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The Luncheon Society/John Lennon biographer and NPR Commentator Tim Riley/Boston—Sandrine’s May 25, 2012/Manhattan—PrimeHouse June 8, 2012
A complicated subject always makes for a fascinating biography. When it comes to John Lennon, the fascination only multiplies. With Lennon, there is the dichotomy between the art and the artist, an… more →
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The Luncheon Society/John Lennon biographer and NPR Commentator Tim Riley/Boston—Sandrine’s May 25, 2012/Manhattan—PrimeHouse June 8, 2012
wrote 10 months ago: A complicated subject always makes for a fascinating biography. When it comes to John Lennon, the f … more →
The Luncheon Society/The Father of Cognitive Neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga MD, on Free Will/ San Francisco --Palio D’asti /January 5, 2012/Manhattan—Prime House/June 7, 2012
wrote 10 months ago: Where does our brain end and where does our mind begin? Are we controlled by our own internal wiring … more →
The Luncheon Society/Michael Dukakis on the 2012 election/LA—Napa Valley Grille/January 14, 2012/SF-Credo/February 24, 2012/Boston-Sandrine’s/April 25, 2012
wrote 11 months ago: Each year, Michael Dukakis kicks off the first Southern California Luncheon Society gathering and th … more →
The Luncheon Society/ MBD2K Series/ Christina Haag, Jillian Lauren, Anne-Marie O’Connor/LA-Stefan’s Farm House/April 23, 2012
wrote 11 months ago: The Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know Series returned for its third outing, once again in Los Angeles. … more →
The Luncheon Society/An update with Global Explorer Roz Savage/SF-Fior D’Italia/April 10, 2012
wrote 11 months ago: When you’ve surmounted the unimaginable, what do you do next? For Roz Savage, she completed somethin … more →
The Luncheon Society/Best-selling Author of “Imagine” Jonah Lehrer on creativity and grit/SF—Fior D’Italia/April 5, 2012
wrote 11 months ago: Note: The luncheon took place only weeks before Jonah Lehrer’s reputation collapsed around him with … more →
The Luncheon Society/Historian Taylor Branch takes on the NCAA in “The Cartel”/Manhattan—PrimeHouse Restaurant/March 15. 2012
wrote 1 year ago: From Taylor Branch’s vantage point, the shame of the NCAA is that it has grown into a multi-billion- … more →
The Luncheon Society/Criminologist David Kennedy on his memoir “Don’t Shoot” on how to decrease urban violence/Manhattan--PrimeHouse/February 24, 2012
wrote 1 year ago: Most people view urban crime from the safety of the own living rooms. However, criminologist David K … more →
The Luncheon Society/IAVA Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff on the challenges of returning vets/ Manhattan—Prime House February 9, 2012
wrote 1 year ago: Every so often, I’ll Google James Blake Miller and hope he has risen above his personal demons. He’s … more →
The Luncheon Society/Rock and Roll Groupie Queens Pamela Des Barres and Catherine James discuss “Let’s Spend the Night Together”/LA—Napa Valley Grille January 31, 2012
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wrote 1 year ago: Being present at the creation has its own rewards. Thankfully, Pamela Des Barres had the presence of … more →
The Luncheon Society/The 2011 “Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know” Woman’s Reading Series/ Jamie Rose, Samantha Dunn, Carrie White, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Christina Haag and Jillian Lauren/ Los Angeles—Napa Valley Grille October 20, 2011/Manhattan—Prime House/November 10, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: Lady Caroline may have described Lord Byron that way but it certainly fits The Luncheon Society. We … more →
The Luncheon Society/NY Times Best-Selling author Dava Sobel on the importance of Copernicus/San Francisco—Palio D’Asti /November 4, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: How do you propose a new idea when current thinking is so institutionalized and so engrained that an … more →
The Luncheon Society/ Time Magazine’s Ioan Grillo on his book “El Narco”—the growth of the drug insurgency in Mexico/SF—Palio D’Asti/October 26, 2011/Manhattan—Primehouse November 29, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: As Mexico continues to sink into the hell of its own Narco Terror, Time Magazine’s Ioan Grillo detai … more →
The Luncheon Society/Criminologist David Kennedy on his memoir “Don’t Shoot” on how to decrease urban violence/San Francisco-Palio d’Asti/October 4, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: Most people view urban crime from the safety of the own living rooms. However, criminologist David K … more →
The Luncheon Society/Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Stacy Schiff on “Cleopatra, A Life”/San Francisco—Credo September 12, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: There’s a great movie line that says, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” However, whe … more →
The Luncheon Society/Dean of Film Writers, Richard Schickel, on Martin Scorsese/San Francisco—Fior D’Italia/May 9, 2011/Los Angeles—Napa Valley Grille/September 10, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: It is fair to say that “Conversations with Scorsese,” places one of the best film writers aside one … more →
The Luncheon Society/The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta on the Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal/Manhattan—Danal/July 14, 2011
wrote 1 year ago: Ken Auletta, who writes the influential “Annals of Communications” column for The New Yorker, joined … more →
The Luncheon Society/Veteran Political Analyst Jeff Greenfield on his new book “Then Everything Changed”/Los Angeles—Napa Valley Grille/July 9, 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: Jeff Greenfield likes to say, “History doesn’t turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.” As … more →
The Luncheon Society/John Callas, JPL Project Manager for Mars Rovers on Spirit, Opportunity and the Future of Exploration on the Red Planet/Los Angeles-Maria’s/June 26,2011
wrote 1 year ago: It is the most amazing cell phone; it gives the term “long distance” a whole new meaning. Each morn … more →
