Faith and the #MeToo movement
Faith and the #MeToo movement
Pasadena, CA
The #MeToo movement has rocked the entertainment, political, media and tech worlds. More recently, it has reignited old conversations and started new ones within faith communities in the United States and around the world. Accusations of sexual impropriety by male religious leaders have surfaced...
Thursday, May 24 2018
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Ethnic studies and the arts – a conversation
Ethnic studies and the arts – a conversation
Pasadena, CA
Ethnic studies advocates have been fighting for years to get courses focused on the history and culture of racial and ethnic groups — including black, Latino, Native American and Asian communities — to California students. Now the California Department of Education is working to create a model c...
Tuesday, May 15 2018
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Trolls, tweets and free speech: the First Amendment on college campuses
Trolls, tweets and free speech: the First Amendment on college campuses
Irvine, CA
How do college administrators protect free speech while also ensuring a safe environment in which students can learn and thrive? It’s no easy task, especially when you consider today's divisive politics. Has the increased use of social media affected the way we understand speech rights in the rea...
Wednesday, April 18 2018
8:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Unheard LA – live in Baldwin Park (ep.6)
Unheard LA – live in Baldwin Park (ep.6)
Baldwin Park, CA
Our second season of “Unheard L.A.” continues at the Baldwin Park Performing Arts Center. It’s KPCC In Person’s first-ever live event in Baldwin Park, and we’re excited to bring “Unheard L.A.” to this growing town, which has come a long way since its days as a cattle grazing land for the San Gabr...
Saturday, April 7 2018
5:30 PM
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7:00 PM
Breaking the mold – juvenile justice takes new form
Breaking the mold – juvenile justice takes new form
Pasadena, CA
Two big movements — the efforts to improve the juvenile justice system and to expand access to the arts and arts education — are coming together in Southern California, where the Los Angeles County Probation Department has dedicated $1 million to support the arts for system-involved youths. Offic...
Thursday, March 22 2018
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Unheard LA – live in Downey (ep.5)
Unheard LA – live in Downey (ep.5)
Downey, CA
Our second season of “Unheard L.A.” continues this March at the Downey Theatre in Downey, home of the oldest-operating McDonald’s and birthplace of Taco Bell, the Carpenters and the NASA space shuttle program. KPCC In Person’s fifth installment of “Unheard L.A.” will feature stories that reflect...
Sunday, March 11 2018
5:30 PM
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7:00 PM
Unheard LA – live in Mid-City (ep.4)
Unheard LA – live in Mid-City (ep.4)
Los Angeles, CA
Our second season of “Unheard L.A. — the stories of where you live” kicks off at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in February. Located along the Washington Boulevard corridor, the venue is operated by – and home to – the Ebony Repertory Theatre, a professional arts organization committed to...
Sunday, February 18 2018
5:30 PM
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7:00 PM
Ask an expert: Your child development questions answered
Ask an expert: Your child development questions answered
Pasadena, CA
Our understanding of the human brain expands by the minute. Not that long ago we believed a thousand or fewer neural connections were made each second in a baby's brain. Now we know one million neural connections are made every second until the age of 3.The research on early childhood development...
Tuesday, December 12 2017
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
KPCC In Person presents ‘The After-party Download’
KPCC In Person presents ‘The After-party Download’
Pasadena, CA
As creators and hosts of “The Dinner Party Download,” Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam have spent the last eight years preparing Southern Californians for their weekend social gatherings. They’ve shared wisdom from celebrities like Al Pacino and Viola Davis as well as food suggestions and...
Saturday, December 9 2017
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Free speech vs. hate speech on college campuses
Free speech vs. hate speech on college campuses
Redlands, CA
The violence in Charlottesville is one recent inflection point in the long-held discussion about the challenges of racial inequity and tension. While many of the national conversations focus on confederate monuments and the Southeast, California hate crimes are on the rise. Violent and hostile co...
Thursday, November 30 2017
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
