The 2017-18 William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series continues with an appearance by novelist Maria Semple. The event will take place Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel.
Best-selling author Maria Semple has written three novels, including Where’d You Go, Bernadette, which spent a year on The New York Times best-seller list and won the American Library Association’s Alex Award.
She began her career as a screenwriter for such successful television shows as Beverly Hills, 90210; Saturday Night Live; and Ellen. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her work on the series Mad About You, and for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on Arrested Development. Her latest novel is Today Will Be Different.
A limited number of free student tickets will be available in person beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Students can show their Case Western Reserve ID at the Tinkham Veale University Center’s first floor information desk to obtain a ticket to that evening’s event.
In addition, students can participate in a personal dialogue with the author Wednesday, March 21, from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom.
Students are asked to RSVP online.
About the series
The 2017-18 William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series is presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation and academic partner, Case Western Reserve University. Funds raised by this series help support Cuyahoga County Public Library, the nation’s top-rated library system for eight consecutive years.
On the day of the event, free shuttle service is available to transport ticketed guests to the Maltz Performing Arts Center. Shuttles depart from the Tinkham Veale University Center Linsalata Entrance (Bellflower Road), and return shuttles leave from the Maltz Performing Arts Center at the conclusion of the lecture.
Details about the other speakers in the series are available online.