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8:00pm
  Mike Daisey: Faster Better Social  
(Arts)

For mature audiences
Called "the master storyteller" by the New York Times for his groundbreaking monologues, Daisey uses autobiography, gonzo journalism, and unscripted performance to tell stories that define our age through hilarious comedy and brilliant observation. Here he focuses on where we live right now-in the disrupted landscape of technological change, where smartphones have transformed how we see the world around us; our dissolving sense of privacy, the commoditization of each of us as clusters of information, our shrinking sense of time as we train ourselves to speak in 140 character haiku. By examining history, illuminating the unexpected, and using fierce humor, Daisey makes the case for each of us forging a new covenant between ourselves and-TOO LONG DIDN'T READ LOL K THX BYE.

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Location: Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre, Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech
Price: $25 general admission; $10 students with ID and Children 18 and under
Sponsor: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech
Contact: Shana Buzzard
E-Mail: centerforthearts@vt.edu
540-231-ARTS
   
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