Posts Tagged ‘haiti’

Sunday, September 23, 2012
7:30pm (Reception 6:00-7:00pm)

An Evening with Wyclef Jean
in conversation with Geoff Boucher
discussing his memoir, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story
and an acoustic performance 

The Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA

PURCHASE TICKETS
$25, $45 includes Jean’s book,
$34 signed book purchase only (shipping included to US destinations)
$95 includes the book + pre-event reception*

 The multi-platinum musician, producer and actor talks candidly about his life as an immigrant and the inside story of the Fugees.  The son of a pastor and grandson of a priest, Wyclef Jean was born and raised in the slums of Haiti.  His family migrated to the US when he was nine, eventually settling in Newark, where his father converted a burnt down funeral parlor into a home and church.

In his memoir, Purpose, Wyclef reveals how music–rap in particular– helped him to cope and adjust to life in a new country.  How his passion became a wedge between him and his father.   About his work in his native country after the devastating earthquake there, including his exploratory bid for president.

On his visit to Live Talks Los Angeles, this major voice in the music scene won’t just talk–expect to be regaled with some new acoustic sounds.

Geoff Boucher is a veteran journalist with more than 2,800 stories published in the Los Angeles Times, where he most recently covered entertainment. He also created the award-winning website, Hero Complex, and is the author of Two Badges, the biography of a gang member turned cop.  He interviewed John Lithgow at Live Talks Los Angeles in 2011.  See the video.

PURCHASE TICKETS

* Proceeds from tickets to the reception support the upcoming Live Talks Los Angeles emerging voices/authors series of events that commence in 2013.

$25, $45 includes Jean’s book,
$95 includes pre-event reception (6:00-7:00pm) plus book

The Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA