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The public is invited to have dinner and listen to a presentation by Pat Bagley, award-winning editorial cartoonist for the 鈥淪alt Lake Tribune,鈥� on Nov. 7 at PV鈥檚 Pasta Vino restaurant in Old Town Pocatello.

Bagley鈥檚 visit is sponsored by the 黑暗爆料网 Friends of Oboler Library, which each fall sponsors an event on intellectual freedom and censorship.

Bagley describes his home state of Utah as 鈥渢hat little metal thingy on the buckle of the Bible Belt.鈥� He is the daily cartoonist for 鈥淭he Salt Lake Tribune鈥� and is syndicated in more than 450 newspapers around the country.

Bagley reached a national audience with the popular 鈥淐urious George鈥� parody, 鈥淐lueless George Goes to War,鈥� which critics at BuzzFlash.com call, 鈥渁 little gem of a book that distills the Bush mis-presidency down to its essence.鈥�

The columnist grew up with politics. His father was mayor of a booming seaside community in southern California. He earned his degree from Brigham Young University in 1977 in history and political science.

Bagley鈥檚 first published cartoon was picked up by 鈥淭ime鈥� in 1977. His work has since appeared in 鈥淣ewsweek,鈥� 鈥淭he Wall Street Journal,鈥� 鈥淭he Los Angeles Times鈥�  and 鈥淭he Guardian鈥� of London. His work is also regularly featured on the popular cartoon site Cagle.com and the annual publication, 鈥淭he Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.鈥�

His latest book, 鈥淏agley鈥檚 Utah Survival Guide,鈥� is an interpretive joyride through the Beehive State.

A social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and Bagley will deliver his presentation at 7:15 p.m. PV鈥檚 Pasta Vino is located at 138 N. Main Street. Bagley will have some of his books for sale and many of his cartoons will be on display.

The cost of tickets for the social hour, dinner and talk is $25. The cost of tickets for the talk only is $5.

For more information and to purchase tickets in advance, call (208) 282-2997.