Laurie Woolever will present a Town Hall Lecture at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14 at the North Platte Community Playhouse.
Woolever’s topic will be “What I learned from traveling with Bourdain.”
A limited number of individual tickets are available for purchase for this lecture. Please call Betty at 308-530-8448 for more information.
Author, food writer and host of Carbface for Radio podcast, Woolever spent years working as a longtime assistant to chef and restaurateur Mario Batali as well as lieutenant for the late Anthony Bourdain.
Woolever has written about food, travel and wine for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Food & Wine, Vogue and others. She is the author of World Travel: An Irreverent Guide and Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography.
On stage, Woolever shares her experiences traveling the globe with Anthony Bourdain and the valuable lessons learned about traveling, cooking and culture.
A question-and-answer period will follow the lecture at the North Platte Community Playhouse, following a brief intermission.
Next
The Lecture Series will host these speakers in the 2025-26 season:
- Andy Buckley, from the hit TV show The Office, on Sept. 23.
- Shailee Basnet, part of the first female team to climb Mt. Everest, on Oct. 9.
- Kate Anderson Brower, a glimpse of first families in the White House, on April 14, 2026
- Cece Moore, presents real life stories of a DNA detective, on May 6, 2026
New memberships are on sale now. More information can be found at www.nptownhall.com. Tickets are $75 plus tax for the season and may be purchased online or by contacting Betty at 308.530.8448.
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