BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130619T215622CEST-5471mcB7PX@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130619T195622Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Humanities Forum for "\;Fences"\; - A Conve rsation with Author Larry Tye\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/ detail/49301/Humanities_Forum_for_quotFencesquot_A_Conversation_with_Autho r_Larry_Tye\nEvent Date Begin: 2009-09-20\nEvent Date End: 2009-09-20\n\nH untington Theatre Company Literary Associate Charles Haugland leads a disc ussion with former Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye\, author of Satchel: Th e Life and Times of Satchel Paige\, about one of the Negro Baseball League ’s most famous pitchers. Humanities Forums are post-show discussions wit h a leading local scholar that explore the historical and/or literary cont ext of the play. Free with a ticket to any performance of Fences.\nWhen hi s rise through the Negro baseball leagues hit the ceiling of racial prejud ice\, Troy Maxson turned against a world of unfulfilled promises and denie d opportunities. But in 1957\, his son Cory\, an emerging football star\, sees his world through very different eyes\, and his wife Rose yearns for an outlet for her love. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award f or Best Play\, Fences is the sixth chapter in August Wilson's groundbreaki ng ten-play cycle of the African-American experience in the 20th century a nd the ninth of his plays to be staged by the Huntington\, one of Wilson's longstanding artistic homes. Directed by Kenny Leon\n'A blockbuster and a major American play.' — New York Daily News\n\nStart time: Following th e 2pm performance DTSTART:20090920T000000 DTEND:20090920T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Humanities Forum for "\;Fences"\; - A Conversation with Aut hor Larry Tye TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR