Shuttle Bus Service Available for Kamau Bell Lecture at Town Center March 29
W. Kamau Bell.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – CNN host W. Kamau Bell will be presenting an update of his one-man show “The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at the Fayetteville Town Center, 15 W. Mountain Street. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
Bell is speaking as part of the student-sponsored Distinguished Lecture Series.
Anyone on campus who needs a ride to the Town Center can use the free Razorback Charters shuttle service. Buses will leave from the Arkansas Union at the underpass and the Harmon Avenue Parking Garage starting at 5:30 p.m. to bring people to the lecture, and will provide return service to campus after the event is over.
Bell is a San Francisco-based comedian, satirist and host of CNN's United Shades of America. He has built his career on candid, insightful and hilarious commentary on race, politics and issues in modern American society.
About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.
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