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Event Program
MON, OCT 12 | 7PM
DISCUSSION
Evie McGee Colbert and Erin French
CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
Look for the table at the back of the house when you enter to submit your questions for Erin.
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Evie McGee Colbert is a principal of Spartina Industries and previously served as Executive Producer on several projects including the acclaimed filmed version of Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself on Hulu. Most recently, with her husband Stephen Colbert, Evie co-authored the cookbook Does This Taste Funny?, which debuted at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List. In addition to her work as a producer, Evie is a passionate advocate for the arts. She is the co-founder and President Emerita of Montclair Film, a film and media arts non-profit based in Montclair, New Jersey. Evie is also a member of the New Jersey State Arts Council and a former board member of the International African American Museum in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, and Montclair Kimberley Academy, an independent day school in New Jersey.
Evie McGee Colbert is a principal of Spartina Industries and previously served as Executive Producer on several projects including the acclaimed filmed version of Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself on Hulu. Most recently, with her husband Stephen Colbert, Evie co-authored the cookbook Does This Taste Funny?, which debuted at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List. In addition to her work as a producer, Evie is a passionate advocate for the arts. She is the co-founder and President Emerita of Montclair Film, a film and media arts non-profit based in Montclair, New Jersey. Evie is also a member of the New Jersey State Arts Council and a former board member of the International African American Museum in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, and Montclair Kimberley Academy, an independent day school in New Jersey.

Erin French, a born-and-raised Mainer, is the owner and chef of the Lost Kitchen, a fifty-seat restaurant in Freedom, Maine, listed among Time’s World’s "Greatest Places to Visit" and Bloomberg’s "12 Restaurants Worth Traveling Across the World to Experience.” With two New York Times bestsellers to her name, Finding Freedom and Big Heart Little Stove, Erin is featured in three seasons of the Magnolia Network series The Lost Kitchen and Getting Lost with Erin French, where she travels the country searching for new experiences and culinary inspiration, streaming on HBO Max. French knows the importance of simple pleasures found in gathering for thoughtfully prepared meals. Her love of Maine and sharing its delicious heritage with dinner guests has garnered several James Beard nominations and the attention of The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and Food & Wine, as well as NPR’s All Things Considered, CBS News Sunday Morning, and Today. After more than a decade in business, the Lost Kitchen has become so much more than a restaurant, now boasting a farmer’s market, overnight cabins, a retail shop, and a café called the Little Lost Kitchen.
Erin French, a born-and-raised Mainer, is the owner and chef of the Lost Kitchen, a fifty-seat restaurant in Freedom, Maine, listed among Time’s World’s "Greatest Places to Visit" and Bloomberg’s "12 Restaurants Worth Traveling Across the World to Experience.” With two New York Times bestsellers to her name, Finding Freedom and Big Heart Little Stove, Erin is featured in three seasons of the Magnolia Network series The Lost Kitchen and Getting Lost with Erin French, where she travels the country searching for new experiences and culinary inspiration, streaming on HBO Max. French knows the importance of simple pleasures found in gathering for thoughtfully prepared meals. Her love of Maine and sharing its delicious heritage with dinner guests has garnered several James Beard nominations and the attention of The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and Food & Wine, as well as NPR’s All Things Considered, CBS News Sunday Morning, and Today. After more than a decade in business, the Lost Kitchen has become so much more than a restaurant, now boasting a farmer’s market, overnight cabins, a retail shop, and a café called the Little Lost Kitchen.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, The Estate of Jean M. McCarroll, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and the Seedtime Fund.
Programming is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Literary Assistant
Mollie Gordon Program Assistant
Diana Juarez Literary Intern
Zeni Bollock Literary Intern
*in memoriam