|
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| |
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
| 12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
| 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
| 26 |
27 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
THU, Feb 2, 7 PM
“The Coming Reformation of Islam:
A
Conversation”
Who has the authority to define the faith
and practice of over a billion people: the individual or the
institution? Join two brilliant scholars of religion for a
fascinating discussion on the internal conflict within Islam
over the scope and outcome of the Islamic Reformation.
SAT, Feb 4, 2-4 PM
“The Origins, Evolution, and History
of Islam”
What is the essence of this ancient faith?
Is it a religion of peace or war? Can an Islamic State be
founded on democratic values such as pluralism and human
rights? Join Reza Aslan, scholar of comparative religions and
author of No God but God to learn more about a religion shrouded in
the West by ignorance and fear.
Advance Registration Requested.
TUE, FEB 7, 7 pm
“Do Books have
a Future in
the
Digital Age?”
Steve Wasserman, former Editor of the Los
Angeles Times Book Review, will argue that books will survive
as long as the human species is defined by its opposable thumb
and its obsessive need to tell each other stories.
THU, FEB 9, 7 pm
The Bill from My Father:
A Memoir
In conversation with
Kit Rachlis, editor-in-chief,
Los Angeles Magazine
Cooper, an award-winning writer, makes
hilarious and exquisite sense of his father, a cantankerous
octogenarian in a khaki polyester jumpsuit. “A glorious
cornucopia of love and pain.”—Alice Sebold
MON, FEB 13, 7 pm
“Mirror to America:
A Conversation
about
History, Race, Politics,
and the Future of
America”
Franklin, one of the country’s great
historians, has dedicated his life to the pursuit of equality.
He discusses that odyssey with Smiley, one of America’s
premier journalists.
THU, FEB 16, 7 pm
“Good Bad Days
in America:
A
Conversation about
How the Nation
Redeemed Lincoln’s
Legacy”
Two distinguished journalists who were on
the front lines during the civil rights movement discuss the
events that changed America in the 1960s, the unlikely
partnership of black and white leaders who led that change, and
how that crucial epoch continues to affect all of our lives.
WED, FEB 22, 7 pm
March: A Novel
In conversation with
Carla Kaplan,
Professor of English, USC
Brooks’ luminous second novel (after
2001’s acclaimed Year of
Wonders) imagines the Civil War
experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May
Alcott’s Little Women.
THU, Feb 23, 7 pm
“Dark Thoughts:
A
Conversation”
It’s often assumed that getting
someone to write is helpful, because it gets them to
communicate. What if getting someone to write is a traumatizing
event? Salzman (True Notebooks) and Loya (The Man
Who Outgrew His Prison Cell : Confessions of a Bank Robber) explore the darker aspects of writing.
|
thu, feb 9, 7 PM
Bernard Cooper
Photo © Blake Little
 |
Bernard Cooper has published two collections of memoirs, Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum, as well as a novel, A Year of Rhymes, and a collection of short stories, Guess Again. His stories and essays have appeared in Harper's, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, Story, Grand Street, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and The Threepenny Review, among other publications. His work has been anthologized in The Best American Essays, Best American Gay Fiction, and the Penguin Anthology of Gay Fiction. His numerous awards and prizes include the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award, an O. Henry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Getty Center for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship. He has taught at Antioch University and at the UCLA Writer's Program and is currently the Art Critic for Los Angeles Magazine. The Bill from My Father is Bernard Cooper’s fifth book. It has recently been optioned by Warner Brothers. Bernard Cooper lives with his partner, Brian Miller, in Los Angeles.
Born in Paris, France, raised in New York City, Kit Rachlis has served as Arts Editor of the Boston Phoenix, Executive Editor of The Village Voice, Editor-in-chief of the L.A. Weekly and Senior Projects Editor at the Los Angeles Times. In June 2000, he became Editor-in-chief of Los Angeles magazine. In the last four years, Los Angeles magazine has been nominated for four National Magazine Awards and won more City and Regional Magazine awards than any other magazine. |
