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Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5:30 PM PDT / Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems @jimfruchterman.bsky.social in conversation with @camcritt.bsky.social Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5 PM PDT / Humanities West Presents WWII's Grand Alliance: The 80th Anniversary • 5:30 PM PDT / When Kids Have Mentors, Cities Get Stronger Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Need someplace to be, people to meet, things to learn this month? Join us at @cwclub.bsky.social for our in-depth talks, discussions & more. Details/tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
SOLD OUT: In-person tickets to our Sept. 11 program with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie in conversation with Raj Mathai are sold out. However, we do still have online-only tickets available. www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
The Thiel event is not a Commonwealth Club program; it is a private rental.
The Thiel event is not a Commonwealth Club program; it is a private rental.
Coming in September: @willdalrymple.bsky.social comes to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco to discuss "An Empire of Ideas: How Ancient India Transformed the World" Sept. 22, 5:30 p.m. Details and tickets available at www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
NEXT WEEK: @jimfruchterman.bsky.social will be in conversation with @camcritt.bsky.social in San Francisco for a timely discussion about how nonprofits are using tech to solve pressing social problems. Find out more: Details and tickets available at: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in downtown San Francisco: • 5:30 PM PDT / Jesus, San Francisco: The City’s Resurrection from Perceived Ashes Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Submissions are open for the Commonwealth Club's 95th Annual California Book Awards! Submission page and details can be found on our website: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/speci... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @wwnorton.com
Hi, Clara. This is not a Commonwealth Club program; it is a private rental by an outside group.
In this week's political roundtable, Melissa Caen & Pacific Research Institute's Tim Anaya discuss some surprising aspects of the gerrymandering struggle (including why it might be moot in the end anyway), as well as Gov. Newsom, 2026 midterms, & more. Watch now: youtu.be/wL2fPFOVS-s?...
Going to sell out! Hope you can join us!
This week at @cwclub.bsky.social, learn about preventing gun violence, get insight into the state of politics, see great architecture, and hear about a tireless liberty advocate. Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events @davidhogg.bsky.social @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov @ztameez.bsky.social
JUST ADDED! Former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin in joins us Sept. 22 for an online-only special: "Dead Center." Details & tickets now available: www.commonwealthclub.org/.../joe-manc...
Troops in DC. Trump in Alaska. Texans in Illinois. Newsom tweets ALL CAPS. Join us Aug. 18 in San Francisco to hear Tim Anaya & Melissa Caen on our latest Week to Week politics roundtable. With pre-program social hour. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / Are We Living Inside a Video Game? Rizwan Virk on his 'Simulation Hypothesis,' with @deantak.bsky.social Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
SOLD OUT! Our August 19 "Leadership Circle San Francisco Architecture Walking Tour" with Rick Evans is sold out. Get your tickets now for other upcoming @cwclub.bsky.social speakers and events: commonwealthclub.org/events
Want to know something? Join us in-person or online to hear Steven Pinker in conversation with @djpatil.bsky.social: "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . " October 8 in Silicon Valley. Event details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Early-bird tix end soon! Our Blue Angels Fleet Week celebration on October 11 at our downtown waterfront home! Enjoy live music, savory and sweet bites, signature cocktails—and of course the spectacle in the sky. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
JUST ADDED: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie comes to @cwclub.bsky.social at noon Sept. 11 to discuss progress and plans in the city. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Very much looking forward to moderating Riz Virk's talk on his Simulation Hypothesis at the Commonwealth Club in SF on August 13.
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5:30 PM PDT / Drums and Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Don't miss great speakers, important topics, and good community at @cwclub.bsky.social this month in downtown San Francisco. Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events @davidhogg.bsky.social @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov @ztameez.bsky.social @deantak.bsky.social
Today @cwclub.bsky.social: • 12 PM PDT / The Trump Administration & Latin America • 6 PM PDT / Premal Shah and Kinari Webb: Small Dollar, Big Impact • 6 PM PDT / Time to Strengthen Local Health Ecosystems in California Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Tonight @cwclub.bsky.social: 5:30 PM—The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy & Beijing (@jwassers.bsky.social) 6 PM—How Low Birth Rates & Longer Lifespans Could Disrupt the Global Economy (Chris Bradley, Susie Cranston, @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev, Kausik Rajgopal)
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in S.F.: • 5:30 PM PDT / @samkbloch.bsky.social: Shade, The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource (with @emmettfitzgerald.bsky.social) • 6 PM PDT / @valinasr.bsky.social: Iran's Grand Strategy (with @swamiriver.bsky.social) Details & tix: commonwealthclub.org/events
👇 my talk tomorrow, will be my first talk in San Francisco since my @cwclub.bsky.social Feb 2020 launch event for Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book is a sequel of sorts that brings in Thailand and Burma)
HAPPENING TONIGHT: If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, come join us at the @cwclub.bsky.social for an important conversation on SHADE, with journo @samkbloch.bsky.social! Bloch’s new book, “Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource,” expands on an article published in Places in 2019.
