Stephen A. Schwarzman Building > LIVE from the NYPL
June 2009
8
ALAIN DE BOTTON in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Monday, June 8, 2009
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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ISLAM IN EUROPE
Insult: Fractured States?
Part I
Opening Event: How Did We Get Here?
David BRANCACCIO, Benjamin BARBER, Tahar BEN JELLOUN
& Imam Abduljalil SAJID
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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ISLAM IN EUROPE
Insult: Fractured States?
Part III
Youth: The Future
Moustafa BAYOUMI, Nanna WESTH, Farid HAFEZ, Ziyah GAFIC, Nebojša Šeric SHOBA & Krzysztof CZYZEWSKI
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
7:30 PM
South Court Auditorium
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ISLAM IN EUROPE
Insult: Fractured States?
Part IV
Media: A Catalyst for Change
Shamil IDRISS, Her Majesty Queen NOOR, Emanuele CASTANO, Mohamed EL-FATATRY & Andrea ter AVEST DAHM
Thursday, June 11, 2009
5:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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ISLAM IN EUROPE
Insult: Fractured States?
Part V
Conclusions: Where Do We Go From Here?
Paul HOLDENGRÄBER , Benjamin BARBER, Jocelyn CESARI, Khaled Fouad ALLAM, Bas HEIJNE & Imam Abduljalil SAJID
Thursday, June 11, 2009
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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May 2009
11
I. FRANK GEHRY in conversation with Barbara Isenberg & Alex Ross
II. ESA-PEKKA SALONEN in conversation with Alex Ross
PLEASE NOTE Part II has been postponed.
Monday, May 11, 2009
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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ADAM GOPNIK with STEVEN PINKER
How Far Can Darwin Take Us?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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NEW EYES ON THE ARAB WORLD:
Breaking Down Barriers of Fear and Prejudice
Peter THEROUX, Raja ALEM, Tom McDONOUGH, Muhammed AL MUR, Joe SACCO & Sulaiman AL HATTLAN, moderator
Saturday, May 30, 2009
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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April 2009
9
LIVE from the NYPL & BOOKFORUM present
A New Series: CULTURAL OBITUARIES
The Death of Black Nationalist Culture?
TA-NEHISI COATES, BAZ DREISINGER, PENIEL E. JOSEPH & VICTOR LAVALLE
Thursday, April 9, 2009
7:00 PM
Trustees Room
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13
ANDREI CODRESCU,
HENRY ALFORD
& MARK TWAIN Interview Each Other!
HOW TO
LIVE DADA
Flash Rosenberg & Max rada dada perform!
Monday, April 13, 2009
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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24
How To Win A Cosmic War meets Waltz With Bashir:
REZA ASLAN
in conversation with ARI FOLMAN
Instigated by Paul Holdengräber
Friday, April 24, 2009
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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March 2009
3
FATHER PATRICK DESBOIS in conversation with Paul LeClerc
Holocaust by Bullets
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
7:00 PM
Berger Forum
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19
A Tribute to
JOHN UPDIKE
Thursday, March 19, 2009
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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THOMAS FRIEDMAN in conversation with NANDAN NILEKANI
Imagining India
Monday, March 23, 2009
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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February 2009
26
LIVE from the NYPL & WIRED present
LAWRENCE LESSIG
SHEPARD FAIREY
STEVEN JOHNSON
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Thursday, February 26, 2009
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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December 2008
1
AVRAHAM BURG in conversation with OMER BARTOV
The HOLOCAUST IS OVER; We Must Rise From Its Ashes
Monday, December 1, 2008
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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November 2008
10
The Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers & LIVE present
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
A Conversation on the 2008 Election
Andrew Delbanco, Joan Didion, Jeff Madrick, Darryl Pinckney, Michael Tomasky & Garry Wills
Moderated by Robert Silvers
Monday, November 10, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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12
TONI MORRISON
in conversation with FRAN LEBOWITZ
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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14
A Tribute to RUST HILLS
Will Blythe, Byron Dobell, Lee Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Beverly Lowry, Terry McDonell & Jim Salter
Friday, November 14, 2008
7:00 PM
Trustees Room
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October 2008
10
FERRAN ADRIÀ in conversation with Corby Kummer & Harold McGee
A Day at elBulli
Friday, October 10, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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LIVE from the NYPL presents
"DEAD from the NYPL"
The Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries:
ANN WROE, MARILYN JOHNSON & DANIEL OKRENT
Instigated by Paul Holdengräber
Monday, October 27, 2008
7:00 PM
Trustees Room
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CAN THE ECONOMY BE SAVED?
How We Got Here and What We Must Do Now
FELIX ROHATYN, NOURIEL ROUBINI & JEFFREY SACHS
Moderated by CHARLIE ROSE
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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30
An Evening with DRACULA
Thursday, October 30, 2008
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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September 2008
16
BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY & SLAVOJ ZIZEK: A Debate
Instigated by Paul Holdengräber
Violence & the Left in Dark Times
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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17
DANIEL MENDELSOHN & JAMES WOOD in conversation with PICO IYER
Reading in a World of Images
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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24
PAUL AUSTER & CÉLINE CURIOL
in conversation
Man in the Dark & Voice Over
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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June 2008
24
A Tribute to NUALA O'FAOLAIN
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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27
SALMAN RUSHDIE in conversation with JEFFREY EUGENIDES
The Enchantress of Florence
Friday, June 27, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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May 2008
4
PEN WORLD VOICES
Conversations in the Library
BERNHARD SCHLINK & ANDRÉ ACIMAN
Sunday, May 4, 2008
4:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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March 2008
12
SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK: A Lecture—Performance
THEY LIVE! HOLLYWOOD
AS AN IDEOLOGICAL MACHINE
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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November 2007
17
PIERRE BAYARD & UMBERTO ECO
