Arts & Culture

An Evening with Fran Lebowitz

Wed Aug 9, 2023
6:00 PM - 7:30 AM

Presented in partnership with the Vilar Performing Arts Center.
Cindy Engles generously underwrites the summer season of programming.

In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.

Her essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media – as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. The New York Times Book Review calls Lebowitz an “important humorist in the classic tradition.” Purveyor of urban cool, Lebowitz is a cultural satirist whom many call the heir to Dorothy Parker.

“Fran Lebowitz’s trademark is the sneer; she disapproves of virtually everything except sleep, cigarette smoking, and good furniture. Her essays and topical interviews on subjects ranging from the difficulty of finding an acceptable apartment to the art of freeloading at weekend houses have come to be regarded as classics of literary humor and social observation.” – The Paris Review.

Join us for an incredible evening with a true American icon.

Recommended reading available at The Bookworm in Edwards:

The Fran Lebowitz Reader

 

 

 

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Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz

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