Programs & Events

Chronological List of Programs

Fall Literary Series Benefiting
826 Valencia Scholarship Program

On Art & Politics

Social Studies 2007-08

Talking Music

Special Events

California Academy of
Science Series

 Herbst Theatre

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On Art & Politics 2008

On Art & Politics 2008 includes ten events with cultural observers, critics, and authors. Race commentator Randall Kennedy, novelist Bernhard Schlink, theologian Karen Armstrong, and writer Tobias Wolff, among others, will discuss their work, ideas, and insights. Linda Carroll and Ann Fessler will converse on the topic of adoption. Architecture critic Witold Rybczynski looks at America's preference for single-family homes. These onstage conversations and an evening with poet Billy Collins offer varied perspectives on contemporary society. Go

28th Annual Literary Events
Benefiting 826 Valencia College Scholarship Program

The 28th Annual Literary Events Series Benefiting the 826 Valencia College Scholarship Program presents nine Herbst Theater conversations with celebrated writers from masters of the short story, to visionary novelists and a beloved poet. A diverse group of novelists, Paul Auster, Marilynne Robinson, Andre Dubus III, Andrew Sean Greer and Richard Price bring their latest novels to light and discuss past work. Junot Díaz, recipient of a 2008 Pulitzer Prize, will address the immigrant experience in the context of the novel. Short-story virtuoso George Saunders, humorist John Hodgman, and Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Mary Oliver round out the series. Go