Springfield Public Forum – FREE Speaker Series
springfieldpublicforum.org
Monday, October 26, 2026 at 6:00pm
Springfield Symphony Hall
Court Street, Springfield MA
Jodi Kantor, NYT Investigative Reporter and Pulitizer Prize winner
in conversation with Astronaut Cady Coleman
How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work
Powerful and provocative, Kantor’s book How to Start is a statement of faith for young people as they make their way through uncertain times, offering wisdom, strategy, and a set of aspirations to launch their careers and last their whole lives.
Jodi Kantor will be in conversation with Astronaut Cady Coleman. Dr. Coleman is a celebrated former NASA Astronaut and retired Air Force Colonel, with over 180 days in space: two missions on the Space Shuttle Columbia and a six-month expedition aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as the Lead Robotics and Science Officer. Her many leadership roles at NASA included Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office and Lead Astronaut for supply ship integration, where she pioneered strategic partnerships with SpaceX and others, paving the way for commercial spaceflight collaborations that are now commonplace.
For program details:
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