with Paul Holdengraber:
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Saturday, November 17, 2007
6:00 PM
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Interview by Deborah Solomon, New York Times Magazine
Questions for Pierre Bayard: My Reader, My Double
May 2007
7
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS and AL SHARPTON:
A Debate
God Is Not Great
Monday, May 7, 2007
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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Empire Zone blog by Sewell Chan, NY Times
April 2007
13
JAN MORRIS, Travel Writer Extraordinaire,
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber:
Around the World in 50 Years
Friday, April 13, 2007
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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W magazine article
March 2007
6
ANDRÉ ACIMAN & COLM TÓIBÍN:
Landscapes of Eros
and Loss
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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7
WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN in conversation with Karl Taro Greenfeld:
Why Are You Poor?
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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10
MIRA NAIR & JHUMPA LAHIRI:
A Dialogue
Saturday, March 10, 2007
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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February 2007
14
OPENING NIGHT !
Celebrate Valentine's Day with
ALINE KOMINSKY CRUMB in conversation with R. CRUMB:
Need More Love
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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New York Times article
16
WERNER HERZOG
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber:
Was the 20th Century a Mistake?
Friday, February 16, 2007
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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Harpers article
December 2006
1
THOMAS CAHILL in conversation with MARGARET ATWOOD: Thinking Medievally
Friday, December 1, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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November 2006
3
SPY Magazine: The Funny Years, the 20th Anniversary with GRAYDON CARTER, KURT ANDERSEN, GEORGE KALOGERAKIS & DAVID CARR
Friday, November 3, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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10
DAVID NASAW & VARTAN GREGORIAN: On Andrew Carnegie
Friday, November 10, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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16
SAVING THE WORLD: KATI MARTON in conversation with SAMANTHA POWER
Thursday, November 16, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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18
THE WORLD IN 2050:
China the Superpower?
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
10:00 AM
Trustees Room
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18
The CHANGING FACE OF GLOBAL FINANCE:
Can America's Capital Markets Compete?
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
11:00 AM
Trustees Room (206)
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18
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH PBS:
The Emotional Animal
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
11:00 AM
South Court Auditorium
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18
GLUTTONY
MARIO BATALI, DAN BARBER, BARBARA KAFKA & CORBY KUMMER
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
1:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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THE TROUBLE WITH DIVERSITY: An Argument between
WALTER BENN MICHAELS & KATHA POLLITT
SCOTT STOSSEL Moderates
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
2:30 PM
South Court Auditorium
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LUST
ESTHER PEREL & LAURA KIPNIS
PAUL HOLDENGRÄBER, instigator
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
4:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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CREATIVE TIME & THE ATLANTIC
DAY OF IDEAS
The Art of Disarmament: PAUL CHAN in conversation with KATHY KELLY
Saturday, November 18, 2006
5:30 PM
South Court Auditorium
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A Double Celebration: The Atlantic & Sigmund Freud @ 150
GEORGE PROCHNIK, WAYNE KOESTENBAUM & SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK
The Atlantic
Day of Ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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29
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN RECONSIDERED: A Conversation with HENRY LOUIS GATES & MARGO JEFFERSON. Moderated by THELMA GOLDEN
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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October 2006
3
BILL MOYERS in conversation with Bill McKibben: Welcome to Doomsday
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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6
THE MOTH, YADDO & LIVE from the NYPL Celebrate The Moth @ 10!
Friday, October 6, 2006
6:30 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
7:30 pm Stories Start on Stage
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11
ADAM GOPNIK in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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20
Celebrating SPECTACLE:
A conversation with DAVID ROCKWELL, Julie Taymor, Simon Doonan. John Hockenberry, Instigator
Friday, October 20, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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Andy Borowitz
ANDY BOROWITZ
Thursday, October 26, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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September 2006
11
JOEL MEYEROWITZ: Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive
Monday, September 11, 2006
7:00 PM
The Deborah, Jonathan F. P., Samuel Priest, and Adam R. Rose Main Reading Room
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12
TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS with André Leon Talley, Tim Gunn & Martha Nelson
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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14
E.O. WILSON in conversation with Ira Flatow
Thursday, September 14, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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19
INVISIBLE SYMPOSIUM: European Dream Festival with CHARLES GRODIN, master of ceremonies
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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25
SAM HARRIS in conversation with Oliver McTernan
Monday, September 25, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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28
CHRIS ANDERSON in conversation with Lawrence Lessig
Thursday, September 28, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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29
FRANK RICH in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Friday, September 29, 2006
8:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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30
ROBERT FRANK in conversation with Howard Norman: Beirut
Saturday, September 30, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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June 2006
5

