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How We Eat
Join us in August for a month of provocative food-related programs.
8/20 Wine Tasting and Panel: Sustainable, Organic, Biodynamic: What's It All Mean?
8/20 Top Chefs Tell All
8/21 Panel: Building a Slow Food Nation
8/21 Rebecca Ets-Hokin: Israeli Cuisine @ 60
8/25 Jenni Ferrari-Adler: Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
8/25 Financial Transparency and Religious Institutions
8/25 Middle East Discussion Group
8/25 Dinner at 231 Ellsworth and Hendry Wine Tasting
8/26 Phyllis Faber: Our Disappearing Farmland
8/26 Marion Nestle in Conversation with Davia Nelson: Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
8/27 Robert Baron and John Rabkin: The "Real Skinny" on Obesity
8/27 Raj Patel: Stuffed and Starved
8/28 Albert Straus: Dairies and Feedlots: What's the good news?
9/2 Book Discussion: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
9/2 Marriage Equality: What Does It Mean, How Did We Get It, and Will It Last?
9/3 Dancing Through Line and Space: Paintings by Paula Boas, Prints by Kiyomi Kibu
9/3 Richard J. Elkus Jr: Competitiveness - America's Future at Stake
9/4 Daniel Ellsberg: Now and Then, Wars in Iraq and Vietnam, Threats Against Iran
9/8 Danica McKellar: Kiss My Math
9/8 Youth and Guns: Stopping Violence Before It Starts
9/9 Bill Press: Is Conservatism Dead?
9/9 Business & Leadership Discussion Group
9/10 Amy Goldman: The Heirloom Tomato, From Garden to Table
9/10 LGBT Planning Meeting
9/10 Christie Dames: Feed Your Brain Real Food or Chemical Soup?
9/11 Social, Political & Economic Consequences of Counterterrorism
9/12 Steven Pinker: The Stuff of Thought
9/12 Behind the Scenes with Matt Groening - Creator of The Simpsons
9/15 Farnaz Fassihi: Wall Street Journal Iraq Correspondent
9/15 Ann Markusen: The Distinctive City
9/15 Don Spradlin: Treasures of the Museum of Performance and Design
9/15 Eco-Fashion: From Birkenstock to Couture
9/15 Paul Auster
9/16 Sherrill Sellman: Hormone Truths & Myths
9/16 George Colony: Changing the Mindset About Information Technology
9/16 The Future of Our Nation's Health Care System: The Candidates' Plans
9/16 Dinner at Straits Restaurant: The Tastes and Blends of Singapore
9/17 Sarah Lyall: A Field Guide to the British
9/17 Hirotaka Takeuchi: Extreme Toyota, Radical Contradictions that Drive Success
9/17 The Psychology of Political Communication: Are we buying what spin doctors are selling?
9/18 Christopher Buckley in San Francisco: Supreme Courtship
9/18 Khalil Bendib: America's First Muslim President?
9/18 William Brody: How to Fix Health Care in the U.S.
9/18 Personal Growth Planning Meeting
9/18 Christopher Buckley in Silicon Valley: Supreme Courtship
9/22 Alec Baldwin
9/22 Judy Estrin: Closing the Innovation Gap
9/23 John P. Roberts: Rationing Health Care, Lessons from Organ Transplantation
9/23 Meg Whitman:Entrepreneurship & Innovation: The Key to California's Economy
9/23 Inside Web 2.0
9/24 Greg Mortenson: Rowell Memorial Lecture
9/25 Nancy L. Ascher: Navigating the Organ Transplant Maze
9/25 Frank Wilczek: The Lightness of Being
9/26 Charlie Adams: Stoke The fire Within: A Guide to Igniting Your Life
9/26 Paths to Zero - Striving Toward a Nuclear-Free World
9/26 The Animation of Cartoon Network's Chowder
9/27 Nate Appleman: The Cuisine of Campania, Lunch at A16
9/29 Justine Toms: Small Pleasures for people who do too much!
9/29 The Need for a Suicide Barrior on The Golden Gate Bridge
9/29 Brian Jenkins: "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?"
9/29 Middle East Discussion Group
9/30 Peter Mansoor: Former Commander, 1st Armored Division in Iraq
9/30 TechNation's Moira Gunn in Conversation
10/1 John Garamendi
10/1 James Glassman: The Role of Non-Military Action in Achieving America's National Interest
10/1 Local Food, Local Pride: Policies for Sustainable Economies
10/1 Robert Reich
10/2 John Gray, PhD: Why Stress Makes Mars & Venus Collide
10/2 Explore the World from The Commonwealth Club
10/2 Stephen Baker: The Mathematical Modeling of Humanity
10/2 Kerry Kennedy: Being Catholic Now
10/3 Dr. Richard Jackson
10/3 Proposition One: Pros and Cons of High Speed Rail
10/6 Robinson Crusoe
10/6 Tito Vandermeyden: What is Gay Art
10/6 Scandal, Intrigue and Drama in California History
10/7 The Beijing Olympics: An Insider's View
10/7 Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World
10/8 Rob Dunbar: Global Climate Change in the Decades Ahead: Fact versus Fiction
10/8 The Water Connection: State Policies and the Impact on Local Food Systems
10/8 Michael Dobbs: What the President Didn't Know (and When He Didin't Know It)
10/9 Jonathan Salem Baskin: Is Branding Dead?
10/9 Carol Coletta: The Next Generation City
10/9 Battling for the Environment
10/14 Naomi Wolf in Silicon Valley
10/14 Alex Dodd: Turmoil and Trends in America's Workforce
10/14 Major General William Wade: California National Guard
10/14 Naomi Wolf: Give Me Liberty
10/14 America and the World: Presidential Candidate Advisors Speak on International Security
10/15 Richard A. Muller: Physics for Future Presidents, the Science Behind the Headlines
10/15 From Farm to Feast: How chefs, farmers, and artisans strengthen our community
10/15 Alice Cravens: A World of Tea
10/15 Personal Growth Planning Meeting
10/16 Beef- As American as Apple Pie
10/16 John Hofmeister: Why We Hate The Energy Companies When We Could Be Friends
10/16 Laurent Cohen-Tanugi: The Shape of the World to Come
10/16 Decision 2008: The Economic Perspective with Dr. John Taylor and Dr. Laura Tyson
Rebecca Ets-Hokin: Israeli Cuisine @ 60 Rebecca Ets-Hokin: Israeli Cuisine @ 60
8/21/2008
Jenni Ferrari-Adler: Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant Jenni Ferrari-Adler: Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
8/25/2008
Marion Nestle in Conversation with Davia Nelson: Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine Marion Nestle in Conversation with Davia Nelson: Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
8/26/2008
Wine Tasting and Panel: Sustainable, Organic, Biodynamic: What's It All Mean?
Go behind the buzzwords and learn all about this growing industry
8/20/2008
Panel: Building a Slow Food Nation
Panelists explore ideas about building a better and more fair food system
8/21/2008