UMass Dartmouth's Boivin Center for French Language and Culture will hold its first program of the fall semester, “An Evening with Kate Betts,” on Thursday, Oct. 15.

Earlier this year, her memoir, “My Paris Dreams, an Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine,” was published. Her memoir will be the topic of her lecture. A Q&A, book signing and a light reception will follow the lecture.

The presentation will take place in the Grand Reading Room of the Claire T. Carney Library at 7 p.m.

Kate Betts, an award-winning magazine editor and author, was born and raised in New York City. In 1991, she took over as fashion news director at “Vogue.” In 1999, she became one of the youngest editors ever at “Harper’s Bazaar.”

Today, she is a contributing editor at “Time” and “The Daily Beast” and reports on fashion for CNN. Kate Betts is the author of the critically acclaimed book on the First Lady’s style, “Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style.”

The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available on campus at lot 13. For more information, contact Maria Sanguinetti at msanguinetti@comcast.net or by calling 508-991-5096.