The 7th Annual Literary Legends will take place online on Saturday, October 17th, 2020

An Online Celebration

The Literary Legends at Home gala, presented by KeyBank and the University at Albany Foundation, will begin at 7pm on Zoom. Our awards ceremony will take place in that Zoom meeting, and will be broadcast from 7:30 until about 8:30pm.

All ticket holders will receive a link for the Zoom on October 15th, and we will publish information on our website about how to watch the broadcast on social media. (Get your ticket now if you haven’t already.)

A brief schedule of the awards ceremony may be found at the bottom of this message.

But, you don’t need to join the Zoom or the broadcast to take part in this year’s Literary Legends celebration! You are at home and can participate in whatever way is comfortable! Are you a true introvert? You are welcome to buy a ticket and then just sit home and read a book, tuning out the distractions, satisfied that your ticket will support programs at the Albany Public Library. More of an extrovert? You can participate just by joining the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. (Like or Follow Us now to get updates.)

Visit the Facebook event page this week and click that you are “Interested” or “Going.” You can see who else is coming. Take a moment to invite some friends and tell them that you will be joining in.

On Saturday, October 17th, post a photo or video and tag us – @FFofAPL – or use the hashtag #LiteraryLegendsAtHome.

Show us how you are partying, or show us what you are reading
Shout out some love for the Albany Public Library or honorees.

If you would like to tag the Library or our Honorees –
The Library is @AlbanyNYLibrary on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Literary Legend Elisa Albert is @Eeeeelisaalbert on Twitter and @elisatamar on Instagram.
Community Partner CEHC is @UAlbanyCEHC on Twitter and @CEHCUAlbany on Facebook

AWARDS CEREMONY SCHEDULE

7:30 PM: Welcome and acknowledgements with Joe Bonilla, MC
7:35 PM: President’s Message with Holly McKenna, FFAPL President
7:40 PM: Video Messages from our honorary co-chairs, Ruth Mahoney and Dr. Havidán Rodríguez remarks
7:50 PM: Community Partner Award with Scott Jarzombek
8:00 PM: Literary Legend award presented to Elisa Albert
8:10 PM: Conclusion with Joe Bonilla. Zoom rooms open up again.
8:15 PM: Q&A with Elisa Albert and Alexis Bhagat continue in the main Zoom room until 8:30 PM.
8:30 PM: Broadcast concludes.