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Sting to speak at Printers Row Lit Fest

By  Kara Spak
   
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(Credit: Ravinia Festival)

Grammy-award winning musician Sting was recently added to the lineup for next month’s Printers Row Lit Fest. He’s speaking on the same weekend he was previously scheduled to be in town for two concerts at Ravinia.

The former Police frontman will be part of a Saturday, June 8 discussion about Narrative 4, described on co-founder Colum McCann’s website as “A brand new literary charity – a Global Forum for Young Storytellers.” Other founding members are Lisa Consiglio and Luis Urrea. Narrative 4 launches in New York City on May 31.

Sting will be part of a “discussion about the launch of the organization and its “How to Be a Man” initiative,” according to the Printer’s Row Lit Fest website. The site also has information about when, where and how to see Sting.

Sting’s June 7 and 8 concerts at Ravinia are sold out.

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