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The Roundtable

Marianne Leone and Chris Cooper in Creative Life conversation at UAlbany on 9/16

By Joe Donahue
Published September 12, 2024 at 10:45 AM EDT
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Marianne Leone, actress, writer and advocate for disabled children, is the author of "Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy." She and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, will join Joe Donahue on stage at Page Hall on the University at Albany Downtown Campus for a Creative Life conversation at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16.

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