Town Hall South announces 2016-17 speakers
Town Hall South speakers for 2016-17 are, from left, Mitch Albom, Rikki Klieman, Tom Szaky, Suki Kim and Dr. David Agus.
David Agus
Mitch Albom
Suki Kim
Rikki Klieman
Tom Szaky
Town Hall South announces its lineup of speakers for 2016-17, the lecture series’ 48th season.
Lectures are held the first Tuesday of October, November, December, February, and March at Upper St. Clair High School Theater. The series explores current and topical issues.
• October: Mitch Albom, author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician, best known as the author of “Tuesdays with Morrie,” which has sold more than 14 million copies and is the top-selling memoir of all time. Albom’s latest book is the novel “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto.”
• November: Rikki Klieman, legal analyst and trial attorney, is a contributor and legal analyst for CBS News. Klieman was an anchorwoman for the Courtroom Television network from 1994-2010 and has appeared as a legal analyst on NBC’s Nightly News, CBS Evening News, ABC, CNN, CNBC and MSNBC. She has been interviewed on radio and television about various aspects of criminal and civil law, including “60 Minutes,” “20/20,” “The McLaughlin Group” and “Nightline.”
• December: Tom Szaky, founder and chief executive officer of TerraCycle, has pioneered a process involving manufacturers, retailers, consumers and community groups to create circular solutions for waste that otherwise would go to a landfill or be incinerated. TerraCycle is an international leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, from used chip bags to cigarette butts. On a yearly basis and across 23 countries, the organization collects and repurposes billions of pieces of waste, creating millions of dollars of donations for schools and charities in the process.
• February: Suki Kim, an award-winning novelist, is the only writer ever to go undercover in North Korea. She visited the country five times over a decade, witnessing both Kim Jong-il’s 60th Birthday celebrations as well as his death in 2011. Her book “Without You, There Is No U”, chronicles the time she spent teaching the sons of the North Korean elite. Her work sheds new light on a place that has been shrouded from the rest of the world for 70 years.
• March: Dr. David Agus, one of the world’s leading cancer doctors and pioneering biomedical researchers, serves as a CBS contributor. His book ” A Short Guide to a Long Life” is a New York Times best seller, and his latest title, “The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health,” was released in January.
Tickets to the series are available by series subscription for $145 and can be purchased at www.townhallsouth.org.