Live Talks Los Angeles Presents: AN EVENING WITH WYCLEF JEAN, 75 min. September 23, 2012

Sunday, September 23 – 7:30 PM
Live Talks Los Angeles Presents: AN EVENING WITH WYCLEF JEAN, 75 min. Live Talks Los Angeles features a conversation with Wyclef Jean discussing his memoir Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story followed by a performance of acoustic music. Wyclef Jean is a multiplatinum Haitian musician and former member of hip-hop trio The Fugees, as well as an actor and producer. He has worked with such artists as Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, T.I., Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child. In Purpose, Wyclef recounts his path to fame from his impoverished childhood in "Baby Doc" Duvalier's Haiti and the mean streets of Brooklyn and Newark to the bright lights of the world stage. Tickets: $25, $45 (includes Wyclef Jean's memoir), $95 (includes pre-reception, 6:00-7:00pm and Jean's memoir). Tickets only at www.livetalksla.org ($20 General Admission Tickets for Cinematheque Members. Use promo code: cinematheque)

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