Tony Kushner opens ‘Tuesday Talks’ series
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICE OF LONG BEACH
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright andAcademyAward-nominated screenwriter Tony Kushner kicks off the Jewish Family and Children’s Service (JFCS) of Long Beach’s “Tuesday Talks” on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the Alpert JewishCommunityCenter’s(JCC) Lipeles Family Auditorium.
“Tuesday Talks gathers some of the most relevant regional and national thinkers to benefit JFCS’s daily work of supporting the mental health and basic needs of the region’s residents and, in particular, those who have been most severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic,” said AdolfoGuzman-Lopez,chairman of the event committee.
Kushner, who is currently filming “The Fabelmans” in Los Angeles, will be interviewed about the values that inform his plays and film projects during a talk titled “The Creative Process and Social Justice.”
The topic for Oct. 19 is “The Future is Female: Women Shaping Public Media,” which features Emmy and Murrow Award-winning radio and television journalist Tonya Mosley and Lisa Napoli, author of “Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR.”
For “Food Insecurity in Our Backyard” on Nov. 16, regional experts and advocates talk about the severity of hunger in local communities and what people can do about it.
The last talk in the series, January’s “Seeing Ourselves and Our Times in Stories,” features Long Beach native and actor Michael Stuhlbarg, who has appeared in “The Shape of Water” and “Call Me By Your Name.”
A question-and-answer session follows each talk.
Subscriptions to the series must be purchased in advance, either online at jfcslongbeach.org/ tuesday-talks or by calling (562) 427-7916.
No tickets will be available at the door. All prevailing CDC and Alpert JCC policies for COVID19 will be observed at in-person events. Alpert JCC is located at 3801 E. Willow St., Long Beach.
For more information, contact JFCSat(562)427-7916orviaemail to pdavidson@jfcslongbeach.org.
