Arts

Ask Fran Lebowitz questions at the Emerson Colonial Theatre

Spend an evening with an American original.

Fran Lebowitz in "The Booksellers." Greenwich Entertainment

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Wander the world with wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen for an evening of her legendary and social commentary.

A fixture of the New York art scene since the 1970s, Lebowitz gained fame for her books “Metropolitan Life” (1978) and “Social Studies” (1981), which were combined into “The Fran Lebowitz Reader” in 1994. Her essays and interviews offer her views on current events and the media — as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, and children who speak French.

Lebowitz has once again captured the public’s imagination with the recent Netflix docu-series “Pretend It’s a City,” directed by Martin Scorsese. In Boston, she’ll be poised to capture yours at this totally spontaneous show that begins with a 30-minute moderated conversation with Bowen, followed by an hour-long audience Q&A session.

“Answering questions from the audience is, for me, my favorite recreational activity,” Lebowitz said in a press release. “I like it because it’s surprising. You never know what people are going to ask, and I’m very amused by it.”

Harvard Book Store will sell copies of “The Fran Lebowitz Reader,” which Lebowitz will sign following the event.