Nobel
Laureate and Library Trustee Toni
Morrison Is Evening’s Master of
Ceremonies
Young Lions Dance Party begins at 9
p.m.
The New York Public Library will
honor playwright Edward Albee,
children’s author and illustrator
Ashley Bryan, screenwriter and
essayist Nora Ephron, and novelist
Salman Rushdie at its annual
Library Lions black-tie benefit
on Monday, November 3, 2008, at the
Humanities and Social Sciences
Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd
Street.
Master of Ceremonies for the
evening’s program will be Nobel
Laureate and Library Trustee Toni
Morrison.
The evening will also feature a
disco dance party hosted by the
Young Lions, a membership group of
New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s who
support the work of the Library.
This
year’s event is expected to raise
more than $2.5 million for the
Library’s acquisitions budget.
“The individuals we are honoring
this year embody the highest level
of accomplishment in their
respective fields. Their
achievements encompass a variety of
rich forms of creative expression
that the Library preserves and makes
accessible in its collections,” said
Library President Paul LeClerc. “We
are proud to recognize them as
Library Lions for their
groundbreaking artistry and for
their noble commitment to a life of
ideas, inventiveness, exploration,
and thought."
For more information please visit:
www.nypl/librarylions