Spike Lee to visit Binghamton U. on Feb. 19

Spike Lee, an award-winning filmmaker, will visit Binghamton University on Feb. 19.

According to a Tweet and Facebook post by BU on Wednesday night, Lee is slated to visit the Events Center at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 for a talk and a question-and-answer session.

According to the event poster, the event is free to the public. For students, their BU ID is required. Doors are scheduled to open at 5 p.m.

Lee, 57, is a two-time Academy Award nominee. He was nominated in 1990 for best original screenplay for "Do the Right Thing," and in 1998 for best documentary for "4 Little Girls," according to IMDb.

The news of Lee's upcoming visit comes just days after BU announced British actor Hugh Grant and filmmaker Marc Lawrence would come to the Vestal campus this Sunday for a screening of "The Rewrite."

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Tickets for "The Rewrite" screening, at 3 p.m. Sunday, are sold out.

In anticipation of the event, BU has declared this weekend to be "The Rewrite Weekend" at the Vestal campus.

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