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Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities2024 Speaker: PERCIVAL EVERETT
As part of its year-long celebration of fifty years serving West Virginians through the humanities, the Council is proud to announce novelist and poet Percival Everett as this year’s McCreight speaker.
The 2024 McCreight Lecture will be presented on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Capitol Theater in Charleston. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The lecture begins at 7:30 PM.
Admission is free, no RSVP required. Select Percival Everett titles will be sold at the door courtesy of Taylor Books of Charleston.
Percival Everett is the author of more than thirty books of fiction and poetry. He is a Pulitzer Prize finalist—among many other awards—and his novel Erasure was recently adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction. His latest novel, James, is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved friend Jim. Released in March 2024, James became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Both the New York Times and Chicago Tribune laud the novel as “a masterpiece” that will “help redefine one of the classics of American literature.” Everett is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.
For more information on Percival Everett, please visit www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/percival-everett.
The historic Capitol Theater is located at 123 Summers Street in the heart of downtown Charleston. Originally built in 1912, the theater is in the perfect spot to enjoy an autumn evening before attending this landmark lecture. Cruise Charleston's ArtWalk; take in the delights of FestivFALL; and savor one of downtown's many restaurants before joining us to welcome a modern literary master to West Virginia.
CAPITOL THEATER
123 Summers Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Multiple parking options are convenient to Capitol Theater, including the Summers Street Garage (free after 5:00 p.m.) and several open-air lots.
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Capitol Theatre Charleston WV, 123 Summers St,Charleston,WV,United States
