Paris-based writer and essayist Elizabeth Nicholas will be the featured artist at MacDowell Downtown on Friday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St.

In Peterborough for her second MacDowell Fellowship, Nicholas has published work in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, W and TIME. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and Harvard University before completing a fellowship at New York Universityโ€™s graduate writing program.

Her essays, often exploring risk-taking, identity and life abroad, are published regularly on Substack.

MacDowell Downtown, a free series held the first Friday of each month through November, highlights the work of MacDowell Fellows through readings, screenings, concerts and talks.

The event is free. For information, email events@macdowell.org.