Old Heart Brooklyn Public Library New York
In acknowledgement of the 80th anniversary of European Liberation Day, Park Slope Library and Heartland Independent Film & Drama Forum invite you to this sneak preview. Please reserve ahead for this special event. Seating is limited.
Adapted from the award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, a black American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life.
A discussion with producer/screenwriter Roger Rapoport and a historian follows the film. You can see the feature film’s trailer at oldheartmovie.com
Old Heart Ludington, Michigan Center For The Arts
Old Heart stars and the producer join a World War 2 historian for this sneak preview. Filmed on location in West Michigan, Old Heart is adapted from South Haven author Peter Ferry’s award winning novel. Complete booking details are here.
Adapted from the award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, a black American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life. A tribute to black soldiers who courageously fought the world’s greatest racist as part of a segregated Army, Old Heart is also a tribute to elder independence. You can see the film’s trailer at oldheartmovie.com
Old Heart Ludington, Michigan Center For The Arts
Old Heart stars and the producer join a World War 2 historian for this sneak preview. Filmed on location in West Michigan, Old Heart is adapted from South Haven author Peter Ferry’s award winning novel. Complete booking details are here.
Adapted from the award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, a black American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life. A tribute to black soldiers who courageously fought the world’s greatest racist as part of a segregated Army, Old Heart is also a tribute to elder independence. You can see the film’s trailer at oldheartmovie.com
World Premiere Redford Theater Detroit
Please join us for the World Premiere of the feature film Old Heart adapted from Peter Ferry’s award winning novel. A play based on this mixed race love story was performed at the Redford in 2022. Order tickets for the Screening or the VIP event here.
This World War II feature drama is a tribute to the courageous black soldiers who defeated the world’s greatest racist, Adolf Hitler, while serving in the segregated United States Army. The film’s release coincides with the 80th anniversary of European Liberation.
Shortly after the southern Netherlands is liberated in the fall of 1944, Army Private Tom Johnson (Jamelle Sargent) teams up with Dutch translator Sarah van Praag (Amsterdam actress Eva Doueri) to help smuggle food and supplies to starving people in the north trapped behind Nazi lines. Sixty years later Johnson, now 85, returns to the Netherlands to find the love of his life.
Starring Detroit’s Edward Gaines, the film, shot in the Netherlands and Michigan, features Diane van Wesep, Shannon Huneryager, Zaneta Adams, Kurt Schroeder and Roosevelt Johnson. This exclusive Redford Theater event features a distinguished World War II historian, a United States Senator and other special guests.
A special VIP event at 6 p.m. includes special desserts and drink and a cast and crew meet and greet. VIP tickets are only available on-line.
Frankfort Michigan, Garden Theater
Old Heart stars and the producer join a World War 2 historian for this sneak preview. Filmed on location in West Michigan, Old Heart is adapted from South Haven author Peter Ferry’s award winning novel.
Adapted from the award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, a black American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life. A tribute to black soldiers who courageously fought the world’s greatest racist as part of a segregated Army, Old Heart is also a tribute to elder independence. You can see the film’s trailer at oldheartmovie.com Tickets will be on sale soon online at the theater.
South Haven, Michigan State Theater
This special event honors longtime South Haven summer resident Peter Ferry, the author of the award winning novel Old Heart. Film stars and the producer will join a talkback following the film with a military historian.
Adapted from the award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, a black American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life. A tribute to black soldiers who courageously fought the world’s greatest racist as part of a segregated Army, Old Heart is also a tribute to elder independence. You can see the film’s trailer at oldheartmovie.com
Muskegon Premiere Mona Shores High School
Old Heart’s hometown premiere features lead actor Edward Gaines with his costars including Jamelle Sargent, a Mona shores grad, Diane van Wesep, Kurt Schroeder, Shelley Irwin, Martha Kallenbach, Dakiya Covington, Jeffrey Holmes, Robin Erdman, T.J. Williams, Sophia Kelly Anderson and Chiquetta Bunts Wood. They will be joined by codirectors Kirk Wahamaki and Leslye Witt, Director of Photography David Darling, Cinematographer/Editor Tyler Joslin and Editor Alex Bernhardt. Actress Zaneta Adams, former director of the Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs will speak following the film. Tickets are available at this link.
