Happy to share our poster for our Live Talks Los Angeles event with Gregg Allman next Tuesday, May 15.  Ticket info here.

Here are some mentions in the press about Gregg Allman and his memoir, My Cross To Bear:

– In The Washington Post, Love, family, drug addiction: Gregg Allman tells it all in new memoir

– In The Miami Herald, Gregg Allman’s memoir brims with road stories and family pain

– In USA Today, Allman bares wounded soul in memoir ‘My Cross to Bear’, April 30

– Rolling Stone, an excerpt from the book, April 27
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We’re thrilled to be hosting Gregg Allman on May 15th at The Aero Theatre discussing his career, music and life.  His memoir, My Cross to Bear, was just released to rave reviews…We’re happy to hear that the recent heart tests he underwent came out good and he’s cleared to tour.

He’ll be in conversation with music journalist, Alan Light.

Ticket info here.

Here are links to some recent stories in the news…

– In USA Today, Allman bares wounded soul in memoir ‘My Cross to Bear’, April 30
– Rolling Stone, an excerpt from the book, April 27

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Michael Sandel’s book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, continues to get noted in the press. We host him at Live Talks Los Angeles May 9th at All Saints Church in Pasadena in conversation with Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times columnist and host of The Patt Morrison Show on KPCC
Event deets here…

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We host Harvard’s Michael Sandel on May 9th at All Saints Church in Pasadena. He’ll be in conversation with Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times columnist and host of The Patt Morrison Show on KPCC. Ticket info here…

He argues that the spread of ‘market philosophy’ has created what he calls “a consumerist idea of freedom,” in which we think our highest freedom is what we consume. Our obsession with consumption limits our freedom to engage in a full civic life.  He applauds markets for driving economic prosperity around the world, but he still thinks markets shouldn’t…

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Are Apple Inc. (AAPL) and the big trade publishers colluding to manipulate the market in electronic books?

No, says Scott Turow, president of the Authors Guild.  We host him at Live Talks Business on June 22nd for breakfast to discuss this and other challenges in the world of book publishing. He’ll be in conversation with Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times’ Jacket Copy blog about all things books.

Scott Turow observes this from two perches: As the writer of bestsellers, including Presumed Innocent, Innocent, One L, and Ultimate Punishment.  And, as the current president of The Authors Guild, the leading advocate for…

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We’re thrilled to have the video from our event with Amy Poehler and Jane Lynch featured on the home page of the Biography Channel’s website.  The Biography Channel is a major sponsor of Live Talks Los Angeles and a content partner where we exclusively release the videos from some of our events….Here’s a link to the video.

Here’s a link to the Live Talks Los Angeles page on the Bio website where you can see more of our videos.

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We have created 14 short clips from our fun evening with Jason Alexander.  To see the full video, it is exclusively available at the website of The Biography Channel (bio.com), our partner and sponsor of Live Talks Los Angeles…Here are three of the clips….The others can be seen in the Live Talks Los Angeles YouTube Channel.

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We share an excerpt from a happy customer at Live Talks Los Angles, who attended our Jason Alexander event.  Here’s the video of the event.

The Jason Alexander talk was amazing. My husband, who is a fellow USC grad and also attended the event, is a huge Seinfeld fan. No joke, me watching (and loving) every episode of Seinfeld was a basic requirement in order for us to date. We first saw the event advertised because we were lucky enough to attend the Michael Caine Live Talk before (which was another amazing evening). It was a life…

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Video from our hilarious evening with Amy Poehler in conversation with Jane Lynch at The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is now available exclusively on Bio.com, the Biography Channel’s website. Biography is a sponsor of Live Talks Los Angeles.

Watch the video here.

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Video from our wonderful evening with Jason Alexander at The Aero Theatre is now available to view exclusively on Bio.com, the Biography Channel’s website. Biography is a sponsor of Live Talks Los Angeles.

Fabulous interview with Val Zavala, host of SoCal Connected on KCET covering is his career on stage, television and film.  You can watch it here.

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