Arts Alive Series! An Evening with C.S. Lewis – starring David Payne – is a captivating evening set in 1963 where C.S. Lewis hosts a group of American writers at his home near Oxford. Throughout the evening he recalls the people and events that inspired his thoughts and shaped his life; of his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien; why he nearly abandoned the Narnia Chronicles; how he came to embrace Christianity and of the American woman who turned his life upside down. This is a socially distanced event, wear masks, and follow Covid safety measures.