Chicago Premiere, Chopin Theater
This tribute event at the historic Chopin Theater with event sponsor Chicago Literary Quarterly honors Old Heart author Peter Ferry. Managing Editor Gary Houston and Chicago Tribune/WGN’s Rick Kogan who interviewed Ferry about the adaptation of his novel will speak about his career as novelist, travel writer, and Lake Forest High School English teacher, who based this award winning book on his time in the Netherlands. Carolyn Ferry, Codirector Kirk Wahamaki, the film’s stars, producer/screenwriter Roger Rapoport and a suprise guest will be on hand for this not to be missed hometown special event.
Cinema Carousel Muskegon Michigan
This weeklong hometown screening will feature cast and crew at select evening performances. Please check back here for specific times. Filmed on location in the Muskegon area and Grand Rapids, the cast led by Edward Gaines, Diane van Wesep, Jakari Carson, Eva Doueiri, Zaneta Adams, Kurt Schroeder and Shannon Huneryager feaures 23 west Michigan actors. Other cast members include Shelley Irwin, Martha Kallenback, Dakiya Covington, Jeffrey Holmes, Robin Erdman, T.J. Williams, Sophia Kelly Anderson, Chiquetta Bunts Wood, Arn Boezart, Pete Bosheff and Susan Eyler. They will be joined by codirectors Kirk Wahamaki and Leslye Witt, Director of Photography David Darling, Cinematographer/Editor Tyler Joslin and Editor Alex Bernhardt. Zaneta Adams, former director of the Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs will speak following the film. The film was produced with community support by the Heartland Independent Film Forum, a 501 (c) 3.
Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, Michigan
Old Heart stars and the producer join a World War 2 historian for this sneak preview. Filmed on location in West Michigan, Old Heart is adapted from South Haven author Peter Ferry’s award winning novel.
Adapted from the award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, a black American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life. A tribute to black soldiers who courageously fought the world’s greatest racist as part of a segregated Army, Old Heart is also a tribute to elder independence. You can see the film’s trailer at oldheartmovie.com Tickets will be on sale soon online at the theater.
Norton Shores Library, Searching For Patty Hearst
Searching for Patty Hearst author (pattyhearst.com) on his 50 year journey covering this famous case. His talk includes an overview of the famous 1974-76 case that knocked the Watergate story off the front page. Just back from San Simeon where he gave a talk to guides who tour visitors to the famous castle, he will offer new information on the famous 1974 Hearst kidnapping, her participation in a San Francisco bank robbery, arrest, trial and conviction. During his California book tour Rapoport met with Hearst’s kidnapper and he offered new details on Hearst’s decision to save his life and stay with the Symbionese Liberation Army. For more details call (231) 720-0930.
Ann Arbor District Library Searching for Patty Hearst
Grabs your attention and holds you hostage until the very last page. A brilliant blend of dogged factual reporting and fiction.” — Ronald G. Shafer former Wall Street Journal Washington political features editor
Roger D. Rapoport, has published a fascinating and entertaining new bookis a knowledgeable reimagining, cleverly plotted, stylishly told. a quick and satisfying read. As Rapoport writes, "I wrote this novel because I believed the American public deserved nothing but the truth. Very sorry about the delay. This book took a lot longer that I expected. Hope it was worth the wait."It was indeed." - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune/WGN
Searching for Patty Hearst author Roger Rapoport who now lives in West Michigan, offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment. This 50th anniversary appearance offers new information about the case. During his author tour he has learned important new details about the case. Learn more here.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com Autographed copies will be available from LIterati bookstore.
TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN SEARCHING FOR PATTY HEARST EVENT
Grabs your attention and holds you hostage until the very last page. A brilliant blend of dogged factual reporting and fiction.” — Ronald G. Shafer former Wall Street Journal Washington political features editor
Roger D. Rapoport, has published a fascinating and entertaining new bookis a knowledgeable reimagining, cleverly plotted, stylishly told. a quick and satisfying read. As Rapoport writes, "I wrote this novel because I believed the American public deserved nothing but the truth. Very sorry about the delay. This book took a lot longer that I expected. Hope it was worth the wait."
