Culture Connect Featured Event
NBC NEWS’ TEL AVIV BUREAU CHIEF TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS BOOK
Ticket Price: $30
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Martin Fletcher, NBC News Bureau Chief/ Tel Aviv
On November 9 at 7:30 pm, Martin Fletcher will be the first in the NEW Jewish Book Festival series of celebrity authors to visit West Hartford’s Mandell JCC during 2008 and 2009. Mr. Fletcher is a five-time Emmy Award -winning news correspondent and NBC Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv. Over the past 30 years, he has covered major news stories in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and South Africa.
From tense moments with Khmer Rouge guerillas to the aftermath of Tiananmen Square, Fletcher has made a career of being at the front lines of breaking news. Now he recounts these tumultuous events and his life in broadcast news in his passionate and personable memoir, Breaking News. Tom Brokaw writes, “Martin Fletcher has given us a stunning and memorable account of the risks, rewards, complexities, and enduring lessons of reporting from some of the most dangerous places in the world.”
Sponsorships including invitation to all four events plus private author reception are $375. Series subscriptions to the four author events and book signings are $100. Individual tickets are $30. More information is available and tickets can be purchased on line at www.mandelljcc.org or by contacting 860.231.6316 or dlondon@mandelljcc.org.
Venue Information
Mandell JCC's Herbert Gilman Theater
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford
, CT
06117
1 860-236-4571
