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Brian Greene

Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Columbia University
Author of The Elegant Universe

Tuesday September 29 at 7:30
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater

Tickets Start At $14, All Seating In Orchestra Level

Explore the cosmos with leading theoretical physicist, Brian Greene, who has made ground breaking discoveries in super string theory. His presentations are renowned for their inspiration. He provides a dazzling presentation on a big screen, moving people towards science and the wonders of the universe. And he does so in layman’s language, The Washington Post called him the “single best explainer of abstruse ideas in the world today.” His wit and humor are on frequent display as guests of David Letterman, Charlie Rose, and Stephen Colbert. He’s author of The Elegant Universe, a Pulitzer finalist which sold over a million copies and was turned into an Emmy award winning PBS series which he hosted. A leader in connecting people to science, he founded the annual New York City’s World Science Festival attended by over 120,000 people a year. He’ll greet fans and sign books at the end of the evening.

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Brian Greene
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To purchase tickets by phone, call 832-251-0706, 9 to 9 seven days a week. For assistance buying online, call the help desk at 888-695-0888. For any problem, contact The Progressive Forum by E-MAIL or call 713-664-0020.


Program starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Avenue. Parking is available underground at the Wortham, entrances on Texas Avenue or Prairie Street.

Private patron reception with the speaker at 6:15 p.m. in the green room.

Book signing after the program in the grand foyer. Books will be on sale throughout the evening by Brazos Bookstore.

Regular ticket prices are $14, 24, 34, 44, and 54, all in orchestra level. Besides regular tickets, a limited number of patron seats are available at $74 and include private patron reception with Brian Greene at 6:15, a complimentary autographed book, commemorative bookplate, and center-front seating. If the orchestra level sells out, we will open the balcony. Discounts of 10% are available off all regular price levels except patron for students; educators including teachers and administrators at all levels; seniors 65 and older; and groups of 10 or more; valid ID required at the door. Tickets are available at the door on event night. Prior to event night, there are no tickets sold at the Wortham box office or any other physical box office. Tickets are sold only through this website, our email blasts, and by phone at 832-251-0706.

For the hearing impaired, free headsets are available from the ushers.

Dr. James Hansen

Premier Climatologist
Presentation: Threat To The Planet, Implications for Intergenerational Justice

Thursday October 29 at 7:30
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater

Tickets Start at $14. All Seating In Orchestra Level.

James Hansen was the first to create broad awareness of global warming in his Congressional testimonies in the 1980s. His recent research has made the public aware that the climate is even more sensitive than previously thought, that the safe level of atmospheric C02 is 350 ppm (parts per million). Currently the steadily rising CO2 concentration is higher than the safe level at 389 ppm according to April observations in Hawaii by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dr. Hansen is head of a major U.S. governmental agency responsible for atmosphere studies. Government regulators preclude us from identifying the agency, describing his Forum appearance as "personal/outside activity." Dr. Hansen is making a rare and timely public appearance just prior to the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December whose purpose is to forge an international climate treaty. This is Dr. Hansen’s second appearance at The Progressive Forum.

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James Hansen, Premier Climatologist
Purchase Tickets and print from your computer.

To purchase tickets by phone, call 832-251-0706, 9 to 9 seven days a week. For assistance buying online, call the help desk at 888-695-0888. For any problem, contact The Progressive Forum by E-MAIL or call 713-664-0020.


Program starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Avenue. Parking is available underground at the Wortham, entrances on Texas Avenue or Prairie Street.

Private patron reception with the speaker at 6:15 p.m. in the green room for those purchasing $74 tickets and Forum donors of $1,000 or more.

Ticket prices are $14, $24, $34, $44, and $54, all in orchestra level. Besides regular tickets, a limited number of patron seats are available at $74 and include private patron reception with James Hansen at 6:15 plus center-front seating.

If the orchestra level is selling out, we will open the balcony.

Discounts of 10% are available off all regular price levels except patron for students; educators including teachers and administrators at all levels; seniors 65 and older; and groups of 10 or more; valid ID required at the door.

Tickets are available at the door on event night. Prior to event night, there are no tickets sold at the Wortham box office or any other physical box office. Tickets are sold only through this website, our email blasts, and by phone at 832-251-0706.

For the hearing impaired, free headsets are available from the ushers.

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