Signature Event Coded Bias Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:00pm While conducting research on facial recognition technology at the MIT Media Lab, Ghanaian-born Joy Buolamwini was startled to disc... Read More
Signature Event Philly D.A Thursday, April 22, 2021 8:00pm The city of Philadelphia reduced the size of the local jail population by nearly half from 2015 to 2020, reflecting efforts by District Attorney&nb... Read More
Signature Event The Donut King Wednesday, May 19, 2021 6:00pm Walk into one of the hundreds of donut shops in Southern California – the land of glitz also happens to be the country’s donut capital – and odds a... Read More
Signature Event Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip Tuesday, November 10, 2020 6:00pm When Jonathan Scott, the eco-conscious co-star of HGTV’s popular Property Brothers, added solar panels to his Las Vegas h... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'The Last Samurai' Monday, December 12, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Military historian Christopher Johnson assesses the 2003 film... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Black Hawk Down' Monday, November 14, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Military historian Dirk Ringgenberg assesses the historical accuracy of the 2001 film... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Judgment at Nuremberg' Monday, October 10, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Seventy-five years after the real-life trial it depicts, Mark Hull of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College assesses the... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Patton' Monday, September 12, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person World War II scholar William S. (Bill) Nance, a former Army armor officer, assesses the historical accuracy of one of the greatest military movies... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: '55 Days at Peking' Monday, August 8, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch Online In Person Military historian Geoff Babb assesses the historical accuracy of the 1963 film 55 Days at Peking, which delivers an epic retelling of a c... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: The Great Escape Monday, July 11, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person David Mills and Kayla Westra, co-authors of Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues, assess the historical accuracy of the classic 1963 film... Read More