The Dallas Institute Festival of Ideas: Roundtable Discussion on Global Issues / Local Impact

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• The Dallas Institute (official site)
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• Festival of Ideas: Focus Forum on American Cities & Suburbs
• Festival of Ideas: Focus Forum on Race, Class and the Law
• Festival of Ideas: Focus Forum on Global Issues / Local Impact
• Festival of Ideas: Roundtable Discussion on the Environment
• Festival of Ideas: Roundtable Discussion on American Cities & Suburbs
• Festival of Ideas: Roundtable Discussion on Race, Class & the Law

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In each of four separate Arts District venues – different from the Focus Forum venues – approximately 25 participants will gather with each Festival team to continue the discussions of Focus Forums. These are true seminar sessions with the expert panelists and the participants jointly drilling down further to mine new ideas that have been struck during the day.

“Global Issues and their Local Impact”: Nicholas Kristof, with Lee Cullum and Dr. James Hollifield, moderated by Krys Boyd

Nicholas Kristof is an Op-ed columnist for The New York Times. He has lived on four continents, reported on six, and traveled to 140 countries, every Chinese province and every main Japanese island. Widely recognized for his involvement in the Sudan crisis, he is writing a book about women in the developing world.

Lee Cullum is a journalist and television commentator. A Fellow of the Dallas Institute, she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and other international groups and hosts the KERA series "CEO."

Dr. James Hollifield is an SMU Professor of International Political Economy and Director of the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies. He has worked as consultant for numerous international organizations.

Krys Boyd is host and Managing Editor of "Think", KERA’s mid-day talk show. she formerly served as producer and co-host of the Emmy Award winning public affairs program "On The Record."

Information from the venue.

Some nearby drink specials on Nov. 8th

• Greenz (Dallas / Uptown): 5 pm - 7 pm: $2 beer, $2 wine / $3 appetizers
• Truluck's (Dallas): 4:30 pm - 7 pm: half-price cocktails and 25% off all bottles of wine / 4:30 pm - 7 pm: half-price food from the lounge menu
• Fuse Restaurant and Lounge: 4 pm - 7 pm: $3 domestics, $3 frozen drinks, $3 white wine, $3 red wine, $1 sake / $1 sushi
• Morton's, The Steakhouse: 5 pm - 6 pm: Power Hour - $5 select wines by glass, $4 select beers, special cocktail of the day
• Ten Sports Grill: 11 am - 7 pm: $3 top ten martinis / $2 mimosa / $2.50 frozen margaritas

Some nearby restaurants

• Nick & Sam's Grill
• Jake's Old Fashioned Hamburgers (Dallas / McKinney Ave)
• Blackfriar Pub
• Creperie du Chateau
• The Idle Rich Pub

Some nearby events on Nov. 8th

• Zoso - Tribute to Led Zeppelin, House of Blues, 10:30 p.m.
• Jointmethod / Mad Mexicans / IH5 / The Hot Hello / Boney Mean, The Door (Dallas), 7 p.m.
• The Dallas Institute Festival of Ideas: Focus Forum on Race, Class and the Law, Dallas Arts District, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Reception - Paint the Walls, El Centro College Art Gallery, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• The Dallas Institute Festival of Ideas: Morning Symposium, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Event posted Oct. 7, 2008
Last updated Oct. 7, 2008

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alexander troup Verified

Global impact, is it here, and then again, it was 15 years ago..... have you ever lived in an Almish Community, kind of weird, then later on I felt much better , no more toxins of course, they read the St James 24 hours a day...when I go back to the city, I was sick again...A.T, ....Former Almish Student.

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