News briefs for May 1, 2005

Friday, April 29, 2005 | 5:20 a.m.

FRIEDMAN IN LAS VEGAS

Thomas Friedman, one of the nation's foremost thinkers and writers about foreign affairs, will provide his insights on world events here May 12 as part of UNLV's Barbara Greenspun Lecture Series. A New York Times columnist and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Friedman is the author of a new book that has been highly acclaimed, "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century."

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12. A book signing will follow at 8 p.m.

Where: Artemus Ham Concert Hall at UNLV.

Tickets: Free. They can be picked up at the concert hall box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Information: Call 895-2787.

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