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Silicon Valley Reads: 2025 Kickoff Event

January 30, 2025 at the Visual & Performing Arts Center (VPAC) at De Anza College

You are invited to a thought-provoking discussion about technology, humanity, and our future featuring authors Dr. Fei-Fei Li (The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI), Ray Nayler (The Mountain in the Sea) and Charlee Dyroff (Loneliness & Company) in a conversation moderated by San Jose Mercury News reporter, Sal Pizarro.

Please register for this free event. The event will be in-person and live-streamed.

Partnership With Silicon Valley Reads

Silicon Valley Reads is a community engagement program that features books and an annual theme to bring people together by providing more than 100 free, public events each year in February and March. Events for all ages include author talks, book clubs, art/music events, community activities, arts and crafts, movies, and creative events or activities based on the theme each year.

Bringing Authors To The Community

Speaking Volumes is an annual author event hosted by LALE that allows audiences to hear from some of their favorite authors firsthand on a variety of topics.