Frank Rich Delivers the 2024 Kahn Humanities Lecture
BPL Presents invites you to the 2024 Kahn Humanities Lecture with Frank Rich—a journalist, author, and television producer.
A writer-at-large for New York magazine, he was previously chief drama critic and an opinion columnist for The New York Times. In this unique talk, he flips the script by taking the pulse of the audience on questions relating to the precariousness of our times, and how history and other humanities can help us make sense of this chaotic world.
Participants
Frank Rich executive produced the long-running HBO series Succession and Veep, the limited series The Regime and White House Plumbers, and the documentaries Six by Sondheim and Becoming Mike Nichols. His books include The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina and the memoir Ghost Light. He has been awarded 6 Emmys, 3 Peabody Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, and a Producer’s Guild Award. His journalism honors include the George Polk Award for Commentary and the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from Harvard University. He has twice been a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2015, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. Photo credit Graeme Hunter HBO
Frank Rich Delivers the 2024 Kahn Humanities Lecture is made possible by the Kahn Endowment for the Humanities.
BPL Presents invites you to the 2024 Kahn Humanities Lecture with Frank Rich—a journalist, author, and television producer.
A writer-at-large for New York magazine, he was previously chief drama critic and an opinion columnist for The New York Times. In this unique talk, he flips the script by taking the pulse of the audience on questions relating to the precariousness of our times, and how history and other humanities can help us make sense of this chaotic world.
Participants
Frank Rich executive produced the long-running HBO series Succession and Veep, the limited series The Regime and White House Plumbers, and the documentaries Six by Sondheim and Becoming Mike Nichols. His books include The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina and the memoir Ghost Light. He has been awarded 6 Emmys, 3 Peabody Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, and a Producer’s Guild Award. His journalism honors include the George Polk Award for Commentary and the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from Harvard University. He has twice been a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2015, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. Photo credit Graeme Hunter HBO
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