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To help celebrate her latest release, Storm and Grace, The GRAMMY Museum is pleased to welcome Lisa Marie Presley to the Clive Davis Theater. With all the hoopla that has surrounded her, it’s easy to forget that is at heart a simple Southern girl whose earliest musical memories are of obsessively listening to 45′s in her bedroom at Graceland and of her dad catching her singing into a hairbrush in front of a mirror at the age of three. The Memphis-born Presley reclaims those roots on her latest Storm and Grace – an Americana-inspired showcase for her songwriting talent and smoldering alto voice.

Produced with elegant restraint by 12-time GRAMMY Award-winner T Bone Burnett, Storm and Grace is a marked departure from Presley’s previous albums, 2003′s gold-certified To Whom It May Concern and 2005′s Now What, which both debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Top 200 chart. After an interview, conducted by Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Scott Goldman, Presley will take questions and perform a selection of songs.

The mantle—and burden—of her father’s legendary legacy has never rested lightly on Lisa Marie Presley. But now, ­after ­decades of personal turmoil, has she finally found her place in the world?  Her new life and her new album say yes!

BUY YOUR TICKETS Doors open at 7:30 PM. American Express is the exclusive payment method for presale tickets. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased using American Express through the Museum Box Office or online. Public onsale is Thursday, May 10, 2012; at noon. American Express ticket purchasers will also receive a special gift. All proceeds benefit the GRAMMY Museum.

Writer’s Bloc: Dan Rather

Thursday, May 17 at 7:30 pm

Dan Rather, one of the titans of broadcast journalism, is one of the most distinguished news journalists in American media history. Before serving as anchor for “CBS Evening News” for 24 years.

In his new book, Rather Outspoken: My Life in News, he addresses those moments—from being criticized by President Nixon and Vice President George H.W. Bush as being biased against them, to the scandal of revealing documents critical of President George W. Bush’s Texas National Guard service, documents which had not been properly authenticated. Dan Rather’s legacy in the Watergate reporting is legendary, cornering President Nixon and not letting go. His early international reporting from Afghanistan eventually led to the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and his interviews with Saddam Hussein prior to the Gulf War just reinforced his position as a most influential figure.

In conversation with Marty Kaplan

At the Writers Guild Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive. Tickets, $20. For reservations, click here or email reservations@writersblocpresents.com