February 2013

AVOIDING SELL-OUTS The year 2013 is off to a great start at the Club, with ma...

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2013-02-19 09:52

AVOIDING SELL-OUTS The year 2013 is off to a great start at the Club, with many big-name (and fascinating albeit less well-known) speakers coming to our stage. We are seeing more of these programs than normal getting sold out. Rob Reiner, Julian Castro, Jimmy Carter, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Gore, Bruce Bochy, Climate One's "Clean Clothes," and many more have sold out just in the first two months of the year. If you want to ensure you don't miss a program you want to attend, we have a couple suggestions. Read more »

Dr. Claude Gruen: New Urban Development: Looking Back to See Forward

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Tue, Apr 9 2013 - 6:00pm

Claude Gruen, Ph.D., Principal Economist, Gruen Gruen + Associates, San Francisco

Gabriel Metcalf, Executive Director, SPUR - Moderator Read more »

Book Discussion Group - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

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Mon, Mar 4 2013 - 5:30pm

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

This program is sold out Read more »

Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe

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Thu, Feb 28 2013 - 6:00pm

Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe
This program is sold out. You may add your name to the waitlist below.
Alex Filippenko, Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences; Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, UC Berkeley; Researcher; Author
We expected that the attractive force of gravity would slow down the rate at which the universe is expanding. Read more »

We are closed today in honor of Presidents Day, but join us for the rest of our...

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2013-02-18 10:25

We are closed today in honor of Presidents Day, but join us for the rest of our week of edifying and entertaining programs: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/eventsUpcoming Events | Commonwealth Club Read more »

Sharing Economy

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Tue, Mar 5 2013 - 5:00pm

Sharing Economy
Sharing Is the New Shopping
Andy Ruben, Co-founder, YerdleBill Parish, President and Co-founder, Solar MosaicLisa Gansky, Author, The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing
With a slow economy consumers are looking for ways to spend less and waste less. Read more »

Matt Walker: The Mysteries of Sleep

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Mon, Mar 4 2013 - 7:00pm

The Mysteries of Sleep
Matt Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, UC Berkeley 
Lisa Krieger, Science and Medical Research Reporter, San Jose Mercury News - Moderator
One of the great remaining scientific mysteries is the question, why do we sleep? Walker will discuss the importance of sleep and describe how a night of sleep remodels our brains, enhances memory, inspires creative insights and rebalances our next-day emotional reactivity. Read more »

Po Bronson: The Science of Winning and Losing

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Thu, Feb 28 2013 - 6:00pm

Po Bronson
Author, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing
Doug Sovern, KCBS Radio Correspondent - Moderator
What are the differences between a winning and losing performance? Why are we able to rise to the challenge one day, but wilt from it the next? Can we in fact become better competitors? In Top Dog, Bronson and co-author Ashley Merryman use cutting-edge science to tease out the hidden factors at the core of great triumphs ­– and tragic failures. Read more »