SPEAKER: JESSE KORNBLUTH | ENTERTAINER: ANN KITTREDGE

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As a journalist, Jesse Kornbluth has been a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, New York and The New York Times Magazine. As an author, his books include “Pre-Pop Warhol” and “Highly Confident: The Crime and Punishment of Michael Milken.” His collaborations include “The Collaborative Habit” (with Twyla Tharp) and “Leave Something on the Table” (with Hearst CEO Frank Bennack). He has published two novels: “Married Sex” and “JFK and Mary Meyer: A Love Story.” On the Internet, he is the co-founder of BookReporter.com and has been Editorial Director of AOL. In 2004, he launched HeadButler.com. As a screenwriter, he has taught dramatic writing at NYU and written for Robert DeNiro. His plays include “The Color of Light” and “Bringing Home the Birkin.”

Ann Kittredge is a multi-award-winning performer and has been seen on and off Broadway and in theatres across the country. Most recently, Ann has been getting rave reviews for her cabaret shows that have been seen on both coasts, and has a show coming up May 14th, 5:30pm, at Birdland to celebrate the release of her highly anticipated recording project, 'Romantic Notions.' She was pretty much rushed back into the recording studio by Randy Klein, head of her label, Jazzheads Music Group, when her debut album, 'reIMAGINE,' won the prestigious LaMott-Friedman Award and garnered close to 500,000 streams world-wide. The excitement surrounding ‘Romantic Notions’ is also partly being driven by her first single released from the upcoming album, a sultry rendition of Carole King's classic, 'I Feel the Earth Move,’ that has already received over 90,000 streams. Ann just released another single from the album, the Billy Joel classic, You’re My Home. More performance dates in the works. www.annkittredge.com