Posts by Live Talks LA
Mark Seliger with Judd Apatow
8:00 pm
Mark Seliger
in conversation with Judd Apatow
a discussion with images from his book,
Mark Seliger Photographs
Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre
New Roads School
Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90404
PURCHASE TICKETS
$30 Reserved Section Seat
$20 General Admission Seat
$75 Reserved Section Seat + a copy of Mark Seliger Photographs*
* Mark Seliger Photographs ($75) is a gorgeous coffee table book, showcasing his best-known portraiture
Mark Seliger’s extraordinary portfolio is 30 years in the making. In 1987 Seliger began shooting small assignments for Rolling Stone; in 1992 he became their chief photographer, a position he kept for 15 years. During the course of his time at the magazine, he photographed more than 125 covers. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, ELLE, GQ, Vogue Italia, New Yorker, Purple, and in museums and galleries worldwide. He has captured some of the most iconic images of the most famous and influential faces of our time, including Kurt Cobain, Nelson Mandela, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Emma Stone, Angelina Jolie, Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne, Matthew Barney, Jennifer Lawrence, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay-Z, Misty Copeland, Amy Schumer, and Paul McCartney.
Judd Apatow is a writer, director, and producer. His films include the romantic comedies The Big Sick, Trainwreck, and This is 40. For television, he is the producer of HBO’s Crashing, Love on Netflix, and was the executive producer of Girls. Recently, he released his first stand up special Judd Apatow:The Return for Netflix and directed the new HBO documentary The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling.
Mark Seliger Photographs showcases his best-known portraiture, as well as never before seen outtakes, and select standouts from his landscape and personal work including portraits of Holocaust survivors and transgender men and women on Christopher Street, and documentary photography of Cuba. Accompanying the photographs is an interview between Mark Seliger and Judd Apatow, in which Seliger shares stories behind some of his most iconic work: Kurt Cobain showing up for a Rolling Stone shoot in a “Corporate Magazines Still Suck” T-shirt; taking a road trip with Brad Pitt; and navigating a room full of Tibetan monks while shooting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In addition, the book also features an essay byLyle Lovett. Mark Seliger Photographs is the ultimate celebration of one of the most in-demand portrait photographers.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Frank Buckley
8pm (Reception: 6:30-7:30pm)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
in conversation with Frank Buckey
Becoming Kareem:
Growing Up On and Off the Court
Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre
New Roads School
Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90404
PURCHASE TICKETS
$95 Reserved Section Seat + Reception (6:30-7:30pm)
+ a copy of Becoming Kareem
$40 General Admission Seat + a copy of Becoming Kareem
$50 Reserved Section Seat + a copy of Becoming Kareem
$25 General Admission Seat
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, a six-time NBA champion and the league’s only six-time MVP. He is has a national platform as a regular contributing columnist for newspapers and magazines around the world, such as The Guardian and The Hollywood Reporter where he shares his thoughts on some of the most socially relevant and politically controversial topics facing our nation today. After 50 years as an athlete and activist, he offers his perspectives as a nationally recognized speaker who regularly appears on the lecture circuit.
Currently, Abdul-Jabbar serves as the chairman of his Skyhook Foundation whose mission is to “Give Kids a Shot That Can’t be Blocked” by bringing educational STEM opportunities to underserved communities through innovative outdoor environmental learning. A New York Times best-selling author, he has written 14 books, including two recent memoirs: Becoming Kareem for young readers, and Coach Wooden and Me about his lifelong friendship with famed UCLA coach John Wooden.
His Emmy Award-winning HBO Sports documentary, Kareem: Minority of One, debuted as HBO’s most watched and highest rated sports documentary of all time. In 2017 Abdul-Jabbar, an avid numismatic coin collector, was appointed as the first African-American to the CCAC (Citizens Coin Advisory Council) in its 100-year history, where he helps decide on all coins that are to be minted in The United States.
Before leaving office President Barack Obama awarded Abdul-Jabbar The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Frank Buckley is an anchor of KTLA Morning News. Frank joined KTLA in June 2005 from CNN where he had been a national correspondent. Frank is also host of the “Frank Buckley Interviews” podcast.
Frank’s reporting experiences have taken him around the world and have included assignments covering the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, politics for CNN, frequent reporting from the White House during George W. Bush’s presidency, natural disasters in Japan, the Los Angeles riots, the Hong Kong handover, the OJ Simpson trial and countless other stories in Southern California and across the U.S.
