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Whoopi Goldberg and Katie
Couric
Headline Literacy Partners
27th Annual
"Evening of Readings" Gala
Bestselling authors Michael Connelly and Stacy Schiff,
"The King's Speech" screenwriter
David Seidler
and Gala Honorees Leonard and Louise
Riggio
complete the star-studded line-up
Titans of television, movies and
publishing will unite to support Literacy Partners at the 27th
Annual ?Evening of Readings? Gala, chaired by celebrated New
Yorkers Liz Smith, Arnold Scaasi, Parker
Ladd and Jacqueline Weld Drake.
To help celebrate, TV personalities and
authors Whoopi Goldberg and Katie Couric, as
well as bestselling authors Michael Connelly (author
of City of Bones, Chasing the Dime, and The Lincoln
Lawyer), and Stacy Schiff (Pulitzer
Prize-winning nonfiction writer and author of the current
bestseller Cleopatra: A Life), will read aloud
from their own works. Joining these acclaimed authors on
stage will be Literacy Partners students who will share
their own inspiring essays about triumphing over adult
illiteracy.
Literacy Partners, New York City's only
accredited adult literacy organization, will honor Barnes &
Noble Founder Leonard Riggio and his wife, Louise
Riggio, for their philanthropy and longtime support of
literacy and the written word.
In addition, the 2011 Face of
Literacy Award will be presented to The King's Speech
for its inspiring and
entertaining portrayal of King George VI and his quest,
against seemingly insurmountable odds, to find his voice.
Screenwriter David Seidler
will be in attendance to
receive the award on behalf of the Academy Award-winning
movie.
The Literacy Partners Face of Literacy
Award recognizes individuals who have used their talents in
a significant way to bring awareness to fact that adults,
when challenged to find their personal power and voice in
the world ? with support and education - can have glorious
results. In 2009, The Face of Literacy Award was presented
to The Reader. Its leading actress, Kate Winslet,
won the Academy Award for best performance by an actress.
Expected attendees for this year's gala include: Peter
Brown, Barbara Taylor and Robert Bradford,
Alina Cho, Mary Higgins Clark, Joan Ganz Coony
and Pete Peterson, Nina Rennert Davidson, Nora
Ephron, Barbara Goldsmith, Gael Greene,
Marvin Hamlisch,
Terry Allen Kramer, James L. and Margo
MacNabb Nederlander, Enid Nemy, Nicholas
Pileggi, and
Ingeborg Hanna Rennert.
WHEN: Monday,
May 16, 2011, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: David H.
Koch Theater
Columbus Avenue, at 63rd Street
New York, NY
WHO: Literacy
Partners Supporters
Past attendees have included: Lauren Bacall,
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton,
Chris Cuomo, Jane Friedman, Diane von Furstenberg,
Kathie Lee Gifford, Susan Lucci,
Bette Midler, Yoko Ono, Vanessa Redgrave,
Martha Stewart, Sir Howard Stringer, Barbara Walters, Oprah
Winfrey and Harvey Weinstein,
among others.
WHY: To help Literacy Partners continue
to provide
high-quality, free, community-based adult and
family literacy programs to New York City residents
as the charity has for nearly 40 years
For ticket information
please call 914-597- 1000
Buckley Hall Events
About Literacy Partners
For nearly 40 years, Literacy Partners
has helped thousands of New Yorkers learn the basic reading,
writing and math skills needed to succeed in day-to-day
living. Through successful collaborations with major
corporations, community partners and benefactors, Literacy
Partners offers small, welcoming classes taught by
credentialed teachers, supported by enthusiastic, highly
trained, volunteer tutors. Literacy Partners is the only
nationally accredited adult literacy program serving New
York City. For more information, visit
http://www.literacypartners.org/.
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