BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Leslie Odom\, Jr. BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71482021-07-30 DTSTART:20210731T000000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210730T040000Z LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville Delaware 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville Delaware 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo: 38.465810,-75.112030 GEO:38.465810;-75.112030 SUMMARY:Leslie Odom\, Jr. CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Leslie Odom\, Jr. is a multifaceted\, award-winning vocalist\,\ nsongwriter\, author\, and actor. With a career that spans all\nperformanc e genres\, he has received recognition with Tony and Grammy\nAwards as wel l as Emmy and\, most recently\, two Academy Award\nnominations for his exc ellence and achievements in Broadway\,\ntelevision\, film\, and music. Odo m currently stars and performs the\nsongs of legendary singer Sam Cooke in the critically acclaimed Amazon\nfilm adaptation of the Olivier Award-nom inated play\, One Night in\nMiami\, directed by Regina King. His portrayal of the soul icon has\nbeen met with widespread praise and critical acclai m\, earning him\nnominations for an Academy Award\, BAFTA Award\, Critics' Choice Award\,\nGolden Globe Awards\, and Screen Actors Guild Awards\, am ong others.\nKing also enlisted Odom to write\, compose\, and perform the film’s\noriginal song\, “Speak Now\,” for which he is currently nomi nated\nfor an Oscar for Best Original Song and has since earned him a\nCri tics’ Choice Award for Best Song as well as several other award\nnominat ions. Odom can also be heard voicing the character of ‘Owen\nTillerman ’ in the Apple TV+ animated musical-comedy series Central\nPark\, for wh ich he received a 2020 Emmy nomination for Outstanding\nCharacter Voice-Ov er Performance\, as well as captivating audiences as\n‘Aaron Burr’ in the filmed musical performance of the original\nBroadway production of Ham ilton released in 2020 on Disney+. His other\nupcoming projects include Th e Many Saints of Newark\, a prequel to\nDavid Chase’s Award-winning HBO series The Sopranos set to be\nreleased this Fall and Needle in A Timestac k written and directed by\nJohn Ridley. Additional film and television cre dits include the\nlimited series Love in the Time of Corona\, which he exe cutive produced\nand co-starred opposite Nicolette Robinson\, Harriet\, Mu rder on the\nOrient Express\, Only\, Red Tails and Smash. Best known for h is breakout\nrole as the original ‘Aaron Burr’ in the smash hit Broadw ay\nmusical Hamilton\, Odom won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical \nand a Grammy Award as a principal soloist on the original cast\nrecordin g for his performance. He made his Broadway debut in RENT at\nthe age of 1 7. He also starred opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen\nOlivo in a 2014 City Center Encores! revival of Jonathan Larson’s\nTick\, Tick…Boom! I n December 2017\, Odom returned to the New York\nCity stage in a solo conc ert at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The\ncabaret-style performance was crafted around signature songs and music\nthat shaped this artist's journey\, all performed with a world-class\nband in front of a live audience. The show w as filmed for broadcast as\nan hour-long PBS special as part of the 17-tim e Emmy Award-winning\nseries\, Live from Lincoln Center\, and premiered in April 2018. A\nGrammy Award-winning recording artist\, Odom’s self-titl ed debut\nalbum was part-funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign and\n released in 2014 by Borderlight Entertainment\, Inc. His new label\nhome\, S-Curve\, re-released an expanded version with additional\nmaterial in Ju ne 2016\, and the album reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz\ncharts and chart ed in the Billboard Top 200. In winter 2017\, Odom\ntopped the charts once again with the re-release of his second album\nand first holiday album\, Simply Christmas\, as a deluxe edition with\nnew arrangements and new song s. Simply Christmas hit #1 on iTunes and\nthe Billboard Jazz charts\, #4 o n the Billboard Holiday chart\, and #31\non the Billboard Top 200 chart. O dom released his third full-length\nalbum and first of original material\, Mr\, in November 2019\, and the\nfollowing October teamed up with nine-ti me Grammy-nominated and\nmulti-platinum artist Sia to debut a new version of standout track\n“Cold.” His critically acclaimed second holiday alb um\, The\nChristmas Album\, was released in November 2020. He has performe d at\nthe White House\, Super Bowl\, and on hallowed stages such as Lincol n\nCenter\, Rockefeller Center\, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. \nIn March 2018\, Odom added the title of author to his resume with the\nr elease of his book – Failing Up: How to Take Risks\, Aim Higher and\nNev er Stop Learning. Written in the style of a commencement speech\,\nthe boo k brings together what Odom has learned in life so far\, tapping\ninto uni versal themes of starting something new\, following your\npassions\, disco vering your own potential\, and surrounding yourself\nwith the right peopl e. Failing Up is about unlocking your true\npotential and making your drea ms come true even when it seems\nimpossible. The book was published by Fei wel & Friends\, an imprint of\nMacmillan Publishers. Venue: Freeman Arts P avilion. Presenter: Joshua\nM. Freeman Foundation.