It was indeed." - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune/WGN
Searching for Patty Hearst author Roger Rapoport who now lives in West Michigan, offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment. This 50th anniversary appearance offers new information about the case. During his author tour he has learned important new details about the case. Learn more here.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com Autographed books will be available from Horizon Books. For more information contact the publisher, Lexographic Press.
Source: https://pattyhearst.com/
Frankfort, Michigan, The Bookstore
A GREAT SUMMER READ
Grabs your attention and holds you hostage until the very last page. A brilliant blend of dogged factual reporting and fiction.” — Ronald G. Shafer former Wall Street Journal Washington political features editor
Roger D. Rapoport, has published a fascinating and entertaining new bookis a knowledgeable reimagining, cleverly plotted, stylishly told. a quick and satisfying read. As Rapoport writes, '‘I wrote this novel because I believed the American public deserved nothing but the truth. Very sorry about the delay. This book took a lot longer that I expected. Hope it was worth the wait.’
It was indeed." - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune/WGN
Searching for Patty Hearst author Roger Rapoport who now lives in West Michigan, offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment. This 50th anniversary appearance offers new information about the case. During his author tour he has learned important new details about the case. Learn more here.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
GRAND HAVEN MICHIGAN SEARCHING FOR PATTY HEARST EVENT
Grabs your attention and holds you hostage until the very last page. A brilliant blend of dogged factual reporting and fiction.” — Ronald G. Shafer former Wall Street Journal Washington political features editor
Roger D. Rapoport, has published a fascinating and entertaining new bookis a knowledgeable reimagining, cleverly plotted, stylishly told. a quick and satisfying read. As Rapoport writes, "I wrote this novel because I believed the American public deserved nothing but the truth. Very sorry about the delay. This book took a lot longer that I expected. Hope it was worth the wait."It was indeed." - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune/WGN
Searching for Patty Hearst author Roger Rapoport who now lives in West Michigan, offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment. This 50th anniversary appearance offers new information about the case. During his author tour he has learned important new details about the case. Learn more here.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com Autographed books will be available from the Bookman in Grand Haven. Learn more at Loutit District Library . For more information contact the publisher, Lexographic Press.
Door County, Wisconsin
Veteran reporter Roger Rapoport will sign his new book “Searching for Patty Hearst” at Fair Isle Books on Washington Island this coming Tuesday. The title is a true crime novel and published this year which is the 50th anniversary of the famous Patty Hearst kidnapping. The author will sign books on Washington Island, a key location in the reimagined story. Rapoport will be at Fair Isle Books, 1885 Detroit Harbor Road (between the post office and Red Cup Coffee House), from 1:30 to 3:30 PM on Tuesday, June 25th.
“I still lived in California when Patty Hearst was kidnapped and I still remember how dizzying and fascinating the case was to me and everyone around me,” says bookstore owner Deb. “Getting to go back now and see the story through the eyes of someone who covered it closely from the beginning pulled me in immediately.”
Called a “gripping, evocative, and suspenseful novel” by historian Adam Hochschild and “fascinating and entertaining reimagining” by the Chicago Tribune’s Rick Kogan, the book is based on Rapoport’s extensive coverage of the kidnapping, including ghostwriting for her fiancé Steve Weed and interviewing kidnapper Bill Harris.
From her initial kidnapping in February 1974 by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army and her decision to join their revolutionary cause to the SLA’s fatal clashes with the police and Hearst’s conviction for armed bank robbery, the story in Searching For Patty Hearst goes beyond the headlines to explore alternate theories of the case and the many complicated personalities of one of the seventies most famous dramas.
