Thu, Oct 6, 7 PM
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
In conversation with Jim Ellis,
Vice-Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
A memoir/manifesto from the legendary climber, businessman, and environmentalist, founder and owner of one of the world’s most inspiring companies, Patagonia, Inc.
Co-presented by
USC Marshall School of Business, Alumni Association
Tue, Oct 11, 7 PM
ZÓCALO
“Fixing America’s
Immigration System”
Arguing that the United States can have both strict enforcement and robust immigration, one of the nation’s leading thinkers on immigration lays out her vision for reform.
Wed, Oct 19, 7 PM
DREAM BOOGIE:
The Triumph of
Sam Cooke
In conversation with Kit Rachlis, editor-in-chief, Los Angeles Magazine
A soulful biography of one of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time and an epic portrait of America during the turbulent and hopeful 50’s and 60’s.
Thu, Oct 20, 7 PM
Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People,
and the Environment
In conversation with
Tom Curwen, LA Times
Outdoors editor
A searching account of the current crisis over dams and the world’s water, exploring why dams are at once the hope of developing nations and a blight on their people and landscape.
Mon, Oct 24, 7 PM
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
In conversation with author/critic David L. Ulin
Winchester positions the
significance of the 1906 quake along the earth’s geological timeline, showing the effect it had on the rest of 20th century American history.
Presented by The Council of the Library Foundation and
sponsored by City National Bank
and KPMG LLP.
