BIG ARTS

"From Grieving Father to Gun Safety Advocate" Fred Guttenberg, public safety advocate and founder of the foundation “Orange Ribbons for Jaime.” On February 14, 2018, his 14-year-old daughter Jamie was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In his talk, Fred will describe his experience after the shooting, finding purpose by...

"Fake News: How to Tell Fact from Fiction" Lyn Millner, M.F.A., professor of journalism, Florida Gulf Coast University. Millner studies misinformation, filter bubbles, cults and conspiracy theories. Join us as she discusses the phenomenon of fake news: what it is, where it originates, and how to be an intelligent current-events consumer in these unreliable times....

IS INTERNET PRIVACY EVEN POSSIBLE? Ian Sherr, Editor at Large for CNET News, a division of CBS. As we’ve long suspected, the internet has made privacy a thing of the past. Companies like Google and Facebook create profiles of everything from our shopping habits to our voting preferences. After a series of high-profile privacy breaches,...

RACE RELATIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY Kinfay Moroti, documentary journalist and photographer at The News-Press Experience the intimate images and passionate storytelling of photojournalist Kinfay Moroti. His stunning and powerful photographs capture the richness and complexity of both black and white lives in Southwest Florida. His work showcases the triumphs and struggles of...

HOW TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist and professor at Texas Tech University. Climate expert Katharine Hayhoe, co-director of the Climate Center at Texas Tech University, has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People and Fortune’s 50 Greatest Leaders. Katharine will provide us with the latest research on global warming,...

YOU DON’T NEED A RECIPE: COOKING DURING COVID WITH SAM SIFTON OF THE NEW YORK TIMES Sam Sifton is an assistant managing editor of the New York Times, responsible for culture and lifestyle coverage, and the founding editor of NYT Cooking, its digital recipe collection. Formerly the Times' food editor, national news editor, chief restaurant...