NEW YORK \u2014 With her latest book, \u201cThe Look,\u201d Michelle Obama is kicking off a live tour for a new podcast series in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
The former first lady, producer and bestselling author will be joined by actress Tracee Ellis Ross at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Nov. 5, the same day a special, six-part podcast series, \u201cIMO: The Look,\u201d launches.<\/p>\n
The high-wattage event, announced Thursday, will promote Obama\u2019s new tome, which examines her fashion choices during her time in the White House and throughout her public life.<\/p>\n
Fashion stylist Meredith Koop<\/a>, makeup artist Carl Ray and hairstylists Yene Damtew and Njeri Radway offer behind-the-scenes insights on the Chicago native\u2019s most memorable looks while also offering a powerful story about how we present ourselves.<\/p>\n Published by Penguin Random House<\/a>, \u201cThe Look\u201d is scheduled to go on sale Nov. 4.<\/p>\n \u201cIMO: The Look,\u201d will serve as a companion series to IMO, which the \u201cBecoming<\/a>\u201d author hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n Produced by Higher Ground, the media company founded by the Obamas, the new podcast will include conversations with Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda<\/a>, groundbreaking model-activist Bethann Hardison<\/a>, fashion executive-turned-reality star Jenna Lyons and former fashion magazine editors Nina Garcia and Elaine Welteroth<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the announcement, Obama \u201creveals how she and her team transformed the scrutiny of her public image into a celebration of self-expression, inclusion and impact\u201d during those prerecorded discussions.<\/p>\n The conversation with\u201cBlack-ish\u201d<\/a> star Ellis Ross will be recorded for a future episode, alongside a scheduled Nov. 12 appearance in Washington, D.C., with New York Times critic Wesley Morris<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 With her latest book, \u201cThe Look,\u201d Michelle Obama is kicking off a live tour for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[5558,5560,98,2905,100,99,5563,5562,5557,9,24,63,5559,5556,5561],"class_list":["post-6121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bestselling-author","tag-bethann-hardison","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-academy-of-music","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-fashion-magazine","tag-meredith-koop","tag-michelle-obama","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-podcast-series","tag-tracee-ellis-ross","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}