Penny Wrenn to Premiere PRETTY FOR A BLACK GIRL at Ware Center, 11/23

Harlem-based writer Penny Wrenn will return to her native soil of Lancaster on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3 pm to share her witty and honest story of growing up black in the midst of Pennsylvania Dutch country in a special premiere of "Pretty for a Black Girl" at the Ware Center of Millersville University in Lancaster. The Ware Center is located at 42 N. Prince Street, Lancaster.

Wrenn's work has appeared in such magazines as Esquire, Essence, Glamour, Redbook, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She has appeared on television and radio programs, including Good Morning America, The Today Show, Fox News, The Gayle King Show, and XM Radio.

Pretty for a Black Girl explores the amusements and anxieties of one woman's identity struggle--from growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania surrounded by the picturesque Amish country to living, working and dating in New York City."

Tickets for the show are available on a pay-what-you-can basis.

The Arts at Millersville University is sponsored by Season Partner, Rodgers & Associates and Season Sponsors include: Aussie & the Fox, Clipper Magazine, Hagelgans & Veronis, Hotel Lancaster, 12:34 Micro Technologies, Ann B. Barshinger, Peggy Neff, Mary S. Burton & Laurent Home, Linda Holman Marcks, Mary Kearns & Jon Walker. Media Sponsors are Fig Lancaster Magazine & Fine Living Lancaster. The film series is sponsored by Carmen & David's Creamery.

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