Events
Art Gets Political! Featuring Carl Wolfson's Button Collection
- 7:00pm–8:30pm Saturday, October 4, 2014
XRAY's own Carl Wolfson Presents the history of political buttons and some of his anecdotal stories. A selection of buttons described as "a pop art panorama of American History and political marketing" from Carl's more than 18,000-button collection will be on display in the building lobby.
Free and open to the public. More information here.
Carl Wolfston, who holds a M.A. in political science from UCLA, began collecting buttons while volunteering for Jimmy Carter's presidental bid in 1976. "Carl in the Morning" can be heard on XRAY.fm. On air, Wolfson covers national and local politics and conducts in-depth interviw with A-list guests. Prior to his radio career, Wolfson was one of the country's top headlining comedians, specializing in current-events humor.