Frank Bruni

The season kicks off with a visit from award-winning actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist and brilliant home cook Jennifer Garner, followed by fascinating get-togethers with world-renowned astronaut Nicole Mann; pioneering restaurateur and author Danny Meyer; prolific writer, journalist and professor Frank Bruni; and more.

Get ready for the CHICAGO HUMANITIES SPRING FESTIVAL 2024, now on sale. Experience diverse voices and empowering discussions in this much-anticipated annual event.

Politico has hailed Maher as “a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news,” while Variety noted, “There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television.” 

The New York Times is pleased to announce Forward: Twenty Years of TimesTalks, a new photobook of black-and-white portraits of over 60 influential artists, actors, filmmakers, politicians, authors, activists, and Times reporters that have participated in TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation series, including Marina Abramovic, Tilda Swinton, Nan Goldin, Ai Weiwei, Marc Jacobs, and Rami Malek, along with executive editor Dean Baquet, technology reporter Jenna Wortham, investigative reporter Jodi Kantor, 'The Daily' host Michael Barbaro, and chief White House correspondent Maggie Haberman. Full list below.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 17th season FRIDAY, NOV. 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Senator and author Sherrod Brown is the top-of-show interview guest. Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are Fox News contributor and former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni. 

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Frank Bruni in Conversation with Sarah Smarsh on Sunday, December 8 at 5 p.m. at Kaufman Hall. Tickets starting at $28 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Kaufman Hall box office.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Andrew Sean Greer In Conversation with Sloane Crosley on Sunday, November 3 at 5 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $28a?'$49 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Samin Nosrat in Conversation with Lindy West on Sunday, October 13 at 7 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets for $28a?"$79 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101, and the Royce Hall box office.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) today unveiled the 2019-20 season lineup honoring "We, the People" -- as artists, performers, thought leaders, change-makers and spectators. CAP UCLA continues to bring bold programming from around the world to the Los Angeles community to advance social justice conversations through contemporary dance, music, theater, and literature.

Bill Maher and his Real Time panelists – Michael Avenatti, Gov. Jay Inslee, Alex Wagner, Frank Bruni, and Jordan Peterson – answered viewer questions after the show, ranging in topics from the war on weed, offensive speech, and the cult of Trump. Watch the clip below!

This weekend, TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, brought together an iconic group of creative and influential voices for the first TimesTalks Festival, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the prominent TimesTalks series.

TimesTalks is pleased to present live iterations of two popular New York Times columns and a podcast at the first TimesTalks Festival, from April 13th - 15th. Corner Office, Table for Three, and The Daily podcast will be brought to life at the weekend-long festival, which will feature a wide range of panels and events at TheTimesCenter, located in the Renzo Piano-designed New York Times Building.

TimesTalks is pleased to announce two additional Saturday events to the inaugural TimesTalks Festival, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the prominent TimesTalks series:

Today, the Chicago Humanities Festival revealed its full line-up for the Fallfest/17: Belief. New additions to the line-up including Tony-award winning playwright Tony Kushner, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson, French philosopher and social critic Bernard-Henri Levy, filmmaker Joe Swanberg, Obama Presidential Center architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, and Publican chef Paul Kahan.

The 10th annual Taste of the Upper West Side is making its return this spring to bring the city exciting culinary events on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th, 2017.

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.

Former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT and recalled the worst places he ever reviewed. Watch the appearance below!