Author Elizabeth Gilbert -- All the Way to the River lecture with audience Q&A

Please join Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures(https://pittsburghlectures.org/) as they welcome Elizabeth Gilbert(https://pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/elizabeth-gilbert/). In her first nonfiction book in a decade, the #1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free.

In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: The two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe.

What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?

All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love—or to any other passion, substance, or craving – and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.

Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels City of Girls, The Signature of All Things, and Stern Men; the story collection Pilgrims; and the nonfiction books Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, Committed, and The Last American Man. A finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award, Gilbert began her career as a journalist.

Pre-signed copies of All the Way to the River(https://whitewhalebookstore.com/item/wCIDqQu6pg-n8kODP-NI6g) are available to purchase from White Whale Bookstore(https://whitewhalebookstore.com/) in the lobby along with many books by other authors that have been part of the Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures series.

This lecture is sponsored by University of Pittsburgh - David C. Frederick Honors College(https://pittsburghlectures.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf88c5f5d1d26f6059e49e271&id=e0ea3dd637&e=59b1d555e0)

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After logging into the RAD Pass website [https://radpass.org/](https://radpass.org/) a list of participating attractions will be shown with further links to reserve free tickets in advance. With RAD Pass, people will save $31 as compared to the regular ticket price (see below) for Elizabeth Gilbert on September 29.

In person tickets start at $31 for the upper balcony (where it is easy for a group to sit together when purchasing at the door) Elizabeth Gilbert - Pittsburgh | Official Ticket Source | Carnegie Music Hall | Mon, Sep 29, 2025, 7:30pm | Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures(https://pittsburghlectures.culturaldistrict.org/production/98886) Tickets may also be purchased by phone (412) 622-8866 or at the door starting at 6:30 PM

Online tickets are $31 Elizabeth Gilbert Online - Pittsburgh | Official Ticket Source | Online Event | Mon, Sep 29, 2025, 7:30pm | Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures(https://pittsburghlectures.culturaldistrict.org/production/98887) The viewing link will be emailed on the day of the event. Viewers will have access to the recorded program for one week.

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