Speaking Tour: 10/25 - 10/31
Wednesday, October 25
>>>Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater, 7:30-10pm. Are you afraid of the dimmed lights in a theater? A Guide to Visitors presents their annual Ghost Story night. Spooky stories about haunted office buildings and ghost quests, told by people such as the woman who leads a ghost tour of Pike Place Market. The press release says the Jewel Box is haunted, so maybe the dead will chip in a tale or two themselvs. $7--or your immortal soul! Doors open at 6:30pm.
>>>UW Global Lecture Series, 7:00-8:30pm. Now, don't let the title "HIV: In your Global Neighborhood" put you off -- this is about what's being done about it, not what's being ignored. William Gates, Sr., discusses what Junior and his wife plan to do, with the UW's Dr. King Holmes. Kane Hall Room 130. Free with an RSVP.
Thursday, October 26
>>>Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 12:30-2:00pm. Although it's smaller geographically than the U.S., the EU has a bigger population, with nearly 500 million people. Jonathan Bensky, Senior Commercial Officer at the United States Mission to the European Union since December 2003, explains how a really long floating fence will keep them all out. Or in. 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2500. Registration is $5 for members and $7 for non-members/at the door. RSVP required -- and it's bring your own brie.
>>>MIT Enterprise Forum of the NW, 6:45-8:30pm. "The Promise of Stem Cells: Separating Hype from Reality" is the topic of this scientific cage match between panels in Seattle and Atlanta. In brief, stem cell research can help with cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and neural injuries. There is no proof, though, that it can help the Republicans in the midterm elections. Fisher Plaza, 140 4th Avenue. Networking Session: 5:30-6:45pm, Broadcast/Q&A: 6:45-8:30pm. Tickets $25 in advance/$30 at the door. Register online.
>>>UW Engineering Lecture Series, 7:00-8:30pm. Joyce Cooper, UW associate professor of mechanical engineering, gets you all sorted out on "Making the Right Choices," which surprisingly has nothing to do with waiting until marriage to get lucky. It's more paper or plastic, hybrid-electric or alternative-fuels, recycling or binge drinking. Kane Hall Room 110. Free with RSVP.
>>>Elliott Bay at Town Hall, 7:30pm. The sarcastic, biting wit of Bill Bryson makes us giggle like a schoolgirl. He's written a memoir of growing up in mid-America in the 1950s, called The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Tickets $5 at Elliott Bay Book Company or at the door.
>>>UW Bookstore, 7pm. If you remember 2004 at all, you may recall that Elizabeth Edwards is married to a lawyer. She's here reading from her book about that experience. It's called Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers. Tickets $5.
Saturday, October 28
>>>Town Hall, 7:30pm. How green is our future valley? Sci-fi writer, futurist, and design guru Bruce Sterling and Worldchanging.com editor Alex Steffen cheerfully natter about that and their new book Worldchanging: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century. Tickets $5 at the door.
Sunday, October 29
>>>Elliott Bay, 2:00pm. Pacific Northwest Ballet makes stalking your favorite dancers easy with All Premiere! The discussion features principal dancers and previews PNB's second program of the 2006-07 season, All Premiere! In theory, choreographer Victor Quijada will be there. Starch your tutus, this one's free!
>>>Elliott Bay, 4:00 p.m. Cecile Andrews, founder of the Phinney EcoVillage, director of the Simplicity Circles Project, and author, wants you slow the fuck down, dammit: the book is Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre. We'll say this slowly: it's F-R-E-E.
Monday, October 30
>>>UW Bookstore at Neumos, doors at 6:00pm. Film Rap: Amy Sedaris talks with Warren Etheredge about her book I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence. 925 E Pike Street. SOLD OUT Admission is $5 advance, $7 at the door.
Tuesday, October 31
>>>Elliott Bay, 7:30pm. Maybe you're over Halloween. Or maybe British people scare you. In that case, drop in on noir thriller author Louise Welsh, reading from her book, The Bullet Trick, about a pickpocket on the skids. After he dips into a policeman's pocket, things go from bad to worse. Free for you, guv'nor.