Prior to KTLA and CNN, Frank reported for Los Angeles station KCAL-TV, WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, N.C., and at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit News.
Ehud Barak with Jonathan Kirsch
8pm
Presented in association with Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Ehud Barak
in conversation with Jonathan Kirsch
My Country, My Life:
Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
3663 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
ONLINE SALES HAVE ENDED
A few General Admission tickets available at the door
$20 General Admission Seat
Ehud Barak served as Israel’s Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. He was the leader of the Labor Party from 2007 until 2011, and Minister of Defense, first in Olmert’s and then in Netanyahu’s government from 2007 to 2013. Before entering politics, he was a key member of the Israeli military, occupying the position of Chief-of-Staff. Barak holds a B.S.c in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.Sc. degree from Stanford in Engineering-Economic Systems.
“My Country, My Life is a rich and engrossing memoir from one of Israel’s premier political leaders, who went from being a decorated soldier to a staunch advocate for peace. Ehud Barak’s love of Israel pours through every page of this book, which makes his warnings about the country’s future as a Jewish and democratic state all the more powerful, urgent, and real.”—Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
In the summer of 2000, the most decorated soldier in Israel’s history―Ehud Barak―set himself a challenge as daunting as any he had faced on the battlefield: to secure a final peace with the Palestinians. He would propose two states for two peoples, with a shared capital in Jerusalem. He knew the risks of failure. But he also knew the risks of not trying: letting slip perhaps the last chance for a generation to secure genuine peace.
It was a moment of truth.
It was one of many in a life intertwined, from the start, with that of Israel. Born on a kibbutz, Barak became commander of Israel’s elite special forces, then army Chief of Staff, and ultimately, Prime Minister.
My Country, My Life tells the unvarnished story of his―and his country’s―first seven decades; of its major successes, but also its setbacks and misjudgments. He offers candid assessments of his fellow Israeli politicians, of the American administrations with which he worked, and of himself. Drawing on his experiences as a military and political leader, he sounds a powerful warning: Israel is at a crossroads, threatened by events beyond its borders and by divisions within. The two-state solution is more urgent than ever, not just for the Palestinians, but for the existential interests of Israel itself. Only by rediscovering the twin pillars on which it was built―military strength and moral purpose―can Israel thrive.
Jonathan Kirsch is the author of 13 books on Jewish history and the history of religion, including, most recently, The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat and a Murder in Paris. Kirsch was a longtime book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times and now serves as the book editor of The Jewish Journal, where his review of My Country, My Life by Ehud Barak will appear next week. Kirsch is an adjunct professor on the faculty of the Professional Publishing Institute at New York University, a three-time president of PEN U.S.A., and an attorney specializing in publishing law and intellectual property.
Marcia Gay Harden with Lisa Napoli
8pm
in conversation with Lisa Napoli
The Seasons of My Mother:
A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers
Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre
New Roads School
Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Blvd.,
Santa Monica, CA
PURCHASE TICKETS (On sale Friday, March 23, 10am)
$45 General Admission Seat + Book
$55 Reserved Section Seat + Book
$20 General Admission Seat
$95 Reserved Section Seat + Reception (6:30-7:30pm) + Book
Marcia Gay Harden is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation. In 1993, she originated for Broadway the now-iconic role of Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, a performance that earned her a Tony Award nomination. In 2001, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of the painter Lee Krasner in Pollock and in 2009, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Veronica in Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage. Her films include Miller’s Crossing, The First Wives Club, Mystic River (for which she received a second Academy Award nomination), Into the Wild, Magic in the Moonlight, and Fifty Shades of Grey. Her television credits include Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Newsroom, How to Get Away with Murder, and Code Black. She holds a BA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin and an MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Visit her website and follow her on Twitter.
In The Seasons of My Mother, Marcia Gay Harden uses the imagery of flowers and the art of Ikebana to depict the unique creative bond that she has had with her mother throughout the years—and how, together, they are facing her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Marcia Gay Harden knew at a young age that her life would be anything but ordinary. One of five lively children born to two Texas natives—Beverly, a proper Dallas lady, and Thad, a young officer in the US Navy hailing from El Paso—she always had a knack for storytelling, role-playing, and mischief-making. As a military family, the Hardens moved often, and their travels abroad eventually took them to a home off the coast of Japan. It was here that Beverly, amidst the many challenges of raising a gaggle of youngsters, found solace in Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Using the imagery of flowers and Ikebana as her starting point, Marcia Gay Harden takes us through the different seasons of her mother’s life, all the while weaving in the story of her own journey from precocious young girl to budding artist to Academy Award-winning actress. With a razor-sharp wit, as well as the kind of emotional honesty that has made her performances resonate with audiences worldwide, Marcia describes the family’s travels overseas, her flourishing career in New York and Hollywood, and, most poignantly, Beverly’s struggles today to maintain her identity as she tackles her greatest challenge yet: Alzheimer’s disease.
