An Evening with Jose Andres

Renowned Humanitarian, Chef, and Restaurateur

Global Affairs

Perspectives on today's changed world and looking ahead to 2050

Nikole Hannah-Jones & Heather Cox Richardson in Conversation

Reflections on a Complex America

Chefs!

Top Chefs Dish on Food, Flavor, and Culture

Being Human in an Age of AI

Debating Advances and Ethics

Liz Cheney in Conversation with David Ignatius

On Defending Democracy and Finding a Path Forward

An Evening with Ken Burns

America's Storyteller in Conversation with Journalist Audie Cornish

Husky Nation!

UConn Women's Basketball: Leadership, Teamwork & Life Off the Court

Misinformation and Finding the Truth

Reckoning with Today's Media Landscape

A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Justice Sotomayor will participate remotely in this live conversation.

How Music Moves Us

Rhiannon Giddens in Conversation with Allison Russell

An Evening with Brandon Stanton, Creator of Humans of New York

A Night of Storytelling and Photos

Life in 2042

How We'll Work and Live in the Future

The Fight for Racial Justice

Understanding and Dismantling Systemic Racism

Creative Minds

Unique Voices from Music, Art, and Television

An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma

Truth, trust, and service: how culture connects us.

Happiness, Meaning & Fulfillment

Thinking About What Really Matters

Favorite Authors

A Conversation That Will Speak Volumes

Historians

A Conversation about Social Change and Citizenship

Debating Immigration

Climate Crisis

A Conversation with Seth Meyers

Photo Wonders

The Life and Work of Extraordinary Photographers

America and the World

Diplomacy and Leadership in an Age of Disruption

Big Tech

What is the Future We're Building?

Women Rising

Redefining Power in 2018

Chefs & The Art of Food

The State of Journalism & The News

Laughter, Anyone?

An evening with comedians

An Evening with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

A Conversation between Alan Alda & Jason Reitman

Reflections on TV and film, art and life

Disruption!

Innovators in business, media and culture

The Future of Higher Education

College 2.0 - What will it look like? What needs to change?

Religion in America 2016

The changing role of religion in our culture, our politics and our lives

Creative Artists

An evening with storytellers, creators & entertainers

The Science of our Minds

Why we are the way we are

Racism

Taking on race & racism

The Next Big Thing

Cutting edge technology & innovations that will change our lives

A Conversation with David McCullough & Stacy Schiff

Looking back and looking forward with two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors

Explorers & Adventurers

Pushing the limits of human potential

Today's Great TV

Brilliant shows and the genius behind them

Debating our Broken Political System

What's wrong and how to fix it

Nerd Fest

Why Nerds Rule the World

An Honest Look at Mental Illness

A conversation about perceptions, realities and what it's like to work and live with the stigma of mental illness.

Big Thinkers

Who knows where a conversation will take you?

Being Gay

The Personal & Political, Struggles & Triumphs

Funny Smart People

An Evening of Laughter and Irreverence

A Meaningful Life

Getting to What Really Matters

Vision and Brilliance

Time to Imagine and Think about Technology, Science, Design and the Future

The State of Women 2012

Exploring Rights, Roles, Politics and Power

Our Fragile Earth

Looking for Answers To Sustain the Planet

The World of Sports

Its Beauty, Corruption and Power

Creative Minds 2011

Explore, Think and Wonder with Artists and Visionaries

Global Affairs 2011

A World of Revolution

Forum Book Club

An evening with authors we love.

The Glorious, Mysterious Brain

Exploring thoughts, memory, health, science and so much more.

Our Great Education Challenge

We all win or we all lose.

The End of Civility?

How our discourse got so down and dirty.

Forum Music Fest

A Celebration of the Music in Our Lives.

A World of Change

Finding Our Footing as the Ground Shifts Beneath our Feet. An Evening of Insights and Answers.

It's Satire!

Laughing at Ourselves, the News, Pop Culture, the Media and More!

Revolutionary Thinkers

An Amazing Assortment of Entrepreneurs and Innovators You Should Know.

Food for Thought

Our Panel of Experts Dishes on All Things Food... From What We're Eating to What's Eating Us.

God: Big Questions... Bigger Questions

Why God? A Provocative and Enlightening Journey Exploring the Role of God in People's Lives.

Storytellers & the Stories They Tell

Movie Makers, Writer and Artists.

The Presidency

Historians and Insiders Reflect on the Office, Democracy and the Future.

Talking Authors

You and Us and Three Great Authors.

The American Dream...Going, Going, Gone

What Is It? Will Your Children Achieve It?

The Great Global Debate

A No-Holds-Barred Debate About Global Threats and Opportunities.

The Tech Revolution

Find The Future!

A Funny Thing Happened...

An Evening With Funny Folks Because You Know You Need It!

Saving the World

The Environment Wars, Poverty, Pandemics.

Leaders and Winners

Powerful People and Great Organizations.

A Conversation Between Bill Moyers & Andrew Sullivan

A Great Evening. Two Great Minds.

