Disappearing Los Angeles: Photographer Reynaldo Rivera
2019-03-12 18:00 - 19:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
In today’s Los Angeles, housing is expensive, dining is fancy, and posh, international galleries rule the art scene. But in the 1980s and ’90s, it was cheap rents, house parties, underground fashion, and a trio of Latino gay

Her Own Devices: Dessa
2019-03-05 19:00 - 20:15
Hailed by the magazine Utne Reader as a “one-woman powerhouse,” the singer, rapper, and writer Dessa may be best known as a founding member of Doomtree, a collective of musicians based out of Minneapolis. No

'@Noon: A Conversation with Mary Schmidt Campbell
2019-03-04 12:15 - 13:30
When it comes to race, art, and gender, Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell, PhD is an authority. Campbell was integral in expanding the Studio Museum in Harlem, transforming it into the country’s first

Girard Psychology Lecture: Iris Mauss
2019-02-28 18:00 - 19:15
Mindfulness, self-care, and “positive thinking” are all touted as panaceas for negative emotions. But according to University of California, Berkeley, researcher Iris Mauss, if you’re feeling down, the self-imposed

Pete Buttigieg in Conversation
2019-02-27 19:00 - 20:15
Heartland politics: rather than a monolithic “flyover country,” the midwestern voting public can be—as both parties learned during the last presidential election—stubbornly elusive. Who better to make that point than an

Morgan Parker and Nicole Sealey: An Evening of Poetry
2019-02-26 18:00 - 19:15
Morgan Parker and Nicole Sealey mine the personal and political in their poetry, both reveling in and revealing the issues at the heart of contemporary life. Parker’s most recent collection, Th

Gaby Dunn, Bad with Money
2019-02-20 18:00 - 19:15
Gaby Dunn’s podcast Bad with Money features episodes like “Screaming Into a Jar (aka Student Loans),” “It’s Not Just a Few Feet of Sea Level Rise (aka Climate Change is an Economic Issue),” and “Who Can Affo

The New Yorker's Andrew Marantz in Conversation
2019-02-19 18:00 - 19:15
When it comes to parsing the rapidly changing online media landscape, readers look to Andrew Marantz. The New Yorker writer has explored the topic from a variety of angles, investigating social media trolls

'@Noon: Poet Sally Wen Mao
2019-02-12 12:15 - 13:15
Sally Wen Mao’s poetry collection Oculus is an eerie, yet powerful, exploration of technology. The 2017 Pushcart Prize winner deploys sharp wit and a speculative imagination to confront the spectacle

Work-in-Progress: Wicked Bodies
2019-02-05 19:00 - 21:00
Liz Lerman’s history of sly, grotesque, sensual, and wildly creative women debuts as a work in progress on the Scripps stage. Inspired, in part, by the College’s Denison Library’s Witches and Healing archiv

'@Noon: Roles of the Museum Conservator
2019-02-04 12:15 - 13:15
Geneva Griswold’s work as the associate objects conservator at the Seattle Art Museum is both an art and a science. The 2007 Scripps graduate oversees the installation, storage, display, and preservation of the mus

Crazy Rich Asians: Kevin Kwan in Conversation
2019-01-31 19:00 - 20:00
This event is sold out. Tickets may become available on the day of the program. Please visit the Scripps Presents Box Office at Garrison Theater beginning at 6:30 pm on the day of the program to have you name added to the wait list

MLK Commemorative Lecture: Bettina Love
2019-01-29 18:00 - 19:00
Bettina Love is an award-winning author and hip-hop scholar. In her new book, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom, the University of Georgia associat

Nathan Englander: A Reading and Conversation
2018-11-14 18:00 - 19:15
Nathan Englander is the Pulitzer Prizeâ€“finalist and best-selling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. His latest book, Dinner a

CANCELLED -- Just the Funny Parts: Nell Scovell
2018-11-08 18:00 - 19:15
PLEASE NOTE: This program has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for updates regarding a potential rescheduled date in Spring 2019.
Nell Scovell

Well-Read Black Girl: Glory Edim
2018-11-07 19:00 - 20:15
Glory Edim brings together communities of book fans and aficionados to celebrate a deep appreciation for black women’s writing. Through her immensely popular Instagram, a writers’ festival in her hometown o

Abbi Jacobson in Conversation
2018-11-04 19:30 - 21:00
We’re pleased to announce that additional tickets will be available on the day of the program! Visit the Garrison Box Office at 7 pm to get on the wait list. Tickets are $25 and include a signed copy of Abbi Jacobson

We Can't Breathe: Jabari Asim in Conversation
2018-10-30 18:00 - 19:15
In the vein of W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Claudia Rankine, Jabari Asim has emerged as an essential voice on the black experience in America and the struggle for survival and persistenc

ZigZag: Manoush Zomorodi in Conversation
2018-10-24 18:00 - 19:15
When it comes to the social implications of technology, Manoush Zomorodi is obsessed. Zomorodi is the co-founder of Stable Genius Productions, a media company with a mission to help people navigate personal a

On Community: Liz Lerman in Conversation
2018-10-16 18:00 - 19:15
Iconic choreographer Liz Lerman returns to Scripps for an encore engagement! In conversation with Assistant Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson, Lerman will reflect on the idea of community a

Ignorance in the Age of Information: Zeynep Tufekci
2018-10-15 18:00 - 19:15
Zeynep Tufekci, a techno-sociologist and assistant professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina and faculty associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for In

Latif Nasser
2018-10-09 18:00 - 19:15
The history of science is stranger than fiction—Latif Nasser, director of research at Radiolab, should know. His research on such wide-ranging topics as culture-bound illnesses, snowflake photography

Truck: Bridgman|Packer Dance
2018-10-04 19:00 - 20:45
It’s a testament to the choreographic brilliance and technological prowess of co-directors Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer that a box truck can be utterly transformed into a playful and vibra

Eric Klinenberg: Palaces for the People
2018-09-27 18:00 - 19:15
Please note: The location for this event has been changed to the Hampton Room.
The relationship between an individual and their community has preoccupied Eric Klinenberg for over

Dear America: Jose Antonio Vargas in Conversation
2018-09-26 19:00 - 20:15
Jose Antonio Vargas made headlines in 2011 for revealing his undocumented status in the New York Times. A Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning journalist, his revelations gave new visibility to the immense ch

Charles Baxter
2018-09-20 18:00 - 19:15
Please Note: The location of this program has changed to the Hampton Room.
Charles Baxter has kept happy readers company for more than 30 years. His Nationa

Path to the Stars: Sylvia Acevedo in Conversation
2018-09-15 15:00 - 16:15
“Shoot for the stars!” CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA Sylvia Acevedo took that mantra to heart. Her memoir, Path to the Stars, is a powerful reflection on the foundational experiences that led her

Lena Waithe in Conversation
2018-09-13 19:00 - 20:15
Actress, producer, and screenwriter Lena Waithe was the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Netflix’s Master of None. Her award-winning episode, Thanksgiving, was a poignant take on Waithe’s own experien

An Evening with Gary Shteyngart
2018-09-11 20:00 - 21:30
Book Soup at the Skirball presents Gary Shteyngart reading from Lake Success Narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, and divorced from the real world as most of us know

Levitt on the Lawn: Chacombo
2018-09-07 18:30 - 20:00
L.A.â€“based Afro-Peruvian band Chacombo knows how to get crowds moving with traditional tunes featuring the quijada de burro (donkey’s jaw) and cajon (box drum). Picnic on Bowling Green an
