Past Years - 2016 Events

Utopia is Creepy

10/22/16 - 1:30pm - 10/22/16 - 2:30pm

Utopia Is Creepy compels us to question the technological momentum that has trapped us in its flow

Utopia is Creepy - Nicholas Carr - 10/22/2016 - 1:30pm

America's War for the Greater Middle East

10/22/16 - 2:00pm - 10/22/16 - 3:00pm

Andrew Bacevich

Colonel & author Bacevich provides a searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East

America's War for the Greater Middle East - Andrew Bacevich - 10/22/2016 - 2:00pm

Finding an Agent Workshop

10/22/16 - 3:00pm - 10/22/16 - 4:00pm

How does an author find an agent?

Finding an Agent Workshop - Chloe Benjamin - 10/22/2016 - 3:00pm

Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir

10/22/16 - 3:00pm - 10/22/16 - 4:00pm

Thomas Pecore Weso

Tribal member Thomas Pecore Weso takes readers on a cook's journey through Wisconsin's north woods.

Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir - Thomas Pecore Weso - 10/22/2016 - 3:00pm

The Hopefuls

10/22/16 - 3:00pm - 10/22/16 - 4:00pm

A glorious sendup of young D.C. and a blazingly honest portrait of a marriage.

The Hopefuls - Jennifer Close - 10/22/2016 - 3:00pm

The Sacred Disease

10/22/16 - 3:00pm - 10/22/16 - 4:00pm

Kristin Seaborg

A memoir of discovery, acceptance, and hope.

The Sacred Disease - Kristin Seaborg - 10/22/2016 - 3:00pm

Thrill Me

10/22/16 - 3:00pm - 10/22/16 - 4:00pm

Percy discovers how contemporary writers engage writing in service of one dictum: Thrill the reader

Thrill Me - Benjamin Percy - 10/22/2016 - 3:00pm

We Gon' Be Alright

10/22/16 - 3:00pm - 10/22/16 - 4:00pm

Powerful essays taking a wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests

We Gon' Be Alright - Jeff Chang - 10/22/2016 - 3:00pm

After the Dam

10/22/16 - 4:30pm - 10/22/16 - 5:30pm

A gripping novel depicting the transformative power of motherhood with honesty, wit, and compassion.

After the Dam - Amy Hassinger - 10/22/2016 - 4:30pm

Against Everything

10/22/16 - 4:30pm - 10/22/16 - 5:30pm

Essays address key topics in the cultural and intellectual life of our time.

Against Everything - Mark Greif - 10/22/2016 - 4:30pm

The Millionaire and The Bard

10/22/16 - 4:30pm - 10/22/16 - 5:30pm

The miraculous and romantic story of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

The Millionaire and The Bard - Andrea Mays - 10/22/2016 - 4:30pm

Children of the New World

10/22/16 - 5:00pm - 10/22/16 - 6:00pm

Alexander Weinstein

Weinstein grapples with how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies shapes our society

Children of the New World - Alexander Weinstein - 10/22/2016 - 5:00pm

Lions

10/22/16 - 6:00pm - 10/22/16 - 7:00pm

An arresting novel about a young couple whose love is threatened by the arrival of a stranger.

Lions - Bonnie Nadzam - 10/22/2016 - 6:00pm

Mapping the Heavens

10/22/16 - 6:00pm - 10/22/16 - 7:00pm

Priyamvada Natarajan

Yale professor Natarajan discusses her book on the “greatest hits” of cosmological discoveries

Mapping the Heavens - Priyamvada Natarajan - 10/22/2016 - 6:00pm

Teaching Hip Hop Culture

10/22/16 - 6:00pm - 10/22/16 - 7:00pm

Two leading hip hop scholars put forward innovative approaches to transforming education.

Teaching Hip Hop Culture - Brian Mooney, Chris Emdin - 10/22/2016 - 6:00pm

The Politics of Resentment

10/22/16 - 6:00pm - 10/22/16 - 7:00pm

The Politics of Resentment shows that rural resentment plays a major role in dividing America.

The Politics of Resentment - Kathy Cramer - 10/22/2016 - 6:00pm

Big Ideas, Busy People: Shakespeare's Genome?

10/22/16 - 7:00pm - 10/22/16 - 8:00pm

Five leading thinkers will feature their groundbreaking work at this unique event.

Big Ideas, Busy People: Shakespeare's Genome? - Joshua Calhoun - 10/22/2016 - 7:00pm

The Sympathizer & Nothing Ever Dies

10/22/16 - 7:30pm - 10/22/16 - 8:30pm

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen will discuss his two latest books

The Sympathizer & Nothing Ever Dies - Viet Thanh Nguyen - 10/22/2016 - 7:30pm

Finding the Flavors We Lost

10/22/16 - 8:00pm - 10/22/16 - 9:00pm

An exploration of our cultural demand for “artisanal” foods in a world dominated by corporate food.

Finding the Flavors We Lost - Patric Kuh - 10/22/2016 - 8:00pm

Hue-Man

10/22/16 - 8:00pm - 10/22/16 - 10:00pm

Perform pieces that will broaden, deepen, and stimulate conversations about policing.

Hue-Man - Rain Wilson - 10/22/2016 - 8:00pm

Atlas Obscura

10/22/16 - 9:00pm - 10/22/16 - 10:00pm

Anyone can be a tourist. Atlas Obscura is for the explorer.

Atlas Obscura - Ella Morton - 10/22/2016 - 9:00pm

Braving It

10/23/16 - 10:30am - 10/23/16 - 11:30am

An ode to disappearing wilderness and a profound meditation on the role of nature in a child's life.

Braving It - James Campbell - 10/23/2016 - 10:30am

Much Ado: A Summer with a Repertory Theater Company

10/23/16 - 10:30am - 10/23/16 - 11:30am

Michael Lenehan

Much Ado provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the lauded American Players Theatre

Much Ado: A Summer with a Repertory Theater Company - Michael Lenehan - 10/23/2016 - 10:30am

North of Dixie

10/23/16 - 10:30am - 10/23/16 - 11:30am

Speltz adds to the scope of the civil rights movement with images of activists outside the South

North of Dixie - Mark Speltz - 10/23/2016 - 10:30am