2021-22 Falmouth Forum
For more than 30 years, the Falmouth Forum, presented by the Friends of the MBL, has brought free cultural enrichment to our community. The 2021-2022 season will feature captivating speakers that will deliver powerful talks from science and music to business, to global issues.
Lectures are open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. Masking for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals is required. No registration required for in-person attendance, with the exception of the 7/21 event, which will have no virtual component.
John Palfrey, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Harvard University
Michael Mizell Memorial Public History Lecture
Jane Baker, Studio Art Teacher, Falmouth High School
New England Ringers with Musical Director Daniel Moore
This event has been postponed, the new date will be announced soon
Frans de Waal, Charles Howard Candler Professor, Emory University
This event has been canceled.
Leigh R. Hochberg, Critical Care Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Herman T. Epstein Endowed Memorial Lectureship
Rick Hodes
Medical Director, Ethiopia Spine and Heart Project
JDC | The Leading Global Jewish Humanitarian Organization
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Emily Hargroves Fisher Research Professor of Education, Harvard University
John S. Langford
Founder & CEO, Electra-Aero
New York Times bestselling author Amor Towles in conversation with CAI’s Mindy Todd.
*Tickets are sold out for this event.
Patrons attending lectures in-person must be compliant with the requirement to wear a mask inside MBL buildings whether vaccinated or unvaccinated. It is important to note that public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those who are unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow the appropriate risk mitigation measures. To provide our guests with a safe and comfortable experience, we will be limiting the auditorium capacity to 50% so patrons will have no one sitting immediately beside them.
The Falmouth Forum is supported by the Falmouth Forum Endowment, the Bakalar Endowed Director's Discretionary Fund, and The Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation.