Rae Dorough Speaker Series

04/18/2023

01/25/2023

We are excited to be partnering with Livermore Valley Arts to bring Oscar winning actress Marlee Matlin to the Bankhead for a presentation on Thursday, February 16! check out the special offer... you could win free tickets!

09/29/2022

Happy 15th birthday! We are pleased to have had the Bankhead as our host since the beginning of RDSS!

09/09/2022

Our first speaker of the 2022-2023 season will be at the Bankhead next Thursday, September 15.

Visit our website for details and link to ordering tickets:
https://raedoroughspeakerseries.org/

09/08/2022

Join us for our first presentation next Thursday, September 15!

RDSS speakers have included engineers, scientists, fiction and non-fiction writers and historians, entrepreneurs, comedians and entertainers, diplomats, astronauts, journalists, and a Secretary of Defense.

04/24/2022

A little bit about Amory Lovins... His home is high up in the mountains at Snowmass Colorado - at 7,200ft above sea level. Winter temperatures can drop well below freezing but he does not even turn on the heating.

That’s because he has no heating to turn on. He designed his home in the 1980s. It collects solar energy and is so well insulated that he grows and harvests bananas and other tropical fruits in his greenhouse without burning gas, oil or wood. The greenhouse is the “furnace” for the building, providing all the heat that's needed for the entire building most of the year.

Here is a link to take a look at the Amory's greenhouse. Check it out and learn a bit more about him... We're sure that you will want to hear more from him directly.

https://rmi.org/about/office-locations/amory-private-residence/greenhouse/

04/17/2022

Coming on Thursday, May 12 - Amory Lovins - a physicist who has been called the “Einstein of energy efficiency.” He will discuss the global energy revolution now underway that will transform the world as we know it.

Amory was one of our first speakers during our inaugural season in 2008-2009. His talk was spot-on with insights and predictions for the future that could (and would) provide energy efficiency throughout the world.

For more info and tickets ? Visit our website ( https://www.raedoroughspeakerseries.org ).

Energizing the Future Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 7:30PM Amory Lovins, a physicist and world renowned innovator and practitioner in energy efficiency and clean supply, will discuss the global energy revolution that’s already transforming the world as we know it. Read More... Get Tickets... FollowFol...

03/23/2022

Just a quick reminder: Mary Roach's talk is tomorrow night. It will be a moderated discussion and sure to be enlightening and fun. Ticket sales have been great but there are still some seats remaining - Join us tomorrow night!

03/16/2022

Coming next week to Livermore on March 24 is best selling science author, Mary Roach. She is not only a best selling author, she is also a popular speaker and her TED Talk titled, “10 things you didn’t know about orgasm” made the list of the 25 most popular talks of all time. Curious???...

Visit the Rae Dorough Speaker Series web page for Mary -- Learn more about her accomplishments and a link to her popular Ted Talk!

Mary Roach Thursday, March 24, 2022 7:30PM Click to learn more about Mary Roach. Download Flyer about Mary’s Presentation.   Mary Roach is the author of the New York Times bestsellers STIFF, SPOOK, BONK, GULP, GRUNT, and PACKING FOR MARS. Her new book FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law, debuts in S...

03/05/2022