Speaking Tour: 11/1 - 11/7
Wednesday, November 1
>>>Benaroya Hall, 7:30pm. Seattle Arts and Lectures brings prolific big shot and errant van survivor Stephen King by. Maybe you’ve heard of him? For the Constant Reader, it’s an event not to be missed. He'll talk about Lisey’s Story, his latest novel. Tickets $25 and $35. But, like many things in King’s Dark Tower world, they’ve already moved on.
>>>University Temple Methodist Church, 7:00pm. Keeping with the All Soul's Day theme, Deepak Chopra natters on about what happens when you DIE! DIE!, all covered in his book Life After Death: The Burden of Proof. $5 suggested donation, or Deepak will go all Tupac on you.
Third Place Books, 7:00pm. Oh, John Moe! In Conservatize Me, the wascally Moe tries to learn if blue can turn red, and kneels at the feet of the masters of the conservative movement. Free. Sounds like some kinda commie thing to us.
Thursday, November 2
>>>UW Forum on Science Ethics & Policy, 4:00-5:00pm. Dr. Neal Lane -- Rice University Professor, former NSF Director and Science Adviser to President Clinton -- will discuss the future of science in the U.S. Apparently, the man has a knack for encouraging "citizen-scientists" which has us intrigued. Free, if you can find the Physics and Astronomy Building, Rm A102.
>>>Elliott Bay, 6:00pm. You probably haven't heard much about Mad Sheep Disease because the USDA invented it, destroyed a herd of woolly bundles of baa, and then tried to cover their "oopsie" up, all while not testing -- with any accuracy -- the whole cow connection. Finally there's a book about it. Free, with USDA Grade A Roasting.
>>>Richard Hugo House, 7:00-9:00pm. Wanna MFA? Goddard College has a low residency M.F.A. in creative writing in Port Townsend. Ask a recent program graduate for the inside scoop. Free with a 90-minute time-share presentation. Ha! We kid. It's free. Seriously.
Friday, November 3
>>>COR Northwest Family Development Center, 7:30pm. If you've ever asked these questions, this is your event: When do we begin to dream? How do dreams and nightmares related to the psychological development of children? Psychotherapist Gérard Bléandonu tells all. Well, some. The book has more. Free but it's like you're being chased and you can't move. 1711 12th Ave.
Saturday, November 4
>>>Seattle Public Central Library, 4:00pm. Los Nortenos, a Latino artists group, is tired of y'all acting like Dios de los Muertos is strictly an anglo thing. Celebrating are Kathleen Alcalá, Flor Fernández Barrios, María de Loudres Victoria Muguira, Carmen Carrión, Joseph DeLeón and Raúl Sánchez. Special guests: original members Joann Farías, and Jaime Gallardo. Music from Jacque Larrainzar. Free. Microsoft Auditorium.
Sunday, November 5
>>>Elliott Bay, noon. Playwright David Hlavsa discusses An Actor Rehearses. What's your motivation? It's free.
>>>Elliott Bay, 2:00pm. It's inevitable that someone would come along to rip Strunk & White a new one. It's the good fortune of every user of a non-fossilized version of the English language that that someone is as eloquent as Geoffrey Pullum. Pullum's one of the prime movers behind the essential linguistics
blog (seriously!) Language Log, and the co-author of Far from the Madding Gerund.
>>>Richard Hugo House, 3:00pm. Aimee Bender, author of the short story collections, Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Willful Creatures, reads from her stuff. You know she's popular, because they're charging admission. $7 general/$5 Hugo Housers.
Monday, November 6
>>>Seattle Public Central Library, 1:30pm. It's for kids! Well, "young adults." T.A. Barron, the author of more than a dozen children's books, reads from The Eternal Flame, the final book in The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy. It features characters named Tamwyn, Elli, and Scree if that clues you in any. Free, by Merlin's white beard! Microsoft Auditorium.
>>>Town Hall, 7:30pm. You may remember Marni Nixon from her vocal dubbing for Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, and Deborah Kerr in The King and I. She's talking about her book, I Could Have Sung All Night: My Story. $5 at the door. No humming in line.
Tuesday, November 7
>>>UW Kane Hall, Rm 120, 6:30pm. After you vote, David Orr gives his talk: "Design on the Edge: Climate Change, Posterity, and the Design Professions." You say you want a revolution in the design professions and and how they treat the larger issues of climate change, law, and the rights of future generations? Okay then. Free with your electoral participation.
>>>University Book Store, 7:00pm. Editor Elizabeth Merrick, short story writer Holiday Reinhorn, and founder and editor of Swivel magazine Brangien Davis read from the collection This Is Not Chick-Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers. Free with some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
