Cheers to #YaddoArtist Tamara Jenkins, whose film “Private Life” will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival! This “sharp, incisive comedy” starring Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, Molly Shannon, and John Carroll Lynch focuses on a couple in crisis as they navigate an elusive path to parenthood. The film opens tomorrow, with screenings through Jan. 27. A Netflix Original, it will be streaming soon!

Join us for Yaddo Variations 2018—a series of exclusive dinners, performances, and events held across the country to honor our outstanding artists and to celebrate our role as provider of transformational space, time, and community to thousands of visionary talents. Mark your calendars for May 7, 8, 9, and stay tuned for more details about tickets, programming, and our stellar lineup!

Hey, Brooklyn—#YaddoArtist John Newman’s show “Between the Literal and the Nonsensical, Sculptures and Drawings, 1982-2017” opened this week. On view through Feb. 11 at Safe Gallery, the show includes a new series of 65 (one for each year of his life!) drawings entitled “Developing Old Negatives."

#YaddoArtist Ayad Akhtar's essay—adapted from his speech accepting the Steinberg Playwright Award—offers a rumination on the salve of art in troubled times: “In a world increasingly lost to virtuality and unreality—the theater points to an antidote.”

NYC friends: Celebrate the launch of “It Occurs to Me That I Am America,” next Tuesday (Jan. 16) at the Strand Bookstore, with #YaddoWriters Susan Minot, Michael Cunningham, and James Hannaham as well as artist Eric Fischl in conversation with the book’s editor and Yaddo board member Jonathan Santlofer. Locals: Mark your calendar for Feb. 1, when Santlofer will join Russell Banks at Northshire Bookstore Saratoga: https://www.yaddo.org/1478-

Congrats to the #YaddoArtists whose work received 2018 Golden Globe nominations: André Aciman, whose novel “Call Me by Your Name” was adapted into a film; Dee Rees, whose adaption of Hillary Jordan's Mudbound received two nominations; and Chris Kraus, whose novel “I Love Dick” was adapted into TV series starring Kevin Bacon. Kudos!

Great news for #YaddoArtist Alison S.M. Kobayashi, whose one-woman show Say Something Bunny received rave reviews, and now has been extended through April. The show sold out for seven months, so best hop to those tickets: https://saysomethingbunny.com/.

#YaddoArtist Hava Kohav Beller’s documentary “In the Land of Pomegranates” is generating great buzz, including a mention in “New York” magazine’s must-see list. The film follows a group of young Israelis and Palestinians to a retreat called “Vacation from War,” as they face an ancient challenge with urgent implications. Opens this Friday (Jan. 5) at Lincoln Plaza.

#YaddoArtist Jeff Talman, whose artwork investigates the nature of sound and other primal radiant or wave forces (light, gravity, the sea), shared with us this lovely photo—Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Winter 2018. Courtesy of Jeff Talman Studio (www.jefftalman.com).

Tis the season to get your applications in! The app' deadline for #Yaddo residencies starting as soon as May '18 - Feb '19 is just under a week away! Get yours in by end of day 1.1.18. A full breakdown of instructions & the application portal link can be found here: https://www.yaddo.org/apply/guidelines/

Happy Holidays from your friends at Yaddo, with our thanks and warmest wishes for 2018. Your support makes art possible!

In concert with Northshire Bookstore, Yaddo is pleased to present Sigrid Nunez, whose new novel "The Friend" offers an unsentimental portrayal of loss, the human-canine bond, and the healing power of literature. Info: https://www.yaddo.org/1462-2/