An Evening with FRAN LEBOWITZ

Name: An Evening with FRAN LEBOWITZ
Start: 2025-10-24T19:30:00-05:00
Location: The Virginia Theatre

Schedule

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Virginia Theatre | Champaign, IL

Friday, October 24, 2025
7:30 PM
Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Hosted by Amy Penne, Arts Editor for Smile Politely—Champaign Urbana’s Culture Magazine.
An Evening with Fran Lebowitz is a featured event for Uniting Pride’s 2025 Pride Fest.
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.
Author, Journalist, Social Observer. Her essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media – as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan.
The New York Times Book Review calls Lebowitz an "important humorist in the classic tradition." Purveyor of urban cool, Lebowitz is a cultural satirist whom many call the heir to Dorothy Parker.
Lebowitz on frankness: “Spilling your guts is exactly as charming as it sounds.”
Lebowitz on herself: “Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.”
This is Lebowitz off the cuff. Her writing — pointed, taut and economical — is equally forthright, irascible, and unapologetically opinionated.
For more, visit https://thevirginia.org/