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The Progressive Forum, Houston, is a civic speaker organization dedicated to enriching our democracy and culture by presenting the great minds we believe are advancing the success of the individual, our species, and life on the planet.
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To purchase tickets by phone, call 832-251-0706, 9 to 9 seven days a week. For assistance buying online, call the help desk at 888-695-0888. For any problem, contact The Progressive Forum by E-MAIL or call 713-664-0020.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 7:30
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater
In one of the most explosive political books in years, Gail Collins declares, "What happens in Texas doesn’t stay in Texas anymore." She says the real story of American politics is how the conservative political agenda hatched in Texas is sweeping the nation through banking deregulation, lax environmental standards, draconian tax cuts, gun ownership, fierceness on states rights, championing sexual abstinence, and more. She says Texas has become the bellwether of a far-reaching national movement. Gail Collins became the first woman ever appointed editor of the New York Times editorial page, serving from 2001 to 2007. She remains a popular New York Times op-ed columnist. She also authored what’s now a classic, When Everything Changed: the Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present (2009). She will greet fans and sign books at the end of the evening.
Program starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Avenue. Parking is available underground at the Wortham, entrances on Texas Avenue or Prairie Street.
Private patron reception with the speaker is at 6:15 p.m. in the green room for those purchasing $74 tickets and for Forum donors of $1,000 or more within the past 12 months.
The speaker leaves the green room reception at 6:45. As a courtesy to everyone in the receiving line, there is no book signing, autographing, or photography. This also ensures the program starts on time.
The speaker will sign all books and welcome photographs in the grand foyer at the end of the evening. Books will be on sale throughout the evening by Blue Willow Bookshop.
Early light supper available when doors open at Prairie Street lobby bar. Includes sandwiches, fruit, cheese plates, and desserts.
Full bar service at all locations when doors open.
Ticket prices are $14, $24, $34, $44, and $54. Besides regular tickets, a limited number of patron seats are available at $74 and include private patron reception with Gail Collins at 6:15 and center-front seating.
Discounts of 10% are available off all regular price levels except $74 patron level for students; educators including teachers and administrators at all levels; seniors 65 and older; and groups of 10 or more; valid ID required at the door.
Box office services are available at the door on event night. Tickets will be available at the door if the event is not sold out. In case of a sellout, there is no waiting list. Prior to event night, there are no tickets sold at the Wortham box office or any other physical box office. Tickets are sold only through this website, our email blasts, and by phone at 832-251-0706 any day 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
If you have any problems purchasing your tickets online, please call the help desk at the box office at 888-695-0888.
Feel free to contact The Progressive Forum office at any time at 713-664-0020 or email to info@progressiveforumhouston.org.
For the hearing impaired, free headsets are available from the ushers.
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To purchase tickets by phone, call 832-251-0706, 9 to 9 seven days a week. For assistance buying online, call the help desk at 888-695-0888. For any problem, contact The Progressive Forum by E-MAIL or call 713-664-0020.
Bill White, former Mayor of Houston, will introduce Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 7:30
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater
We’re excited to bring back Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. with former Mayor Bill White, who appeared together at the premiere of The Progressive Forum in June of 2005, launching our unique speaker series. Robert Kennedy is a resolute defender of the environment and an insightful social and political commentator. He was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success in helping Riverkeeper, New York’s clean water advocate, lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group’s success helped spawn more than 160 Waterkeeper organizations around the world. In 2009, Kennedy was named one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Agents of Change.” Kennedy is a professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law. He serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Among his published books are The New York Times bestseller, Crimes Against Nature (2004), and The Riverkeepers (1997). His articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, to name a few. His articles have been included in anthologies of America’s best crime writing, best political writing, and best science writing. He will sign books and greet fans at the end of the evening.
Program starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Avenue. Parking is available underground at the Wortham, entrances on Texas Avenue or Prairie Street.
Private patron reception with Robert Kennedy is at 6:15 p.m. in the green room for those purchasing $94 tickets and for Forum donors of $1,000 or more within the past 12 months.
The speaker leaves the green room reception at 6:45. As a courtesy to everyone in the receiving line, there is no book signing, autographing, or photography. This also ensures the program starts on time.
Robert Kennedy will sign all books and welcome photographs in the grand foyer at the end of the evening. Books will be on sale throughout the evening by Blue Willow Bookshop.
Early light supper available when doors open at Prairie Street lobby bar. Includes sandwiches, fruit, cheese plates, and desserts.
Full bar service at all locations when doors open.
Ticket prices are $14, $24, $34, $44, and $54. Besides regular tickets, a limited number of patron seats are available at $94 and include private patron reception with Robert Kennedy at 6:15 and center-front seating.
Discounts of 10% are available off all regular price levels except $94 patron level for students; educators including teachers and administrators at all levels; seniors 65 and older; and groups of 10 or more; valid ID required at the door.
Box office services are available at the door on event night. Tickets will be available at the door if the event is not sold out. In case of a sellout, there is no waiting list. Prior to event night, there are no tickets sold at the Wortham box office or any other physical box office. Tickets are sold only through this website, our email blasts, and by phone at 832-251-0706 any day 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
If you have any problems purchasing your tickets online, please call the help desk at the box office at 888-695-0888.
Feel free to contact The Progressive Forum office at any time at 713-664-0020 or email to info@progressiveforumhouston.org.
For the hearing impaired, free headsets are available from the ushers.
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