The lecture will be held on April 18, at 7 p.m., at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus.
Admission is free.
The lecture series was established by a family gift in October 1999 to bring speakers of renown in all academic disciplines to the area. Imagine Stephen Hawking or a Nobel Prize laureate speaking in Johnstown for the first time. It is important to fill one's life with inspiring, unforgettable moments. Stanley Crouch has been a contributing editor to The New Republic, is a daily editorial columnist for the New York Daily News, and is a frequent panelist on television and radio talk shows. For years a staff writer for the Village Voice, he is artistic consultant to Jazz at Lincoln Center.