EVENT POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBD - THE EDGE OF GLORY: SHS GRAD BRENDAN SULLIVAN TALKS ABOUT HIS OLD FRIEND LADY GAGA, HIS BOOK, MUSIC AND LIVING IN NYC

Lady Gaga’s old friend and former DJ Brendan Jay Sullivan discusses his writing process, music, and living in New York City in the mid-2000s. Brendan graduated from Simsbury High School in 2000 and is a former Hartford Courant reporter.

Brendan Sullivan was an up-and-coming New York City DJ when he met Stefani Germanotta, then a struggling artist, in 2006. She was a go-go dancer who sewed her own outfits but had bigger ambitions - she wanted nothing less than to take over the music world.

In his book Rivington was Ours : Lady Gaga, the Lower East Side, and the Prime of Our Lives (it Books - HarperCollins, 2013) Brendan presents an intimate portrait of the budding star who would soon catapult to fame and fortune as Lady Gaga. Brendan describes afternoons sitting with Gaga on the floor of her bare Lower East Side apartment, drinking wine from pint glasses and plotting out the pop stardom that awaited her.

Filled with stories of love and heartbreak among Gaga and Sullivan and their circle of aspiring musicians and performers and set against the vibrant backdrop of the downtown bars and parties of the mid-2000s, Rivington was Ours is both a love letter to the New York night scene and a glimpse behind the veil of one of the biggest musical icons of her generation. Signed books will be available for purchase.  Reserve a seat at 860-658-7663 or www.simsburylibrary.info. Free and open to all.