INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP Presents Award-Winning Author Nicholson Baker

Celebrated author Nicholson Baker comes to town with his New York Times bestseller, SUBSTITUTE: Going to School With a Thousand Kids. In this work of narrative nonfiction, Baker takes on the topic of education, recounting 28 days of a spring semester he spent as a substitute teacher in Maine public schools. SUBSTITUTE expresses outrage, humor, and empathy as it delves into the world of curiosity and learning, in his most impressive work of nonfiction yet.

The evening's guest moderator is The Music Hall's film and outreach manager Chris Curtis, who has arranged for several remarkable education-oriented panel discussions and films including Waiting for Superman, The Race to Nowhere and Most Likely to Succeed). Said Curtis, "This remarkable book inspires us to look again at America's educational system and question what we see. I look forward to his visit and the chance to talk through 'what's next?,' with our guest as well as with educators, parents, and students in the audience."

When/Where: Thursday, November 4, 2016 - 7:00 pm, The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Tickets: The ticket package for Innovation and Leadership: Nicholson Baker on Thursday, November 3, at 7pm is $44 ($42 members). In addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of SUBSTITUTE: Going to School with A Thousand Kids, a bar beverage, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603.436.2400, or online at www.themusichall.org

About the Author: Nicholson Baker is the author of ten novels and five works of nonfiction, including The Anthologist, The Mezzanine, and Human Smoke. He has won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Hermann Hesse Prize, and a Katherine Anne Porter Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Maine with his wife, Margaret Brentano; both their children went to Maine public schools.

About Innovation and Leadership

In this Age of Participation, The Music Hall has expanded its programming to focus on issues critical to our time. The Innovation and Leadership series was first launched nearly five years ago to serve our local business community, bringing together the best and the brightest in technology. The series has since broadened to showcase opinion leaders, authors and all variety of educators, and to serve audiences from a tri-state region and beyond - all who are interested in bettering the worlds they live in, at work and at home, locally and around the world. These lively and informative conversations feature experts in their field sharing experiences and providing participants practical tools for making meaningful advances in their lives. From demonstrations in the art of all things digital to special forums featuring regional and global leaders in sustainability, from book discussion-demonstrations on the positive effect of meditation to awareness-raising events led by today's champions in philanthropy, feminism and family matters, each Innovation and Leadership event is memorable and impactful. The Music Hall is committed to community building and personal flourishing. Our Innovation and Leadership series delivers on that commitment.

Presenting Sponsor: ALNÔBA

Series Sponsor: Veris Wealth Partners

Season Sponsors: Carey & Giampa Realtors; Portwalk Place; The River House restaurant

Contributing Partner: The University of New Hampshire

About the Music Hall

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.

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