Tamim Ansary, Director, SF Writers Workshop Atta Arghandiwal, Banking Consultant Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting - Moderator Read more »
Justin Zeulner, Senior Director of Sustainability and Public Affairs, Portland Trail Blazers Darby Hoover, Senior Resource Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council Robin Raj, Founder/Executive Creative Director, Citizen Group Allen Hershkowitz, Director, Sports Greening Project, Natural Resources Defense Council – Moderator Read more »
Join fellow Club members with similar interests to brainstorm upcoming Science & Technology programs. All Commonwealth Club members are welcome. We explore visions for the future through science and technology. Discuss current issues and share your insights with fellow Club members to shape and plan programs for the months ahead. Read more »
Humanities West Book Discussion: Bernini: His Life and His Rome This program is sold out
Join us to discuss Bernini: His Life and His Rome, by Franco Mormando. Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) was the last of the great universal Italian artistic geniuses: sculptor, architect, painter, playwright and scenographer. His artistic vision is still seen in the statues, fountains and buildings that transformed Rome into a Baroque paradise. Read more »
Kevin Sabet, former senior advisor to President Obama's drug czar; Co-founder, with Patrick Kennedy, Project SAM Clint Werner, Author, Marijuana Gateway to Health: How Cannabis Protects Us from Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease Rose Aguilar, Journalist; Radio Host - Moderator Read more »
Michael Shelden, Author, Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill
Monday Night Philosophy welcomes back acclaimed biographer Shelden to focus on the years between 1901 and 1915, which forged Winston Churchill’s character. At 40 Churchill was considered washed up, even though he had already built a modern navy and learned how to outwit more experienced rivals. Hear Shelden’s persuasive portrait of a dashing young suitor who pursued three great beauties of British society with his witty repartee, political flair and poetic letters. Read more »
