Alton Brown to bring culinary variety show to campus

Contact: Cara Barnes
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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Television personality, author and Food Network star Alton Brown will bring his show "Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science" to Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Purchase tickets online:
millerauditorium.com

Although Alton Brown spent plenty of time in his mom’s kitchen growing up, his real interest in food sparked in college when he discovered that girls who said "no" to dates sometimes said "yes" if he offered to cook for them. After spending a decade behind the camera in the commercial industry, he headed to culinary school in hopes of one day creating a new kind of cooking show. Good Eats, the show that Brown would go on to write, produce, and host ran for 13 straight years on Food Network before making the jump to Cooking Channel where it airs today. Combining food science, pop culture, skit humor, innovative cooking and the occasional belching puppet, Good Eats has millions of fans and garnered a Peabody award for broadcast excellence.

"Eat Your Science" audiences can expect comedy, talk show antics, multimedia presentations and music, as well as what every cook needs in his kitchen: fire.

To learn more about the show, visit altonbrownlive.com.

Tickets

"Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science" is produced by MagicSpace Entertainment. Tickets are on sale now and range from $39 to $125. They can be purchased online at millerauditorium.com, by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 387-2312, or in person at the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office.

A 15 percent discount is available to all WMU faculty and staff. Group discounts are available at (269) 387-2312.

WMU students receive a 50 percent discount on most show tickets thanks to a fund established by the Office of the President. WMU students are limited to one discounted ticket per event with a valid Bronco Card. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or by telephone at (269) 387-2300. WMU students are required to show their Bronco Card when picking up tickets and upon entrance to the theatre.

For more information, contact Bethany Gauthier at bethany.gauthier@wmich.edu or (269) 387-2245.

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