Author Walter Newkirk to Talk GREY GARDENS Doc, Musical and HBO Film in Chatham, 10/2

On Thursday, October 2 at 12:30pm Senior Services of the Chatham's in Chatham, NJ welcomes Walter Newkirk, founder of Walter Newkirk Public Relations LLC and author of memoraBEALEia : A Private Scrapbook about Edie Beale of Grey Gardens for a lecture about Grey Gardens: the critically acclaimed documentary, the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, and the Emmy and Golden Globe winning HBO film film starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. A free screening of the HBO film will be presented followed by a Q&A session with Walter, an expert on all things Grey Gardens.

Mr. Newkirk's book memoraBEALEia is endorsed by Broadway veterans Scott Frankel, Michael Korie ,Doug Wright, and Christine Ebersole ; of the Tony award winning Grey Gardens musical , Bryan Batt, star of the AMC TV-series MAD MEN, and Tony nominated actress Sheryl Lee Ralph ( Dreamgirls, Thoroughly Modern Millie).

memoraBEALEia is in the Harvard, Dartmouth and Rutgers University libraries, and is now sold at The Andy Warhol Museum Gift Shop in Pittsburgh, PA.

Mr. Newkirk will sign copies of memoraBEALEia book and his CD Little Edie Live! A Visit to Grey Gardens ($20) both on sale at the event. For signed copies of the book and CD, email newkirkpr@aol.com.

Walter Newkirk is also the editor of the book Letters of LIttle Edie Beale: Grey Gardens and Beyond. His new book THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER NEWKIRK is due October 20, 2014.

For further information, contact Senior Services of The Chathams, 58 Meyersville Rd Chatham NJ 07928. Phone: 973 635 4565.

About THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER NEWKIRK by Walter Newkirk: In his new book, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER NEWKIRK, the author of memoraBEALEia and Letters of LIttle Edie Beale confronts all aspects of his life including his bouts with depression from 1978-2013, 4 hospitalizations between 2004-2013, his paralyzing fear of becoming homeless in 2011, his gay relationships from 1978-present day, and his PR career in the fine and performing arts.

Newkirk states: "The title of this book is, of course, refers to the 1947 film THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY starring Danny Kaye. It has backstage stories with actors and celebrities including Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich. Eartha Kitt, James Ivorty & Ismael Merchant, Ron & Betty Galella, Quentin Crisp, Paul Cadmus, Arlene Dahl, Deborah Gregory (THE CHEETAH GIRLS). Connie Francis, Kim G of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY, Pat Loud, Edie Beale, Bob Paris, Celeste Holm, Richard Dupont, Richard Wesley, Nikki Haskell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrea McArdle and Lena Horne.

"The book will include my interviews for my college newspaper The Rutgers Daily Targum with Edie Beale, Pat Loud ("An American Family", PBS 1973), Edie Beale ("Grey Gardens," 1975), Jon Voight (1978) and Divine (1974). It's funny, sad, and has a happy ending which is my life now without medications," said Newkirk.

A graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ Walter Newkirk spent his wonder years in Mt. Laurel, NJ, and is now a resident of Chatham, NJ. To purchase the book, contact Walter Newkirk at newkirkpr@aol.com.