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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm
at the Lebanon Opera House
Reserved seats $66, $36 and $26
For tickets, call
603-448-0400 or visit the
Lebanon Opera House website.
Generous support for this event from
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For more than 25 years, Diane Rehm has offered her listeners compelling conversations with the world's most interesting and important people. In this special live appearance at the Lebanon Opera House, Diane Rehm will talk about her show and the issues and guests she covers, and take questions from the audience.
Since 1995, NPR has distributed The Diane Rehm Show to stations across the nation. NPR Worldwide has offered the program to listeners in Europe and Japan since 1996 via direct broadcast satellite. It's also heard on U.S. military installations around the world via Armed Forces Radio.
Rehm has also forged a successful career as a writer, publishing two autobiographical books. In Finding My Voice, the host talks about her childhood, marriage, broadcast career, and vocal difficulties. Together with her husband John, Rehm co-authored Toward Commitment: A Dialogue about Marriage, a book focusing on the art of building and maintaining a strong relationship.
In 1998, Rehm was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological condition that causes strained, difficult speech. After finding treatment, she wrote several articles and produced a program about the little-known disorder. The National Council on Communicative Disorders recognized her work with a Communication Award, and the Maryland Speech-Hearing-Language Association honored her with a Media Award. ABC's Nightline host Ted Koppel devoted an entire program to a conversation with Rehm about her disorder.
Rehm has received many personal honors over the years, including being named a Paul H. Nitze Senior Fellow at St. Mary's College of Maryland and becoming an inductee into the Class of 2004 Hall of Fame by the Washington, DC, Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She was also honored as a fellow by the Society of Professional Journalists, the highest honor the society bestows on a journalist. In 1999, she was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine.
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