Catch all of the speakers, topics, community and ideas at @cwclub.bsky.social this week. Details & tickets: commonwealthclulb.org/events @valinasr.bsky.social @jwassers.bsky.social @samkbloch.bsky.social
We are one week out from our next live show, where Greg Dalton will interview Premal Shah and Kinari Webb on stage at @cwclub.bsky.social. Get your tickets today for what promises to be an informing and engaging conversation 🎟️
👇 Looking forward to returning to the @cwclub.bsky.social to speak in 5 days
Tonight @cwclub.bsky.social in downtown San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / “The Playbook of a Dictator”: @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social’s Erwin Chemerinsky on #Trump and the Rule of Law Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Looking forward to returning to @cwclub.bsky.social on July 30. Details here www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-... . This event in SF is being put on in association with @dissentmag.bsky.social which recently ran Ross Perlin's interview w/me about the book www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
One month ago the US bombed Iran—a startling development in a history fraught with conflict. So what are Iran’s true goals? On 7/29, for @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco I’m hosting @valinasr.bsky.social in conversation about Iran’s political history. Join us—and bring questions. bit.ly/40ylI3k
Tonight in San Francisco @cwclub.bsky.social: • 5:30 PM PDT / Dr. Monica Gandhi: The Impact on American Science and Medicine of the Current Administration Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
This week at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: Join @dekai.bsky.social — a pioneer of global-scale language translation and author of "Raising AI" — for a special in-person event on Thursday, July 17th! Doors open at 5 pm PT. 🎟️ Link for details and tickets:
JUST ADDED! Next week, meet award-winning authors Maxine Hong Kingston, Aimee Liu & Lily Hoang in downtown San Francisco at @cwclub.bsky.social . Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-... @redhenpress.bsky.social
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / @gilduran.com on Trump, Tech and “The Nerd Reich” in conversation with Zusha Elinson Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Bay Area friends! Join @dekai.bsky.social — pioneer of global-scale language translation and author of "Raising AI" — for a special in-person event hosted by @cwclub.bsky.social on Thursday, July 17th! Doors open at 5 pm PT. 🎟️ Link for details and tickets:
Did you miss our recent @sfpride.org Human Rights Summit? It was a day-long collection of panels and talks held at @cwclub.bsky.social in downtown San Francisco, and you can get caught up on it all via our YouTube playlist of the sessions. Watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Check out what you missed when Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe came to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco for an in-person-only experience June 22. Photos by Peopletography.
Espionage! Spies! Learn more about how women changed the CIA. Tonight @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5:30 PM PDT / Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA with @christinahillsberg.bsky.social & @terryshames.bsky.social Details/tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Feeling uninspired? In June, @shannonrwatts.bsky.social came to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco for a conversation with Anna Malaika Tubbs about the issues raised in her book Fired Up Photos by Peopletography Watch the video: youtu.be/_mf30ayRtEE?...
NEXT WEEK! Enjoy a reception followed by our panelists @joshkoehn.bsky.social @cmarinucci.bsky.social & Tim Anaya talking about BBB, California, and so much more. July 17 in downtown San Francisco. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / Democracy Noir: Documentary Film Screening Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
So much wisdom that Gen. McChrystal shares in our interview. Lessons he's learned the hard way. What character & patriotism means, being on the front lines as your enemy uses new technology, how that tech is going to impact all of us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGa... @cwclub.bsky.social
Enjoy some scenes from our recent @sfpride.org third annual Human Rights Summit, presented @cwclub.bsky.social by Michelle Meow Featuring @sisterroma.bsky.social @davidchiu.bsky.social @michellekimkim.bsky.social & more
Next events I'll do on my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book will be in the Bay Area, with an event at Hoover in Palo Alto on July 29 at 4pm with Glenn Tiffert moderating then one at @cwclub.bsky.social in SF on July 30, with Kalidip Choudhury moderating www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Today marks the start of a new month — which also brings a new opportunity to be in the room with us for a live recording. Join us at @cwclub.bsky.social on July 31 at 6:00 pm for a live conversation with Premal Shah and Kinari Webb about how to allocate climate spending worldwide. See you soon!
