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

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

MONday September	13	Jonathan Franzen In conversation with Mark Breitenberg Freedom • The Corrections • The Discomfort Zone back to top | more
Thursday September	16	Stephen Breyer In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt Supreme Court Justice • Making Our Democracy Work • Active Liberty back to top | more
monday September	20	Michael Krasny & Tobias Wolff In conversation Host of KQED’s Forum • Spiritual Envy • Off Mike back to top | more
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER	22	Jonathan Safran Foer In conversation with Vendela Vida Eating Animals • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Everything is Illuminated back to top | more
thursday september	23	Mark Morris In conversation with Sarah Kaufman In association with WORDS ON DANCE Director and Choreographer • Mark Morris Dance Group more
monday september	27	Michael Lewis In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt The Big Short • Money Ball • The Blind Side more
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER	29	Maira Kalman & Lemony Snicket In conversation with Steven Winn Illustrator & Author • The Principles of Uncertainty Author • A Series of Unfortunate Events • 13 Words (a collaboration) back to top | more
FRIDAY october	01	David Rakoff In conversation with Eli Horowitz Half Empty • Don’t Get Too Comfortable • Fraud back to top | more
monday october	04	Patti LuPone In conversation with Steven Winn In association with BAY AREA CABARET Tony Award-winning actress and singer • Patti LuPone: A Memoir back to top | more
THURSDAY october	07	Judd Apatow In Conversation with Dave Eggers Director + Screenwriter • Funny People • Knocked Up • Freaks and Geeks back to top | more
tuesday october	12	Bill Bryson In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt At Home • A Short Histor y of Nearly Everything • Notes from a Small Island back to top | more
monday october	18	Jonah Lehrer In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt How We Decide • Proust Was a Neuroscientist • The Frontal Cortex back to top | more
wednesday october	27	Mark Bittman & Ruth Reichl In conversation with Steven Winn Mark Bittman - Food Matters • How to Cook Everything Ruth Reichl - Not Becoming My Mother • Tender at the Bone back to top | more
MONday NOVEMBER	01	Nicole Krauss In Conversation with Andrew Sean Greer Great House • The History of Love • Man Walks Into a Room back to top | more
tuesday november	09	Lady Antonia Fraser In conversation with Steven Winn Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter • Marie Antoinette • The Weaker Vessel back to top | more
monday november	15	Amy Sedaris In Conversation with Paul Lancour Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People • I Like You • Strangers with Candy back to top | more
wednesday november	17	Katrina Vanden Heuvel In conversation with Adam Gopnik Editor of The Nation • Meltdown back to top | more
thursday november	18	Adam Gopnik In conversation with Susan Stamberg Angels and Ages • The King in the Window • From Paris to the Moon back to top | more
monday november	22	Nora Ephron In conversation with Paul Lancour Director + Screenwriter • I Remember Nothing • I Feel Bad About My Neck • Julie & Julia back to top | more SPECIAL EVENT
tuesday november	30	Maya Rudolph In conversation with Paul Lancour In association with SF Sketchfest Actress and comedienne • Away We Go • Saturday Night Live back to top | more SPECIAL EVENT
thursday december	02	Salman Rushdie In conversation with Michael Krasny Luka and the Fire of Life • The Enchantress of Florence • The Satanic Verses back to top | more
SUNday december	05	Ira Glass In Conversation with Dave Eggers Host and Executive Producer of "This American Life" back to top | more SPECIAL EVENT
tuesday december	07	Ann Beattie In conversation Walks with Men • Park City • Chilly Scenes of Winter back to top | more
tuesday january	04	Patton Oswalt In Conversation with Andrew Leland Comedian • Zombie Spaceship Wasteland • Big Fan • The King of Queens back to top | more
Thursday January	20	Paul Goldberger In conversation with Calvin Trillin Architecture Critic • The New Yorker • Why Architecture Matters back to top | more
tuesday february	15	A.O. Scott In conversation with Steven Winn Chief New York Times Film Critic • At the Movies back to top | more
tuesday february	22	Adrienne Rich Poet • Tonight No Poetry Will Serve • Diving Into the Wreck back to top | more
monday march	21	Paul Harding In conversation with Adam Savage Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist • Tinkers back to top | more
monday april	11	Seamus Heaney Nobel Prize-winning poet • Human Chain • Death of a Naturalist back to top | more