SPECIAL EVENTS

The Jewish Community Center of Houston presents Dialogues 2009.  Tuesday, April 21.  Enjoy an evening of stimulating conversation with Houston notables over an elegant dinner. Evening includes gourmet dinner with wine.

Featured Table Hosts:
Jill Carroll, Ph.D.
Director, Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance
Challenges of Religious Diversity

Jeff Cohen
Executive Vice President & Editor, Houston Chronicle
Soup, Salad and the Future of News

Alison Cook
Restaurant Critic, Houston Chronicle
The Life and Times of a Houston Restaurant Critic

Fena Garza, Ph.D.
President, Houston Community College SW Campus
Discovery

Guy Hagstette
President, Discovery Green
The Role of Public Spaces in Houston

Amy Myers Jaffe
Wallace S.Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies,
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Associate Director Rice Energy Program
President Obama's Energy Policy: How Effective Will it Be?

Stephen Klineberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
The Changing Face of Houston:  Perspectives on Houston's Future Based on 28 Years of Systematic Surveys

Leah Lax
Writer
From Orthodox Houston to Librettist & Writer - Learning at Every Stage 

Oliver Luck
CEO and General Manager, Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo: An Overnight Sensation 20 Years in the Making and Other Thoughts on the State of Professional Sports in Houston

Elena M. Marks
Director of Health and Environmental Policy
City of Houston
New Issues in Public Health Policies

Kenn McLaughlin
Artistic Director, Stages Repertory Theatre
Backstage at Stages Repertory Theatre - One of Houston's Premier Regional Theaters

Ursula Gehring Muenzel, Ph.D.
Expert on Berlin
Berlin: A City of Contrasts

Richard Murray, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Public Policy
University of Houston
The Barack Obama Administration: What Do the First 90 Days Tell Us About the 44th American President

Barbara G. Samuels, Ed.D.
Authority in Children's Literature
Connecting Kids with Books: How to Build a Love of Reading

Mimi Swartz
Executive Editor, Texas Monthly
The Death of Journalism

*as of March 5, 2009

Pictured:  (clockwise from top) Guy Hagstette,  Jill Carroll, Ph.D., Ursula Gehring Muenzel, Ph.D., Oliver Luck, Stephen Klineberg, Ph.D., and Leah Lax.