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Programs & Events

Chronological List of Programs

Fall Literary Series Benefiting
826 Valencia Scholarship Program

Cultural Studies

On Art & Politics

Social Studies

Special Events

California Academy of
Sciences Series

end of season specials


 Herbst Theatre

Tickets:
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Books:
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JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC |

Tuesday
January
26

James Balog

In conversation with with Rachael Myrow

Nature Photographer
Extreme Ice . Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife
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wednesday
January
27

Patti Smith

In conversation with Kevin Berger

Singer-Songwriter Poet Just Kids
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thursday
january
28

Joel Grey

In conversation and song, hosted by Steven Winn

Cabaret . Goodtime Charlie . The Grand Tour
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thursday
february
25

"Examined Life"

Film screening & discussion with

Astra Taylor, Filmmaker
Sunaura Taylor, Artist & Activist
Judith Butler, Philosopher

7:30pm
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tuesday
march
02

Michael Pollan & Michael Schwarz

Film Screening & Discussion of "The Botany of Desire"

In Defense of Food . Omnivore's Dilemma

7:00PM
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wednesday
march
03

Jeffrey Toobin

In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt

The New Yorker, Staff Writer
The Nine • Too Close to Call
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monday
march
08

Howard Zinn

August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010
a celebration of his life and work with Alan Jones

A People's History of the United States
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thursday
march
11

Dave Eggers

"Zeitoun" with Abdulrahman & Kathy Zeitoun


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wednesday
march
17

Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu

In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt

Made for Goodness
Davies Symphony Hall
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monday
march
29

Harold Varmus

In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt

Nobel Prize . National Medal of Science Former Director of the National Institutes of Health
The Art and Politics of Science
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wednesday
march
31

Rich Cohen

In conversation with Michael Krasny

Israel is Real • Sweet and Low • The Avengers
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monday
april
12

Mark Danner & Frank Rich

In conversation

Stripping Bare the Body • Torture and Truth
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tuesday
april
13

Ian McEwan

In conversation with Vendela Vida

Solar • On Chesil Beach • Atonement
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wednesday
april
14

Louann Brizendine

In conversation with Michael Krasny

Neurologist
The Male Brain . The Female Brain
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monday
april
19

Anne Lamott

Illegitimate Birds • Grace (Eventually) • Bird by Bird
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tuesday
april
20

Alice Walker

In conversation with Michael Krasny

Overcoming Speechlessness • The Color Purple
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monday
april
26

Sarah Silverman

In conversation with Paul Lancour
Benefit for 826 Valencia

The Bedwetter • Jesus Is Magic

Palace of Fine Arts!
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tuesday
april
27

Andrew Revkin

In conversation with with Healy Hamilton

Environmental Journalist The New York Times
The Burning Season . The North Pole Was Here
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wednesday
april
28

Sarah Vowell

In conversation with Daniel Handler

The Wordy Shipmates Assassination Vacation
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monday
may
10

Anna Quindlen

In conversation with Paul Lancour

Every Last One • One True Thing • “Public and Private”
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tuesday
may
11

George Booth & Matthew Diffee

New Yorker Cartoonists, in conversation
Special Guest: Sophie McCall

About Dogs • The Rejection Collection
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thursday
may
13

Jamy Ian Swiss

Magic & Conversation, Hosted by Adam Savage

Shattering Illusions • The Art of Magic
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tuesday
may
25

John Waters

In conversation with Kevin Berger

Role Models . Hairspray . Pink Flamingos
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thursday
june
03

Maude Barlow

In conversation with Alan Snitow

Blue Planet Project . International Forum on Globalization
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle for the Right to Water
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