🙏 @cwclub.bsky.social 🎤 San Francisco, Thu 17 July 5-7pm 📚 get “Raising AI” amzn.to/3T4ctUc 👉 subscribe dekai.substack.com ℹ️ more info dek.ai/raising-ai #RaisingAI #AI #AIethics @mitpress.bsky.social Penguin Random House
Bay Area! Come see me talk SHADE on Tuesday, July 29 at the Commonwealth Club — in conversation with the superb Emmett FitzGerald of @99pi.org
I am excited to be part of this list of distinguished and interesting speakers! July 22 if you are in the Bay Area.
This July come to @cwclub.bsky.social—hear from & meet fascinating people. @gilduran.com @mirandaspivack.bsky.social @samkbloch.bsky.social @valinasr.bsky.social @dekai.bsky.social @christinahillsberg.bsky.social @terryshames.bsky.social & more! commonwealthclub.org/events
Today @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 12 PM PDT / General Stanley McChrystal: Choices That Define a Life In conversation with @djpatil.bsky.social Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Today at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 9:30 AM - 7 PM PDT / San Francisco Pride Third Annual Human Rights Summit Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPJa... Watch the 94th Annual California Book Awards Ceremony presented by the Commonwealth Club of California on YouTube!
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / @shannonrwatts.bsky.social: Fired Up! • 6:30 PM PDT / The Confluence of Technology, Traditional Painting, and Interactive Art Get details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Given recent event in the world and politics, you're going to want to hear from General McChrystal. We have just a few seats left-- this Friday! @cwclub.bsky.social www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social: • 5:30 PM PDT IN SAN FRANCISCO / Discussion on Cuts to U.S. Foreign Aid—and the Future of Foreign Aid • 6 PM PDT ONLINE / The 94th Annual California Book Awards Honors Outstanding Books by California Authors Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Our speakers & programs for next week—get insight into USAID cuts, troops in LA, human rights, & the character necessary to lead. Hear from Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe, Stanley McChrystal, Dr. Michael Baker, @shannonrwatts.bsky.social, David Chiu & more! Details & tickets: lnkd.in/gb9JiePh
We were pleased to welcome back the AfroSolo Theatre Company on June 16 for "AfroSolo Arts Festival: We Come This Far by Music" Here are some images from the evening. Photos by Ed Ritger.
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / @davidakesslermd.bsky.social: Diet, Drugs and Dopamine • 6 PM PDT / Jeff Bleich and David Chiu on Trump’s Clash with the Courts Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Coming June 26 in San Francisco and online: The Third Annual San Francisco Pride Human Rights Summit. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5:30 PM PDT / AfroSolo Arts Festival: We Come This Far by Music Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Music, culture, politics and health—join us this week at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco. Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
LA & the National Guard? Gov. Newsom's performance? Oakland's budget? Panelists @danborenstein.bsky.social Melissa Caen & Bob Gardner explore that and more in our latest politics roundtable. Watch now: youtu.be/UEBXMxTdFdo?...
