# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Paul Grondahl Book Talk: Andy Rooney
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Nov, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Paul Grondahl Book Talk: Andy Rooney

Award-winning journalist and biographer Paul Grondahl visits to discuss his new biography of Albany native Andy Rooney, the popular commentator on 60 Minutes—and will trace the arc of a true American original.

In Andy Rooney: A Lucky Life, Grondahl details how a smart-aleck Albany boy and academic failure at Albany Academy came of age as a Stars and Stripes reporter during World War II—transforming himself into the nation’s most popular commentator, with 20 million viewers waiting to the end of 60 Minutes each Sunday evening to hear “A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney” and the beloved curmudgeon’s cranky musings. 

Peter Osnos, founder of PublicAffairs Books and Rooney’s editor, called Grondahl’s book “the biography Andy Rooney deserved. A great read.”

Grondahl will pepper his talk with Rooney witticisms and everyman sensibility, present rare photographs, and offer revelations never made public before. 

Paul Grondahl is the Opalka-endowed director of the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, a Times Union columnist and author of several biographies, including of Erastus Corning II and Theodore Roosevelt. 

This event is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow immediately after the program.  No registration needed.

We are not able to offer books for sale at the event. We encourage you to purchase a copy in advance if you would like to have one signed.

Please consider shopping locally at our neighbor Lake Bound Bookstore. To order a copy in advance from Lake Bound Bookstore, call 518-712-5002 or click below. Please allow five business days for your order to arrive.

Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.

https://www.lakeboundbookstore.com/event-details/paul-grondahls-book-signing-andy-rooney-a-lucky-life
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/averill-park/paul-grondahl-book-talk-andy-rooney/200030787678336
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Averill Park
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2880 NY Highway 43, Averill Park, NY, United States, New York 12018
- **lat**: 42.63733
- **long**: -73.54231
- **full address**: 2880 NY Highway 43, Averill Park, NY, United States, New York 12018

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Paul Grondahl Book Talk: Andy Rooney being held?
  - **A:** Paul Grondahl Book Talk: Andy Rooney takes place on Sun, 01 Nov, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 01 Nov, 2026 at 02:00 pm at 2880 NY Highway 43, Averill Park, NY, United States, New York 12018.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Paul Grondahl Book Talk: Andy Rooney?
  - **A:** Paul Grondahl Book Talk: Andy Rooney is organized by Sand Lake Center for the Arts/Circle Theatre Players.
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