October 2012

California Cuisine and Just Food

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Tue, Oct 30 2012 - 7:45pm

California Cuisine and Just Food
Sally Fairfax, Henry J. Read more »

Ira Shapiro: Recapturing Courage and Statesmanship in American Politics

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Wed, Oct 31 2012 - 12:00pm

Ira Shapiro: Recapturing Courage and Statesmanship in American Politics
This program is cancelled
Ira Shapiro, Former General Counsel and Ambassador, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Clinton Administration; Veteran U.S. Senate Staff Member; Author, The Last Great Senate: Courage And Statesmanship in Times of Crisis
Journalists have called the U.S. Read more »

Just Added: Governor Jerry Brown

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Thu, Nov 1 2012 - 12:00pm

Just Added: Governor Jerry Brown Read more »

Dr. Otis Brawley:Fighting Patient Mistreatment in America

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Mon, Oct 29 2012 - 6:00pm

Dr. Otis Brawley: Fighting Patient Mistreatment in America

Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, American Cancer Society; Co-author, How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America

Lisa Aliferis, KQED Health Editor - Moderator Read more »

Humanities West Book Discussion: A Pepys Anthology

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Wed, Jan 23 2013 - 5:30pm

Humanities West Book Discussion: A Pepys Anthology
Join us to discuss the writings of Samuel Pepys, a Restoration-era London civil servant who worked to improve the Royal Navy and eventually became a member of Parliament. The diary he kept as a young man in the 1660s, published in 1825, has made him posthumously famous. Pepys’s diary gives vivid insight into his life and times and includes a first-hand account of the Great Fire of London. Read more »

Winning Retirement Strategies: How to Pay for Everyone Now Living Longer

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Tue, Jan 29 2013 - 5:15pm

Winning Retirement Strategies: How to Pay for Everyone Now Living Longer
David Kitaen, CLTCMike Welch, CRPC
Conventional wisdom holds that people should begin collecting Social Security retirement benefits as soon as possible, which is age 62. But the “silver tsunami” is here, and 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day and are expected to live longer than any previous generation. Read more »

North Beach Walking Tour #10

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Thu, Jan 10 2013 - 2:00pm

North Beach Walking Tour

Join another Commonwealth Club Neighborhood Adventure! Explore vibrant North Beach with Rick Evans during a two-hour walk through this neighborhood with a colorful past, where food, culture, history and unexpected views all intersect in an Italian “urban village.” In addition to learning about Beat generation hangouts, you’ll discover authentic Italian cathedrals and coffee shops. Read more »

Why Free Trade Doesn't Work

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Thu, Jan 17 2013 - 6:00pm

Why Free Trade Doesn’t Work
Ian Fletcher, Author, Free Trade Doesn’t Work; Senior Economist, Coalition for a Prosperous America
Free trade is one of the sacred cows in American economic policy. But as our $500 billion a year trade deficit continues, people are asking whether it deserves this status. The principles of economics that underlie free trade are controversial, and some of the most recent economic models question its soundness as policy. Read more »

Recent Acquisitions: Bay Area Museums Collect

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Thu, Jan 24 2013 - 6:00pm

Recent Acquisitions: Bay Area Museums Collect
Alexis Coe, Museums Blogger, SF WeeklySusan Goldstein, City Archivist of San Francisco Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Burton and Deedee McMurtry Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Cantor Arts Center at StanfordJulie M. Read more »