How is President Trump's battle with the courts going? Next week, join us in San Francisco to hear from Jeff Bleich & San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu. Tue, Jun 17 / 6:00 PM PDT, @cwclub.bsky.social Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
JUST ADDED! Dr. Michael Baker will give a presentation June 24 on "The Role of the Military in Domestic Law Enforcement—Would They Fire on Civilian Demonstrators if so Ordered?" Join us in Lafayette to hear retired Rear Admiral Baker. Tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
A really fun evening filled with deep reflection and insight. Thank you, @cwclub.bsky.social AND @jonathancapehart.bsky.social
Our Marin Chapter program this week with Jeff Bleich in San Rafael is SOLD OUT. If you couldn't attend that one, you have 2 more opportunities: • 6/17 in SF, with David Chiu: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-... • 9/16 in Lafayette: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Last week, we hosted @jonathancapehart.bsky.social in San Francisco for a conversation with @radiobwatt.bsky.social about Capehart's book Yet Here I Am. Watch the video: youtu.be/vunTQfr97pg?... Photos by Sonya Abrams
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / Evan Osnos: Dispatches on the Ultrarich Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Join us this week to learn about the ultrarich, immigration and the law, political hot issues, and Trump vs. the courts. Details and tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
COMING SOON! Jeffrey Bleich and David Chiu discuss President Trump's clash with the courts. Tue, Jun 17 / 6 PM PDT, @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco Tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Manufacturing in China has been both boon and bane for Apple, and @patrickmcgee.bsky.social recently spoke with John Ford at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco about his book APPLE IN CHINA. Watch: youtu.be/cYu2bfZCTxY?... Photos by Peopletography
Earlier this week, @jaketapper.bsky.social & Alex Thompson were interviewed by Marisa Lagos about their book Original Sin. You can watch the video: youtu.be/KuHihDaZVJY?... Photos below by Peopletography
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in Orinda: 6:30 PM / Imperfect Circles Discussion Group at the Orinda Library Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
IN 1 WEEK! Catch our expert panel Bob Gardner, Melissa Caen & @danborenstein.bsky.social make sense of the latest political news and developments. They're all on our next Week to Week political roundtable, June 11, 6 p.m. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Today at @cwclub.bsky.social • 1 PM IN SF / Good Grief: The 10 Steps—Film Screening & Climate Anxiety Workshop • 6 PM IN SF / @jonathancapehart.bsky.social: Finding My Voice • 7 PM IN LOS ALTOS / From Tiny Seed to Global Change: How Small Beginnings Make a Better World Tickets: commonwealthclub.org
TONIGHT at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: 5:30 PM / @bonnietsui.bsky.social, Paige Bethmann and Ku Stevens: Muscle, The Stuff that Moves Us and Why It Matters Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
July 30, I'll be back to speak at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-... --in conversation with Philip Yun (mentioning this brings back good memories of the two 2020 Hong Kong book talks I gave in SF in dialogue with Helen Zia and Mary Kay Magistad)
Join us this week for great speakers, important topics, in-person experiences. Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Tonight @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: 6 PM PDT / Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson: Biden’s Decline and the Cover-up Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
At the start of this month I had a great conversation with @annaleen.bsky.social over at @cwclub.bsky.social, where we talked about the vacuous dreams of tech billionaires who want to go to space and live forever with an AI god. (Love the warning that "This program contains EXPLICIT language.")
SOLD OUT! Our program tonight on 50 years after the Vietnam War and the Cambodian genocide is sold out of in-person tickets. However, online-only tickets are still available. www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 6 PM PDT / 50 Years of Survival, Strength and Resilience—After the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Genocide (program is nearly sold out) • 6 PM PDT / Food for Thought: Tackling Food Insecurity in California Tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
On Friday June 27th, I'll be interviewing General Stanley McChrystal on his new book for @cwclub.bsky.social. Lots to cover given all the things happening in the world. Get your tickets NOW - b4 they sell out! www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-....
Tonight @cwclub.bsky.social 5:30 PM / @karenhao.bsky.social: The Dreams & Nightmares of OpenAI (in-person sold out; online available) 6 PM / Healthy Society Series: @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Chancellor Rich Lyons on Public Higher Education at the Crossroads Tix: commonwealthclub.org/events
Our program tomorrow with @karenhao.bsky.social in conversation with @nitasha.bsky.social is SOLD OUT of in-person tickets; online-only tickets are still available. Details: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Today @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: 5:30 PM PDT / @joan-c-williams.bsky.social: How the Left Lost the Working Class 6 PM PDT / Patrick McGee: Apple in China Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
On this Memorial Day, we are sharing a program from our archives—reaching back to 1945, when Hollywood star Joe Brown spoke about visiting troops at the front lines. Listen: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...
This week at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco—check out our speakers and programs. Details and tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 5:30 PM PDT / A New Era of Philanthropy: A Conversation with Dimple Abichandani and Tegan Acton Tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
Mental health work is climate work, which is why we're partnering with @goodgriefnetwork.bsky.social to host a special film screening and climate anxiety workshop on June 4 at @cwclub.bsky.social. Join us:
Join us to honor our California Book Awards Winners! Tickets can be found on our website: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Tonight at @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco: • 4:30 PM PDT HIV/AIDS: Honoring the Past, Taking Action Now Program and reception * Use promo code meowVIP for 100% off nonmember ticket price Tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
TOMORROW IN SAN FRANCISCO! 2 expert panel discussions + reception, exploring "HIV/AIDS: Honoring the Past, Taking Action Now" Wed, May 21 / 4:30–8 PM PDT Tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Today at @cwclub.bsky.social: 3 PM PDT ONLINE / @leahlitman.bsky.social: Disorder in the Court 6 PM PDT IN SAN FRANCISCO / Town Hall Discussion: Immigration Crisis Details & tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events
