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Cross The Brooklyn Bridge With Bill Murray
Bill Murray of "Ghostbusters" stardom will join the Poets House for their annual walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. For $250, you can too.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Imagine yourself walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset. Bill Murray is at your side and someone whispers a poem about the city you both love in your ear. This soothing moment doesn’t have to remain an unattainable dream — it could be your reality.
You’re just going to need to shell out $250.
This blissful moment comes courtesy of the Poets House, which is hosting its 30th pilgrimage across the Brooklyn Bridge on June 12.
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Murray — as well as paying guests and poets Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, Gregory Pardlo and Claudia Rankine — will journey from Manhattan and across the Brooklyn Bridge to wind up at a Poet House-sponsored dinner, organizers said.
During the walk, the poets will read their favorite New York City-inspired verse. Murray probably won’t be quoting lines from "Tootsie," even though that film is sheer screenwriting poetry.
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Tickets are up for grabs on the Poets House website and will fund future Poets House events, which may be why it will cost $10,000 to sit with the guest poets at dinner.
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