Overview
Barbara Boxer
ARTS & IDEAS: CONVERSATIONS AT THE WALLIS
The Wallis and Writers Bloc present BARBARA BOXER
with Paula Poundstone
In partnership with Writers Bloc, The Wallis’ popular Arts & Ideas series continues with Senator Barbara Boxer in conversation with Paula Poundstone. Since 1992, Barbara Boxer has stood for progressive politics in the U.S. Senate. She has been a steadfast advocate for women’s rights, environmental protection, and healthcare. In The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life, her new memoir about her decades in politics representing California’s interests in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Senator Boxer unveils her weaknesses and reminds us of her great strength as a pioneer in Washington. She takes us back to her involvement in significant political struggles, including the Clarence Thomas hearings to Iraq, with environmental challenges such as climate change front and center. Sometimes she’s won, and often she has lost. But she proves that by speaking up and speaking out, doing the right thing matters.
The Senate is indeed a perplexing place, and although it has its shining moments, it is not really what we would call hilarious. But Paula Poundstone is. Comedy Central ranks her as one of the best American comedians of all time, and she is a member of the Comedy Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to host the Washington Press Club dinner, and is the spokesperson for the esteemed American Library Association. She’s had comedy specials on HBO and Bravo, has appeared regularly on late night television. You can catch her comedy acts all over the country, and hear her on NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me.”
Tickets: $59 & $49 (ticket price includes a copy of Barbara Boxer’s book The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life.
In partnership with Writers Bloc, The Wallis’ popular Arts & Ideas series continues with Senator Barbara Boxer in conversation with Paula Poundstone. Since 1992, Barbara Boxer has stood for progressive politics in the U.S. Senate. She has been a steadfast advocate for women’s rights, environmental protection, and healthcare. In The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life, her new memoir about her decades in politics representing California’s interests in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Senator Boxer unveils her weaknesses and reminds us of her great strength as a pioneer in Washington. She takes us back to her involvement in significant political struggles, including the Clarence Thomas hearings to Iraq, with environmental challenges such as climate change front and center. Sometimes she’s won, and often she has lost. But she proves that by speaking up and speaking out, doing the right thing matters.
The Senate is indeed a perplexing place, and although it has its shining moments, it is not really what we would call hilarious. But Paula Poundstone is. Comedy Central ranks her as one of the best American comedians of all time, and she is a member of the Comedy Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to host the Washington Press Club dinner, and is the spokesperson for the esteemed American Library Association. She’s had comedy specials on HBO and Bravo, has appeared regularly on late night television. You can catch her comedy acts all over the country, and hear her on NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me.”
Tickets: $59 & $49 (ticket price includes a copy of Barbara Boxer’s book The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life.