OPRAH WINFREY BRINGS ‘OPRAH’S LIFECLASS TOUR’ TO CANADA FOR HER FIRST EVER SHOW IN THE COUNTRY
‘Oprah’s Lifeclass Tour’ Features Special Guests Including Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Bishop T.D. Jakes and Iyanla Vanzant
February 29, 2012
Los Angeles, CA - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today another stop for 'Oprah's Lifeclass Tour' as Oprah Winfrey heads to Canada for her first ever broadcast from the country. Winfrey brings her popular series to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for a live show to air Monday, April 16 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on OWN.
Winfrey takes the stage in Canada to connect with viewers in person and online about the lessons that guide her life. She will be joined on stage alongside hand-picked experts including life and business catalyst Tony Robbins, spiritualist Deepak Chopra, Bishop T.D. Jakes and inspirational author Iyanla Vanzant.
For information on purchasing tickets to the day-long event, please visit http://www.olctoronto.com/
'Oprah's Lifeclass Tour' premieres live from the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis on Monday, March 26 (8:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET/PT), with five additional consecutive new episodes airing every Monday night throughout April.
'Oprah's Lifeclass' will again engage fans worldwide online with live streaming at Oprah.com and feature a digital classroom (www.oprah.com/lifeclass) with all-new course work to accompany episode themes. During its inaugural five week run in October 2011, 'Oprah's Lifeclass' was a true multi-platform experience. Over 4.1 million students from around the world engaged with Oprah online at Oprah.com to view live webcasts of the series and join the Lifeclass digital classroom to participate in the companion course work. 'Oprah's Lifeclass' content received nearly 11 million page views and 1.6 million unique visitors on Oprah.com. Users from over 200 countries viewed the 'Oprah's Lifeclass' webcasts on Facebook and Oprah.com. The series is produced by Harpo Studios and recently won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series. Follow @OprahsLifeclass on Twitter and join the conversation using #OprahsLifeclass. 'Oprah's Lifeclass Tour' is being brought to Canada in collaboration with The Power of Women Inc., a world-renowned event management company that produces high profile business, leadership and personal development events that feature some of the world's most prominent speakers.
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