TALKS

Talk Of The Town

At a time of continued unpredictability and uncertainty, our 2022 talks series was a vehicle to expose audiences to new perspectives and help them make sense of the world around them. We hosted Netflix stars and Nobel Laureates; rock and roll’ers and roboticists; Pulitzer Prize winners and poets; minimalists and Master Sommeliers; and so much more.

Audiences engaged with their favorite pop culture influencers for experiences that couldn’t happen anywhere else, like singing “People Have the Power” with Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, learning the dos and don’ts of online dating with Hinge Director of Relationship Science Logan Ury dreaming up an Afrofuturist utopia with actress and singer Janelle Monáe.

They were also hungry to hear from their favorite food personalities. James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi took audiences on a culinary journey of the African Diaspora, and events with pastry chef Claire Saffitz and “Somebody Feed Phil” star Phil Rosenthal sold out before you could say “preheat the oven.”

As of 2022, we have hosted:

85

#1 New York Times bestselling authors

30

Emmy winners

21

Pulitzer Prize winners

10

Nobel Laureates

Some of our top political and historical minds visited Sixth & I to ideate on current events and engage in meaningful dialogue with our audiences. Whether combatting disinformation with former White House senior staffers Dan Pfeiffer and Jen Psaki, chronicling the life of Abraham Lincoln with acclaimed biographer Jon Meacham, or examining antisemitism with ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, we offered a variety of viewpoints on issues impacting today’s world.

Across all these experiences, we continued to honor our commitment to accessibility by offering virtual attendance options for most events and providing American Sign Language interpreters and real time closed-captioning. These services allowed our community to stay connected to their favorite authors, entertainers, and thought leaders in the ways that are most comfortable for them.