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Center for Inquiry-L.A.
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Sunday, August 1
FEED YOUR BRAIN:
Prof. Mel Gordon
Mondo-Judeo: A Special Presentation on Outsider Jewish Culture

Friday, July 23
West Los Angeles Fourth Friday Dinner

Saturday, July 24
Freethinkers Toastmasters

Wednesday, July 28
Cafe Inquiry

Sunday, August 8
GALAH-LA

Wednesday, August 11
Skeptics' Book Club

Friday, August 13
Drinking Skeptically

Sunday, August 15
Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds

Thursday, August 18
OC Skeptics Supper Club

Saturday, August 21
Independent Investigations Group

Saturday, August 21
Spanish Speaking Atheists

Tuesday Evenings
S
ecular Organizations for Sobriety

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NOW PLAYING at the
Steve Allen Theater

 

 


The Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles, is
a branch of CFI-Transnational, an educational nonprofit organization that explores and advances critical thinking, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values through education, outreach, and social services.

To learn more about who we are, and the services we offer our surrounding communities, please visit the links on the navigation bar of our web site or contact us at info[at]cfiwest.org.



feed your brain

Lecture Series

These events feature fascinating authors, scholars, and luminaries from many fields that expand our knowledge and understanding of the world and the people who inhabit it. Held twice monthly on Sundays. Learn more
 

 

 

 


 



Last Wednesday of every month  Learn more 


 

Steve Allen’s Meeting of Minds

 
 

 

Actors Joe Mantegna (right) and Richard Gilliland face off as historical characters engaged in lively conversations as Gary Cole (far left) plays moderator Steve Allen and Ernie Hudson gets out of the way in a recent show!    Photo by: Cathryn Farnsworth

Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds Last Show at the Steve Allen Theater Scheduled for August 15

The show and cast have yet to be selected for the last show at the Steve Allen Theater on Sunday, August 15, at 7 p.m. The year-long monthly series, which featured star-studded casts, is being replaced by another production and will move to another venue in September. An announcement will be made in the August 15th program or on the Meeting of Minds Web site at www.WorkingStage.com.

Presented by Opening Minds Productions. All shows are directed by Frank Megna and produced by Bob Ladendorf and Diana Ljungaeus.                                    

Opening Minds Productions, in association with Meadowlane Enterprises, Inc., and Bill Allen, is reviving Steve Allen's award-winning, timeless PBS series, Meeting of Minds, as live theater. Staged readings are scheduled as part of launching the effort to perform these works nationally.

TICKETS (Available Soon!): $20 in advance at: http://mom8.eventbrite.com or at http://www.WorkingStage.com; $30 at door (if available). All sales are final. Sorry, no refunds. No late admittance.

Special discount for current Friends of the Center and Atheists United members: $5 off (call (323) 666-9797 for code if a paid CFI member, or (323) 666-4258 if an AU member).

For more information and for a full list of episodes written by Steve Allen for Meeting of Minds, go to www.WorkingStage.com and click on the Meeting of Minds button.
 



Become a Friend of the Center!

Friends of the Center membership entitles you to free admission to our twice-monthly programming; discounts on books, magazines, conferences, workshops, and merchandise; and invitations to special events offered only to Friends. In addition, local businesses now offer discounts to our members through our Friends of the Friends program.

Individual membership starts at $60/year. To see a full list of membership levels and benefits, go to http://www.centerforinquiry.net/support/friend_of_the_center/.

SPECIAL OFFER!
Receive discounts on subscriptions to CFI publications Free Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer magazines when you become a Friend of the Center
.

  • For only $99 you will receive an Individual membership PLUS one-year subscriptions to Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry (subscription value $70).

  • For only $79 you will receive an Individual membership PLUS a one-year subscription to either Skeptical Inquirer or Free Inquiry (subscription value $35).


FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture DVDs
available in our online store!
 

Barbara Oakley

 

Chris Mooney

    Clifford Johnson       Eddie Tabash

DVDs can also be purchased in our bookstore or by calling (323) 666-9797. Shop


Celebrating Rites of Passage
Marriages & Civil Unions Funerals & Memorials
Namings & Graduations
Retirements

As we pass through life, we celebrate many occasions filled with joy and love, accomplishment and striving, loss and grief. The message of the humanist is emphasis on the potential goodness of life - humanist ceremonies are ingredients to a life well lived. CFI-L.A. can provide celebrants to officiate at the above celebrations and can also provide facilities.

For information about celebrants, contact Jim Underdown at jimu[at]cfiwest.org or call (323) 666-9797 ext. 101.


Hollywood Reality Check
CFI-L.A. Executive Director Jim Underdown's blog
Hollywoodrealitycheck.com


Skeptical Sunday with Jim Underdown

Are We Alone? is the SETI Institute's weekly radio show. Once a month, the program examines pseudo-science with “Skeptical Sunday,” which features CFI-L.A.'s Executive Director Jim Underdown as a regular guest. The show is available as a download here (http://radio.seti.org) and is podcast as SETI: Science & Skepticism

Are We A Blog?, SETI's companion to the Are We Alone radio show, now features coffee lid UFO photos by Jim Underdown.

Jim Underdown can also be heard in this podcast of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, following the interview with Teller (of Penn & Teller): www.theskepticsguide.org.


Arguments against the existence of God
by Eddie Tabash, Honorary Chair of CFI-
L.A.
Read article 1
Read article 2


 

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