Given the tremendous response to the program on December 22, Secretary John Kerry will return to the Library Lecture Hall for a second program on Saturday, December 29. He will discuss his new book, Every Day Is Extra, and respond to questions and comments about current events. The event is free, and seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

Doors to the Lecture Hall will open at 3:15 p.m.  The talk will begin at 4:00, followed by a book signing.  Books will be available for purchase from Chapter One Bookstore.

The event will be Livestreamed and archived for remote viewing.

Using beautiful photographs and touching, funny anecdotes, Greg will share with us some of the “Lessons from Spirit” that he’s been blessed to receive while on the road. After nearly two decades of traveling to the world’s most sacred places, Greg has realized that travel has the potential to be a profoundly powerful spiritual catalyst and accelerant.

Greg Roach is the founder of Spirit Quest Tours, which he started after a life-changing experience in Egypt. Building on his many years of personally exploring sacred places, Greg has created a vibrant enterprise that helps bring positive change to the world through travel, entertainment and education. Greg blogs regularly about his travels for Spirit Quest Tours, as well as podcasting and speaking nationally on spiritual travel and sacred sites. A very popular speaker, Greg is a traveler, writer, filmmaker, inventor, entrepreneur, guide and spiritual pilgrim. His latest writing is featured in “Modern Alchemists from the Land of the Pharaohs” along with Nicki Scully, John Anthony West and Normandi Ellis. Greg has taught and lectured all over the world at numerous prestigious institutions, including Cambridge University (England), San Francisco State, USC, and the University of Sofia. He speaks regularly on spirituality, comparative religion, sacred sites and the potential of digital technology as an artistic and storytelling tool.

Former Catholic priest Charlie Hardy is 75 years old and has no money or political experience. But none of that dissuades this 21st-century Don Quixote from running for the US Senate in his home state of Wyoming. Charlie’s courage to take a principled stand against money in politics attracts a ragtag group of young volunteers and together they jump aboard a 1970 Crown school bus, campaigning across the Wild West state in a bid to shake up this country’s political establishment.

Reed Lindsay is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker and journalist whose work has been published in more than 20 major newspapers and magazines, aired on numerous radio stations, and broadcast on television news networks throughout the world. In 2014, Reed won a Gracie Award for Fists of Fury, a short film about a 15-year-old girl in Kolkata, India, striving to be a champion boxer. He was one of the first journalists to enter Libya after the uprising, and co-directed an hour-long film entitled Benghazi Rising that was nominated for a Rory Peck Award as best documentary in 2011. He reported on the Egyptian rebellion from beginning to end, and was co-winner of an Emmy for his contribution to the HBO documentary In Tahrir Square. Reed grew up in Ketchum, Idaho, where his production company, Belly of the Beast Films, is currently based.