With Michelle Obama’s Portland stop on her book tour less than a week away, the moderator for the event was announced Tuesday. Phoebe Robinson will join the former first lady on stage at the Moda Center on Feb. 9, according to a press release.

Robinson is a writer and stand-up comic and co-host of the podcast that became an HBO series 2 Dope Queens with Jessica Williams.

Obama is on tour for her book “Becoming,” which landed at No. 1 on the New York Times best seller list a week after it was published. The memoir tells the story of her life from growing up in Chicago to her years in the White House.

The cheapest tickets for the event billed as “An intimate conversation with Michelle Obama” are currently listed on Ticketmaster for $500.

-- Lizzy Acker

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