion-with-journalist-and-film-maker-jon-ronson/

AN EVENING OF PUBLIC SHAMING TOUR - March/April/May 2015

March 8th: Bath Festival

http://bathfestivals.org.uk/literature/event/jon-ronson/

March 9th: Ropetackle Theatre, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex 

http://ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/meet-the-author-jon-ronson/

March 10th (daytime): Waterstones Liverpool 

Book signing. 1pm.

March 10th (evening): Manchester Waterstones Deansgate

http://mlf.clusterup.com/events/jon-ronson-in-conversation-36529

March 11th: Sheffield Showroom

http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/jon-ronson

March 12th (6.30pm): Leeds Waterstones

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayDetailEvent.do?searchType=1&author=Jon|Ronson

March 12th (9pm): Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds

I’ll be introducing a special screening of Frank

FRANK with intro by Jon Ronson | Thursday 12th March at 9pm

A video posted by The Hyde Park Picture House (@hydeparkph) on Jan 21, 2015 at 6:15am PST

March 13th (daytime): Birmingham New Street Waterstones

Book signing. 1.15pm. 

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayDetailEvent.do?searchType=1&author=Jon|Ronson

March 13th (evening): Nottingham Broadway

http://www.broadway.org.uk/events/film_an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson

March 14th (daytime): FutureFest, London

http://futurefest.org

March 14th (evening): Kings Place, London

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

March 15th (daytime): FutureFest, London

http://futurefest.org

March 15th (Evening): Colchester Arts Centre

http://www.colchesterartscentre.com/events/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 16th 5x15, London

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/5x15-5-speakers-15-minutes-each-tickets/154901?language=en-gb&brand=ents24&camefrom=CFC_UK_BUYAT_141898

March 17th: Norwich Arts Centre

https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/evening-public-shaming-jon-ronson/ 

March 18th: Essex Book Festival

http://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/events/jon-ronson/

March 19th: Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

http://watersideartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/1524-an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 20th: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson/ 

March 21st: Oxford Literary Festival, Corpus Christi, Oxford

https://www.ents24.com/oxford-events/corpus-christi-college/jon-ronson/4119711

April 6th: Skylight Books Los Angeles

http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jon-ronson-discusses-his-book-so-youve-been-publicly-shamed

April 9th: Nourse Theatre, San Francisco

http://www.cityarts.net/events/series/on-art-politics/

April 20th: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/ProfessionalDevelopment/Events/UpcomingEvents/20150420JonRonson.aspx

May 18th: Belfast

Details TBA

May 19th: Dublin

Details TBA

May 20th: Jacksons Lane, London

http://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/whats-on/event/2015/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

May 22nd: The Met, Bury

Details TBA

May 23rd: The Citadel: St Helens

http://www.citadel.org.uk/online-booking?stage=unitsel&product=367091&isostartdate=23%2F05%2F2015

May 24th: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge

http://thetradesclub.com/events/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

May 25th: Hay Festival

Details TBA

December 18th: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn.

The Ballad of Ruby Ridge: documentary screening, talk, and Q&A. 

http://morbidanatomy.bigcartel.com/product/the-ballad-of-ruby-ridge-screening-and-discussion-with-journalist-and-film-maker-jon-ronson

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January 6th 2014 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going. Special guests!

Details TBA

***

AN EVENING OF PUBLIC SHAMING TOUR - March/April/May 2015

March 8th: Bath Festival

Details TBA

March 11th: Sheffield Showroom

Details TBA

March 13th: Nottingham Broadway

http://www.broadway.org.uk/events/film_an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson

March 14th (daytime): FutureFest, London

http://futurefest.org

March 14th (evening): Kings Place, London

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

March 15th (daytime): FutureFest, London

http://futurefest.org

March 15th (Evening): Colchester Arts Centre

http://www.colchesterartscentre.com/events/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 17th: Norwich Arts Centre

https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/evening-public-shaming-jon-ronson/ 

March 18th: Southend Book Festival, Essex

Details TBA

March 19th: Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

http://watersideartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/1524-an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 20th: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson/ 

March 21st: Oxford Literary Festival

Details TBA

April 9th: Nourse Theatre, San Francisco

http://www.cityarts.net/events/series/on-art-politics/

May 20th: Jacksons Lane, London

http://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/whats-on/event/2015/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

May 22nd: The Met, Bury

Details TBA

May 23rd: The Citadel: St Helens

http://www.citadel.org.uk/online-booking?stage=unitsel&product=367091&isostartdate=23%2F05%2F2015

May 24th: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge

Details TBA 

May 25th: Hay Festival

Details TBA

November 19th: Pop Up Magazine, LA.

http://www.popupmagazine.com

***

December 2nd 2014 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going. Special guests!

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/703697-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/ 

***

December 18th: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn.

Ruby Ridge documentary screening, talk, and Q&A. 

Details TBA

***

AN EVENING OF PUBLIC SHAMING TOUR - MARCH 2015

March 8th: Bath Festival

Details TBA

March 11th: Sheffield Showroom

Details TBA

March 13th: Nottingham Broadway

http://www.broadway.org.uk/events/film_an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson

March 14th (daytime): FutureFest, London

http://futurefest.org

March 14th (evening): Kings Place, London

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

March 15th (daytime): FutureFest, London

http://futurefest.org

March 15th (Evening): Colchester Arts Centre

http://www.colchesterartscentre.com/events/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 17th: Norwich Arts Centre

https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/evening-public-shaming-jon-ronson/ 

March 18th: Southend Book Festival, Essex

Details TBA

March 19th: Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

http://watersideartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/1524-an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 20th: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson/ 

March 21st: Oxford Literary Festival

Details TBA

April 9th: Nourse Theatre, San Francisco

http://www.cityarts.net/events/series/on-art-politics/

May 20th: Jacksons Lane, London

Details TBA 

May 22nd: The Met, Bury

Details TBA

May 23rd: The Citadel: St Helens

Details TBA

May 24th: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge

Details TBA 

May 25th: Hay Festival

Details TBA

November 11th, Stuff You Should Know, Bell House Brooklyn.

http://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/692817-stuff-you-should-know-hosted-brooklyn/

*** 

November 13th: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn.

