AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS Comes to Providence Arts Center Apr. 6

Following his release of the New York Times #1 bestselling book When You Are Engulfed in Flames, author David Sedaris will visit Providence for an evening of engaging recollections and readings. Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor, will be appearing for one-night only at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Mr. Sedaris will also be holding a book-signing at 6:30P at PPAC before his show. All of his titles, including When You Are Engulfed in Flames, are available at Barrington Books, the official book sponsor for WRNI PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS. Barrington Books is located at 184 County Rd., Barrington, RI.

WRNI PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS is Monday, April 6 at 8P. Ticket prices for WRNI PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS are $60.50, $50.50, $43, and $33; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Tickets may be purchased at PPAC's Box Office window at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, or by calling (401) 421-ARTS, Monday - Friday from 10A - 5P and Saturdays from 10A - 2P; patrons may also visit www.ppacri.org to purchase tickets anytime. Discounted admission is available for groups of 20 or more; for more information, email Paul Hiatt at phiatt@ppacri.org or call (401) 574-3162.

Tweaking the familiar until it warps, David Sedaris mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. David Sedaris' wickedly witty observations of the ordinary-bizarre deliver insights and laughs. One of six children in a second-generation Greek family, he grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1977, he dropped out of Kent State University to hitchhike around the country. Sedaris has worked a number of charmingly quirky jobs such as a house painter, an apple picker, an aide in a mental hospital, a creative writing teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, and an apartment cleaner, but he made his comic debut recounting his strange-but-true experiences of being a Macy's elf, reading his "Santaland Diaries" on Nation Public Radio's Morning Edition in 1992. His sardonic humor and incisive social critique have made him one of NPR's most popular and humorous commentators. In 2001, he was named by Time magazine as Humorist of the Year and received the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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For more information about the 2008/2009 season, visit www.ppacri.org.