Judy Collins

Headliner: Judy Collins

Room: Lecture Hall | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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After the presentation, attendees are welcome to purchase a book and/or get their book signed by the author at the signing tent outside of the main entrance of the library. 

Pre-registation is extremely helpful for planning purposes, but is not required. Pre-registered attendees will get priority seating in the event of limited seating. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity allows. 

Biography

Grammy Award-winning artist and Academy Award nominee, Judy Collins returns to Pittsburgh to share from her new poetry collection Sometimes It’s Heaven: Poems of Love, Loss, and Redemption.  Collins rose to prominence in the 1960s as a major voice in American music. Her 55-album career includes a stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Collins’ dreamy version of “Send in the Clowns”—a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music—won “Song of the Year” at the 1975 Grammy Awards. She has achieved numerous top-ten hits, as well as gold- and platinum-selling albums. Collins is the author of several books, including the powerful Sanity & Grace and her extraordinary memoir, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music. In her 2017 Cravings, she offers a candid account of her harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating.  Judy Collins’ appearance at the festival is being sponsored by the International Poetry Forum.