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Frank Rich in Conversation with Andrew Rosenthal: Truth and Politics

Frank Rich has been an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since 1994, after serving for 13 years as the newspaper's chief drama critic. He is the author of the bestseller The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina, a criticism of the Bush administration. His previous books include the memoir Ghost Light and Hot Seat: Theater Criticism for The New York Times, 1980-1993. Andrew Rosenthal is the Times' editorial page editor.

Event Date: Sep 11, 2007 8:00 PM

The Peace Corps: For Baby Boomers and Beyond

Learn about amazing opportunities to serve overseas with the Peace Corps for those 50 and over. The Peace Corps is an international development agency that offers U.S. citizens the opportunity to use personal and professional skills working in grassroots development projects in education, business, health, and many other fields. Location:

Event Date: Sep 04, 2007 6:30 PM

Farmers Speak Out: The Global Struggle for Food Sovereignty

A panel discussion featuring farm leaders from Latin America. They will give an overview of the movement for food sovereignty that is gaining momentum across the Americas and around the world.

Event Date: Sep 10, 2007 5:30 PM

The Middle East: Al Qaeda, Terrorism and the Future, with Lawrence Wright

alph Buultjens, moderator Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestseller The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, discusses the changing nature of the terrorist organization, its role in the Middle East and its impact on terrorism around the world.

Event Date: Sep 16, 2007 7:30 PM

Mario Cuomo: A Look Forward

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo discusses his hopeMario Cuomo: A Look ForwardFormer New York Gov. Mario Cuomo discusses his hopes and dreams for this country on the eve of a presidential election year. Cuomo was the longest-serving Democratic governor of New York in modern history. He twice set records for the highest popular vote total in a New York State election.

Event Date: Sep 19, 2007 8:00 PM

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The bestselling author of No Logo exposes the rise of disaster capitalism and destroys the myth of the global “free market”

Event Date: Sep 18, 2007 7:00 PM

Critique of the Bush Administration

Lewis Lapham is editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine. Born January 8, 1935, in San Francisco, California; graduate of the Hotchkiss School, Yale University (B.A., 1956) and Cambridge University; reporter for The San Francisco Examiner (1957-1959) and for The New York Herald Tribune (1960-1962); managing editor of Harper's Magazine (1971-1975); editor of Harper's Magazine (1976-1981 and 1983-2006); editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine (2006-present). Syndicated newspaper columnist (1981-1987).

Event Date: Oct 31, 2006 7:00 PM

Senator Chuck Hagel on National Security

On February 12, 2006 Senator Hagel was on the cover, profiled and the feature story of the Sunday New York Times Magazine. The article was titled, The Heartland Dissident. Senator Hagel serves on the Foreign Relations; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Intelligence and Rules. Senator Hagel is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Subcommittee and the Senate Banking Securities and Investment Subcommittee. Senator Hagel served in Vietnam with his brother Tom in 1968. They served side by side as infantry squad leaders with the U.S. Army’s 9th Infantry Division. Senator Hagel earned many military decorations and honors, including two Purple Hearts. Many consider Senator Hagel to be a leading moderate and an impressive leader. Breakfast is included. Early RSVPs are suggested here.

Event Date: Oct 26, 2006 8:00 AM

Abraham Foxman: The Deadliest Lies: The Myth of the Israel Lobby and the Rise of Anti-Semitism

Abraham Foxman writes about Anti-Semitism

Event Date: Oct 01, 2007 7:00 PM

First Tuesdays Series: Naomi Wolf

Author of The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot (Chelsea Green) This monthly series hosted by author and activist Mark Crispin Miller features authors whose books tackle political and public issues from a stance outside the mainstream. Naomi Wolf’s first book The Beauty Myth, published in 1991, galvanized readers to stop taking media depictions of female beauty at face value.

Event Date: Oct 02, 2007 7:00 PM

Carl Bernstein

arl Bernstein’s stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought. Marshaling all the skills and energy that propelled his history-making Pulitzer Prize reporting on Watergate, Bernstein gives us the most detailed, sophisticated, comprehensive, and revealing account we have had of the complex human being and political meteor who has already helped define one presidency and may well become, herself, the woman in charge of another.

Event Date: Oct 05, 2007 7:00 PM

President Jimmy Carter

Carter recounts his adventures over the last 25 years, including founding the Carter Center and putting it and himself to the task of public, useful good works.

Event Date: Oct 08, 2007 6:30 PM

Frank Rich, author of “The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina

Event Date: Nov 20, 2006 6:30 PM

George Soros: The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror

George Soros heads Soros Fund Management and is the founder of a global network of foundations dedicated to supporting open societies. He is the author of several best-selling books including The Bubble of American Supremacy, Underwriting Democracy, and Open Society.

Event Date: Dec 04, 2006 7:00 PM

Earth Institute Seminar on Sustainable Development:

Event Date: Dec 07, 2006 4:00 PM

Renee Becker Swartz '55 Lecture--Women and Politics in New York City

Event Date: Dec 07, 2006 6:00 PM

Gary Cole

Event Date: Dec 11, 2006 6:00 PM

Artless: The Odyssey of a Republican Cultural Creative

Event Date: Dec 11, 2006 6:00 PM

Writers read from their works in literary magazines

Event Date: Dec 12, 2006 7:00 PM

The Story of Diamonds

Event Date: Dec 13, 2006 7:00 PM

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