Prof. Elliot Engel at Piedmont Arts with Brilliant and Bizarre Brontes

Professor Elliot Engel will bring to light the tragic lives of the famed Bronte sisters in his lecture, Brilliant and Bizarre Brontes, on September 24 at Piedmont Arts.

Like a story from one of the sisters' Gothic romances, the Brontes were a family thwarted in love and doomed to face early deaths, but destined to leave behind a body of literature still read and enjoyed today. Using anecdotes, analysis, and large doses of humor, Professor Elliot Engel gives new insights into the backgrounds, accomplishments and lives of these great masters of English literature.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Professor Engel now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he has taught at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University and Duke University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at UCLA. While at UCLA he won the university's Outstanding Teacher Award.

Guests are invited to enjoy an optional dinner with Professor Engel at 6:30 pm and a lecture at 7:30 pm. Limited seating is available for both the dinner and lecture. Early RSVPs are suggested. Tickets are $25 for the dinner and lecture and $15 for the lecture only. Tickets are on sale at Piedmont Arts and www.piedmontarts.org.

What: Brilliant and Bizarre Brontes with Professor Elliot Engel
When: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm lecture
Where: Piedmont Arts, 215 Starling Avenue, Martinsville
Cost: $25 for dinner and lecture, $15 for lecture only
Tickets: Call 276.632.3221 or visit www.piedmontarts.org

Piedmont Arts is a nonprofit art museum and educational outreach center in Martinsville, Virginia that facilitates ongoing enrichment of the lives of the people of Martinsville, Henry County and the surrounding area, through positive exposure, education and experiences in the visual and performing arts. Piedmont Arts is a statewide partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Learn more at www.piedmontarts.org.