Anderson, Indiana Coming Up For Air Screening With NAMI Madison County
Award winning Coming Up For Air screens at 6 p.m. with the National Alliance for the Mental Ill of Madison County, Indiana. This special community event at the Anderson Community Hospital Education Center focuses on the key role caregivers play helping those in need quickly access mental health resources. NAMI speakers who facilitate free support groups and host community education events are featured.. For more information please contact Phil Parris at namimcpparris@gmail.com or 765-617-7697 Learn more about NAMI at https://www.namiindiana.org/madisoncounty
White Lake District Library, Whitehall Michigan
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport, who now lives in West Michigan, offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Schuler Books Grand Rapids, Michigan
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport, who now lives in West Michigan, offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Source: pattyhearst.com
Books Inc. Mountain View, California
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Green Apple Books San Francisco
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Book Passage Corte Madera, California
Roger Rapoport visits Book Passage in Marin County on the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping. Immediately after the 19 year-old media heiress was abducted from her Berkeley apartment on February 4, 1974, he began covering the story for New Times, newspapers and then went on to ghost write a book on the case with Patty Hearst’s fiancé. That book was never published, and now, half a century later, he revisits the case in his new novel Searching for Patty Hearst. The book draws heavily from that time and explores alternative theories of one of the most bizarre and polarizing crimes in American history. Rapoport gives voice to much of the story that fell outside the bounds of journalistic coverage
“Searching for Patty Hearst is the Catch 22 of the radical terrorist actions in the latter part of last century. It is an amazing, clever re-creation of those troubling times. The ultimate California love story.”
Mechanic’s Institute San Francisco
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Books Inc. Berkeley
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Berkeley, California Historical Society
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping. February 4, 1974, Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s home in south Berkeley where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Contacts: 510-848-0181 and info@berkhistory.org
Avid Reader, Sacramento
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Commonwealth Club San Francisco
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415 597 6705
Details are at https://pattyhearst.com
San Luis Obispo, California Library Searching For Patty Hearst Event near San Simeon
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment. This special event takes place a short drive from San Simeon, the legendary Hearst castle that is at the heart of the famous film Citizen Kane, as well as two chapters in this novel.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Los Angeles Historical Society Virtual Event
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look via this online streaming event at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com This event is online only. For more details visit https://www.lacityhistory.org/events
Atascadero, California Public Library Searching For Patty Hearst Event Near San Simeon
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment. This special event is a short drive from the legendary Hearst castle, a historic landmark built by the legendary publisher who is the focal point of the famous film Citizen Kane. Several key chapters in thisnnovel take place at San Simeon.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Pasadena, California Public Library: Lamanda Park
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Culver City, California Library
SPECIAL NOTE:
For the convenience of patrons the author will also be appearing at this library on Tuesday January 23 at 6 p.m. at the same location.
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Culver City, California Library
Special Note: For the convenience of patrons the author will also be appearing at this location at 1 p.m. on Thursday January 25
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Hackley Public Library Muskegon, Michigan
On the 50th anniversary of the Patty Hearst kidnapping Muskegon author Roger Rapoport offers an inside look at the unanswered questions surrounding this world famous abduction of William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter from her Berkeley apartment.
In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed’s life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night.
Weed moved into Rapoport’s house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport’s relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Field Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members.
After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris.
While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst’s fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst’s own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. His novel Searching for Patty Hearst, which includes a visit to the legendary Hearst castle at San Simeon, offers a new look at this fascinating story. More details are at pattyhearst.com
Coming Up For Air Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
COMING UP FOR AIR
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
CROSSROADS AT BIG CREEK
FREE MOVIE SHOWING
4:30-5:00 PM: DINNER & SOCIAL
5:00 PM: MOVIE BEGINS 7:00-7:30 PM: DISCUSSION
This movie is 2 hours in length and will begin promptly at 5:00 pm.
Join us for an exciting opportunity to view the award winning movie, Coming Up for Air. Coming Up For Air is a story of a single mom whose college aged son unexpectedly starts suffering a mental illness. This film will create an appreciation of the impact mental health has on families. After the viewing, stay for discussion by local advocates for mental health. This event is open to the public.
