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 2021_MD_LFG_210623 | 86 | AFI Docs 2021 -- "LFG" (w/Abby Greensfelder, Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine) @ AFI/Silver
LFG
Before the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the players of the U.S. women’s national soccer team filed a class-action, gender discrimination lawsuit against its employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation. This action is a landmark case — the largest public battle in sports since Title IX. LFG (the meaning of... |
| 2022_DC_Ideas_Stage7_220922 | 28 | Atlantic Festival -- Ideas Stage (Sept22) 7: Ronald A. Klain, Franklin Foer, and Aretae Ortiz Wyler
Ideas Stage: back-to-back interviews you don’t want to miss, featuring Janet Yellen, Elyse Myers, and more!
The Atlantic Festival’s Ideas Stage is the destination for back-to-back interviews with luminaries across the fields of business, science, technology, politics, and culture. Bold thinkers... |
| 2023_DC_Moment_Pre_231112 | 344 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 2023 Gala and Awards Dinner @ Adas Israel Congregation -- (Page 1 of 2) Pics except stage pgm and afterward
Moment's 2023 Benefit & Awards Gala
Come together for an inspiring evening with Moment
Sunday, November 12 at 6:30pm at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC
Master of ceremonies: Robert Siegel Special guests: Congressman Jamie Raskin and others
The evening will be a time to come together as a... |
| 2023_DC_Moment_Stage_231112 | 207 | DC -- Moment Magazine's 2023 Gala and Awards Dinner @ Adas Israel Congregation -- (Page 2 of 2) Pics of stage pgm and afterward
Moment's 2023 Benefit & Awards Gala
Come together for an inspiring evening with Moment
Sunday, November 12 at 6:30pm at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC
Master of ceremonies: Robert Siegel Special guests: Congressman Jamie Raskin and others
The evening will be a time to come together as a... |
| 2019_MD_Moe_Berg_190511 | 97 | JxJ (2019) @ AFI/Silver -- "The Spy Behind Home Plate" (w/Aviva Kempner, in conversation with Franklin Foer)
Spotlight
THE SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE
Q&A with filmmaker Aviva Kempner and Franklin Foer, national correspondent for The Atlantic
Moe Berg led two lives: one was of public accomplishment, easy grace and dazzling intellect. Hidden from view was his career as an OSS operative, whose daring deeds helped... |
| 2017_DC_Tech_Existential_171005 | 65 | New America -- Is Big Tech An Existential Threat? (w/Franklin Foer)
Is Big Tech An Existential Threat?
Tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook have revolutionized our lives, connecting us in ways that were once unimaginable — to each other, to information, and to entertainment. Conventional wisdom leads us to believe that the technologies unleashed by... |
| 2019_DC_Kochland_191112 | 33 | New America -- Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America (w/Christopher Leonard)
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Christopher Leonard’s Kochland tells the story of modern corporate America through the extraordinary account of how one of the biggest private companies in the world grew to be that big. The annual revenue of Koch Industries... |
| 2007_DC_Harper_070319 | 24 | Olsson's -- Group -- Louis Bayard, Eleanor Herman, Franklin Foer, and James Swanson
A Celebration of Harper Paperbacks: Please join us for an evening of readings by local authors with paperbacks from HarperCollins Publishers.
* Louis Bayard reads from Mr. Timothy, a novel that imagines Tiny Tim of "A Christmas Carol"; as a grown man in 1860s London who gets embroiled in a murder... |
| 2023_DC_Foer_230917 | 29 | Politics & Prose -- Franklin Foer ("The Last Politician")
Franklin Foer — The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with... |
| 2011_DC_Foer_110314 | 94 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Joshua Foer ("Moonwalking with Einstein")
On average, people squander 40 days a year compensating for things they've forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people, but after a year of memory training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. Even more important, Foer found a vital truth we often forget: In every... |
| 2008_DC_Friedman_080923 | 97 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Tom Friedman ("Hot, Flat, and Crowded")
Friedman exposes the irrationality of U.S. policies that promote consumption of vast quantities of oil. The United States must lead efforts to develop energy alternatives that would 1) free us from our dependence on petro-dictatorships and 2) help preserve the earth, oceans, and biodiversity. This event... |
| 2016_DC_Esther_161211 | 126 | Sixth & I -- An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer -- Formal Program
An Evening to Thank and Celebrate Esther Safran Foer
Our outgoing Executive Director reflects on what it was like to be part of creating Sixth & I from the very beginning as well as the surprises, moments of inspiration, and lessons learned across a decade of pioneering leadership, in conversation with... |
| 2012_DC_Haggadah_120319 | 69 | Sixth & I -- Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander ("New American Haggadah")
Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander:
Read each year around the seder table, the Haggadah recounts through prayer, song, and ritual the story of Exodus, when Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to wander the desert for forty years before reaching the Promised Land.
Now, Foer has... |
| 2016_DC_FoerR_160912 | 86 | Sixth & I -- Jonathan Safran Foer ("Here I Am") w/Jeffrey Goldberg -- Pre-Event Reception
Jonathan Safran Foer, In Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My father!” to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, “Here I... |
| 2016_DC_Foer_160912 | 107 | Sixth & I -- Jonathan Safran Foer ("Here I Am") w/Jeffrey Goldberg -- Presentation
Jonathan Safran Foer, In Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My father!” to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, “Here I... |
| 2014_DC_Leibovich_140430 | 56 | Sixth & I -- Mark Leibovich ("This Town") w/Franklin Foer and David Brooks
Mark Leibovich, In Conversation with Franklin Foer and David Brooks
Hailed as a “hysterically funny portrait of the capital’s vanities and ambitions” (The New Yorker), This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral—Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!—in America’s Gilded Capital captured America’s attention as the... |
| 2008_DC_Breyer_080221 | 83 | Sixth & I -- Stephen Breyer in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in Conversation. The New Republic is hosting the Washington event of the 2008 season, an intimate discussion with one of the most intriguing and powerful men in the country: the Honorable Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Jeffrey Rosen, TNR Legal Correspondent... |
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| 2024_03_23A1_Lincoln | 181 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 1 of 2)
Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_09A2_Ghosts | 205 | Library of Congress -- Event: Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Event to Feature Panel with Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Richie Moriarty, Rebecca Wisocky, Román Zaragoza, Library Items Curated for Each Ghost’s Time Period and Special Episode Screening
The Library of Congress will host cast members from CBS’s hi... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_23A4_Lincoln4 | 179 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 2 of 2)
Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_01_14B1_Gonna_Take | 196 | Labor Heritage Foundation @ McGinty's Public House -- MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball" (Page 1 of 2)
MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball"
Recommit to Dr. King’s dream of equality and justice for all and celebrate Elise Bryant’s well-deserved retirement from LHF!
By Labor Heritage Foundation
Tickets are now FREE! Thanks to the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO, AFSCME 112, the International Association of Heat ... |
| 2024_02_13B1_USCHS_Freedom | 218 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2024) to Cheryl L. Johnson (Page 2 of 2) Everything else
We look forward to your attendance at the Freedom Award Reception honoring Cheryl L. Johnson, the 36th Clerk of the House of Representatives
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is honored to present its 2023 Freedom Award to Cheryl L. Johnson to recognize her exceptional leadership and pivotal role ... (Partially reviewed) |