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Leslie Odom\, Jr. is a multifaceted\, award -winning vocalist\, songwriter\, author\, and actor. With a career that sp ans all performance genres\, he has received recognition with Tony and Gra mmy Awards as well as Emmy and\, most recently\, two Academy Award nominat ions for his excellence and achievements in Broadway\, television\, film\, and music. Odom currently stars and performs the songs of legendary singe r Sam Cooke in the critically acclaimed Amazon film adaptation of the Oliv ier Award-nominated play\, One Night in Miami\, directed by Regina King. H is portrayal of the soul icon has been met with widespread praise and crit ical acclaim\, earning him nominations for an Academy Award\, BAFTA Award\ , Critics'\; Choice Award\, Golden Globe Awards\, and Screen Actors Gui ld Awards\, among others. King also enlisted Odom to write\, compose\, and perform the film&rsquo\;s original song\, &ldquo\;Speak Now\,&rdquo\; for which he is currently nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song and h as since earned him a Critics&rsquo\; Choice Award for Best Song as well a s several other award nominations. Odom can also be heard voicing the char acter of &lsquo\;Owen Tillerman&rsquo\; in the Apple TV+ animated musical- comedy series Central Park\, for which he received a 2020 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance\, as well as captivating audiences as &lsquo\;Aaron Burr&rsquo\; in the filmed musical performance of the original Broadway production of Hamilton released in 2020 on Disney +. His other upcoming projects include The Many Saints of Newark\, a prequ el to David Chase&rsquo\;s Award-winning HBO series The Sopranos set to be released this Fall and Needle in A Timestack written and directed by John Ridley. Additional film and television credits include the limited series Love in the Time of Corona\, which he executive produced and co-starred o pposite Nicolette Robinson\, Harriet\, Murder on the Orient Express\, Only \, Red Tails and Smash. Best known for his breakout role as the original & lsquo\;Aaron Burr&rsquo\; in the smash hit Broadway musical Hamilton\, Odo m won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award as a p rincipal soloist on the original cast recording for his performance. He ma de his Broadway debut in RENT at the age of 17. He also starred opposite L in-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo in a 2014 City Center Encores! revival o f Jonathan Larson&rsquo\;s Tick\, Tick&hellip\;Boom! In December 2017\, Od om returned to the New York City stage in a solo concert at Jazz at Lincol n Center. The cabaret-style performance was crafted around signature songs and music that shaped this artist'\;s journey\, all performed with a w orld-class band in front of a live audience. The show was filmed for broad cast as an hour-long PBS special as part of the 17-time Emmy Award-winning series\, Live from Lincoln Center\, and premiered in April 2018. A Grammy Award-winning recording artist\, Odom&rsquo\;s self-titled debut album wa s part-funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign and released in 2014 by Borderlight Entertainment\, Inc. His new label home\, S-Curve\, re-releas ed an expanded version with additional material in June 2016\, and the alb um reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz charts and charted in the Billboard To p 200. In winter 2017\, Odom topped the charts once again with the re-rele ase of his second album and first holiday album\, Simply Christmas\, as a deluxe edition with new arrangements and new songs. Simply Christmas hit # 1 on iTunes and the Billboard Jazz charts\, #4 on the Billboard Holiday ch art\, and #31 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Odom released his third full -length album and first of original material\, Mr\, in November 2019\, and the following October teamed up with nine-time Grammy-nominated and multi -platinum artist Sia to debut a new version of standout track &ldquo\;Cold .&rdquo\; His critically acclaimed second holiday album\, The Christmas Al bum\, was released in November 2020. He has performed at the White House\, Super Bowl\, and on hallowed stages such as Lincoln Center\, Rockefeller Center\, and the Macy&rsquo\;s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In March 2018\, Od om added the title of author to his resume with the release of his book &n dash\; Failing Up: How to Take Risks\, Aim Higher and Never Stop Learning. Written in the style of a commencement speech\, the book brings together what Odom has learned in life so far\, tapping into universal themes of st arting something new\, following your passions\, discovering your own pote ntial\, and surrounding yourself with the right people. Failing Up is abou t unlocking your true potential and making your dreams come true even when it seems impossible. The book was published by Feiwel &\; Friends\, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. Presenter: Joshua M. Freeman Foundation.

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