Lucille Ball: A Lecture

159 Main Street,East Hampton NY 11937

07 January, 2022

Description

Join Journalist Evan Weiner for a lecture about Lucille Ball Lucille Ball was told she didn’t have it to be an actress, she ended up proving herself in a Three Stooges short, followed by a contract with RKO, leading to appearances in B movies. She married Cuban born bandleader Dezi Arnaz, and the two ventured into television. In 1962 Lucille Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu Productions. Learn how Lucille Ball defied the odds of the period and became one of the most powerful businesswomen in Hollywood. Journalist Evan Weiner is a recognized global expert of the "Politics of Sports Business". He has a daily video podcast called The Politics of Sports Business. He has been a regular on BBC radio as well as TalkSport London and has been quoted in Bolivian and Australian newspapers. He also has written for the Guardian newspaper in the U. K. In the United States, he has been a radio commentator, TV pundit on MSNBC, NewsMax and ABC, he is also an author of nine books and is a frequent college speaker. He won the 2010 Ronald Reagan Media Award from the United States Sports Academy. In 2015, Evan was featured on the documentary, “The Sons of Ben" about the economic fall of Chester, Pennsylvania and how the city thought a soccer team would be a key to economic revival. A Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to all participants 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. Photo credit for Lucille Ball set living room Carol M. Highsmith Faithfully reproduced living-room set from at the 1950s smash-hit "I Love Lucy" television comedy show at the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum, part of the Comedy Center complex in Jamestown, New York, Ms. Ball's hometown Public Library in East Hampton NY located at 159 Main St East Hampton