Chas Nol
Join New School Host Irwin Keller in a sparkling and thought-provoking conversation with Chas Nol about sexuality, identity, culture, and glitter.
Peter Orner
~Co-presented by the Bolinas Library, The New School at Commonweal, and Point Reyes Books~ Join us for a reading and conversation with TNS Host Steve Heilig and writer Peter Orner. Peter teaches at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers as well as at San Francisco State University, where he is currently chair of the Creative Writing […]
Jacob Needleman
Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a forth conversation in a series with philosopher and author Jacob Needleman. They explore his “life-within-life” as both an engaged pupil of the Gurdjieff work and also as a scholar and teacher confronting the great unanswerable questions of the heart.
Sumbul Ali-Karamali
Join TNS Host Irwin Keller in a conversation with scholar, writer and speaker Sumbul Ali-Karamali. Co-sponsored by the “Of One Soul” Campaign of the Interfaith Council of Sonoma County.
Henry David Thoreau
Please join TNS host and Commonweal Board member Eric Karpeles for another panoramic community event, a chorus of mixed individual voices reading from the journal of one of America’s most impassioned nature lovers: Henry David Thoreau.
Lata Mani
Join us for a conversation with TNS Host Michael Lerner and film maker Lata Mani. The Poetics of Fragility is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the texture, vitality, and aesthetics of fragility, shot in the San Francisco Bay Area in September 2015.
Commonweal 40th Anniversary Reflections
Listen to remarks from Commonweal Founder Michael Lerner, Chief Strategies Officer Oren Slozberg, and Cancer Help Program Medical Director Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, at the occasion of Commonweal’s 40th anniversary luncheon.
Holly Near
Join TNS Host Irwin Keller in a conversation with musician, teacher, and activist Holly Near. Respected around the world for her music and activism, her joy and passion inspire people to join in her celebration of the human spirit.
Michael Lerner and Rachel Naomi Remen
During this 40th anniversary year for Commonweal, Michael Lerner, Commonweal Co-Founder, and Rachel Remen, MD, Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, offer the fourth in a series of conversations about Commonweal’s story for The New School.