For the past two months the team at Gatsby in Connecticut and Against the Grain Productions have hosted a series of Fitzgerald webinars featuring world-renowned scholars as well as Scott and Zelda’s great granddaughter, Blake Hazard. The series was co-sponsored by Scribner Books and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. Nearly $4,000 was raised in the process for Feeding America. 

Three of the four webinars were recorded and can be viewed here:

Zelda Fitzgerald: Dancer. Painter. Writer

Reimagining Gatsby

The Beautiful and Damned

Look for more webinars in August, but for now, we’re going to catch our breath and recharge our own jets. We hope that soon we can find ways to heal, love and fix what’s broke. 

Be well. Be strong.

Robert Steven Williams, Director of Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

Reimagining Gatsby Free Webinar: May 15, 4 PM EST

The Great Gatsby is one of America’s most beloved novels. It has been reimagined for film, stage, and soon to be graphic novel. What is it about this novel that endures? And why has a school district in Alaska banned it? This and other topics will be covered by an esteemed panel of experts including:

• Blake Hazard. She oversaw production and wrote the foreword to the upcoming Great Gatsby graphic novel. She’s Scott and Zelda’s great-granddaughter.
• Dr. Maureen Corrigan, a professor at Georgetown University, she’s the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air
• Dr. Kirk Curnutt, executive director of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society and managing editor of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review
• Michael Cotey, producer, director, activist; he directed a production of Gatsby
• Robert Steven Williams, director of the upcoming documentary Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

Sign up for this free webinar here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vTgD0bJfQaqD2sBxO1J72g

If you enjoyed the session and can manage it, please donate to our Fitzgerald Campaign at Feeding America. With over 30 million suddenly in need, any amount does make a difference. Feeding America supports local food banks across the country. Here’s the link to our page:

http://help.feedingamerica.org/site/TR/SettheTable/General?px=5213046&pg=personal&fr_id=1481&fbclid=IwAR1Z7i_w-JP0kr84xDFn4j950YWe0ljzrWnu9sN2enFf1J0rbzoT3VbVHFE