Celebrated American writer and publishing magnate Lewis Lapham will present a talk entitled ‘Celebrity in Contemporary Culture.’ This lecture is part of the programming series on the question of celebrity, associated with Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 : 2008.

Please note, seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
Please enter through the President's Choice Group Entrance, located at the south end of the Museum.
Doors open at 6:00 pm.


A program highlight each year, the Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture brings powerful voices to Toronto to discuss cultural change; this lecture will be followed by a lively panel discussionn illustrating the diversity of views relating to its varied and provocative topics. Panelists include Don McKellar, the a Tony and Genie Award-winning Canadian actor, writer, and filmmaker; Sarah Hampson, of the Globe and Mail, who has interviewed over 500 intriguing celebrities through her 'The Interview' column; and Professor Murray Pomerance, of Ryerson University's Film Studies department. .

Lewis H. Lapham is Editor of Lapham's Quarterly. Formerly Editor of Harper's Magazine, he is the author of numerous books, including Money and Class in America, Theater of War, Gag Rule, and, most recently, Pretensions to Empire. The New York Times has likened him to H. L. Mencken; Vanity Fair has suggested a strong resemblance to Mark Twain; and Tom Wolfe has compared him to Montaigne. A native of San Francisco, Mr. Lapham was educated at Yale and Cambridge.


Please note, seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
Please enter through the President's Choice Group Entrance, located at the south end of the Museum.
Doors open at 6:00 pm.