This is for the After Conversation Meet & Greet Wine Reception Only. You must purchase a ticket separately to the conversation in the Main Theater.
Join us at the Dreamland Saturday, July 18th at 11am for a special edition of Dreamland Conversations with former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, marking the release of her new memoir, View from the East Wing. In this intimate on-stage conversation, Dr. Biden in conversation with Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books shares her White House experiences —reflecting on four years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shadow of January 6th, and her tireless advocacy for women's health, military families, and education. A New York Times bestselling author and the first First Lady to hold an outside job during her husband's presidency, she offers a candid, personal account of a pivotal moment in American life, told by someone who lived it from the inside.
Immediately following the talk, a VIP wine reception will be held in the Harborview Room and Deck offering a meet-and-greet opportunity with Dr. Biden. Please note: this is a separate ticket from the 11am conversation.
TICKETS ONLY FOR THE VIP WINE MEET & GREET RECEPTION IN HARBORVIEW: $143 ($125 + $18 Service Fee*)
*No Service Fee for Dreamland Members.
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A novelist once wrote, “There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them.” Jill Biden’s time to discuss her four years in the White House is now.
Jill Biden became First Lady at a complicated moment in US history, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the shadow of the January 6 insurrection. These were the circumstances under which she set up office in the East Wing, where she hit the ground running. Throughout her husband’s presidency, Jill remained a tireless advocate for her causes, including women’s health, military families, vaccine awareness, cancer initiatives, and education. She made history as the first-ever First Lady to hold an outside job while her husband was in office, continuing to work as an English professor at a nearby community college. Yet all the while, she saw herself as an ordinary woman living an extraordinary life.
In View from the East Wing, Jill shares her White House experiences for the first time, in her own words. She reflects on the Biden presidency and its impact on her family. She brings you behind the scenes, from Camp David to Air Force One, from grading papers in the Rose Garden to witnessing the abrupt end of her husband’s bid for reelection. This is the story of a woman dedicated to her roles as a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher—and First Lady of the United States.
About the author:
Jill Biden, former First Lady of the United States, is the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Light Enters and her children’s books Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops, Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, and Willow the White House Cat. She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. As First Lady, she advocated for military families, the Biden Cancer Moonshot, community colleges, and women’s health research—and maintained a full-time career teaching English as a community college professor. She chairs the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network. A mother and grandmother—and now great-grandmother—she lives with her husband, former President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, with their cat, Willow, and two dogs, Scout and Boo.
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