Do you remember Robert Gates? No, not the Gates getting a world record divorce – that’s Bill. Robert Gates was the US Secretary of Defense under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 to 2011. Do you remember ‘Who Do You Trust?’? No, not the grammatically incorrect question your English teacher always circles on your papers. This was a TV game show hosted by Johnny Carson (later the best ‘Tonight Show’ host) where a husband had to decide between trusting himself or his wife to answer a question. ‘Who Do You Trust?’ and Robert Gates were brought together in a sense this week when Gates was asked about UFOs and his answer differed from that of other high-level government officials given the same question. All together now: “Who do you trust?”
“We now feel confident we can safely resume a full season of the Town Hall lecture series beginning in January 2022,” Executive Director Stephanie Grosskreutz said in a statement.
Two more speakers planned for last year, neuroscientist Lisa Genova and photographer Annie Leibovitz, have been rescheduled for the fall. Genova is now expected to speak on Nov. 1 followed by Leibovitz on Nov. 15.
All programs are planned for the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
The new season begins on Jan. 17 with Christie, the former federal prosecutor who served as governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018, ran for president in 2016 and served as an advisor to President Donald Trump.