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Life and Arts September 17, 2015

VIDEO: Ehud Barak, Martha Stewart, More at Distinguished Speaker Series:

by mirrormmg

The 2015 Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California.

After 20 years of presenting world renowned and sought-after speakers to sold-out audiences, the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California is excited to announce its expansion to a fourth location, the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, with its season running from October 2015 to May 2016, on seven different Sunday evenings.

The speakers are: Ehud Barak – former Prime Minister of Israel and Global Statesman; John Cleese – award-winning actor, author, and humorist; Henry Paulson – former Treasury Secretary in conversation with Geoff Colvin, “Fortune” magazine editor; Platon – world-renowned portrait photographer; Michio Kaku – theoretical physicist and futurist; Leon Panetta – former CIA Director and U.S. Secretary of Defense; and Martha Stewart – lifestyle guru and entrepreneur.

For more information visit speakersla.com.

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