Brontës in North Carolina

A couple of Brontë talks for the following days.

In West Jefferson, NC, an usual Brontë talks suspect, Professor Philip Engel is giving a lecture on The Brilliant and Bizarre Brontë Sisters:

Friday, March 15
Ashe Arts Center 7:30 pm

Mountain Times adds:

Noted scholar Engel returns to the Ashe Arts Center on Friday evening, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. for an evening of humor, literature and enlightening entertainment. Engel’s performance will be “The Brilliant and Bizarre Brontë Sisters.”
The daughters of an Irish clergyman, the Bronte sisters comprised one the of world’s most famous literary families. The Bronte family was very private, and many stories and myths surrounding them only served to make their literary efforts more famous. Engel puts his twist on the long, somewhat strange lives of the three sisters.

And in Garner, NC:

Celebrate Women's History
Saturday, March 16, 2-3 PM
Southeast Regional Library
Garner, NC 27529

The Brontë Sisters: the Short Lives of Three Literary Giants.
Join this librarian led discussion on the short and tragic lives of the Brontë Sisters: Emily, Charlotte, and Anne, whose novels became some of the best loved books in the English Language. (Garner News)