Additional Information or Questions: Cami Peggar at (920) 421-2177 or cami@unitedwaydc.com
RSVP is encouraged Email, call or text to RSVP
This film discusses mature topics such as mental illness, suicide ideation, and homelessness. May be unsuitable for children under 17.
Old Heart Overbrook Theater Muskegon Community College.
On the eve of his move into assisted living in 2007, American World War II Vet Tom Johnson, 85, disappears on a plane to Holland. He is searching for Sarah van Praag, the translator who helped him smuggle food across Nazi lines to Dutch citizens starving in the hunger winter of 1944 - '45.
Direct from its Detroit premiere, Old Heart comes to Muskegon’s Overbrook Theater May 20 (7:30 p.m.) and May 21 (2 p.m.) The play was adapted from the award winning Peter Ferry novel by Roger Rapoport and is directed by Kirk Wahamaki and Lesley Witt.
Old Heart stars Ed Gaines, Jakari Carson, Melanie Lamrock, Diane Van Wesep, Adam Bell, Shelley Irwin and Sahara Glaesner Boles with Roosevelt Johnson, Brandon Davis, Erin Sharpe, Cequoia Davis, Foley Schuler and Alex Bernhardt.
See the trailer at https://vimeo.com/794650059
Complete details at rogerrapoport.com/old-heart
Tickets are available online at https://app.promotix.com/events/details/Old-Heart-tickets or call (231) 720-0930 to order.
Advance tickets discounted $10 are now available through April 30 for the VIP experience at the Muskegon Museum of History and Science that includes a cast meet and greet, dessert, drinks and a poster. General Admission tickets are also available.
Old Heart Overbrook Theater Muskegon Community College
On the eve of his move into assisted living in 2007, American World War II Vet Tom Johnson, 85, disappears on a plane to Holland. He is searching for Sarah van Praag, the translator who helped him smuggle food across Nazi lines to Dutch citizens starving in the hunger winter of 1944 - '45.
Direct from its Detroit premiere, Old Heart comes to Muskegon’s Overbrook Theater May 20 (7:30 p.m.) and May 21 (2 p.m.) The play was adapted from the award winning Peter Ferry novel by Roger Rapoport and is directed by Kirk Wahamaki and Lesley Witt.
Old Heart stars Ed Gaines, Jakari Carson, Melanie Lamrock, Diane Van Wesep, Adam Bell, Shelley Irwin and Sahara Glaesner Boles with Roosevelt Johnson, Brandon Davis, Erin Sharpe, Cequoia Davis, Foley Schuler and Alex Bernhardt.
See the trailer at https://vimeo.com/794650059
Complete details at rogerrapoport.com/old-heart
Tickets are available online at https://app.promotix.com/events/details/Old-Heart-tickets or call (231) 720-0930 to order.
Advance tickets discounted $10 are now available through April 30 for the VIP experience at the Muskegon Museum of History and Science that includes a cast meet and greet, dessert, drinks and a poster. General Admission tickets are also available.
Coming Up For Air Door County, Wisconsin January 19, 2023
United Way of Door County sponsors this special screening of Coming Up For Air with community partners. Local mental health experts join cast members and producer Roger Rapoport for a town hall conversation on the key role caregivers play helping those in need quickly access mental health resources. A light dinner begins at 4:30 p.m. following by a 5 p.m. screening and 7 p.m. community conversation. There is no charge for this public event. For more information contact Cami Peggar of United Way at (920) 421-2177.
Coming Up For Air Holland, Michigan
Filmed on location in Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Ludington, Ann Arbor and Milwaukee, Coming Up For Air comes home to the Momentum Center for a special community event celebrating the key role caregivers play helping those in need quickly access mental health resources. Light refreshments at 5:30 p.m. precede the 6 p.m. screening and community conversation. We honor the Momentum Center’s Barbara Lee Van Horsen which inspired this film and Executive Producer Dorothy Johnson. Producer Roger Rapoport will join Grand Haven cinematographers David Darling and Tyler Joslin along with West Michigan cast members featured in the film including Judy Johnson, Jacqui Bernhardt, and Kirk Wahamaki. For more information contact the Momentum Center at 616 414-9111.