xPEN Center USA'S 24TH Annual Literary Awards Festival

From a press release:

WHAT

PEN Center USA, a literary non-profit based in Beverly Hills, celebrates their 24th Annual Literary Awards Festival with mistress of ceremonies, Aisha Tyler. Actress/writer Amy Poehler will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to TV legend Norman Lear. Other honorees include Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Jose Antonio Vargas.

PEN Center USA strives to protect the rights of writers around the world, to stimulate interest in the written word, and to foster a vital literary community among the diverse writers living in the western United States. The organization, therefore, has two distinct yet complementary aims: to promote a literary culture and to protect freedom of expression.

WHERE

Beverly Wilshire Hotel

9500 Wilshire Blvd

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

WHEN

Tuesday, Nov. 11

6:30 p.m. Cocktails

7:30 p.m. Dinner and Program

TICKETS

$500 preferred seating (tax-deductible up to $400)

$400 general seating (tax-deductible up to $300)

http://penusa.org/2014-purchase-tickets