An Evening with Jane Fonda

A cultural icon and tireless advocate for a better world

Jane Fonda’s career spans over fifty years, more than fifty films, and significant contributions to human rights and environmental advocacy. Join the two-time Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, activist—and fitness guru—for an inspiring evening of stories and discussion.

About the moderator
Mimi Swartz is the author, with Sherron Watkins, of Power Failure, The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron, and Ticker, the Quest to Create an Artificial Heart. She is currently a staff writer at Texas Monthly magazine.  Previously, she held the same job at the New Yorker and the now defunct Talk Magazine. Overall, Swartz has worked at Texas Monthly for more than thirty years. She is a two-time winner and four-time finalist of the National Magazine Award, most recently in 2012. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Slate, National Geographic and the New York Times Op Ed page, where she was a Contributing Writer, along with the TimesSunday magazine; T, the style magazine; and Play, the Times Sports Magazine. Her pieces have also been collected in Best American Political Writing, 2006, and Best American Sportswriting, 2007. Swartz grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and now lives in Houston, with her husband John Wilburn. They have a son, Sam.  

Photo by John Russo