2024 Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture with Misty Copeland

Presented by the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation

Misty Copeland, dancer, author, and philanthropist will present the 45th Annual Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture at the Madam Walker Legacy Center, 617 Indiana Ave, Indianapolis.

• A limited number of free tickets will be available to the public on Friday, March 1 at 5 p.m. Sign up for a reminder to secure your free ticket when they are released.
  
  
• This event will be livestreamed! If you are unable to secure a ticket, please visit The Indianapolis Public Library on YouTube to watch the lecture.

Misty Copeland is the author of the New York Times Bestselling memoir, Life in Motion, co-written with award-winning journalist and author Charisse Jones.  She has also published several children’s books including the award-winning Firebird, illustrated by Christopher Myers, and Bunheads, a biographical glimpse of young Misty as she makes friends and auditions for a role in Coppélia.

Misty is a celebrated artist, making history as the first black woman to perform the lead role of “Odette/Odile” in American Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake. In June 2015, Misty was promoted to principal dancer, making her the first African American woman to ever be promoted to the position in the company’s 75-year history.

The Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture Series was established after the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation received a gift from the estate of Marian McFadden, Director of Public Libraries in Indianapolis from 1945-1956. This annual author lecture series, which typically takes place in the spring, was named in her honor.

Learn more about the Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture.

Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.

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