RU Sirius
 June 29 - July 26
Transhumanism, Singularities, and Other Far Out Futures | | Ken Goffman, a.k.a. R. U. Sirius, is a well-known cultural commentator and co-founder of Mondo 2000, the iconoclastic magazine that defined the digital culture of the early nineties. He is author or editor of seven books, including Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge and The Revolution, Counterculture Through the Ages, and co-authorship with Timothy Leary's last book, Design for Dying. In 2000 he ran for U.S. President for the Revolution© Party. He was a columnist for Artforum International and the San Francisco Examiner. He lectures internationally on subjects ranging from the implications of new technology to alternative politics. He lives in Mill Valley, California. | | | | | Daniel Pinchbeck
 Sept 21 - Nov 1
Cultivating Personal Power for the Public Good | | Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of the acclaimed Breaking Open the Head. He has written features for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, Harper's Bazaar, The Village Voice, Salon, and many other publications. He is one of the founders of Open City, an art and literary journal, and an independent book publisher. He was a 1999 - 2000 Fellow of the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. He has also been a columnist for The Art Newspaper of London, and an editor at Connoisseur Magazine. Born in 1966, he grew up in New York City, where his father, Peter Pinchbeck, was an abstract painter. His mother, Joyce Johnson, was part of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. She is the author of several books, including Minor Characters, a memoir. He went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, then worked as a magazine editor and journalist. | | | | | Antonio Lopez
 July 20 - Aug 30
Mediacology: Media Networks, Deep Ecology and the Global Village | | Antonio Lopez was co-founder of the seminal LA punk zine, Ink Disease. From there he traversed zine culture, professional journalism and media literacy education. He has written for Mondo 2000, High Times, Punk Planet, Tricycle, In these Times, Brooklyn Rail, and scores of zines, newspapers and magazines. He's essays about media and culture have been featured in numerous book anthologies, most recently in the MacArthur Foundation's book series, Digital Learning in the 21st Century. His book on media education and sustainability, Mediacology, was published in 2008.
Antonio received professional training at the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco and is a product of Peace and Conflict Studies at UC Berkeley. He received an MA in Media Studies from the New School and holds a PhD from the School of Punk Rock. He teaches and trains instructors in outreach, media production and media literacy, specializing in rural communities. He is also co-creator of the music experience, My Country of Illusion. Currently he resides in Rome, Italy and cyberspace. | | | | | Charles Eisenstein
 Aug 10 - Sept 20
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Tell Us Is Possible | | Charles Eisenstein is a writer, speaker, and the author of The Ascent of Humanity and other books. He is a stay-at-home dad living in central Pennsylvania. He teaches part-time at Penn State. | | | | | Anya Kamenentz
 Aug 31 - Oct 11
Financial Integrity In Your Daily Life | | Anya Kamenetz is a journalist, blogger, and author of the 2006 book Generation Debt. She is a staff writer for Fast Company magazine and a columnist for Yahoo!. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Nation, New York Magazine, the Village Voice, Penthouse, and many other publications. |
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