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We host David Milch at Track 16 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica on Wednesday February 1. Tickets and more info here. He’ll be in conversation with Richard Stayton, Editor, Written By magazine. Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues) is creator and writer of HBO’s new series, Luck, which debuts on January 29th and…
Continue ReadingJoin us for a lively discussion about the impact of the modern era of connectedness on our ability to think, create, and participate in the world. An event inspired by Pico Iyer’s recent piece in the New York Times extolling the virtues of peace and quiet. … Iyer has yet to own a cell phone!
Continue ReadingOn Irving’s upcoming novel….“This tender exploration of nascent desire, of love and loss, manages to be sweeping, brilliant, political, provocative, tragic, and funny—it is precisely the kind of astonishing alchemy we associate with a John Irving novel. .. It is Irving at his most daring, at his most ambitious. It is America and American writing, both at their very best.”
—Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone and My Own Country
Christopher Buckley is author of fifteen books, which have translated into sixteen languages. They include: Steaming To Bamboola, The White House Mess, Wet Work, God Is My Broker, Little Green Men, No Way To Treat a First Lady, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, Supreme Courtship, Losing Mum And Pup: A Memoir and Thank You For Smoking, which was made into a movie in 2005.
Continue ReadingRenowned political philosopher and Harvard professor, Michael Sandel, re-thinks the role that markets and money should play in our society. Quoting Sandel, “Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets.”
Continue ReadingRenowned music photographer Henry Diltz has taken photos of rock ‘n’ roll’s most famous stars since the 1960s. His works have graced more than 300 album covers and appeared on the pages of magazines, books and newspapers around the globe.
“I’m the drummer, you’re the photographer, it’s as simple as that.” — Ringo Starr
**TO BE RESCHEDULED** David Milch, Emmy-Award winning writer and producer. Milch visits Live Talks Los Angeles to talk about his writing career and his new HBO series, Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Michael Mann. Among Milch’s credits are: Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Deadwood, Brooklyn South.
Continue ReadingAmy Poehler currently stars on the critically acclaimed NBC comedy series, “Parks and Recreation… On Saturday Night Live, the brilliantly inventive sketch comedian brought us memorable impressions of Hillary Clinton, Kelly Ripa, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Osbourne, Paula Abdul, Sharon Stone and Michael Jackson…Join us for a hilarious evening as she is interviewed by Jane Lynch (Glee).
Continue ReadingOscar Hijuelos is the international bestselling author of eight novels, including Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, for which he became the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He visits Live Talks to talk about his memoir, Thoughts Without Cigarettes — about the people and places that inspired his novels.
Continue ReadingEric Weiner in the news (LAT, NYT, NPR, PBS NewsHour, AARP)….We host him on ‘seeking God’ on Jan 18…
We host Eric Weiner on January 18 in conversation with Lisa Napoli discussing his new book, MAN SEEKS GOD: My Flirtations With the Divine. Here are some pieces in the media on his new book that may be of interest… tickets available here. Eric Weiner in the News…. — Op-Ed by Eric Weiner, One Nation, Under…
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