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City Arts & Lectures, Inc
401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102
+1 415 392 4400
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The format of this lively and through-provoking series is unrehearsed conversation followed by an always lively Q & A with the audience. Original thinkers, groundbreaking scientists, and artists from every discipline appear on the stage of the Herbst Theater to chat with people chosen for their erudition, their wit, and their ability to engage the subject in an in-depth interview. Author Gore Vidal, for example, is a regular, and social critic Susan Faludi recently shared the stage with Anita Hill. Whomever the guest, whatever the topic, it is always thought-provoking.

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