Celebrating its 75th year, the Morning Forum of Los Altos announces its spring program of diverse and knowledgeable speakers.
• Feb. 18: Tara VanDerveer, award-winning retired Stanford basketball coach will speak on “The Changing Landscape of College Athletics”
• March 4: Francis Fukuyama, noted author and Stanford scholar on democracies’ cultural, political and economic development, will present “The Status of Democracy around the World”
• March 18: Judge Len Edwards, Superior Court judge in Santa Clara County for 26 years, now retired, will speak on “Family Court – Current Practice and Needed Changes”
• April 1: Andres Ruzo, National Geographic explorer will present an Amazon River feature that should not be there: “The Boiling River of the Amazon”
• May 6: Robert Hartwell, professor of music history, author and lecturer at San Francisco Opera and Foothill College, will discuss “Mozart’s Last Year”
• May 20: Darius Nabors will recount humorous and compassionate tales of visiting all of the national parks in “59 Parks in 59 Weeks”
• June 30: Steve Cushman, professor of English at the University of Virginia, will provide insightful examination of why Americans became fascinated with people writing about themselves: “My Book About Me, Why do Americans Write Memoirs?”
All programs are held in person at the Los Altos United Methodist Church on Magdalena Ave, or can be watched live online.
To subscribe to the series and for more information, visit morningforum.org.
