 Rice to head newsmakers lined up for Marin Speaker SeriesPosted: 04/04/2009 09:35:59 PM PDT Updated: 04/04/2009 09:35:59 PM PDT
Condoleezza Rice is coming to Marin in January, heading next year's lineup of seven newsmakers signed up for the 2009-10 Marin Speaker Series.
Series president Bruce Vogel announced the schedule at the final lecture of this year's series, given Monday and Thursday by TV headliner Charlie Rose at the Marin Veterans Auditorium.
Joining Rice, secretary of state under President George W. Bush, will be three other big names: Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and TV journalist Ted Koppel.
Also on the docket are John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil; Laura Tyson, economic adviser to President Barack Obama; and "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft.
The 2009-10 series has been cut from eight lectures to seven, Vogel said, in order to keep prices affordable.
The speaker series, which began on the Peninsula in 1990, grew to include Marin in 1994 and has since added Oakland. During that time, the series has hosted such stars as Desmond Tutu, Margaret Thatcher, Neil Armstrong, Walter Cronkite and Bill Clinton.
Demand for tickets was so great that in 2004-2005 the Marin series moved from one lecture per guest to two.
The series now sells for either Monday or Thursday nights. Cost for the next series will be $403 for orchestra seating, rows A-C, 1 to 14; and $294 for dress circle, rows 17 to 34. The lectures are a package; no individual tickets are sold. For information, visit
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Here is the schedule for 2009-10 in Marin:
- Oct. 5 and 8: Pervez Musharraf, president and prime minister of Pakistan from 2001-08, who will discuss Pakistan's past, present and future role in world affairs.
- Nov. 9 and 12: John Hofmeister, former Shell executive who will give an in-depth look at U.S. energy policy.
- Nov. 30, Dec. 3: Laura Tyson, who will discuss economic issues of the day.
- Jan. 4 and 7, 2009: Condoleezza Rice, who is expected to review her challenges as secretary of state and to give an overview of global affairs.
- Feb. 8 and 11, 2009: Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Princeton economics professor, who is expected to discuss the state of the world economy.
- March 8 and 11, 2009: Steve Kroft, 20-year correspondent on "60 Minutes," who will review his career and discuss how news reporting affects society.
- April 5 and 8, 2009: Ted Koppel, prize-winning TV news reporter for 43 years, who will analyze the world news scene "regardless of what is happening at the time," Vogel said.
Anticipating world headlines and consumer interest beforehand is not easy, Vogel said, though he tries to match speakers with current events. "The cycles move so quickly; I end up booking later and later."
Despite tightening economic times, he said he is "cautiously optimistic" that next year's two series will sell out as they have almost each year in the past.
Read more San Rafael stories at the IJ's San Rafael section.
Contact Beth Ashley via e-mail at bashley@marinij.com
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