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ON LINCOLN

“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” — Abraham Lincoln

Tony Kushner (Angels in America and the screenplay for Lincoln) and Sarah Vowell (Assassination Vacation) will examine the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln this week at Royce Hall.

 

 

TONY KUSHNER AND SARAH VOWELL IN CONVERSATION

THE LINCOLN LEGACYTHE MAN AND HIS PRESIDENCY, Thursday, February 22, at 8 pm.

ROYCE HALL, UCLA, 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles.

ucla.edu/kushner_vowell

Gloria Reuben, Sally Field, and Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012). Image credit: DreamWorks.

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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

The official portraits of President Obama and Michelle Obama were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery today. The Obamas were joined onstage by artists Kehinde Wiley (Barack Obama) and Amy Sherald (Michelle Obama). Shonda Rhimes, Steven Spielberg, and Eric Holder were in the audience to celebrate the occasion.

The portraits are the latest addition to the newly renovated America’s Presidents Gallery at the NPG.

 

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, 8th Street and F Street NW, Washington, D.C.

npg.si.edu/exhibition/obama-portraits-unveiled

See: washingtonpost.com/obamas-portraits

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