Announcing the 2009-2010 Season!
At The Connecticut Forum, you never know what our panelists will say next. Our live, unscripted Forums provide a no-holds-barred look at provocative topics that will spark your interest and challenge your perceptions. Ideas and viewpoints collide, and outspoken experts and celebrities will entertain, enlighten and engage on everything from politics to sports to science to the arts.
The 2009-2010 season is here!
Stay tuned for panelist announcements!
Revolutionary Thinkers
An amazing assortment of entrepreneurs and innovators you should know.
Not Really Real... It's Satire!
Laughing at ourselves, the news, pop culture, the media and more.
Dealing with Change: A Conversation
Finding our footing as the ground shifts beneath our feet.
An evening of answers and insights.
Forum Music Fest
A celebration of music in our lives.
2009-2010 Forum Dates:
Dates have not been matched to Forum topics
Friday, October 2, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Earlier this Season
THE PRESIDENCY
Matthew Dowd -
Chief Strategist for the 2004 Bush-Cheney Campaign
Elizabeth Edwards -
A Political Insider and Inspirational Woman
Joseph Ellis -
Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian and Author of "Founding Brothers"
Moderated By Michel Martin
STORYTELLERS & THE STORIES THEY TELL
David Simon -
Creator of HBO's "The Wire"
Tony Kushner -
Tony Award Winning Playwright, "Angels in America"
Suzan-Lori Parks -
MacArthur “Genius”… Playwright – Topdog/Underdog,Author
Moderated By Bob Edwards
GOD
Rabbi Harold Kushner -
Spiritual Leader and Best Selling Author of "When Bad Things Happen To Good People"
Christopher Hitchens -
Best Selling Author, "God is Not Great"
Rev. Peter Gomes -
Distinguished Baptist Preacher and Harvard Chaplain
Moderated By Connie Schultz
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Alice Waters -
Legendary, Revolutionary Chef and founder of Chez Panisse
Duff Goldman -
The Ace of Cakes
Anthony Bourdain -
Celebrated Chef and Author, known as "the bad boy of cuisine"
Moderated By Colin McEnroe