City Arts & Lectures Creators & Guests

Alexis Madrigal is a journalist. Currently, he is a staff writer for The Atlanti... more

Jad Abumrad is a Lebanese-American radio host, composer, and producer. He is fou... more

Jeffrey Tweedy is a songwriter, musician, and record producer best known as the ... more

Michael Barbaro is the host of the New York Times hit podcast “The Daily."... more

Earlonne Woods is co-host and co-creator of the Ear Hustle podcast.... more

Anand Giridharadas is a writer of Indian descent. He is a former columnist for T... more

Mary Karr is a poet, essayist, and memoirist. She is the Jesse Truesdell Peck Pr... more

Dr. Nadine Harris is a pediatrician who is the first and current Surgeon General... more

Jeremy Denk is a classical pianist.

Preet Bharara is a Patriotic American & proud immigrant. Banned by Putin, fired ... more

Karen Louise Erdrich is an author of novels, short stories, and poetry. She is a... more

Eileen Myles is a poet and writer. They have produced more than twenty volumes o... more

George Packer is a Journalist and Novelist.

Jared Diamond is a geographer, historian, anthropologist, and author best known ... more

Jamie Loftus is a standup comedian and cartoonist whose dead hamster was left in... more

Bernice Yeung is an investigative journalist, currently working for ProPublica, ... more

Al Madrigal is a comedian and actor.

Ruth Reichl is a chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Fo... more

Whoopi Goldberg is an actress, comedian, author, and co-host of The View.... more