February 2015

LECTURE SERIES

On Monday, February 2, at 8:00 p.m., Donald Graham was the long time Publisher of the Washington Post, until he caused it to be sold last year to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. Sitting at the helm of that newspaper and Newsweek Magazine, he has had an incomparable view of the slow, but steady, demise of print journalism and the rise of a digital alternative. He will discuss the ramifications of this shift, and current issues, domestically and internationally, concerning freedom of expression and the press. As the son of the legendary Watergate-era Post Publisher, Katherine Graham and a close collaborator for many years of Warren Buffett, a long time Director and principal shareholder of the Post, Mr. Graham has many fascinating stories to tell and insights to share with us.

On Monday, March 2, at 8:00 p.m., Josh Glazer, a vice- president of Christies, will speak about the commercial art market. It will be different than past programs and quite fascinating to all, whether or not you are an art collector.

On Tuesday, March 24, at 8:00 p.m., we will be visited by David Makovsky of the Washington Institute on Near East Policy. David is an American journalist, who lived in, and reported from, Israel for many years. He recently took a leave of absence from the Institute to become one of Secretary Kerry's principal deputies dur- ing the recent intense, but unsuccessful, Palestinian peace talks. He is now back at the Institute, where he is reasonably free to talk about said talks. Moreover, since the Israeli elections will occur on March 17, we will benefit from his insight as to the election results, as well as other matters affecting Israel.

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February 2015