Well-Known Documentarian To Appear At Hartford Event

HARTFORD, CT — One of America's most well-known documentarians will be in Hartford later this month for an evening of history and recollections.

The Connecticut Forum is hosting award-winning documentarian Ken Burns to kick off a new season of such programs at the Bushnell in Hartford.

He will be appearing at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, for a program hosted by CNN correspondent Audie Cornish at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, 166 Capitol Ave.

The Connecticut Forum is a nonprofit organization that "presents live, unscripted conversations among renowned experts, thought leaders, and personalities, and outreach programs serving youth in our local community," according to its website.

Tickets for "An Evening With Ken Burns" are on sale now.

Burns is a renowned documentary filmmaker and a staple of PBS programming.

He is the creator of iconic history documentary series like "The Civil War," "Baseball," "The War" and "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," among his busy list of works.

Cornish is a veteran journalist who is based at CNN's Washington, D.C., bureau, where she has reported on a litany of historical events over the past two decades.

For more information and to purchase tickets to "An Evening With Ken Burns," click on this link.