Octavia E. Butler
A Tribute to OCTAVIA E. BUTLER
Monday, June 5, 2006
7:00 PM
Bruno Walter Auditorium at the Library for the Performing Arts. 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between 64th and 65th St
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15
JOHN UPDIKE in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
Thursday, June 15, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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21
KITCHEN SECRETS: BILL BUFORD with Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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22
Slate at 10: ONLINE MEDIA AND THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Thursday, June 22, 2006
6:30 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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May 2006
8

James Risen, Bob Inman, Jeffrey Rosen and Patrick Radden Keefe
LISTENING IN: EAVESDROPPING AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
Patrick Radden Keefe, James Risen, Adm. Bob Inman and Jeffrey Rosen, moderator
Monday, May 8, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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REPORTING (From the Loser's Locker Room and Elsewhere):
DAVID REMNICK in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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April 2006
11

Edmund White and Paul Holdengräber
MY LIVES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY Edmund White in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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Shirin Neshat, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Roya Hakakian and Azar Nafisi
WHO'S AFRAID OF IRAN? Azar Nafisi, Shirin Neshat, Roya Hakakian, Azadeh Moaveni, Soraya Broukhim, Sussan Deyhim and Lila Azam Zanganeh
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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30

Duong Thu Huong and Robert Stone
DUONG THU HUONG in conversation with Robert Stone
PEN WORLD VOICES: The New York Festival of International Literature
Sunday, April 30, 2006
12:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Philip Gourevitch
AYAAN HIRSI ALI in conversation with Philip Gourevitch
PEN WORLD VOICES: The New York Festival of International Literature
Sunday, April 30, 2006
1:45 PM
South Court Auditorium
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Zadie Smith and Kurt Andersen
ZADIE SMITH in conversation with Kurt Andersen
PEN WORLD VOICES: The New York Festival of International Literature
Sunday, April 30, 2006
3:30 PM
South Court Auditorium
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February 2006
13
ALFRED BRENDEL in conversation with Paul Holdengraber
Monday, February 13, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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January 2006
26

Bernard-Henri Lévy and Tina Brown
AMERICAN VERTIGO: Bernard-Henri Lévy and Tina Brown
Thursday, January 26, 2006
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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December 2005
9

Michael Kimmelman
THE DILEMMA OF THE NEW: Michael Kimmelman
Friday, December 9, 2005
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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November 2005
17
Co-presented with WIRED Magazine
THE BATTLE OVER BOOKS: Authors & Publishers Take on the Google Print Library Project
Thursday, November 17, 2005
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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Alice Walker and Margo Jefferson
ALICE WALKER and MARGO JEFFERSON: A Conversation
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
7:30 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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October 2005
27

John Hope Franklin and President Bill Clinton
DESTROYING THE COLOR LINE: John Hope Franklin and President Bill Clinton
Thursday, October 27, 2005
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
LIVE TELECAST of the event
at 7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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September 2005
14

Melanie Rehak, Laura Lippman and David Ferriero
WOMEN OF MYSTERY: Nancy Drew Revisited. A Conversation with Melanie Rehak and Laura Lippman with moderator David Ferriero
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
7:00 PM
South Court Auditorium
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17

Salman Rushdie, Philip Gourevitch and Miranda July
A Celebration of The Paris Review: Salman Rushdie, Philip Gourevitch and Miranda July with The Hungry March Band
Saturday, September 17, 2005
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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April 2005
14
Come to Crumbland
R. Crumb & Robert Hughes: A Conversation
Thursday, April 14, 2005
7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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