I'm copying Sylvia's meetup from the Los Angeles Progressive Singles meetup: http://singles.meetup...

Sylvia usually doesn't ask for the $1 for joint meetups, but I think it would be great to offer, since she's done so much to keep posting interesting events for progressive singles - us!

"Please see a description of the forum below.
I will be waiting for members at the entrance to the auditorium called The Billy Wilder Theater. Go to the second floor of the museum and cross the patio/atrium. Pick up your ticket at the ticket booth where you will hand it to a staff member at the door. I will be waiting for members for about 30 minutes before the forum starts at 7PM. I will be wearing my Meetup badge. The Hammer does not charge for this forum, but I will be asking for a $1 donation to cover Meetup expenses. Parking is available under the Hammer Museum for $3, or in the public lots in Westwood Village. - Sylvia, [masked]

The Great American Bank Robbery

William K. Black, the former litigation director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board who investigated the Savings and Loan disaster of the 1980s, discusses the latest scandal in which a single bank, IndyMac, lost more money than was lost during the entire Savings and Loan crisis. He will examine the political failure behind this economic disaster, in which not only massive fraud has taken place, but a vast transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class continues as the federal government bails out the seemingly reckless, if not the criminal. Black teaches economics and law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and is the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One.

Moderated by Ian Masters—journalist, commentator, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and the host of the radio programBackground Briefing on KPFK 90.7FM.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00"