An Evening with David Sedaris to Benefit Scholarships

Best-selling author and NPR humorist David Sedaris will appear at a special benefit reading for California College of the Arts (CCA) on May 3, 2012, at Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus. The evening will include a reading from new and unpublished material, a book signing, and, for sponsorship donors, a VIP cocktail party with the author at Berkeley Art Museum. Proceeds will benefit the CCA Scholarship Fund.

With his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Sedaris is one of America’s preeminent humor writers. His newest book, a collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, was an immediate best-seller. He is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice as well as collections of personal essays, including When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Naked, and Me Talk Pretty One Day.

“We are delighted to have David help us raise funds for student scholarships,” said CCA President Stephen Beal. “I have had the pleasure of knowing David for many years—he was a former art student of mine--and he is truly one of the funniest and smartest writers working today. With this event we hope to raise more than $150,000 in much-needed financial aid to support talented young artists, architects, designers, and writers at CCA.”