WEST PALM BEACH, FL (January 14, 2024) –The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce an additional speaker to the Lunch & Learn Series. Bestselling author Laurence Leamer will take the audience backstage in writing his national bestseller, Capote’s Women.
The book has been made into an eight-part series on FX and Hulu starring Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Cristina Flockhart, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald and others. Leamer will also talk a little about his 2023 book, Hitchcock’s Blondes, which also has been optioned for a major series.
Laurence Leamer has worked in a French factory, a West Virginia coal mine, and as a teacher in a school in the mountains of Nepal. Leamer has written nineteen books, seven of which have been national bestsellers. The award-winning author’s subjects have varied from the tragic life of a celebrated mountain climber to the powers that be in Washington.
His trilogy on the Kennedys is a crucial resource on that subject. He is currently writing a trilogy about creative geniuses and the women around them. The Atlantic called the first in the series, Capote’s Women, “immensely successful and entertaining.”
The second volume, Hitchcock’s Blondes, published last year, was also a national bestseller. He is currently writing the concluding volume, Warhol’s Muses. Leamer lives in Palm Beach and Washington, D.C.
All Lunch & Learn events are held in the Gimelstob Ballroom in the Cohen Pavilion. Tickets are $125* each and include lunch provided by Kravis Events by Lessing’s. Reserve a table of 10 for $1250. Limit one table per order. Lunch & Learn seating is general admission.
Tickets to Capote’s Women and Hitchcock’s Blondes will go on sale to the public online at kravis.org on Friday, January 12 at 10:00 a.m. To purchase by phone or in person, call 561.832.7469 or visit the Box Office Monday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Orders for groups of 10 or more may be placed by calling 561.651.4438.
ArtSmart Lunch and Learn
Laurence Leamer: Capote’s Women
Monday, March 18 at 11:30 a.m.
Gimelstob Ballroom in the Cohen Pavilion
Bestselling author Laurence Leamer will take the audience backstage in writing his national bestseller, Capote’s Women.
The book has been made into an eight-part series on FX and Hulu starring Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Cristina Flockhart, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald and others. Leamer will also talk a little about his 2023 book, Hitchcock’s Blondes, which also has been optioned for a major series.
*All programs, artists, ticket prices, availability, dates and times are subject to change without notice. Visit kravis.org for up-to-date information.
About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:
The Kravis Center is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. The Center’s mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home for local and regional arts organizations to showcase their work; and by providing an economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. For information, please visit kravis.org
