Carl Djerassi - Four Jews on Parnassus March 4, 2009

Carl Djerassi discusses his new book, Four Jews on Parnassus through sketches, docu-dramas and fictional dialogue. He invites us into the lives of four extraordinary intellectuals of the 20th century: Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Gershom Schoem, and Arnold Schoenber. All belonged to the peculiar subset of German and Austrian bourgeois Jews of pre-World War II.

Carl Djerassi is the father of the birth control pill, a developer of antihistamines, the founder of biomedical companies, a teacher of world-class chemists and a best selling novelist.

Under the auspices of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, he founded an artists colony near Woodside, California, which provides residencies and studio space for approximately seventy artists per year in the visual arts, literature, choreography, and music. Over 1500 artists have passed through that program since its inception. Djerassi and his wife live in San Francisco and London.

Free.

Official Website: http://www.marinjcc.org