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Witte Lectures lineup revealed for 2014-15

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The Newport Beach Public Library has announced the full lineup for its 2014-15 Witte Lectures series, which brings together acclaimed authors and other high-profile thinkers from around the world.

The upcoming season will kick off Oct. 25 with novelist Jonathan Franzen, whose credits include “The Corrections” and “Freedom.”

Filling out the schedule are poets Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye on Jan. 23, New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert on Jan. 30 and 31, longtime China correspondent Evan Osnos on Feb. 27 and 28, brain researcher Dr. Daniel J. Levitin on March 20 and 21, and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on April 17 and 18.

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Ticket prices range from $45 to $50 on Fridays and $30 to $35 on Saturdays. For more information, call (949) 548-2411 or visit https://www.nbplfoundation.org.

—Michael Miller

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