To culminate the first year of our successful Brilliant Careers series, Salon.com and Lexus are celebrating!
On Oct. 21, 1999, Salon.com and Lexus will assemble an illustrious group of people for a lively salon discussion in San Francisco on the convergence of technology, arts and culture in the 21st century. They will also discuss the question "What makes a Brilliant Career?"
Salon.com has been answering that question by critiquing and celebrating the most interesting and influential people of our time with in-depth editorial profiles. Click here to check out the Brilliant Careers series, which appears weekly in Salon.com's People section, sponsored by Lexus.
We invite you to attend the Brilliant Careers Salon in spirit! Submit a great question, and you will be mentioned by name if host Michael Feldman of PRI's "Whad'ya Know?" asks your question at the Brilliant Careers Salon. If your question is selected, you will also win a book by one of the panelists!
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The Panelists:
Arianna Huffington | Author, Lecturer, Broadcaster
Ms. Huffington has been a talk show host and is one of the most visible political pundits in the Republican revolution.
Alice Waters | Executive Chef and Owner, Chez Panisse
Ms. Waters is considered to be the pioneer of the "California cuisine" movement. In 1996 she established the Chez Panisse Foundation to attract support for educational and cultural programs that promote sustainable agriculture.
Stanley Crouch | Jazz Critic, Social Commentator, Author
Mr. Crouch is a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award recipient. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Crouch has helped take the national dialogue on race and culture to a new level with a combination of grit, talent and fearlessness.
Mary Ellen Mark | Photojournalist
Ms. Mark is unsurpassed at shaping both the odd and the everyday into genuinely surprising images that subtly yet powerfully challenge our preconceptions and intensify our convictions.
Ina May Gaskin | Author, Midwife, Teacher
Ms. Gaskin delivers half a dozen babies a month, and campaigns tirelessly for a national certification program for lay midwives.
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Grand Prize:
We will choose five winners! If Michael Feldman selects your question, you will be mentioned by name at the Brilliant Careers Salon, and you will receive a copy of one of the following books:
"Picasso" by Arianna Huffington
"Cafi Cookbook" by Alice Waters
"Always in Pursuit" by Stanley Crouch
"Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey" by Mary Ellen Mark
"Spiritual Midwifery" by Ina May Gaskin
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How to Enter:
Just submit your question here. Remember the theme is technology, art and culture in the 21st century and ... "What makes a Brilliant Career?"
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Event contributors to the Brilliant Careers Salon will include Flowerbud.com, Peets Coffee & Tea, Aperture Books and Ravenswood Winery.
Click here for OFFICIAL RULES and complete contest requirements.
"Ask a Question and You Could Win!" -- Official Rules
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Contest is offered only within the 50 United States. Contest is open to all persons who are legal residents of the United States and are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsors, their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors, their immediate family members and persons living in their same household are not eligible to participate in the Contest. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. No purchase necessary to enter.
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Participants must submit a question to be answered by one of the event panelists. All questions must be received by 11:59 p.m. PDT on Thursday, Oct. 21, 1999. One entry per person household email address. Multiple entries will be discarded. NO PHONE INQUIRIES, PLEASE.
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Winners will receive one copy of a pre-selected book by one of the event's authors. Winner's name will be mentioned at the Brilliant Careers Salon by Michael Feldman.
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