Bill Moyers To Speak at KET Fund-Raiser

PRESS CONTACT: Tona Barkley
TICKET INFO: Sheree Boston
Bill Moyers, the 25-year veteran television producer and well-known public television advocate, will be the featured speaker at a fund-raiser for KET on Thursday, November 14. The event, which includes a reception, dinner, and a speech by Moyers, begins at 6:00 p.m. ET at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Lexington, KY. Moyers will speak about his new 10-part series, Genesis: A Living Conversation, and about the value of public television.

Tickets for the reception and dinner are $75.00 per person and can be obtained by calling The Commonwealth Endowment for Kentucky Educational Television at (859) 258-7221.

"We are most appreciative that Bill Moyers is putting his talents to work for KET," said Virginia G. Fox, KET executive director and CEO. "I know that many Kentuckians admire this man who has made it his business to cover religious and spiritual subjects in such an intelligent manner over the years. This event is an exciting opportunity for KET supporters to meet one of public television's guiding lights."

Moyers has sought to demonstrate the appeal of religion and philosophy as journalistic "beats" with such programs as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, Amazing Grace, God and Politics, Spirit and Nature, and, most recently, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith. Now he has turned his attention to the Book of Genesis -- "the source of three great religions, with people whose names echo through the centuries and themes as fresh as the morning news." The 10 programs in the new Genesis series bring together biblical scholars, writers, artists, psychotherapists, composers, lawyers, college presidents, and translators to discuss what the Genesis stories say to us today.

Genesis: A Living Conversation will premiere on KET Friday, November 8 at 10:00/9:00 pm CT.

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