Event Information

Saturday, April 3, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Capital Hotel

The entirety of the elegant and historic Capital Hotel is reserved exclusively for this event, which will include:

• A welcoming reception in the lobby and bar featuring live music, signature drinks, and hors d’oeuvres.
• A three-course meal served in the mezzanine parlors.
• A special gala program with celebrity entertainment and a film tribute.

Tickets for this exclusive inaugural event begin at $500.

VIP tickets are available that include a pre-event reception with Mr. Freeman for $1,000 per person.

Guests can also choose to stay at the Capital Hotel in a Superior Queen guest room for $250 on the night of the event.

Honoree

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman is an Academy Award-winning actor whose voice and presence has become ubiquitous in American culture. He spent his childhood in the Mississippi Delta, around Charleston and Greenwood, and he never forgot his roots there. Today, he owns the Ground Zero Blues Club and Madidi restaurant in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he remains active in the community. He encouraged and financed the first integrated prom in Charleston in 2008, an event documented in the film, “Prom Night in Mississippi.” Morgan Freeman has been a leading Hollywood figure for the last three decades. But his life began in the South, and he embodies the very best of Southern culture.

If you want to order tickets, print this form, fill in your information and mail it to:
The Oxford American
P.O. Box 3235
Little Rock, Ark. 72203