Last Night at the Forum
“When you talk about the wealth of the papacy, it’s like the wealth of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum…the wealth of the church belongs to the people.” – Carroll
Last Night at the Forum
“The Catholic Church is a kind of living museum.” -Carroll
Last Night at the Forum
“The most radical pope perhaps was Pope Benedict…because he resigned from papacy.”
– Carroll
First Flash: James Carroll on Pope Francis
Catch the first Flash Forum this season with James Carroll leading an interactive discussion on Pope Francis. Register here!
Be sure to read James Carroll’s surprising article on Pope Francis in The New Yorker right here.
R.I.P. Pete Seeger
Watch the inimitable Pete Seeger at Ford Hall Forum.
A Season of Flashes!
It’s all FLASHES, all the time this season. Our forums will all be about up-to-the-minute news, and created within weeks. Stay tuned to this website to see when our next FLASH of brilliance occurs at Ford Hall Forum.
A Season of Flashes
Ford Hall Forum brings you our Spring 2014 season entirely through FLASH FORUMS, programs that we produce right when the news hits.
Arranged as little as a week in advance, Flash Forums bring you an expert speaker on timely events for conversations that will inspire you to action.
Enjoy our season of Flashes!
A Season of Flashes
Become a Member
30-second clip: The Chinese-American Dream forum
30 seconds at the Forum on immigrating to the U.S. from China…
http://bit.ly/15Jia8D
1-minute clip: Whose Choice Is Death? forum
1 minute at the Forum on physician-assisted suicide…
http://bit.ly/1fF7rBL
30-second clip: Boston Marathon Bombing forum
30 seconds at the Forum on social media & the Boston Marathon bombing…
http://bit.ly/15AUtQR
The Menino Legacy: Down to the Wire
Lawrence DiCara (Nixon Peabody), Joan Vennochi (The Boston Globe), Mary Anne Marsh (Dewey Square Group), and John Nucci (Suffolk University)
Moderated by Mary Jo Meisner (The Boston Foundation)
Thursday, September 26, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Money & Power: A Debate
Hedrick Smith (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, The New York Times) and Yaron Brook (President, Ayn Rand Institute)
Moderated by Rachael Cobb (Chair, Suffolk University Government Dept.)
Thursday, October 10, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Modern Theatre, Suffolk University
Scholars Rescue
Alemayehu Weldemariam (Visiting Scholar, Suffolk U.) and
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh (Visiting Scholar, Rutgers U.)
Moderated by Nir Eisikovits (Director, Ethics & Public Policy program, Suffolk U.)
Thursday, October 24, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Taking the Stand
Alan Dershowitz (Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)
Moderated by Harvey Silverglate (attorney and co-founder/Chairman, F.I.R.E.)
Thursday, November 7, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Last Night at the Forum
“Isn’t much of participation in the online world just mob mentality or group think?” -Audience member
Last Night at the Forum
“Online education gives a much better return on investment than the traditional college experience.” -Mele
“But I find that’s the difference between cold education (via computer) and warm education (in person).” -Audience member
Last Night at the Forum
“People today get news from so many different sources that we no longer share the experience of having read the same piece.” -Mele
Last Night at the Forum
“Eli Pariser [of MoveOn] talks about Google and Facebook surmising what our opinions are and simply sifting out those in our searches and news feeds that disagree.” -Mele
The Lowell Institute
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