Friday: 4:00-5:00 PM: Christ Episcopal Church, 43 South Broadway, Tarrytown.
The church where Irving worshiped and was a vestryman will be open for visitors.
Friday evening: Public Lecture, Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium
7:00 PM
Andrew Burstein, Charles P. Manship Professor of History at Louisiana State University and Washington Irving biographer: “Washington Irving in the 21st Century: Beyond the Legend.”
Curtis Armstrong, stage, screen and television actor: “The Theatrical Irving: an Actor’s Ruminations.”
Saturday: Literary Symposium, Westchester Marriott
Roundtables
9:00-9:15 AM Welcome: Sara F. Mascia, Ph.D., The Historical Society, serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown; TBD, Historic Hudson Valley
9:15-9:30 Symposium Introduction: Andrew Burstein, Louisiana State University, Synopsis of the Symposium: “Where Have You Gone, Rip Van Winkle?”
9:30-10:45 Roundtable 1: Is Irving’s Sketch Book Philosophically Deep, or Merely Quaint?
Moderator: Andrew Burstein
Participants: Tom Augst, NYU; Tracy Hoffman, BaylorUniversity; Aaron Ritzenberg, Columbia University; Richard Robinson, Hackley School; Shirley Samuels, Cornell University
11:00-12:15 Roundtable 2: Irving, Holiday Spirits, and the American Calendar
Moderator: Matthew Dennis, University of Oregon
Participants: Catalina Hannan, Historic Hudson Valley; 
Alexis McCrossen, SMU; Erik Weiselberg, Westchester historian; Sharon Weltman, Louisiana State University
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Curtis Armstrong, The Theatrical Irving: an Actor’s Ruminations (part 2), includes a reading of portions of 1829 play “Rip Van Winkle.”
2:00-3:15 Roundtable 3: Irving’s Tales in Political Relief
Moderator: Amy Greenberg, Penn State University
Participants: Matthew Dennis, University of Oregon;
Nancy Isenberg, Louisiana State University; Michelle Sizemore, University of Kentucky; Steven Carl Smith, Providence College; David Waldstreicher, CUNY Graduate Center
3:30-4:15 Roundup: Scholars reassemble to discuss their published work and current research, and to field audience questions in advance of book signing.
4:15 Final words from Sara F. Mascia, Ph.D., The Historical Society, followed by refreshments and book signing.
Sunday Morning: 
10:00 AM and 12:00 PM: The Historical Society Ticketed Tours of the Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground
