Leslie Odom, Jr. to be UVA President’s Speaker for the Arts on January 19, 2019
Full Details
WHEN: Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 3pm (doors at 2pm)
WHERE: John Paul Jones Arena (Clear Bag Policy in effect)
TICKETS: General admission tickets are FREE and are available now – through Friday, January 18th at the following locations:
- UVA Arts Box Office (in person, weekdays from noon to 5 pm)
- Newcomb Information Desk (in person, every day from 9 am to 9 pm)
- Newcomb Programs and Councils Front Desk (in person, weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm)
- John Paul Jones Arena Box Office (in person, weekdays from 10 am to 2 pm, day of opens a 12pm)
- ONLINE: ticketmaster.com (search: John Paul Jones Arena; note that Ticketmaster fees will apply).
JPJ Box Office will open at 12pm on Saturday, January 19th for tickets and will call.
*There is a limit of one ticket per student and two for Community, Staff, & Faculty at the Box Offices and up to four may be acquired online.
BOOK SIGNING: Leslie Odom, Jr.’s Failing Up will be available for purchase at the event. The first 50 patrons to buy a book after the doors open (2pm) at John Paul Jones Arena will receive a special book signing opportunity with Odom, Jr. following the conversation. Pre-signed books will also be available for purchase. Odom, Jr. will not sign any merchandise or posters. Photos can be taken of Odom, Jr. from the book signing line, but staged photos will not be allowed.
QUESTIONS: Email uvaarts@virginia.edu
SPONSORS & PARTNERS: The President’s Speaker Series for the Arts is supported by the offices of the President and the Executive Vice President and Provost, the Vice Provost for the Arts, UVA Arts, the Office for Diversity and Equity, the Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, and The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Media Sponsors are WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Radio Group (CRG) and C-VILLE Weekly.
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- Cavalier Daily: Race, reconciliation and a community rising with support from one of Broadway’s biggest stars
- UVA Today: Q&A: Leslie Odom Jr. Offers Advice And New Year’S Resolutions
- C-Ville Weekly: Just you wait: Hamilton star Leslie Odom, Jr. on not throwing away his shot at success
- Daily Progress: Leslie Odom Jr. on art’s catharsis, connections and ‘walking toward the thing that lit me up’
- Richmond Times Dispatch: Actor Leslie Odom Jr., the original Aaron Burr in ‘Hamilton,’ to speak at University of Virginia
- NBC 29: Leslie Odom Jr. Visits Charlottesville as UVA President’s Speaker for the Arts
- CBS 19: Leslie Odom, Jr. visits UVA as President’s Speaker for the Arts
- UVA Today: Leslie Odom Jr. Brings UVA to Its Feet – Again