A Conversation Between Thomas Friedman and Malcolm Gladwell

Two Great Minds, One Big Living Room.

An Evening With Our Favorite Writers

What Else Can We Say... Vonnegut, Oates and Weiner Together.

Talkin' 'bout My Generation

Panelists 80 Years Young to 20 Years Old.

Hope and Human Spirit

Inspiration, Achievement and Passion.

The Culture War

Values, Decency, Marriage and More.

Yankees vs. Red Sox / Red Sox vs. Yankees

The Rivalry Alive on Stage!

The Future of Human Life... and Medical Science

How Medical Science IS Life.

Extreme Politics!

Fireworks on Stage.

A Conversation Between Al Franken and Ann Coulter

Need We Say More?

Behind the Scenes with The Simpsons

A Once in a Lifetime Evening With Voice Actors, Producers and Writers.

Looking at Life

Unique, Fascinating Perspectives on Life.

Personal Security vs. Personal Liberties - The Big Dilemma

The Delicate Balance Between Preserving Liberties and Wanting More Freedom.

The Forum Food Fest

An Evening With World Class Chefs, Critics, and Lovers of Food!

A Nobel Evening: In the Presence of Greatness.

In the Presence of Greatness.

Scientific Journey

A Look Into the Scientific Mind.

The Anatomy of Power

The Worlds of Power: Political, Economic, Religious, Intellectual, Personal, Social.

A Conversation with PJ O'Rourke, Mort Sahl & Joe Queenan

Take a Break! FUN, IRREVERENCE, WIT & COMMENTARY.

Our Nation

Looking to the future of The United States and its people.

Power of Music

Music Connects With a Part of Our Being on so Many Levels, in so Many Ways...Emotionally, Physically, Intellectually.

Being Black

An Unusually Candid, Revealing Look at the Personal Realities of Being Black in America Today

A Conversation Between Toni Morrison And Frank McCourt

Once in a Lifetime Evening with Two of Our Greatest Authors.

What Is The American Family?

Get Inside the American Family Today.

A Historical Evening

Insights and Anecdotes About the Impact of History.

What's So Funny?

Funny Folks, a Fun Evening of Laughter.

A Conversation Between William Bennett And Robert Reich

A Civil Discussion About Difficult Issues.

Explorers and Adventurers

An Inspiring Evening of Adventure and Discovery.

Global Issues...Global Views

Looking at the Issues that Affect Our World.

Cruelty, Violence and Morality

Why is it Happening? Where do we Go From Here?

Integrity And The Media

Standards? Principles? Values? Iconic Figures Discuss.

A World Of Business

The Changing World of Business...the Role of the Internet.

The Wonders Of Creativity

A Delightful Evening with Creative Minds.

Brave New World Or Return Of Frankenstein?

An Interesting Evening on the Human Genome.

The Wisdom Of Sages

The Lessons and Loves of Long Full Lives.

The Spirit In Our Lives - Search For Personal Meaning

Spirituality and Faith, Answers and Questions.

Growing Up With TV

A Fun Evening With Our Favorite TV Personalities.

Mood & Mental Health In America

A Subject That Impacts so Many and Gets Discussed so Little.

A Conversation About Leadership

Two Giant Personalities Discuss Leadership.

Heroes Among Us

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives.

Cyberlife: Technology's Impact On All We Do

The Birth of the Internet, Will it Matter?

A Spoof On Presidential Politics

Sometimes You Just Have to Laugh at the Political Landscape.

A Changing Political Landscape...The Sequel

A Left/Right Preview of the 1996 Elections.

A Conversation Between Jack Kemp & Mario Cuomo

A Discussion About Their Lives and the Issues of Our Times.

Values And Ethics In Today's America

What Are They and How Do They Matter?

90 Minutes With 60 Minutes

An Intimate, Behind-the-Scenes Look at our Sunday Evening Friends.

Sports Personalities, Heroes? Role Models? Ordinary People?

Athletes...Who Are They and Why Do We Care So Much?

About Death And Dying

It Impacts Us All, We Never Get to Talk About It.

The Legal System On Trial

The Changing Profile of our Legal System.

Global Affairs - A Changing U.S. Role

Two Giant Statesmen Discuss World Affairs.

American Women In Focus - Breaking New Ground

A Discussion With Five Incredible Women and the Lives They Are Living.

Business Leaders - Looking Into The 21st Century

Globalization, Profits and People.

Children & Education, A Look Into The Future

Is It Working, Can We Fix It?

Is it News or Entertainment?

The Shifting Role of News In Our Lives.

Focus on Race Relations

The Most Honest Discussion About the Most Difficult Issue in our Country.

Dr. Huxtable Comes to Hartford

A Night of Entertainment and Dialogue with Bill Cosby.

Straight Talk and Honest Answers About AIDS

A Personal and Emotional Evening About an Issue We Are Afraid to Discuss; and Arthur Ashe's Last Personal Appearance.

The Changing Political Landscape

The Connecticut Forum Is Born- Left, Right, and Center Have a Candid, Open Discussion About the Presidential Election.