An Afternoon with Viola Davis

As part of the Day of Commemoration celebrating Indiana University’s Bicentennial and Martin Luther King Jr. Day

An Afternoon with Viola Davis

As part of the Day of Commemoration celebrating Indiana University’s Bicentennial and Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20 / 2020

As part of the Day of Commemoration celebrating Indiana University’s Bicentennial and Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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January 20 / 2020
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4:00PM
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2 hours
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Free (2 ticket limit)
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All available tickets for this event have been distributed at this time. Additional seating may be available by joining the standby line outside of the South Lobby of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall beginning at 2 p.m. the day of the event.
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All available tickets for this event have been distributed at this time. Additional seating may be available by joining the standby line outside of the South Lobby of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall beginning at 2 p.m. the day of the event.

As part of the university-wide Day of Commemoration celebrating Indiana University’s Bicentennial and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Viola Davis will deliver a keynote lecture at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on January 20, 2020. The event is free and open to the public.

The first black actor to win acting’s triple crown (Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards), Davis currently stars in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder and has twice been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Join us as we celebrate this special day of commemoration with this extraordinary actor, activist, and philanthropist.

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