On Oct. 2, hordes of music fans descended the steps of the Willets Point 7 train station in Queens, heading towards the Meadows Music and Arts Festival. Boasting big, mainstream headliners like Kanye...

The 2013 New Yorker Festival at SIR Stage37 in Manhattan. Henry Finder, Editorial Editor, opens the discussion with an introduction into what Jonathan Franzen, Clay Shirky and himself will be discussing...