CF to host lecture with author Travis Atria

The College of Central Florida’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences will host a lecture with author Travis Atria on Monday, April 20, at 5 p.m. at the CF Ocala Campus, Building 8, 3001 S.W. College Road. Atria is the author of “Better Days Will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp.” about the life of trumpeter Arthur Briggs. Homeric in scope, Briggs’ life story unfolds as a sweeping journey through music, migration, resilience and hope.

Drawing from groundbreaking research and unprecedented access to Briggs’ oral memoir, Atria traces Briggs’ remarkable journey from the Harlem Renaissance to Europe, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs was called “the Louis Armstrong of Paris” and was a peer of musical greats including Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt. Attendees will learn what happened when Briggs was sent to France’s Saint-Denis internment camp in this epic tale of survival.

This free Introduction to Humanities event is sponsored by Bank of America and more information is available at CF.edu/Events.

Topics and concepts presented at this event are for discussion purposes only and are not intended to espouse, promote, advance, inculcate, or compel individuals to believe the topics or concepts presented therein. Nor do they constitute endorsement of such topics or concepts by the College of Central Florida, its Board of Trustees, or any of their officers, employees, or agents.