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MCLA Announces Hardman Lecture Speakers - September 21, 2007
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NORTH ADAMS - Bill McKibben and Mariane Pearl will be this academic year’s Hardman Lecture Series speakers at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
The lectures are free and open to the public.
McKibben will speak on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Church Street Center. He is an author, educator and environmentalist. McKibben will discuss his latest book, "Deep Economy," in which he puts forward a new way to think about what we buy, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the money that pays for it all.
Pearl, a French freelance journalist, and a reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine, will speak on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, also at 7:30 p.m. in the Church Street Center. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter and former North Adams Transcript reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan. Her memoir, "A Mighty Heart," was adapted for the film, "A Mighty Heart."
The Hardman Lecture Series invites noteworthy individuals to discuss journalism and communications, careers, and the impact of the media on the general population. The Hardman Lecture Series is made possible through the generosity of the Hardman Family Endowment.
For more information, call 413-662-5543, or go to www.mcla.edu/hardman |
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