Bohemian Grove documentary screening, talk, and Q&A. 

The third in a new monthly series: The Morbid Anatomy Museum will be showing rare screenings of the highlights of Jon’s documentary career, with a talk and a Q&A by Jon after each one.

http://www.morbidanatomy.bigcartel.com/product/bohemian-grove-screening-with-journalist-jon-ronson

***

November 19th: Pop Up Magazine, LA.

http://www.popupmagazine.com

***

December 2nd 2014 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going 

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/699727-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/

***

AN EVENING OF PUBLIC SHAMING TOUR - MARCH 2015

March 13th: Nottingham Broadway

http://www.broadway.org.uk/events/film_an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson

March 14th: Kings Place, London

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

March 15th: Colchester Arts Centre

http://www.colchesterartscentre.com/events/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 17th: Norwich Arts Centre

https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/evening-public-shaming-jon-ronson/ 

March 19th: Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

http://watersideartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/1524-an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 20th: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson/ 

April 9th: Nourse Theatre, San Francisco

http://www.cityarts.net/events/series/on-art-politics/

November 4th 2014 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going 

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/699727-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/

***

November 7th 2014

An Evening of Public Shaming. Invisible Dot, London.

SOLD OUT 

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November 8th, Guest DJ at Scared To Dance, London. 

I won’t be talking at this event - just playing lots of Brian Eno and Nick Cave songs

http://www.scaredtodance.co.uk

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November 11th, Stuff You Should Know live event,

Bell House Brooklyn, with John Hodgman, Wyatt Cenac, etc

http://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/692817-stuff-you-should-know-hosted-brooklyn/

*** 

November 13th: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn.

Bohemian Grove documentary screening, talk, and Q&A. 

The third in a new monthly series: The Morbid Anatomy Museum will be showing rare screenings of the highlights of Jon’s documentary career, with a talk and a Q&A by Jon after each one.

http://www.morbidanatomy.bigcartel.com/product/bohemian-grove-screening-with-journalist-jon-ronson

***

November 19th: Pop Up Magazine, LA.

http://www.popupmagazine.com

***

AN EVENING OF PUBLIC SHAMING TOUR - MARCH 2015

March 13th: Nottingham Broadway

http://www.broadway.org.uk/events/film_an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson

March 14th: Kings Place, London

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson

March 15th: Colchester Arts Centre

http://www.colchesterartscentre.com/events/comedy/an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 17th: Norwich Arts Centre

https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/evening-public-shaming-jon-ronson/ 

March 19th: Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

http://watersideartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/1524-an-evening-of-public-shaming-with-jon-ronson/

March 20th: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/an_evening_of_public_shaming_with_jon_ronson/ 

April 9th: Nourse Theatre, San Francisco

http://www.cityarts.net/events/series/on-art-politics/

October 7th 2014 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going 

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/660901-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/

***

October 9th, 2014

An Evening of Public Shaming. Union Hall, Brooklyn

Jon’s new nonfiction book – So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, his follow-up to The Psychopath Test - will be published in the Spring of 2015. This event is Jon’s attempt to work out how to talk about it to an audience. It’s like a workshop. Help him!

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/678827

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October 18th, 2014

Frieze Art Fair, London.

http://www.friezeprojects.org/talks/detail/jon-ronson-an-afternoon-of-public-shaming/

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October 19th, 2014: MATINEE and November 7th 2014 EVENING

An Afternoon/Evening of Public Shaming.

Invisible Dot, London.

Jon’s new nonfiction book – So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, his follow-up to The Psychopath Test - will be published in the Spring of 2015. This event is Jon’s attempt to work out how to talk about it to an audience. It’s like a workshop. Help him!

DETAILS TBA

***

November 13th: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn.

Bohemian Grove documentary screening, talk, and Q&A. 

The third in a new monthly series: The Morbid Anatomy Museum will be showing rare screenings of the highlights of Jon’s documentary career, with a talk and a Q&A by Jon after each one.

DETAILS TBA

September 18th: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn.

STANLEY KUBRICK’S BOXES

The second in a new monthly series: The Morbid Anatomy Museum will be showing rare screenings of the highlights of Jon’s documentary career, with a talk and a Q&A by Jon after each one.

http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/event/stanley-kubricks-boxes-screening-and-discussion-with-journalist-and-film-maker-jon-ronson-night-two-of-the-jon-ronson-adventures/

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September 19th: New York.

The Moth details TBA

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September 20th: Queens, New York

The Makers Faire http://makerfaire.com/

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October 7th 2014 and Thereafter The First Tuesday Of Every Month Until One Of Us Gets Deported:

I’M NEW HERE - CAN YOU SHOW ME AROUND?

A Monthly Show with Maeve Higgins at Union Hall, Brooklyn, on how the Immigration is Going 

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/660901-im-new-here-can-you-show-me-brooklyn/

***

October 12th, 2014

An Evening of Public Shaming. Union Hall, Brooklyn

Jon’s new nonfiction book – So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, his follow-up to The Psychopath Test - will be published in the Spring of 2015. This event is Jon’s attempt to work out how to talk about it to an audience. It’s like a workshop. Help him!

http://www.unionhallny.com/event/678827

***

October 18th, 2014

Frieze Art Fair, London. Details TBA.