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Kathleen Turner and Margaret Engel discuss Red Hot Patriot

Kathleen Turner

On August 23, Kathleen Turner will take to the stage at Arena Stage playing late, legendary, liberal newspaper columnist Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. But next week she stops by the Newseum for a discussion about Ivins and the show with the show’s co-creator Margaret Engel, a former Washington Post reporter and former managing editor of the Newseum. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Tickets are $20 for general admission, or $10 for Newseum or Arena Stage members. Call 888-NEWSEUM or visit newseum.org.

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