The Charlotte Center Forum featuring Adam Gopnik

Participate in the important questions of our time. The Forum is a conversation and speaker series that brings people together to explore challenges and opportunities that affect human flourishing through the lens of the humanities and civic imagination.

You’re invited to the November 14, 2024 gathering of The Forum featuring Adam Gopnik.

Legendary and beloved writer and journalist Adam Gopnik will delve into the challenges and opportunities facing liberal democracies today. Drawing from his extensive career at The New Yorker and his insightful writings on contemporary culture and politics, Gopnik will examine the current political landscape and the enduring principles that underpin democratic societies.  

In his three decades with The New Yorker, Gopnick has written fiction, memoirs, critical essays, and reported pieces from at home and abroad. He was the magazine’s art critic from 1987 to 1995, and the Paris correspondent from 1995 to 2000. A three-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Criticism. In January 2021 he was named a chevalier of the Legion D’Honneur, France’s highest civilian award. 

An international bestselling author, his newest book is All That Happiness Is (2024). He is also the author of A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventures of Liberalism (2019). Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most eloquent voices of our time as we navigate the complexities of modern governance and civic life.

Moderated by Ty Shaffer
Ty Shaffer is an attorney at Robinson Bradshaw,  practicing in the area of commercial real estate. Ty has Master’s degrees in Political Science and International Affairs and is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University Law School.  

Connect. Consider. Ignite. Doors open at 6:00 to mix and mingle. The program runs from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM including time for conversation, connections, and Q&A. A book signing follows the program

The Forum has a three-part structure:

• First third: Participants connect in small break-out groups prompted by a question;

• Middle third: Participants consider a presentation by a guest speaker that ends with a question posed to the audience;

• Final third: Participants discuss the question, igniting new ideas and possibilities.

THE HUMANITIES | Languages | Literature | History | Philosophy | Religion | And More

Event ticket is $50. This is an in-person event with limited seating.

Location: McColl Center, 721 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

About The Charlotte Center

The Charlotte Center is a community forum and civic action catalyst that invites curious people into meaningful connection and problem-solving informed by deep consideration of the human experience. Our mission is to help people and communities flourish. 

The Charlotte Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. We are supported by individual donors, grants, sponsorships, and revenue from our programs. We invite you to join us.

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