title: Ashton Applewhite - Author and Activist Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures description: What if discrimination on the basis of age were as unacceptable as any other kind of prejudice? Ashton Applewhite is a leading voice in an emerging movement dedicated to dismantling ageism and making age a criterion for diversity. Known for her […]
title: Sloane Crosley - Author and Essayist Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures description: From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays. start-date: 2019-04-23 start time: 07:00 PM end date: end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Carnegie Library Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue […]
title: Author Michael Pollan and the Science of Psychedelics, Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures description: Michael Pollan’s best-selling How to Change Your Mind was named one of New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2018 for its unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine. This investigation into […]
title: Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Made Local Author Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures description: The Organs of Sense is an intricate nested fable equating our inability to truly understand the world with our inability to understand our own messy families. In 1666, an astronomer makes a prediction shared by no one else in the world: […]