Krista Tippett, host of award-winning NPR program "On Being", In 2014, Tippett received the National Humanities Medal at the White House for ‘thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.’ Krista Tippett's program, On Being, “shines a light on the most extraordinary voices on the great questions of meaning for our time. Scientists in a variety of fields; theologians from an array of faiths; poets, activists, and many others have all opened themselves up to Tippett’s compassionate but searching conversation. In Becoming Wise, Tippett distills the insights she has gleaned from this luminous conversation in its many dimensions into a coherent narrative journey, over time and from mind to mind, into what it means to be human. Critics says the book is “a master class in living, individually and collectively. Wisdom emerges through the raw materials of the everyday.” David Whyte is a revered poet whose work delves into "the conversational nature of reality." An equally interesting an thoughtful figure, he will help drive the conversation with Krista Tippet and explore art of living.
First Parish Church in Cambridge
Laila Lalami
Boston College - Gasson 100
Joseph Luzzi
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
Nicole Galland
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts
Michiko Imai was born and raised in Nara, Japan. She began her studies of calligraphy at the age of four at Baikou Calligraphy School. In 1998, Imai was awarded Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy. Her work has been displayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and many other museums throughout Japan.
Museum of Fine Arts
Michiko Imai was born and raised in Nara, Japan. She began her studies of calligraphy at the age of four at Baikou Calligraphy School. In 1998, Imai was awarded Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy. Her work has been displayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and many other museums throughout Japan.
Museum of Fine Arts
Suffolk University Law School
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts
Daniel Fernando; Co-Founder of Blue Resources; Associate Director of The Manta Trust; Ph.D. student at Linnaeus University; New England Aquarium Marine Conservation Action Fund Fellow
New England Aquarium
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
Old South Meeting House
Museum of Fine Arts
Jeffrey Sachs
Boston College - Murray Function Room
Karen P. Oliveto was consecrated as a bishop of The United Methodist Church on July 16, 2016 in Scottsdale, Ariz., and assigned for the 2016-2020 quadrennium to the Mountain Sky Episcopal Area, which includes the Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone annual (regional) conferences. It includes 400 congregations in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and a small section of Idaho. Bishop Oliveto was elected to the episcopacy after serving as the first woman pastor of the 12,000-member Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco, Calif. She is the first woman to serve as senior pastor of one of The United Methodist Church’s 100 largest congregations. She served Glide from 2008 until her election as bishop. She and her wife, Robin Ridenour, a nurse anesthetist and United Methodist deaconess, were married in 2014.
Boston University School of Theology Community Center
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts
Anne Enright
Boston College - Gasson 100
Ann Compton
Emerson 105, Harvard University
Robert Vincent, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant College Program and Rose M. Martin, Ph.D., Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Postdoctoral Researcher at EPA Atlantic Ecology Divison
New England Aquarium
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