Left Coast Lectures: Art Center's 'Big Picture,' USC's 'Art in the Public Sphere'

So many talks, so little time. This week saw the launch of two interdisciplinary lecture series that provide an impressive list of reasons to make your way to Southern California (as if the frigid temperatures here on the East Coast weren’t incentive enough). On Monday, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena kicked off its “Big Picture” lecture series with a talk by Kurt Andersen, the school’s own “Visionary-In-Residence.” Ensuing Monday afternoons through March will feature talks by the likes of writer and outside.in