Programs & Events

Chronological List of Programs

Fall Literary Series Benefiting
826 Valencia Scholarship Program

Cultural Studies

On Art & Politics

Social Studies

Special Events

California Academy of
Sciences Series

end of season specials

 Herbst Theatre

Tickets:
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Books:
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JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC |

wednesday september	16	"The Botany of Desire" Film screening and discussion with Michael Pollan, Author, & Michael Schwarz, Filmmaker Herbst Theatre 7:00pm back to top | more
Thursday September	24	Karen Armstrong In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt The Case for God . The Bible: A Biography . A History of God back to top | more
Friday September	25	Craig Ferguson Film clips and conversation hosted by Paul Lancour Host of the Late, Late Show . American on Purpose . Between the Bridge and the River Palace of Fine Arts back to top | more
Tuesday September	29	David Byrne hosts "Bike Advocacy and the Urban Environment" With guests David Chiu, Leah Shahum and Mike Teitz Musician . Singer, Songwriter . Artist The Bicycle Diaries . Talking Heads back to top | more
Tuesday october	06	Margaret Atwood Music, Performance and Readings inspired by The Year of the Flood The Year of the Flood . The Blind Assassin . The Door: Poems back to top | more
wednesday October	07	Amitav Ghosh In conversation with Rachael Myrow Sea of Poppies . The Hungry Tide . The Shadow Lines back to top | more
Thursday october	08	Nick Hornby In conversation with Dave Eggers Juliet, Naked . Slam . About A Boy . High Fidelity back to top | more
tuesday October	13	Jill Abramson & Jane Mayer On Print Journalism The Dark Side . Strange Justice back to top | more
thursday october	15	Wallace Shawn In conversation with Steven Winn Playwright, Actor . Essays . The Designated Mourner back to top | more
monday october	19	Joyce Carol Oates In conversation with Michael Krasny Little Bird of Heaven . What I Lived For . The Gravedigger's Daughter back to top | more
monday october	26	A. S. Byatt In conversation with Robert Hass The Children's Book . The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye . Possession back to top | more
wednesday october	28	Jonathan Lethem In conversation with Paul Lancour Chronic City . You Don't Love Me Yet . Motherless Brooklyn back to top | more
tuesday november	03	Eric Schlosser In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt Command and Control . Fast Food Nation . Reefer Madness back to top | more
wednesday november	04	Wendell Berry In conversation with Michael Pollan Farmer . Poet . Writer . Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food . The Memory of Old Jack back to top | more
saturday november	07	John Hodgman In conversation More Information Than You Require . The Areas of My Expertise . "The Daily Show" back to top | more
monday november	09	Michael Chabon & Adam Gopnik In conversation Manhood for Amateurs . The Yiddish Policemen's Union back to top | more
thursday november	12	George Packer In conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth The New Yorker . The Assassins' Gate . Betrayed: A Play back to top | more
tuesday november	17	Barbara Kingsolver In conversation with Patricia Holt The Lacuna . The Poisonwood Bible . The Bean Trees back to top | more
wednesday november	18	Hendrick Hertzberg In conversation with Rachael Myrow The New Yorker . ¡Obámanos! . Politics: Observations and Arguments back to top | more
thursday november	19	Isabella Rossellini Film clips & conversation, hosted by Roy Eisenhardt GREEN PORNO . My Winnipeg . Blue Velvet back to top | more
wednesday december	02	Zoë Heller In conversation with Vendela Vida The Believers . Notes on a Scandal . Everything You Know back to top | more