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"What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, February 26, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on March 2 at 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Billy Dee WilliamsWhat Have We Here?: Portraits of a LifeTICKETS:$50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Billy Dee William's memoir$25 General Admisison ticketAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on March 2 , at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venueBilly Dee Williams recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.Billy Dee Williams was born and raised in Harlem in 1937. He studied painting, first at the High School of Music and Art with fellow student Diahann Carroll, and then at the National Academy of Fine Art, before setting out to pursue acting with Herbert Berghof, Stella Adler, Read More ...