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Luncheon: Columnist Liz Smith Interviewing Best-selling Author Lauren Weisberger to Fight Adult Illiteracy

When  Tue, October 5,12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Where  Le Cirque
Admission  Ticketed Event
Description 
Need some "Food for Thought?" Approximately 3.7 million New York City adults cannot read beyond the 5th grade level. To help battle adult illiteracy, the women of wowOwow have joined forces with bestselling authors to support Literacy Partners, New York's only accredited adult literacy program. This year, the four-part Food for Thought series begins with wowOwow founder and columnist Liz Smith hosting an intimate Q&A with Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada and the newly released Last Night at Chateau Marmont. Each year, Literacy Partners helps approximately 2000 adult New Yorkers and their families by providing free, quality education. Please support Literacy Partners by attending this or the following luncheon events, all being held at midtown's famed Le Cirque. wowOwow is a free daily Internet website created, run and written by Lesley Stahl, Liz Smith, Joni Evans, Mary Wells, Sheila Nevins, Joan Juliet Buck, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Reed, Joan Ganz Cooney, Judith Martin, Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Jean Chatzky, Cynthia McFadden and Marlo Thomas. For ticket information, call (212) 725-9200
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