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« Monday March 14, 2005 »
Mon
Start: 10:30 am

Access to the Arts
The Arts on the
Air series continues with Mitchell Kahan, director of the Akron Art
Museum, & Tom Wiscombe, architect, interviewed by Steven Litt, art
& architecture critic for The Plain Dealer.
March 14 at 11:30 am with lunch; $; Ritz-Carlton Riverview Room, 1515 W Third St, Cleve; 216-791-4654.

Start: 10:30 am

Mike is a founder of Draper Triangle Ventures and has been investing
in early stage technology companies for over ten years. Draper
Triangle is the midwest-based fund of Draper Fisher Jurvetson,
a leading silicon valley-based early stage technology venture firm
that has created a network of 16 affiliated regional venture funds
with over 70 investment professionals and $3 billion under management.
Founded in 1999, Draper Triangle recently closed its second fund
and has approximately $110 million under management. The Fund is
focused on early stage technology investments in information technology,
medical devices and other advanced technology companies located
in Ohio and western and central Pennsylvania. In connection with
closing the second fund, Draper Triangle opened an office on Bolivar
Road in Cleveland. Mike is leading the Fund's activities
in northeast Ohio.

Start: 3:00 pm

Pinker is best known for his books on language: The Language Instinct (1994), How the Mind Works (1997) and Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language. In 2002 he published The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, which explored the political, moral and emotional colorings of human nature. The Distinguished Lecture series is designed to bring prominent