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Newsletter
10
February 2015
LECTURE SERIES
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.
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.