# Event Details - **Event Name**: An Evening with David Byrne - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm – Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 09:30 pm (-07:00) - **Event Description**: An Evening with Dave Byrne discussing his bookAbout this EventPlease note:-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- The name(s) you provide during registration will be on a will-call list at the event, where you will check-in and get your ticket to enter the theatre.----------------------------------------------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Tuesday, October 13, 2025, 8pm*Virtual event airs on October 20 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with David Byrnediscussing his book, "Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up"TICKETS:$40 General Admission ticket. Book available for purchase at check out.Additional books available for purchase at eventThe virtual version of this event airs on October 20, 2026, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book).Virtual tickets with book $50 (Us orders only)Virtual only $20 (international orders welcome)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueFrom incomparable creative force David Byrne, a brilliant and inspiring reckoning with how breakthroughs across the arts and sciences get forgotten, and how they get rediscovered.David Byrne is a musician, performer, writer, and multidisciplinary artist who has captivated audiences since 1975, when he co-founded Talking Heads. Over the course of his career he has released 20 studio albums, scored films — most notably The Last Emperor, for which he received Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy wins — and brought his singular vision to the stage, from the Broadway production American Utopia, which received a Special Tony Award and was adapted into a film directed by Spike Lee, to Here Lies Love, his disco musical that received four Tony Award nominations including Best Original Score, to Theater of the Mind, an immersive theatrical journey co-created with writer Mala Gaonkar. His visual art — including photography and installation works — has been exhibited internationally, and he is the founder of Reasons to Be Cheerful, an online publication devoted to solutions-based journalism. Byrne has published multiple books, including Bicycle Diaries, How Music Works, and Arboretum.It’s nice to believe in a meritocracy of ideas—genius is always recognized, innovation always seized upon and rewarded. In fact, so many of the people we now acknowledge as the world’s great creators initially got little traction for their work. It faded out, and only later—often much later—did it somehow came roaring back to life.Discoveries as diverse as dark matter, lichen, and continental drift . . . technologies from solar panels to the steam engine . . . artists from Bach to Bruegel, Vermeer to Melville . . . all, David Byrne shows us, were sleeping beauties. Why did they fall asleep? How did they wake back up? Ranging across centuries and the full scope of human endeavor, Byrne arrives at important conclusions that serve as a lens for bringing to light new seeds for our future breakthroughs.Sleeping Beauties is a master class in how not to be blind to the next great thing. Several times throughout history, the shock of the new landed like a blow on vested interests and entrenched views, putting innovation on hold. Suppression emerged from pushback, the absence of key supporters, or simply a lack of complementary economic conditions.But more important even than why ideas go dormant is why they reawaken. Again and again, Byrne shows, someone from a different discipline breaks into the silo. Frequently it’s someone open to metaphorical thinking, to the counterintuitive. Hierarchies and taxonomies have their place, but they can reward insiders and punish outsiders. Oftentimes, it is the winds of change that blow away the sand that has buried momentous ideas.Sleeping Beauties is humbling but it is also remarkably hopeful. These stories add up to a compass that leads us to the courage to try new things and the wisdom to embrace them. In a time that can seem all too dark, it’s a powerful source of freely available light, delightful in itself and fit for all our human endeavors. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/626be520-b380-11f1-acb2-b7b6568f5104-rimg-w493-h740-dcc80808-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/culver-city/an-evening-with-david-byrne/100001998616751505 - **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, virtual, workshops, literary-art, parties, performances, music, live-music, theatre, science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Robert Frost Auditorium - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 39.78, max: 45.04, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Culver City - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Robert Frost Auditorium - **lat**: 34.0075679 - **long**: -118.40240819999997 - **full address**: Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda Street, Culver City, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: An Evening with David Byrne - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/1f633704369331bf59f797ccc83ea71e9d56f4da50c4d1362096c105cc9b3947-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg?v=1788387322 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is An Evening with David Byrne being held? - **A:** An Evening with David Byrne takes place on Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 09:30 pm at Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda Street, Culver City, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing An Evening with David Byrne? - **A:** An Evening with David Byrne is organized by Live Talks Los Angeles. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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