Authors & Ideas

is a major component of Festival of the Arts BOCA — it has brought to Boca some of the most influential thinkers and writers of our time. This year is no exception, with speakers’ topics covering timely issues of European Security, Global Warming, Space Exploration, and Multiculturalism.

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MONDAY, MARCH 7 Richard Haass & James Stavridis: A Conversation on Global Events

Given the unfolding events in Ukraine, it could not be more timely to have two of our country’s most influential foreign policy thinkers – Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and retired four-star Navy admiral James Stavridis – join us to discuss global events.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

Bill McKibben: Our Changing Climate

Of all the challenges the planet faces, none is as large as its fast-heating climate – and no one has worked longer or harder than Bill McKibben to document and fight the ever-growing crisis. His talks are lucid, engaging, funny, witty,

and never hectoring or hyperbolic.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 Astronaut Donald R. Pettit: The View from Above

America’s oldest active astronaut and an esteemed photographer, Donald Pettit offers a view of our planet from the perspective of one who has two very long stints in space.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10

Luis Alberto Urrea: From Tijuana to the World

Hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is

a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. The author and passionate humanist will join us for

a talk about life in a dual culture.