Upcoming events.
The Examiner Club is meeting for the 2026-2027 season, on the third Wednesday of each month.
Members convene at the Union Club in Boston, with special meetings and “field trips” at the Arnold Arboretum and other locations. This page will list the presentations for the current and upcoming year, as dates and speakers are settled. Check in regularly for details.
Fall 2026
September 16 Andrew Knoll. “The Story of O: Oxygen and Evolution through Earth History.” Drawing on his new book, Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation, Andy will use the surprising history of oxygen gas to show how physical and biological processes worked together to create today’s world.
October 21 Alexandra Pineros Shields. “Building Community Power in the New ICE Age.” Looking back at her 40 years’ work with immigrant communities, Alexandra will offer a historical and legal context for this moment in immigration policy enforcement, and she will describe how grassroots communities are resisting ICE and building the power to defend each other.
November 18. TBA
December 16. TBA
Past Presentations
Winter-Spring 2026
January 21 Renée Loth. "Can gentrification be stopped?” The pros and cons of gentrification, considering both Greater Boston and the national environment, with solutions that might work… or not.
February 18 Ray Madoff. "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” A discussion of Ray’s recent book, which asks, “Why don’t the rich pay taxes and what can be done about it?”
March 18 Bob Kuttner. “Notes For Next Time: Surviving Trump and Reviving America.” A look at the recent period when America began great progress towards social and economic justice, and then, as Bob says, “it got away from us.”
April 15 David Halbert. “The Man in the Arena: The Campaign Experience Through the Eyes of a Candidate.” Why David decided to run – twice! - in Boston's municipal elections, with timely lessons from the campaign trail.
May 20 Peter Vanderwarker. “Painting and Photography.” Peter’s consideration of two kinds of art work, described as “a dance between two media.”