Oakmont Sunday Symposium

When we thought he could go no lower.

Trump picks Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law, pleaded guilty to 18 federal charges in 2004 and was pardoned by Trump in 2020.

Granddaughter Tamsin Mason continues to amaze us. Our Little Rock climber demonstrates how to do it!!!

Oakmont Sunday Symposium
February 22, 2015

10:30-12:00 at East Rec Center
* $3 Donation Requested *


Ky Boyd
Let's Talk Movies and Oscars
In what has become an annual tradition for the Sunday Symposium, local film expert Ky Boyd will talk about the movies and the journey to this year's Oscars, including the surprises, delights, and slights of this year’s movie awards season.
The proprietor of Rialto Cinema, Boyd operated the much beloved Rialto Cinemas Lakeside location on the East side of Santa Rosa from January 2000 until August 2010. Rialto Cinemas relocated to Sebastopol in May 2012 after almost two years as a pop-up theatre operation. As part of his Symposium presentation, he will also give us a peak at what’s going on with all that renovation at Rialto Cinemas including the question – when will it be done?

• If you missed any of our symposium discussions, audio -- and some video -- versions are available on our website www.oaksunsym.org. The past program link is at the top of the page.
• The Sunday Symposium is open to all Oakmont residents and their invited guests. We appreciate your comments and suggestions. And we are always looking for qualified speakers, so if you have a suggestion, please let us know.

Oakmont Sunday Symposium
February 1, 2015

10:30-12:00 at East Rec Center
* $3 Donation Requested *

Seth Shostak:
Are We Alone in the Universe? If Not, So What?

Thanks to exciting new approaches to detecting life off of our planet there is good reason to expect a discovery soon of microbic organisms on other worlds. We could even within a few decades uncover evidence of sophisticated civilizations – the type of aliens we see in the movies, on TV, and in the mind-stretching colorful worlds of science fiction.
Dr. Seth Shostak, the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View and director of the Institute’s Center for SETI Research, will discuss why this all might be more than wishful thinking. He will explain what contact could mean, positive and negative, and help us better understand our continuing efforts to establish our place in the universe of living things.

• If you missed any of our symposium discussions, audio -- and some video -- versions are available on our website www.oaksunsym.org. The past program link is at the top of the page.
• The Sunday Symposium is open to all Oakmont residents and their invited guests. We appreciate your comments and suggestions. And we are always looking for qualified speakers, so if you have a suggestion, please let us know.