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Leslie Odom, Jr. to be UVA President’s Speaker for the Arts | Jody Kielbasa

Director of VAFF and vice-provost of the arts at UVA, Jody Kielbasa talks with Les Sinclair about the announcement of Leslie Odom, Jr., Tony Award winner as the fourth UVA President’s Speaker for the Arts. The event happens at John Paul Jones Arena on January 19, 2019

Presented in conjunction with the University of Virginia’s 2019 Community MLK Celebration, the event is free and open to the public. The timing of the event will be finalized, in the next two weeks, once game-time for the televised UVA Men’s Basketball game at Duke is determined.

More info here: http://arts.virginia.edu/odom/

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