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TUE, JAN 10, 7 pm
ZÓCALO
Greg Critser
“Generation Rx”
L.A.-based writer Greg Critser discusses his new book, “Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies,” which explores the overmedication of Americans—from children on ADD medication to senior citizens ingesting larger and occasionally fatal drug cocktails.
THU, JAN 12, 7 pm
Richard Schickel
and Leo Braudy
“Elia Kazan:
A Conversation”
In conversation with
Steven J. Ross,
professor and chair,
USC History Department
The actions, work, and words of this towering figure in American cinema are put into context by authors of two new books on Kazan: Schickel—TIME Magazine film critic—and Braudy—USC professor and film scholar.

Tue, Jan 17, 7 PM
Richard Reeves
President Reagan:
The Triumph
of Imagination
In conversation with
Gregory Rodriguez,
L.A. Times Op-Ed columnist
The veteran journalist who wrote books on Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford discusses his surprising and revealing portrait of the only American president whose name became a political creed: “Reaganism.”
Presented by The Council of the Library Foundation and sponsored by City National Bank and KPMG LLP.
THU, JAN 19, 7 pm
Temple Grandin
Animals in Translation:
Using the Mysteries
of Autism to Decode
Animal Behavior
Grandin draws upon a long, distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experiences with autism to deliver an extraordinary message about how animals act, think, and feel.
TUE, JAN 24, 7 pm
The WIRED Speakers Series
and ALOUD present
Craig Newmark
Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist.org
In conversation with Thomas Goetz, Articles Editor, WIRED Magazine
People use craigslist.org to find a house, a date, a job, a wheelbarrow, or a French teacher. The founder of craigslist.org discusses the implications and future of this community-run website that “restores the human voice to the Internet.”
Co-sponsored by WIRED magazine and Senseo®
TUE, JAN 31, 7 pm
Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez and Frances Dixon
“The Return of the Maya: EL RETORNO DE LOS MAYAS”
Guatemala’s first contemporary Mayan (Q’anjobal) novelist discusses the post-civil war future of his people with the director of a humanitarian organization aiding returned war refugees in rebuilding their lives in northwestern Guatemala.
In English & Spanish, with translation.
TUE, JAN 24, 7 pm
Craig Newmark
Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist.org
In conversation with Thomas Goetz, Articles Editor, WIRED Magazine
Co-sponsored by WIRED magazine and Senseo®
Photo © Gene X Hwang, Orange Photography
Craig Newmark is a senior Web-oriented software engineer, with around thirty years of experience (including 17 years at IBM), and has learned a lot about online community and customer service as "customer service rep and founder" for craigslist.org for for ten years. He's compiled extensive experience evangelizing the 'net, leading and building, including efforts at Bank of America and Charles Schwab.

He's one of those guys you hear about who grew up wearing a plastic pocket protector, thick black glasses, (taped together), and who expresses his inner nerd via obsessive commitment to customer service to the craigslist community. Someday, he might get a day off.

In 1995, he started craigslist which serves as a non-commercial community service with classifieds and discussion forums. craigslist focuses on helping people with basic needs, starting with housing and jobs, with a pervasive culture of trust.

Craig's also involved with a number of community efforts, particularly involving Mideast peace and new forms of media, involving "participatory journalism" and blogging.

Thomas Goetz is the articles editor at Wired, where he runs cultural coverage, including recent cover packages on Remix Culture, Exploration, and Open-Source Design. In 2003, he worked with guest-editor Rem Koolhaas on an issue investigating “new spaces”. In 2004, Goetz spearheaded November’s Music Issue, which included The Wired CD, a disc of 14 songs by major artists released under Creative Commons licenses; that issue was cited in Wired’s National Magazine Award for General Excellence earlier this year.

Prior to joining Wired, Goetz was an executive editor at the Industry Standard, the late but lauded newsmagazine of the Internet Economy. He has been a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal and at the Village Voice. His writing on technology, business, and culture has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Details, Spin, and Rolling Stone. He has an MA in American Literature from the University of Virginia and a BA from Bates College. He plays the cello.

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