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Forums are recorded live with audience participation, and freely distributed to the world through NPR, GBH Forum Network, and CF podcasts. The outcome is a community better informed to understand and appreciate what affects life and the planet. Topics include civic democracy, science, technology, history, the global environment, education, art and more. There's always time for questions from the audience.
03/02/2025
Join our conversation on THE MOVING IMAGE: a force to be reckoned with -- on Zoom -- Free -- March 4 5:00 pm https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/4817395654603/WN_kIcES6PuT_u-03f8Lerkvw?fbclid=IwY2xjawIxk45leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSz9j4RvN_pUmorHxORz4DaDcSaoyEVcLegoxViMUIguaKOiWQ2KSw5FWw_aem_-BxkeUvFNVW15x3t0zyC8w #/registration
06/11/2024
Join our conversation on SCREENTIME VS PLAYTIME happening TOMORROW, Wednesday 6/12 at 5 pm...we'll bat around the most recent research including the upside of boredom for kids.
Playtime vs Screentime PLAYTIME VS SCREENTIME Researchers are learning more and more about the detrimental effects of too much screentime on our mental health, especially for children. What we are gaining a deeper appreciation of is the importance of playtime for all animals, including humans.
Loneliness can be solved.
06/10/2024
Was Isabella Stewart Gardner doing essential work in the cultural education of her fellow Americans or just satisfying her own wanderlust by spending money on expensive indulgences?
Why Do We Need Art Museums? In 2014, Jeffrey K Smith wrote "The Museum Effect" in which he put forth the case that museums, libraries and cultural institutions educate and civilize us a...
06/03/2024
Live long and prosper!
Living Longer, Better LIVING LONGER,BETTER is as much about how the elderly see themselves as it is about how society views them, according to Andrew J. Scott, author of the new book, The Longevity Imperative.
05/07/2024
While the motto of the French Revolution was "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," it might as well have been "Liberty, Equality, Fashion," as Anne Higonnet argues in her groundbreaking new book of the same title Liberty Equality Fashion.
Liberty Equality Fashion Cambridge Forum takes a look at three French female visionaries who led a revolution against women’s garments, that had previously limited and restricted the...
05/06/2024
Join our forum on June 4 on LIVING LONGER, BETTER How much is ageism about how the elderly see themselves as it is about how society views them?
Living Longer, Better LIVING LONGER,BETTER is as much about how the elderly see themselves as it is about how society views them, according to Andrew J. Scott, author of the new book, The Longevity Imperative.
05/06/2024
Join our forum on June 18 - What are the detrimental effects of too much screentime on our mental health, especially for children? How important is playtime?
Playtime vs Screentime PLAYTIME VS SCREENTIME Researchers are learning more and more about the detrimental effects of too much screentime on our mental health, especially for children. What we are gaining a deeper appreciation of is the importance of playtime for all animals, including humans.
05/04/2024
Why do we remember certain things and forget others?
Forgetting & Remembering: What Can We Do About It? Why do we remember certain things and forget others? Well research shows us that committing things to memory is far more complex than we imagine but so too is retrieving that information.
05/04/2024
Why Do We Need Art Museums? Was Isabella Stewart Gardner doing essential work in the cultural education of her fellow Americans or just satisfying her own wanderlust by spending money on expensive indulgences? Join our forum on May 21st! https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417054252432/WN_nYe8DdHwR8itqTFFfiIHug #/registration
Why Do We Need Art Museums? Why Do We Need Art Museums? Natalie Dykstra, author of CHASING BEAUTY, discusses the life and legacy of Isabella Stewart Gardner, one of the first female art collectors in America. Was Gardner doing essential work in the cultural education of her fellow Americans or just satisfying her own wanderlus...
04/25/2024
The history of the French Revolution is incomplete without the stories of three fashion-forward celebrities says author Anne Higonnet. Have a listen:
https://www.cambridgeforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CF-LIBERTY-FASHION-1.mp3
04/15/2024
The early decades of the 21st century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world?
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present with Fareed Zakaria FAREED ZAKARIA, best-selling author & host of CNN’s flagship international affairs show “Fareed Zakaria GPS”, discusses his latest book, “AGE OF REVOLUTIONS:...