Alan Cumming | Not My Father's Son
Monday, November 17, 2014 at 7:30PM; Sold Out!  Beloved star of stage and screen and "one of the most fun people in show business" (Time), Alan Cumming is renowned for his fearless portrayal of diverse characters. In the past few years, he has sung at venues around the globe; appeared in a handful of films; voiced a Smurf, a goat, and Hitler; entered upside down and suspended by his ankles in a Greek tragedy; recorded an album; made three documentaries; released a fragrance; and hosted Masterpiece Mystery. He is currently reprising his Tony Award-winning role of the Emcee in Cabaret on Broadway. With bawdy humor and insight, Cumming shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career. In conversation with Wesley Stace, author, Wonder Kid |
Jack Miles | Norton Anthology of World Religions
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 7:30PM; buy tickets online>>  Jack Miles, Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies at the University of California at Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs for the Pacific Council on International Policy, is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winningGod: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God. As editor of the Norton Anthology of World Religions, a landmark work containing more than 1,000 primary texts from the world's six major religions along with the writings of scholars, seekers, believers, and skeptics, Miles invites readers to "see others with a measure of openness, empathy, and good will... in that capacity lies the foundation of human sympathy and cultural wisdom." |
Leading Voices: Eric Dezenhall | Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 8:00AM; buy tickets online>>  Over a three-decade career, crisis management expert Eric Dezenhall has dealt with some of America's most intense and talked-about scandals. In an era of continuous news coverage, ubiquitous celebrity culture, and light-speed reputation destruction, Dezenhall details the hard-wrought lessons learned from the likes of the Toyota, Goldman Sachs, Tiger Woods, IRS, Susan G. Komen, and Penn State conflagrations. He has lent his considerable insight to a wide array of media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. The author of two non-fiction books about crisis communication and corporate witch hunts, Dezenhall has also published six novels, including The Devil Himself and Spinning Dixie.Book included with ticket purchase. |
Richard Ford | Let Me Be Frank With You
Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 7:30PM; buy tickets online>>  Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Richard Ford's "sinewy and distinctively American voice contains the echoing tones of many [literary] ancestors" (New York Times). Celebrated for creating stories that express the shifting moods of the United States, he is best known for his bestselling novel The Sportswriter and its 1995 sequel Independence Day-winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award-about famed everyman protagonist Frank Bascombe, a character who the New York Times Book Review ranks alongside "Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape." His new book is comprised of four novellas set against the backdrop of Hurricane Sandy, and narrated by Frank Bascombe. |
Anne Lamott | Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 2:00PM; buy tickets online>>  As she openly and self-deprecatingly describes loss, faith, addiction, and a score of other tough topics, Anne Lamott's "real genius lies in capturing the ineffable, describing not perfect moments, but imperfect ones...perfectly" (The New Yorker). She is the author of seven novels and six books of non-fiction, including Operating Instructions, an account of life as a single mother during her son's first year; Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; Traveling Mercies, a collection of autobiographical essays on faith; and Some Assembly Required, the story of her first year of grandparenthood. Lamott's new book is a message of hope, forgiveness, and restoration to embrace during the times that test us most. *Book included with auditorium ticket purchase |
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