Steve Pearlstein, the business and economics writer will be guest speaker at a Morning Coffee on March 17 from 7:45 to 9:30 am at the School Board meeting room at the ACPS headquarters, 2000 N. Beauregard St., which is right near the Seminary/#395 intersection. There is plenty of parking.
The Program is co-sponsored by the Old Town Business and Professional Association of Alexandria. Sponsors for the event include: Gold Works, Potomac River Boat Co. and New York Life Ins. Thanks to their generosity, there is no charge for this excellent program, but we do request reservations. Contact Nancy Benjamin at brahmopticians@aol.com or at 703-772-6716.
Pearlstein won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for "his insightful columns that explore the nation's complex economic ills with masterful clarity." He will be talking on "Crystal Ball Gazing in a Cloudy Economy." There will be time for questions from the audience.
Raised in Brookline, MA, Pearlstein graduated from Trinity College in 1973. He worked for the Concord Monitor and the Foster's Daily Democrat before serving as founding publisher and editor of The Boston Observer, a monthly journal. In Boston, he worked as a TV reporter for WGBH, the public TV station, and also served as staff for U.S Senator John Durkin and U.S. Representative Michael Harrington. He later joined the Washington Post and served as deputy business editor before becoming a columnist.
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