Sentences with phrase «capacity audience»

It was not a tough crowd: A near - capacity audience of more than 2,200 showed up to hear the former VP, who turned 75, talk about his new memoir.

Hitchens, who won the vote among the 2,700 capacity audience by a factor of 2:1, characterised religion as «a cruel experiment whereby we are created sick and ordered to be well» creating a «celestial dictatorship» which was «greedy for praise from dawn to dusk.»

Three mini-lectures held on the second day attracted capacity audience.

Through these programs, Dixon, and Bill Judson after her, delivered such artists as Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Tony Conrad, Peter Kubelka, Malcolm LeGrice, Jonas Mekas, Yvonne Rainer, Carolee Schneemann, and Michael Snow to capacity audiences of up to 300 people, and paid them the highest honoraria of any institution operating at that time.

Before a capacity audience of over 550, Dr. Zakaria shared his thoughts on the historical underpinnings of President Trump as a geopolitical game changer before engaging in a question - and - answer session moderated by APF Canada President and CEO, Stewart Beck.

A capacity audience of 1,100 watched Widdecombe warn the prime minister that his personal «conviction» about same - sex marriage was «doing a lot of damage in the party», prompting huge applause from the gathered crowd.

Looking relaxed and at ease, director / actor Jodie Foster and former theatre director Julie Taymor spoke to a capacity audience at the recently concluded Tribeca Film Festival.

On opening night, The Sensation of Sight played to a capacity audience of over 700 people.

Friedman illuminated the dark nooks and crannies of today's publishing world while empowering a capacity audience of aspiring writers to chart their own course.

Secretary Johnson delivered a keynote speech to a capacity audience at the Oxford Union on March 8.