Mark your calendars! Morgantown magazine and the City of Morgantown are celebrating the 100th birthday of native son Don Knotts and the Metropolitan Theatre July 20–24!

Grab your popcorn and join us for a hilarious marathon of films featuring the legendary Don Knotts, where laughter is the star of the show. We’ll also have special guest speakers and performances, including award-winning author of Andy and Me and Don Knotts’ brother-in-law, Daniel de Visé; entertainer and Don Knotts’ nephew Bill Knotts; and illusionist and Don Knotts’ cousin Josh Knotts.

Morgantown magazine and the City of Morgantown are celebrating the 100th birthday of native son Don Knotts and the Metropolitan Theatre with a special guest speaker—Daniel de Visé, award-winning writer and journalist and Don Knotts’ brother-in-law! He will discuss his book Andy & Don, focusing on the illustrious career of Don Knotts, punctuated with entertaining video clips. A Q&A will follow his talk. De Visé’s books have been translated into Spanish, German, Dutch, and Estonian. A graduate of Wesleyan and Northwestern universities, Daniel has worked at The Washington Post, USA Today, the Miami Herald, and four other newspapers. He shared a 2001 team Pulitzer Prize and has garnered more than two dozen other national and regional journalism awards. His second book, Andy & Don (Simon & Schuster, 2015), began as a journalistic exploration into the storied career of his late brother-in-law, Don Knotts. Andy & Don is now in its 13th paperback printing.

Saturday, July 20, 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10.00