Panel Discussion
Michael Cavallo, Chris Chase,
Eric Godin
A roundtable discussion with local chess wizards on the attractions of the game, the trials and tribulations of American chess genius Bobby Fischer, his celebrated championship match with the Soviet Boris Spassky in 1972, and the new film, Pawn Sacrifice, starring Tobey Maguire as Fischer and Liev Schreiber as Spassky.
Lectures and Panel Discussions
Roundtable on Chess:
Little World
Film (2013)
Directed by Marcel Barrena
Paramount Center
ReelAbilities Film Festival (February 19 – March 2, 2015)
Boston, MA
Lecture and Discussion with
Richard Greenberg,
Michigan Supreme Court
Jason Harris,
Jason’s Connection
A fascinating and uplifting documentary portrait of Albert Casals, a twenty year old from Barcelona in a wheelchair who travels the world without money.
An Evening with Hershey Felder
ArtsEmerson
The multi-talented dramatic and musical interpreter of George Gershwin, Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven and Leonard Bernstein, as himself for a change.
Howard Gardner on Art
Lecture by Howard Gardner Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education Harvard Graduate School of Education Harvard Club, Boston A lecture by the noted educational theorist Howard Gardner on art and beauty. At the recommendation of my dear friend and old roommate Jim, a child psychologist who got a degree from the Harvard Graduate School of […]
Women of Will: Overview
by Tina Packer Directed by Eric Tucker With Tina Packer and Nigel Gore Presented by The Nora Theatre Company Central Square Theater Cambridge, MA October 13 – November 6, 2011 Frederick Leighton, Desdemona (1888) A dramatic and discursive overview of a compelling thesis: that the Bard’s depiction of women evolved from significantly limited stereotypes, through […]