Here’s the video from our event with Salman Rushdie discussing his memoir, Joseph Anton, with NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates. Event was held September 23rd at the William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Station Arts Center.
Salman Rushdie in conversation with Karen Grigsby Bates from Ted Habte-Gabr on Vimeo.
Here’s the video from our event with T.C. Boyle talking writing, books and his new novel, San Miguel.
We’re excited to be hosting Penny Marshall in conversation with her brother, Garry Marshall, at Live Talks Los Angeles next Wednesday, October 3 at The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Ticket info here. Her memoir, My Mother Was Nuts is hilarious, and paired with her brother will be fun. Here are some recent news pieces on Penny Marshall and her memoir.
Penny Marshall in the news:
– Los Angeles Times, September 26 – Penny Marshall looks back at her life in breezy new memoir. In ‘My Mother Was Nuts,’ Marshall chronicles her tap-dancing youth, her marriages, her romance…
We’re happy to share that Bradley Whitford will interview Bishop Gene Robinson at our Live Talks Los Angeles event on October 5th, at All Saints Church Pasadena. More info and tickets here.
Bishop Robinson is at the forefront of the gay rights movement. Join us for a frank discussion of the critical civil rights issue of our time.
In his new book, God Believes in Love: Straight Talk on Gay Marriage, Bishop Gene Robinson makes the case for same-sex marriage. For him, it’s a personal issue; after being married to a woman with whom he had two children, Bishop…
We’re excited to have T.C. Boyle back at Live Talks Los Angeles. We host Boyle at Track 16 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica on Thursday, September 27th. We last hosted him in 2011, and here’s the video. Hector Tobar reviews Boyle’s latest — his 14th novel — in the Los Angeles Times (September 16). Here are come excerpts…
San Miguel Island is a real place, the westernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. In Boyle’s book, it’s a patch of earth beyond the end of the western frontier, a place where the mythical western…
We are excited to welcome the very funny and Emmy Award-winning Merrill Markoe to Live Talks Los Angeles on October 11 to interview funny man Chris Elliott discussing his memoir, The Guy Under the Sheets: The Unauthorized Autobiography. Event details here.
Markoe’s latest book, is Cool, Calm and Contentious: Essays.
We’re pleased that Garry Marshall will be returning to Live Talks Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 3rd to interview his sister Penny Marshall discussing her memoir. We hosted him in May discussing his memoir, My Happy Days in Hollywood with KTLA’s Sam Rubin. Here’s ticket and more information on the Penny Marshall/Garry Marshall event.
Garry Marshall in conversation with Sam Rubin from Ted Habte-Gabr on Vimeo.
We host Naomi Wolf on Sept 18 in conversation with Terrence McNally discussing her new book, Vagina: A New Biography. Ticket info here
Naomi Wolf in the news:
– Los Angeles Times, September 9 – Review: Naomi Wolf, Hanna Rosin tackle women in a new century
– San Francisco Chronicle, September 10 –Naomi Wolf pens paean to good sex
– New Yorker, September 10 – The Space in Between
– TruthDig, September 8 – The Brain-Vagina connection
– The Economist, September 8 — Tunnel of Love
Tomorrow, we host acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson who will discuss his memoir, Yes! Chef with David Burtka of E! News at 8pm at Track 16 at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica. Event details our website.
Samuelsson in the news…
– Los Angeles Times, July 3, Russ Parsons reviews Yes! Chef in the Los Angeles Times
– USA Today, July 8, Chef Samuelsson serves up a revealing memoir
– New York Times, July 2, Chef’s Picnic: Marcus Samuelsson
– Wall Street Journal, June 29, Memoir of a Flavor: Chasing Top Chef
– Huffington Post, July 1, Chef Marcus Samuelsson on eating all over the world
– Business Week, June 26, Samuelsson memoir traces rise from…
We host David Westin, former president of ABC News on May 31st in conversation with Willow Bay talking about the tv news business. His memoir, Exit Interview, was recently released. Ticket info here.
David Westin in the news…
– Wall Street Journal, May 22, Channeling the News
– Mediabistro, May 22, Former ABC News President Recalls Iraq Regret, ABC Layoffs
– FoxNews, May 22, Judging Fairmess in the Media (on O’Reilly Factor)
– Marketplace, May 22, On the state of the news today
– Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC, May 23, David Westin on his time at ABC News
