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Jerry West Q&A in Los Angeles Times…We host him at Live Talks Oct 18

There are some tickets left to see Jerry West discuss his memoir with Peter Guber tomorrow, Oct 18, at Track 16 at Bergamot Station.  Get ’em here.  Here’s a link to a Q&A the Los Angeles Times did with West.  Here’s an excerpt: Kobe Bryant worked out for you at Inglewood High that year, with…

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Harry Belafonte documentary on HBO on Oct 17 (at Live Talks on 11-28)

Harry Belafonte documentary airs on HBO on Oct 17.  Here’s a piece in Bloomberg on the doc.  Here’s an excerpt: And he blended his artistry with activism, playing a key role in the civil rights movement alongside such leaders as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy (whom he…

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Harry Belafonte, The Sunday Conversation in the LA Times….At Live Talks Nov 28

We host Harry Belafonte at Live Talks Los Angeles on November 28. Ticket info here.  He appears on the Sunday, October 16 Los Angeles Times in The Sunday Conversation series.  An HBO documentary, Sing Your Song, about him airs Monday, October 17. Here’s an excerpt: Most Americans alive today didn’t live through segregation in this…

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Steve Inskeep — All Things Considered interview….We host him Oct 24 at Live Talks LA

For all you NPR fans and listeners of Morning Edition, we are pleased to be hosting Steve Inskeep in conversation with his Morning Edition co-host, Renee Montagne, Oct 24th at Track 16.  Ticket info here. He was on All Things Considered yesterday.  Hear the piece here, and read about it.  Here’s an excerpt: Pakistan’s port…

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Jerry West (at Live Talks Oct 18) debates Magic Johnson on greatest Lakers team..

Next Tuesday with Jerry West in conversation with Peter Guber should be fun.  The whole NBA contract issues getting to you? Come get your fix. Magic Johnson and Jerry West, in a Los Angeles Times piece debate their favorite all time Lakers teams.  Video in the Los Angeles Times link also. Here’s an excerpt: Even…

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Jerry West at Live Talks on Oct 18…In the LA Times…

We’re pleased to be hosting Jerry West on October 18 at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. He’ll be in conversation with Peter Guber discussing his memoir West by West. Ticket info here. Video below from the Los Angeles Times, and here’s an excerpt from the Los Angeles Times: So it shouldn’t come as a surprise…

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Contest: Win a signed poster from our Tina Fey, Jane Lynch, John Lithgow, Hal Holbrook events

Here’s a chance for you to win a signed poster from one of or events. We partner with artists to create great collectible posters from some of our events.  It’s real simple to enter our contest.  We will have eight winners.  We will randomly pick four from folks who LIKE us on Facebook, and all new LIKEs as of…

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Harry Belafonte feature in USA Today. We host him Nov 28 at Live Talks Los Angeles

We host Harry Belafonte at Live Talks Los Angeles on November 28.  His memoir, My Song, comes out Oct 11.  USA Today had a feature on him today. Here’s an excerpt: But when this octogenarian sits down to discuss his new projects — a memoir titled My Song (Knopf, $30.50), out Tuesday, and the related documentary Sing Your…

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Deepak Chopra on War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality….we host him & Leonard Mlodinow Oct 11

We host Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow at Live Talks Los Angeles on Oct 11 at All Saints Church in Pasadena. Click here for event details and tickets.  From a column in the October 3 San Francisco Chronicle.  Here are some excerpts: “Cosmos” used to mean God, or the gods, sitting in Heaven looking down on…

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Review of John Lithgow (and Hal Holbrook’s) memoirs in today’s NYT. We host Holbrook on Oct 6 at Live Talks Los Angeles…

In todat’s New York Times is a review of Hal Holbrook’s memoir — whom we hosted on September 7 — and John Lithgow’s memoir, Drama: An Actor’s Education, whom we host on October 6. Ticket info here… An excerpt from the review on Lithgow’s book: “Drama” is a brisk book, packed with funny stories. Lithgow…

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