Featuring photographs of gorgeous Ikebana arrangements created specially for this book, this memoir illustrates the uniqueness, beauty, and unforgettable love of motherhood, as Marcia does what Beverly can no longer do: she remembers.
Lisa Napoli is the creator and host of the podcast, Gracefully: Your field guide to growing old. A career journalist who has worked for the New York Times, MSNBC, and public radio’s Marketplace, she’s also the author of two books, Ray & Joan and Radio Shangri-la.
Shepard Fairey with Henry Rollins
7:30 pm
Shepard Fairey
in conversation with Henry Rollins
OBEY: Supply and Demand
The Art of Shepard Fairey
Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre
New Roads School
Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90404
PURCHASE TICKETS — SOLD OUT
video will be posted in a week.
$65 Reserved Section Seat + a copy of Obey: Supply and Demand*
$30 Reserved Section Seat
$20 General Admission Seat
* Obey: Supply & Demand ($60) is a gorgeous coffee table book, a retrospect that covers more than 20 colorful years of the artist’s evolution and success in the art world. This newly enhanced edition includes an original poster.
Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He earned a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design in 1992. He is best known for his Barack Obama “Hope” poster, which he created in support of the 2008 presidential campaign. His work has been included in the collections of several museums, including the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Henry Rollins, former fronter of legendary punk band Black Flag, is a multi-talented musician, writer, journalist, activist, and actor. He currently hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW and writes for the LA Weekly.
Shepard Fairey achieved tremendous street cred while he was a student at the Rhode Island School Design in the 1990s. He blanketed the eastern seaboard (and eventually beyond) with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” stickers. This image subsequently evolved into Fairey’s iconic OBEY brand logo.
Fairey helpe catalyze a movement from his unique vantage point at the intersection of art, popular culture, politics, and design. OBEY: SUPPLY & DEMAND: THE ART OF SHEPARD FAIREY, serves as a massive retrospect that covers more than 20 colorful years of the artist’s evolution and success in the art world. This newly enhanced edition, complete with an original poster, takes readers on a journey from his art school days and his early OBEY GIANT campaign, to his prodigious print output and large-scale public art projects, to his famous Obama Hope Change and Progress posters and his long-time role as an activist-street artist.
Through the lens of esteemed writers and critics such as Carlo McCormick, Steven Heller, Henry Rollins, Rob Walker, Roger Gastman, and more, fans of his work can see into the artist’s mind and creative process to gain a fuller understanding of the roots of the omnipresent OBEY insignia, his design practice, and multitude of exhibitions now seen around the globe. Posters, flyers, silkscreens and stickers are all documented in a museum quality layout and binding.
Sally Kohn with Reza Aslan
8pm
Sally Kohn
in conversation with Reza Aslan
The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity
Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre
New Roads School
Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90404
PURCHASE TICKETS
$45 General Admission Seat + a copy of The Opposite of Hate
$55 Reserved Section Seat + a copy of The Opposite of Hate
$20 General Admission Seat
$30 Reserved Section Seat
At a moment when we are facing an epidemic of incivility and hate—with divisive political speech, online trolling, and hate crimes escalating—popular CNN commentator Sally Kohn sets out to discover why we hate and how can stop it.
Sally Kohn is one of the leading progressive voices in America. She is currently a CNN political commentator and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Kohn was previously a Fox News contributor, and she has been a frequent guest on MSNBC. She writes regularly for media outlets including the Washington Post, the New York Times, New York Magazine, Refinery29, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Yahoo, Salon, Time and many more. She also works as a communications consultant and was previously a campaign strategist for the Center for Community Change, a fellow at the Ford Foundation, and a strategic advisor to the Social Justice Infrastructure Funders, as well as a fellow at the National Gay and Lesbian task Force Policy Institute. She has a joint degree in law and public policy and lives in Brooklyn with her partner, Sarah Hansen, and their daughter, Willa. Visit her website. Follow her on Twitter.