Da Vinci code author to speak at dinner

MANCHESTER — Author and New Hampshire native Dan Brown will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Humanities Council's 16th annual dinner, celebrating the council's mission to provide programs that foster reflection, discussion and civil debate. The dinner is Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 5 p.m., with dinner and address beginning at 6:30, at the Center of New Hampshire Radisson. In addition to Brown's keynote address, the Treat Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Humanities will be presented to Manchester Central High School English teacher Patricia G. Hicks. [More]